[Voice Post]

[priorpyro]

[Axel's voice is flat, monotone, and matter-of-fact.]

Cerceus has come down with a temporary case of death. If you have any messages for him, I'll be more than happy to jot them down and relay them to him, once he's recovered.

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[pathofthedead]

[his first impulse is "omg, what happened?" but as he opens his mouth to say it, he remembers that Axel just said he wasn't up to sharing the details, and shuts it.]

I... I don't...

.... th-thanks. For telling us. I'll... tell Zuko.

[archive_sky]

...I'm sorry, Number VIII, I don't understand.

[priorpyro]

...right. Allow me to rephrase.

'Terminated.' Cerceus has been terminated. But death is impermanent here, and the people who die here are brought back a few days later, courtesy of the Reaper's whims.

I was speaking of his death the way one would speak of an illness in order to make a joke.

[archive_sky]

I see. You make jokes about things that don't amuse you frequently.

Saying that Cerceus was terminated implies that his death was deliberate.

[priorpyro]

...is that robot-speak for 'What happened?'

[wishonastone]

Wait, Cerceus is dead? But...

[You wouldn't think Xiao Long Nu would care, considering how 'well' she and Cerceus got along, but she looks seriously shocked and upset]

[priorpyro]

[Calmly - of course, the hood is up; he's not letting anyone see his face right now.]

But what? You didn't know that we could die in this place?

[wishonastone]

No...

And what about Zuko? Does Zuko know?

[She's getting more and more worked up]

[priorpyro]

I told Coramir. Coramir will tell Zuko. You're welcome to attempt to comfort him, if you wish. I'm a little worn out, myself.

And I was never too good at the shoulder-to-cry-on bit.

[i_see_death]

[Joshua's voice is dry; it sounds more as if he's speaking to himself than to Axel, and the crow only happens to pick it up.] ...Huh. No kidding? [He breathes a short, quiet, cynical laugh.] Good for him.

[priorpyro]

One can certainly hope.

[i_see_death]

...One can, yes. How'd he die?

[[OOC: Sorry for the late response; somehow missed this last night. =\]]

[priorpyro]

Quite peacefully, and painlessly.

[[OOC: np... Axel's deliberately being obtuse, lol]]

[hopefulgaze]

... death? He... he's gone?

[priorpyro]

It would certainly be nice. But things don't work that way around here.

You're a new one, aren't you?

[hopefulgaze]

Yes... I just got here. My name is Allen Walker.

But, what do you mean, things don't work that way?

[priorpyro]

My apologies, Allen Walker, but you can die in this place. That would be good news, except that the Reaper doesn't allow escape to be so simple; if you die here, he brings you back.

Cerceus was killed. He will likely wake up in the woods sometime soon, just like he did when he first arrived here.