charles catchall

[ravenry]

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[riverbeans]

[my tooth kaiju :sob:

he takes it, smiling sadly.]

Thanks.

[ravenry]

[ she knows what he means, but she still says: ]

This isn't something to be thankful for.

[ she takes a pen out and starts writing viktor's name on a feather. ]

You can write Eunhyuk's name.

[riverbeans]

Haha, all right.

[...

he will do so, then.]

[ravenry]

[ i need to write a steal request for all these items because i've been trying to think through the logistics of burning something on a spaceship and was like wow, this ritual would get sprinkled on in a spaceship.

anyway, she brings out a jar and drops a feather in and holds it out to charles. ]

[riverbeans]

[help. but he takes the jar and drops the feather in, which i sure hope is what he was meant to do.]

[ravenry]

[ yeah, that's great. she usually burns the feathers out in the open because she can control the fire with her powers, but she's NERFED.

she strikes a match and drops it into the jar, so it can burned contained. fire safety whooooo

she closes her eyes, as if praying. ]

[riverbeans]

[...

charles isn't really one for praying, but it's not like he's against it either, so he'll close his eyes in silence as well.]

[ravenry]

[ she opens her eyes after a while, and after the feathers turn to ash, she'll cover the jar to snuff the fire out. ]

I hope they find their way to peace.

[ paradise may not be in this space, but there's no saying souls can't cross many spaces. ]

[riverbeans]

... I hope so too. They deserve that much.

[charles isn't the sort to think too deeply about how the afterlife works, despite (or because of) his own experience with it.]

[ravenry]

Especially if it's a result of something beyond their control or knowledge.

[ shouxue believes the dead are all sad, and these circumstances don't make that any better. ]

[riverbeans]

... Yeah. To die so far away from home, and for a reason you can't even understand—it's cruel.

[ravenry]

It makes it all that much more sad. I wish I could ensure their freedom.

[ even if she could never have hers. ]

[riverbeans]

[just kind of stares at the jar]

... I'll admit I don't understand everything about there being multiple worlds, but do you think there's an afterlife in this one, Shouxue?

[ravenry]

I do. It would be too bleak otherwise. There would be too much regret if there weren't.

[riverbeans]

... Mm. Even if they're wandering lost with regrets, at least there's a chance they'll be able to find closure. [...] And with that, closure for the living as well.

[ravenry]

For most. There are some who'd rather some ghosts stay just to be able to see them again.

[riverbeans]

... Well, it's not like I can't understand that desire at all.

But in the end, everyone has to let go eventually.

[ravenry]

You think so? I've seen some people become so hollow and empty without the people they lost.

[riverbeans]

... Well, when I say "has to", I mean more like... "should".

[ravenry]

Do you let go of everyone you've lost, Charles?

[riverbeans]

Yes. [simply] I carry the dead with me, but their memory is to propel me forward, not hold me back.

[ravenry]

You have a brighter outlook than most.

[riverbeans]

Haha... a lot of you here tell me that.

[ravenry]

Do you disagree?

[riverbeans]

[he shrugs.]

Depending on the person, it kind of sounds like it's calling me naive or impractical. Which, to be honest, aren't assessments I agree with.

[charles is NOT a humble person he does not take criticisms he doesn't agree with thanks]