bloodisthicker: because that would be the worst (did i break a nail)
Tarrlok ([personal profile] bloodisthicker) wrote in [community profile] trusthell2016-03-05 04:01 pm

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? OUR TALES RIVAL JUST TURNED INTO A ZOMBIE!

[...so, uh, that was a thing that happened. Tarrlok was completely ready to do the politician thing and come up with a speech or something for most of whatever the hell that excuse for a trial was, but everything got all confusing, baffling, and horrifying and completely inexplicably, he can't find the words.

Maybe he just... needs a day. Tomorrow will probably be fine. For now, though, Misa volunteered to make brownies, and he was going to make a Northern Water Tribe comfort food specialty.

...even if they only had shortening and not actual animal fat and it'd been a while since he'd made it, but it tasted... alright? Definitely not as good as the stuff back home, but it was hard to get that good, anyway.

...there's also the matter of setting things up in a location other than the dining hall, because even though that's cleaned up, it still feels pretty tasteless to hold a wake literal feet from the place you found someone's bloody corpse.

So, a little later on in the day, a lovingly personalized note will be slid under everyone's doors:



And if the Survivors choose to head to the library, they'll find a... well, okay, it's a bunch of boxes from the storage room of comparable size stacked up on each other to kind of resemble a table. The dining hall ones don't even seem like they'd fit in the library, so Team Afterparty clearly had to improvise. One side is filled with plates, bowls, and spoons, and the other is filled with brownies, cookies, and a big bowl of berry aqutak. There are also chairs dotted throughout the room in a sort of vague circle --- close enough together that if people want to talk, they can, but far enough apart that it'd be easy to drag it off for some privacy.]
cherryblooded: (calm / talking)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-06 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Some zombies can be commanded to do certain tasks, if the person animating them is powerful enough.
notjustawriter: (♟ and the ground was dry)

[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-03-06 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
...Maybe they were just regular ol' zombies, in that case.
cherryblooded: (calm / wait what)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-06 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
But, like Black says, creatures like that are different from world to world.
notjustawriter: (♙ always getting the grease)

[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-03-06 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

Whatever they were, they were different from what we saw today. But not so different that I don't think being a zombie is impossible.
cherryblooded: (dark / unsure)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-06 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
...I could ask directly, but that's no guarantee that the Kingmaker will answer anything.
notjustawriter: (♙ make it rain)

[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-03-07 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
He isn't the sort to enjoy answerin' questions, no.
cherryblooded: (calm / not as fine)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-07 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
I'll ask later. Even just the confirmation that Zagi is dead would be something.
notjustawriter: (♙ make it rain)

[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-03-07 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
It'd be a start, if nothin' else.
cherryblooded: (calm / not as fine)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-07 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Will keep you posted.
notjustawriter: (♟ the heat was hot)

[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-03-07 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
I'll see if I can learn anything else about this place.

I can't imagine he'll talk more, but maybe I'll get somethin' outta him this time.
cherryblooded: (calm / talking)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-07 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Good luck. Can't hurt to try one more time.
notjustawriter: (♟ my skin began to turn red)

[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-03-07 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, you too. We're gonna need all the luck we can get.

I just hope we get some actual answers before something else happens.
cherryblooded: (calm / frown)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-07 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
Just because it's happened once, doesn't mean we'll be quick to repeat it.
notjustawriter: (♟ on a horse with no name)

[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-03-07 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
God, I hope not.

I've seen the darker side of people before comin' here. I'mn not exactly lookin' forward to seeing a repeat of that.
cherryblooded: (calm / wait what)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-07 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
You too, hm...

Don't know if we're the lucky ones here or not.
notjustawriter: (♞ i went to find the truth)

[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-03-07 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
With somethin' like that? That's a good question.

Knowin' darkness doesn't make it any easier to confront.
cherryblooded: (calm / say what)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-07 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
It doesn't. But it comes as less of a shock now.
notjustawriter: (♞ he said "i just think hot")

[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-03-07 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
....That's a dark way of lookin' at it. But you're not wrong.
cherryblooded: (sweat / uh oh)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-07 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
I try to be optimistic, still, but... It's true that it's not as surprising.
notjustawriter: (♞ he said "i just think hot")

[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-03-07 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
I guess the way to look at it is knowin' we might be able to help people more, having seen terrible things before.
cherryblooded: (calm / wait what)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-07 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Right. I'll do my best there.

[He tries to smile, but it's faint.]