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ąųdįţǫŗę (mentori) wrote in valarnet,
@ 2017-06-10 09:20:00

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abigail hobbs, alecto carrow, doug ramsey (cypher), elijah mikaelson, ezio auditore da firenze

It is absolutely ridiculous to dream of your own death and then wake up to go about your day.

Not as if it was a surprise - since the same pneumonia nearly killed me here - but at least that heart attack on a bench was somewhat quick, and the last thing I saw was my wife and daughter, shopping in the distance. I knew I was going to die, I made peace with the end of my life and all that happened during. When I was a young man, I had liberty, but I did not see it. I had time, but I did not know it. And I had love, but I did not feel it. Many decades would pass before I understood the meaning of all three. And now, the twilight of my life, this understanding has passed into contentment was what I told Sofia, in my last letter to her.

The letter was with me when I woke up. So was a skeleton, but interestingly, it was not my skeleton - that would be even weirder, no? But for awhile, after escaping my own execution, I had spent so much time tracking down these keys to open the library of the legendary Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad - it was a race to get there before the Templars did, since we all believed that library was bursting with secrets. But inside there were no books, just Altaïr's skeleton. And another Apple of Eden, hidden, but I refused to take it. It would only bring about more suffering, more hardships - and I had seen enough. It was then I left behind my sword and my Hidden Blade. I left behind my life as an Assassin.

Certamente, none of that helps in deciding what to do about a skeleton now, but - that phrase 'skeletons in the closet' has more literal meaning.

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	inthecoldlight 2017-06-10 02:10 pm UTC (link)
	you have a skeleton? that's so cool. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mentori 2017-06-10 03:38 pm UTC (link)
	Most everyone has a skeleton, cara. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	inthecoldlight 2017-06-10 03:48 pm UTC (link)
	yeah, but inside them. not outside. unless they are outer skeletal people. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mentori 2017-06-10 03:53 pm UTC (link)
	I do not know if 'cool' would be the word to describe it, but yes, there is the skeleton of a legendary Assassin in my home. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

inthecoldlight
2017-06-10 04:00 pm UTC (link)

i guess i just like skeletons. well, i like a lot of morbid things, which works for me. forensic photography and all. never known any assassins before, though. but i guess dream me does a lot of killing...only not really getting paid for it. she's just suuuuuper crazy and it shows. hideous bun that is pulled too tight, greasy hair, hideous laughter. i cry a lot on the inside.

	moralsandsass 2017-06-10 02:15 pm UTC (link)
	I believe that ridiculous is the name of the game. I'm sure you needn't hold onto the skeleton, however. Unless you've developed some attachment to it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	moralsandsass 2017-06-10 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	It is. I was impaled by a wooden coat hanger in my first dream. Luckily it did not cross over and I recovered a while later. I doubt sense is ever made by these things. A burial of sorts is an acceptable way to handle it. I'm sure we can figure something out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mentori 2017-06-10 04:15 pm UTC (link)
	Something will be figured out. I just cannot think straight right now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	decypher 2017-06-10 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	I woke from my own dream death, recently, too. Not a reassuring thing, that. But I'm glad it has not hurt you here. A skeleton... is harder to work with. I wonder if there are any people here who work with archaeology. Maybe it could be age tested to see if it is something that could be used, or placed to be found, somewhere fitting. (Reply to this) (Thread)