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MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-11-03 17:28:00

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:mingle, bonnie bennett, charlotte charles, doctor facilier, duo maxwell, euphemia li britannia, gwen cooper, kanji tatsumi, nathan harris, nico di angelo, rose, spike, veronica mars, yuuri shibuya

Day 296 — VR MarinaNova — After the doors close
[Maybe you saw a glowing door open and avoided it or maybe you have no idea anything just happened, but you know something is up now because everything just went dark. Seriously dark. No ambient light of any kind. The kind of dark that makes you wonder if something's wrong with your eyes. Oh, and there's a siren going off from the speakers on the floating island. Don't worry, that will end in about thirty minutes, but you're not so lucky when it comes to the dark.

The kiosk was open earlier, but it's gone dead now and the maintenance bots are in the same condition. As a bonus some people are missing too! Welcome to Day 296.]

(OOC: This mingle is for those who did NOT go through the doors. EVENT INFORMATION)

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	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-26 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	You were sensitive. Soft. Meek. Pushover. Hopeless romantic? Did you write poetry? Sonnets? You were Victorian - I bet you did. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-11-26 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	[ If he could possibly get any paler, he would do just that. The reaction is visible — there isn't a person in prison that knows what he was like before he died, barely anyone back home that still remembers and now there's this kid who sees right through to his pathetic core. It makes him shudder with a wash of sickness. ] You don't know me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-27 12:24 am UTC (link)
	[Spike's reaction doesn't go unnoticed. Is that a pang of sympathy Nico feels? He wasn't even sure what he was trying prove - except that maybe Spike's soul didn't match up with jerk before him. He lifts his shoulders, though his voice is at least somewhat apologetic.] Seems I do. Part of you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

chipswiththat
2014-11-27 10:32 am UTC (link)

That man is dead.

[ As firm as he can manage but there's still an almost uncharacteristic tremble in his voice. What he's actually saying is up for debate here — William Pratt died a long time ago but then again so did he and no name change in the world can completely strip away the meek poet from the bloodthirsty killer. He's been hiding it for well over a century, with varying degrees of success.

You reek of humanity. ]

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	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-27 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	[No shit. Voice tremble. Emotional vampire? He's not sure what to do about that. He'll do nothing about that. Just feel uncomfortable and pretend not to notice.] Funny how souls go on being what they are, even when their bodies stop. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-11-28 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	[ Good man. Please continue to do nothing about that. Everyone could benefit from more people doing nothing about that. ] Guess that's where the immortal bit comes into play. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-28 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	So ... that man may be dead, but he's not gone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-11-29 10:34 am UTC (link)
	[ I thought I said we would continue to do nothing about this. This sure feels like something. ] What are you getting at? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-29 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	[It's hard to leave things alone.] ...Nothing. Just, souls don't float around inside of bodies completely separate. But ... whatever. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-11-30 02:16 pm UTC (link)
	What difference does it make? Most of the wankers in here don't believe souls exist in the first place. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-30 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	So? I didn't believe in vampires before your fangs popped out. We have similar monsters, but they're female, and uglier. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-12-01 12:47 pm UTC (link)
	So the difference is you changed your mind when you got proof. They haven't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-12-01 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	[Small shrug.] Proof helps. It's not necessary. Anyway, who cares what they believe? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-12-01 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	[ Hahaha. ] The bloke who gets told to suck it up because these wankers don't understand how souls work. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-12-01 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	Ah. [He can see where that would be a problem (if he's understanding who the bloke and the wankers are). He also kinda maybe feels responsible because he did give Jack the reassurance that the soul thing would work...] I don't suppose you've tried to explaining it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-12-01 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	More times than I can count. [ He groans. In a way this is the last thing he wants to talk about but also, maybe this is the one person who'll actually kind of get it. ] Repeatedly, before and after the fact. So far, no one seems to see the problem but what the hell do you expect out of heroes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-12-01 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	[He snorts at that. He'd never measured up to a hero himself. But he knew heroes. Admired them, even.] They wanted to stop you attacking people. I guess that worked, right? But... [He trails off, uncertain.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-12-03 12:30 pm UTC (link)
	But I could count off at least ten different ways they could've done it that doesn't involve eternal torture. [ He growls, teeth gritted. ] The problem isn't in the soul. It's in trying to shove it back in a dead body and expect it to play nice with a demon. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-12-03 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	[So no one mentioned that little bit.] A what? Are you being literal? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2014-12-03 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I am. [ He looks Nico in the eye then, revealing the full force of the crippling guilt and how it clashes and curdles with the bloodlust. An immortal soul trapped in a body that is no longer fit to contain it, but has no option but to do just that. ] What did you think vampires are? We're corpses. Something has to make us walk and talk. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

nico_di_angelo
2014-12-03 06:49 pm UTC (link)

[Nico stares back. He feels he owes that much, to see whatever Spike has to show him.

After Percy had knocked the Titan Iapetus into the River Lethe and wiped away his memories during a fight, Nico had taken their former enemy to his father's palace, where he was made a servant. He visited the newly dubbed Bob often. It didn't feel right to abandon the Titan just because the threat was gone.

He breaks away first, shaken.]

There's all sorts where I'm from. I don't know anything about vampires.

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	chipswiththat 2014-12-03 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe someone should've done their homework before they started bargaining with souls left and right. [ That's what really gets him. Hell, he could even get behind the punishment itself if they at least understood how disgustingly cruel it is. Alas, no one gets it. Or rather, no one wants to hear it. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

nico_di_angelo
2014-12-03 09:20 pm UTC (link)

Except for saying hello to your soul, I wasn't really involved in the whole...

[He waves a hand at the whole of Spike.

Oh, and his rehab points did go toward acquiring the soul. Maybe a little more involved. Whatever.]

And I wasn't really inclined to seek out your side of the story after you tried to eat me. Even if I did, it's not like I could have changed anyone's mind. I mean, even if your soul said it didn't want to be returned to you, they were going to do it anyway. I asked.

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chipswiththat
2014-12-03 10:55 pm UTC (link)

I'm not asking for anyone's forgiveness. Hell, I don't care if you do hear my side of the story! I'm a monster, I've never made myself out to be anything else. [ There's resignation here. He's given up a long time ago. ] All I ever wanted was for you to understand what you're dabbling with. It's not a slap on the wrist... it's not a goddamn mercy.

[ Enough people have given him that pep talk. It's a mercy. He's still alive. None of them really get it but that's a continued argument for another time — something else just occurred to him. ]

Wait... it said that?

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	nico_di_angelo 2014-12-04 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	I'm trying to understand. [If he says he's a monster, than Nico will take his word for it. He doesn't quite slot into the monster category Nico is familiar with. Maybe straddles the line, monster with a side of human. He shakes his head.] It didn't say anything. I don't think it can, really. It just gave me impressions of who you are. Were. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)