vivere disce, cogita mori

[roxasreplica.livejournal.com]

[by a desk in a corner of the library sits a replica by the name of Roxas.
he's got a notepad and a pen in front of him, and piles and piles of books around him. they have titles such as 'Obscura Mortis' and 'The Afterlife'.
he was actually only supposed to pick up a single book on the subject of death and afterlife, but found so many he thought he might as well do a thorough job. too bad he's not really the research kind of guy... or the difficult words kind of guy.]

I wish the doctor was here...

[Not really, but Dr. Even could have explained the books... or simply given him an answer to his questions. his Even might have been cold hearted, cowardly and not very good at creating replicas, but he was still smart and understood these odd words in strange languages.]

Comments

[floralreaper.livejournal.com]

I doubt you'll find any true answer in any of these books. There are many different ideas regarding the concept of afterlife.

[roxasreplica.livejournal.com]

And what do you know?!

[he snaps, not looking up from the book. the small print is giving him a headache and he's been reading the same sentence ten times already, still not understanding it.]

[floralreaper.livejournal.com]

I deal with death directly at my job, so I should know.

[roxasreplica.livejournal.com]

Wait, what? Like some sort of assassin?

[you just caught his attention, congratulations. once he realizes he's been warned about this stranger his hand flies down to his hip, possibly grabbing some sort of weapon.]

[floralreaper.livejournal.com]

It matters not. Death works different in other dimensions, such as this one. Those who die here merely come back with no explanation at all.

[roxasreplica.livejournal.com]

[the hand stills, fingers closing around the handle of the dagger as a safety measure.]

So death works differently here, and not only because of the coming back-thing...

[floralreaper.livejournal.com]

I was sent here to find out why they come back.

[roxasreplica.livejournal.com]

You were... sent here? To find out why people aren't dying properly?

[blink.]

Who sent you?

you didn't see anything

[floralreaper.livejournal.com]

The Ministry of Hades.

[doesn't see any reason to avoid telling people about the afterlife in the universe he came from. he didn't have anything to lose.]

see what? :D

[roxasreplica.livejournal.com]

Stop joking around.

[sure, he wants to believe in an afterlife and angels and all that stuff, but he was raised to be somewhat more rational. and while he could kind of accept the thought of supernatural beings, he couldn't accept the thought of them being dependent on bueraucracy.]

[floralreaper.livejournal.com]

I am not joking.

[roxasreplica.livejournal.com]

It sounds very unbelievable...

[although, one of these books had mentioned something called Hades...]

[floralreaper.livejournal.com]

Not less unbelievable than this crossroad of dimensions.

[sunrisingly.livejournal.com]

[roxasreplica.livejournal.com]

[and asks he does! he straightens in his chair and raises his voice slightly.]

Uhm. Excuse me?

[sunrisingly.livejournal.com]

Yeah?

[roxasreplica.livejournal.com]

I'm looking for books about death. Or rather, what happens afterwards. Something that isn't all that difficult... or in latin. Theories, myths, anything like that.

[sunrisingly.livejournal.com]

There's not really one easy answer you know. That's a pretty complicated subject.

[roxasreplica.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[he nods towards the huge stack of very large books he's already looked through.]

I kinda figured.

[sunrisingly.livejournal.com]

These should be something along the lines of what you're looking for. They're in plain English, anyway.

[roxasreplica.livejournal.com]

[Roxas accepts the books. he looks a bit tired.]

Too bad you didn't walk by before I forced myself to read through these, huh?

[sunrisingly.livejournal.com]

Yeah. You really read through all those?

[roxasreplica.livejournal.com]

[he shakes his head.]

No way! I sorta... tried to but kept getting all cross-eyed and ended up just flipping through them until something interesting showed up.

[sunrisingly.livejournal.com]

That's the way Latin presents. Out of curiosity, why are you so interested in reading about death?

[roxasreplica.livejournal.com]

Well, I met this guy who'd just returned here after being killed... and I asked him what death was like. And he couldn't remember anything... I got worried.

[he looks a bit embarrased. he had barely slept last night due to thinking about death and such.]