charles catchall

[ravenry]

the way my search only returns your art

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[ravenry]

Requests of all kinds. Some people ask to find a lost item or the owner of a lost item.

[riverbeans]

... How many people are losing items where you're from?

[ravenry]

Enough to be involved in political plots.

[ there is the faintest tinge of annoyance. ]

[riverbeans]

Oh. [blip of understanding, before it disappears.] That sounds like a pain.

[ravenry]

It can be a nuisance more often than not, but if people are able to pay the price, I oblige.

[riverbeans]

Sounds like an interesting job. What kind of price do you ask for?

[ravenry]

It passes the time.

There’s a saying that goes, ‘If you curse another, dig two graves.’ If you want to place a deadly curse on someone, then another life must be sacrificed to that end. If it’s benediction that you desire, then your material possessions must be offered up. The price of finding lost items is up for negotiation.

[ copy pastes from the light novel ]

[riverbeans]

Makes sense. Desire is a double-edged blade. [grins] Glad to hear that people don't have to give up their soul if they want you to find something they accidentally dropped somewhere, though.

[ravenry]

I prefer to guide souls to paradise, but that could be a price, too.

[riverbeans]

[he blinks]

... Are you being serious right now?

[ravenry]

I resolve the regrets of ghosts.

[ this is the part she's sincere about.

thinks about what this means i have to do for all murder victims when people start dying and starts shaking ]

[riverbeans]

[... like purifying the lost souls of hell.

there's a flicker of understanding.]

By helping them find closure?

[pours one out for you]

[ravenry]

[ she nods. there is a little curiosity at his thought. ]

I try to find out what happened to them and see what is making them linger. More often than not, someone else wants them to find out, too, and is part of what gives them closure.

[riverbeans]

Mm. In the end, even death can't sever the connections between people, huh?

[ravenry]

It can't, and it shouldn't.

[ it would be even sadder that way. ]

[riverbeans]

... Yeah, can't argue with that.