13th Combo - [Video]

[redcladidealist]

[A letter. That's what Lloyd had come home to. A letter. A letter and a suddenly empty apartment, all of Zelos's things just... gone. Lloyd stands there, still numbly holding the letter. Things had been strained between them ever since he'd found out. Found out that Zelos was dead. And how. Why. But he hadn't seen this coming.

Moved out.

Gone.

His thoughts feel broken and stilted. Zelos was gone.

Squeezing his eyes shut, the teen drops heavily into a chair.]

Dammit...

[For a long time all he does is just sit there, too many emotions lodged in his throat and his head to manage anything else. Finally, he pulls his Dreamberry out. He probably looks as bad as he feels - guilty, miserable. Angry. - but he honestly doesn't care. He needs to say something, even if it's stupid and childish.]

Somebody hit Zelos when you see him.

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[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

Indeed, it's quite a talent of his. Did he use that particular skill on you, then?

[redcladidealist]

Yeah. He moved out just to try to avoid me, because I don't want to let him die.

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

Which would imply that he's suicidal and in dire need of a psychiatrist.

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd opens his mouth - then closes it, frowning uncertainly.]

What's a psychiatrist?

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

A doctor that helps cure mental illnesses. Unfortunately, there isn't a cure for being dense, or you'd probably have been dragged to one by now.

[redcladidealist]

H-hey! I don't have a mental illness! I'm not even sick at all!

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

It was a joke, Lloyd. But anyway, is Zelos all right? It'd be quite a bother if he suddenly dies on us.

[redcladidealist]

Oh. [He flushes a little, embarrassed.] I- I knew that.

[At the question he sighs, rubbing his head as though trying to ward off a headache.] I don't know. I mean, he looks okay. He looks alive. But he says he's dead and- [Grimace.] I don't know what that means for him.

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

Would you happen to know if he meant 'dead' in a literal or metaphorical sense? After all, I believe there are races called the undead such as zombies and vampires. Perhaps Zelos is one of them?

[Hey who knows maybe there are zombies that aren't rotting and surrounded with flies in Tethe'alla.]

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd wrinkles his nose. He knows what zombies are.]

He's definitely not a zombie, but if his dream was real, he really is dead. I... [He looks uncomfortable.] I killed him. Will kill him. We got in a fight. I don't know how he's alive here.

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

Well, that happens sometimes, unfortunately. [There wasn't really anything he could say. Lloyd definitely doesn't seem like someone who would kill his friends.] But people who die in Somarium are bought back to live. Perhaps it's not too far a stretch of imagination to believe that people who've died in your own world can be brought back to life by entering Somarium.

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd gives Jade a startled blink.] You... really think that's possible?

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

[Small shrug.] Why not? Stranger things have happened.

[redcladidealist]

[Huh.] So if someone gets brought back to life when they come here, could they go back home and still be alive?

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

A most interesting theory, but if only our 'dream-selves' are in Somarium, then the deceased's physical body should be rotting back in their own world. Still, this certainly is a question I'd like to continue exploring.

[redcladidealist]

But that's-

But then-

[Horrified.]

That can't be what happens! Then they'd be stuck here forever!

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

Who knows? If this is the afterlife, then it should be far more crowded. Perhaps there is another place departed souls go to. I'm not a particularly religious person [especially since religion almost caused the death of his world =\ ] but there certainly is no mention of Somarium whenever people discuss the afterlife.

[redcladidealist]

Somarium's not like any place I've heard about, either. [Lloyd frowns, trying to think about everything he knows.] I'm not sure that everyone here is asleep, either. I think I'm here completely because I came through the Otherworldly Gate. So if you can come here completely, maybe you can leave here completely, even if that's not the way you came. Maybe Zelos can still leave with a body, even if he died.

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

That would be assuming he has the ability to go to different timelines. From what you tell me, it seems that you two come from different points of time in your world.

Frankly, the thought of time travel makes my head ache. I don't suppose you know of instances of time travel in your world's history, do you?

[redcladidealist]

I... uh... [Lloyd's cheeks tinge a little bit pink.] I don't know. History's not exactly my... best subject. Um... maybe?

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

I'm not particularly surprised if you don't know. Until we have a concrete answer, I suppose we would be fine in assuming the answer is 'no'. Which might mean that it's impossible for Zelos to live again, especially if he isn't transported here through the Otherworldy Gate.

[redcladidealist]

Damn it... I'm not going to accept that. There has to be a way to save him.

[He shakes his head.]

I'll think of something, Jade. You can count on it.