Yuyu is going to be Erased. One of the Reapers said that if we pick the correct team, it will be the culprit... it's only if we don't get it right that the team has to choose.
Well... even if we did die in our own worlds, our consciousnesses are still here. We're moving, speaking, thinking, and making decisions under our own power. It's not until we're fully Erased that we cease to be.
So, if I had to describe it, I'd probably say right now we're... half-dead?
Half--?! [ suddenly, Valerie jolts upright and jumps to her feet and she starts moving back and forth, almost pacing ] Th-that's--no, we're not--this isn't--
Whatever this is, it's not that. I am not half-ghost!
It's okay. People don't react like that without reason...
[she lets her voice trail off - she'll listen if valerie wants to explain why, but also, valerie seems upset enough that she doesn't want to press her if she's not ready to talk about it.]
Knowing that it is is the first step to understanding... even if you don't know how it works now, maybe you will come to in the future. Or maybe you won't... that's also okay.
[well. fair's fair. nahida has no problem with this.]
...I think you've probably seen on my profile, it mentions forgetting something... that's because I don't have any memory of before 500 years ago, when there was a cataclysm that destroyed one of the nations. When that happened... I used up more of my power than I really had to give, and my form changed and my memory was lost as a result. I used to be much older looking than I am right now.
[ she actually hasn't read the profiles too clearly, mostly because i didn't and therefore did not account for how that would change interactions but it's fine ]
Wait...the 500 years old thing wasn't a typo? How did you--what--your form changed? ...how old did you used to look like?
It wasn't a typo. I used to be much taller than I am now... umm, I guess I looked like an average adult? I used to look young for my age... now I look really young for my age.
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[are they like. half-dead right now?]
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So, if I had to describe it, I'd probably say right now we're... half-dead?
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Whatever this is, it's not that. I am not half-ghost!
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nahida's ears droop. clearly, that was the wrong thing to say.]
...alright. [her voice is gentle.] You aren't half-ghost. This must be something different.
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[ slumps back onto the bench ]
...I didn't mean to blow up like that.
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[she lets her voice trail off - she'll listen if valerie wants to explain why, but also, valerie seems upset enough that she doesn't want to press her if she's not ready to talk about it.]
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Half-ghosts...apparently they really are a thing. Back home.
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[nahida looks puzzled, like she's trying to figure out how that's a thing.]
People can be caught halfway between life and death in your world?
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...it sounds like it must be very unsettling.
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Only if you go first. Give me your own... [ waves her hand vaguely ] wild lifechanging incident.
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[well. fair's fair. nahida has no problem with this.]
...I think you've probably seen on my profile, it mentions forgetting something... that's because I don't have any memory of before 500 years ago, when there was a cataclysm that destroyed one of the nations. When that happened... I used up more of my power than I really had to give, and my form changed and my memory was lost as a result. I used to be much older looking than I am right now.
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Wait...the 500 years old thing wasn't a typo? How did you--what--your form changed? ...how old did you used to look like?
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[ she's too baffled to realize she just phrased that super rudely ]
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I'm not human... does that explain it well enough?
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What are you, then?
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