After Death Who: Schroedinger and Dorian When: Day after K/B wedding Where: Looking Glass Lake Ratings: PG Warnings: None Summary: Now that things have started to calm down again, Dorian takes a trip to Looking Glass Lake to clear his mind(s). Schroedinger encounters him there and they talk.
Dorian had remained mostly puzzled, and fairly saddened, following his realization that he had been nonexistent for an entire day. There was no way of knowing what decision he would have made that resulted in that outcome, and that was what upset him the most. True, there were many things he could have done differently that would have kept him from being here today. And yes, technically, he was dead and didn't have much room to talk, but...
He'd never taken his lives for granted. Or his duty to his souls. But he was reminded for the first time in a long time how precious life was and how fleeting it could be.
Having been further reminded by Kain and Blythe's wedding yesterday, watching them marry while her pregnancy was clearly showing, he thought about life - the creation of it, the destruction of it. Such thoughts led him to take a walk early the next day, heading towards Looking Glass Lake - on foot, which was quite a feat for the mummy. He had a lot to think about these days. Much more than ever before.
Finding a flat stone, the mummy flung it into the water. It didn't skip. He didn't have the finesse. Instead, it parted the water with a heavy thunk, creating startled ripples in the water. A disruption of its flow. Of its order and nature.