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2 Fathoms Down ☠ [Written]

Dec 14, 2010 22:48

The man whom I much respect wrote of the "secret parts of the tragedy" in his great book. A darker thread. A darker thread among the unspeakable foundations of the world ( Read more... )

o death, sundering seas, draft, his love of melville is only natural, everything was beautiful; nothing hurt

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written byakkoyagirl December 15 2010, 03:58:14 UTC

[...Derek was-- oh god. She just got a terrible feeling the pits of her stomach from hearing that. Death was something just too real for a dream like herself to handle.]

Thank you for informing us.

written lists_to_port December 15 2010, 04:02:07 UTC

Dear Miss

You were a friend of the hunter's

Sparrow

written byakkoyagirl December 15 2010, 04:10:21 UTC

Dear Sparrow,

I was. We spoke a few times and I considered him one.

Paprika

written lists_to_port December 15 2010, 04:16:26 UTC

Paprika

You're the one what Bones

He was is a good man. A good friend.

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slaying December 15 2010, 04:00:26 UTC

[She doesn't even care that it's Jack. There is no edge of bitterness towards him involved when she quickly pens her reply -- messy, clumsy. You can tell she has probably been waiting on the other side on tenterhooks for some word of the battle.]

...Derek? God -- wait. [A flurry of scribbles.] The General's out there?

lists_to_port December 15 2010, 04:02:53 UTC

The General. Aye.

slaying December 15 2010, 04:04:07 UTC

Who stopped him?

[Because she can't fathom him not being stopped.]

lists_to_port December 15 2010, 04:05:27 UTC

No one, Buffy.

Thread 36

[Written] unseenspy December 15 2010, 04:02:18 UTC

...Derek?

[He'd only spoken to the man twice, and said man wasn't too bad...]

[Written] lists_to_port December 15 2010, 04:03:33 UTC

The same. He fell before the general.

[Written] unseenspy December 15 2010, 04:04:40 UTC

And who is this general?

[Written] lists_to_port December 15 2010, 04:06:02 UTC

The powerful leader of the Third Party. I did not get close enough to discover more.

Thread 6

[Voice] crytearsofjoy December 15 2010, 04:10:20 UTC

[She's not even bothering to write, but if Jack later insists on it she won't mind switching. But for now she feels horrified. Sickened. Saddened. Surprised. Disbelieving?]

Dead?

[Voice] lists_to_port December 15 2010, 04:18:14 UTC

Oh, Miss Winry; aye, lass. He's gone.

[Voice] crytearsofjoy December 15 2010, 04:22:35 UTC

[Someone she knew not just by name or face, but someone she's talked to, has died in this war. Casualties in war... they're inevitable, right? But that doesn't make it easier to swallow. Especially no since...

He's going to be back, Winry. He'll be back. It's a while before she responds, but when she does:] Th-thank you. We... we'll be on the look out for him.

[Voice] lists_to_port December 15 2010, 04:24:57 UTC

Good girl. He'll be glad to have you when the time comes, darling. [Sparrow rather aches for her, actually. Is there any consolation?] This whole war is a damned shame. But at least he will be back.

Thread 12

[ voice ] markofthebrave December 15 2010, 04:15:16 UTC

[Because Katara doesn't carry writing implements on her and she's scrambling for the voice button in time for the journal to catch her small gasp.]

You're sure?

[First Rydia and now...

No.]

[ voice ] lists_to_port December 15 2010, 04:19:04 UTC

I wish I could tell a different tale, O Sister of Thunderaxe. It's ugly news and I'm sorry to be the one to tell it.

[ voice ] markofthebrave December 15 2010, 04:26:16 UTC

[That ridiculous name on top of this pain - she shakes her head angrily as hot angry tears spring to her eyes.]

It's Katara.

[She should have been there.

She'd hugged him goodbye. He said he'd be careful. He said he'd be back before she knew it. And a choked little sob escapes before-]

Thank you for telling us.

[And she quietly closes the book. She's a child of war. She knows when public mourning brings honor... and when it does not.]