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[frigidaire]

Hey, this is Isaac. Leave a message, I guess.

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[frigidaire]

you were murdered?
by a witch fish?
is that why you're part
creepy bird and creepy ghost?

[feathery]

uh

[He should be less surprised when being a snarky shit backfires on him, but nope, still surprised.]

no actually
i was already a ghostbird by that point
just minus the ghost part

[frigidaire]

you died?

[ so he was a ghostbird and now he's an extra ghostly bird? he's not entirely sure what it means, but it doesn't sound good. ]

that sucks.
i've only sort of died.

[feathery]

couple times
not really a big deal if you want to be real about it
but so
how did you only sort of die

[frigidaire]

dyings a pretty big deal actually.
but whatever.
i was drowned to the point of near death in an ice water bath.
it's long story.

[feathery]

its not like weve got anything else to do until we see a waystation
im down for a story

[frigidaire]

i witnessed a crime, one of my friends get murdered.
but things were weird so i didn't remember.
they had to bring me to a point of near death or whatever to try and get access to them.
some vet witch magic that deaton had. it worked.
werewolves can withstand a lot though so it wasn't easy.
i don't really remember what happened when i was being held under the water but they asked me questions.
turns out seeing one of your good friends die is pretty shitty.


[ he's watched a few good people die, and while Erica hadn't been on the forefront of his mind, the story leaves a sour tate in the back of his throat. ]

[feathery]

oh
shit thats fucked up
sorry dude

[It's a weird story he doesn't totally understand, but Davesprite kind of hopes Isaac didn't remember seeing his friend die after whatever bullshit ritual he went through; he's not exactly a stranger to seeing his friends die himself and, yeah, it is really fucking shitty.]

so
death was different in asgard
i mean it was in the world im from too
for some people at least
but if you were from another reality and got killed in asgard
one of the gods would just bring you back after a few hours
or
later
if you talked to her about it
so it didnt really matter that i got killed
its just something that happened
and you just deal with it you know

[frigidaire]

it's fine. that stuff happens back home.

[ he remembers Erica, he remembers so many, but Allison is the one that sears across his mind and makes his chest tighten uncomfortably. better to not deal with it at all right now, right? that's healthy? ]

you died and came back.
that's even worse, probably, even if you're acting cool.
there aren't consequences for anyone killing you there?
pretty messed up.

[feathery]

doesnt really make it easier to handle
when people die for real
but it was a war
people died all the time in battles and there wasnt much you could do about it besides check on them after they came back
and i mean i didnt really
tell anyone
it was my fault i got killed
didnt want anyone to make the same dumb mistake and try to go after her

[frigidaire]

right so you died a probably painful death
and decided not to tell anyone?
what about your furry friend or whatever.
i mean did you at least win the war because if you didnt
that'd be even worse.
dying and losing a war. pretty lame.

[ ... Isaac Lahey, insensitivity is his forte. ]

[feathery]

uh well
i got killed over something that wasnt related to the war so much
if you want to get technical we were supposed to be on the same side
but yeah we won the war eventually
that happened way later though

[Kind of just sidestepping the inquiry about Jade right now, because he actually forgot she didn't know.]

[frigidaire]

'we' who?
if you were on the same side
then how was it a war?

[ one day he'll be a little bit brighter about these things, but different worlds and time lines, well. ]

sorry you died though. that sucks.
does that mean youre a zombie

[feathery]

the alien fish empress i mentioned earlier
she was another unsuspecting import snatched up by the gods from the same general pocket clusterfuck as me
so we were supposed to fight on the same side
ideally anyway
but extenuating circumstances occurred or had occurred
and i was a bigger shithead than usual
so i got into a fight with her and she killed me
anyway
dont really know what my status as living or undead really qualifies as if ive got to be honest
but i dont got a craving for brains if thats a point of concern

[frigidaire]

what is your life. i mean really.
alien fish empress kills you in asgard
that you're warring with but not.
i mean it qualifies you as being pretty cool i guess.
esp if you're not a zombie.
i mean i can handle ghost ninjas and were jaguars
but zombies is too far.
not-ghost-half-dead-alive-bird-friend will have to do.
sorry bout it.

[feathery]

ghost ninjas
really

[frigidaire]

yeah. i mean they had samurai swords and
could appear in smoke out of nowhere.
ghost ninjas.

[feathery]

id say that sounds pretty cool but i guess not if they held the same kind of status as a psychopathic fish queen
and the whole ninja deal is pretty overdone at this point

[frigidaire]

i mean probably worse than the fish queen.
these guys just show up, give you a weird tattoo and run away.
they don't speak or anything.
creepy masks, though. overkill.

[feathery]

ok whats the story with the tattoos
do you have one
because yeah that sounds pretty fucking weird and i come from a set of universes that are in constant competition to see who can jerk off the other first in a nasty mobius double reacharound

[frigidaire]

so these spirit ghost ninjas were looking for an evil spirit.
the spirit lived inside someone.
so to tell if they werent infested with evil you were marked.
i got jumped in a hot girls bedroom by these things.
kind of looks like a backwards five, behind my ear.
dont ask.

[feathery]

yeah im not gonna
im sure it makes sense in context but if we start delving too deeply into context were gonna be here all fucking night
though uh
you probably shouldnt bring up the me dying thing with anyone alright
especially since youre gonna be switching ships

[frigidaire]

yeah because im gonna meet people and say
hey this is my friend dave hes part ghost bird dude
and he's dead. no big deal.
whats switching ships have to do with it

[feathery]

man
this is so fucking awkward
i was hoping wed be spared the awkward but that was obviously a fleeting fucking dream so here we go bumrushing that sucker when it comes slinking back home with its tail between its legs
we are chasing this shithead back off the premises
its exiled dude
welcome no more
but alright so like i said i omitted the occurrence of my death
but i got friends around who might give more of a shit than they should
and also maybe kind of have their own traumatic experiences to cope with so im not really interested in heaping my own horseshit on top of that
especially when it happened over a year ago
so
thats whats up

[frigidaire]

yeah you're right this is awkward as hell.
sounds like you have friend issues dude if you cant tell them
i mean dude you died. thats a big deal.
death and all. the whole not living thing. but whatever, you dont have to tell anyone.
and pretty sure id give more shits if my friend died to
so mr horseshit pity party of one
sorry you died. that fucking sucks.
but it's cool you didn't stay dead. i mean i think so.
you can think what you want bird brains but
yeah.