Fifth

[akapeanut]

[Considering the whole non-permanence of death thing, not to mention the closets, George isn't too worried about her track record with pets. And after all, she kept her frog for a long time! Like, two years!

It might be that overconfidence that made fate decide to fuck with her, though.]

Hey. Uh, if anybody finds a yellowish-orangeish frog about [She gestures.] this big? That's, uh, mine. So if you can just put him in a box or something, I'll come get him.

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[second-first.livejournal.com]

No.

It had no soul.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[O...kay.]

You know, I'm beginning to think, what with that giant fucking statue of you and all, that you were really important.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

Corpse.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Can we just pretend it was a statue?

[She's dealt with dead bodies, she just can't quite handle a giant one.]

[second-first.livejournal.com]

Okay.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[Fidget.]

Your world still freaks me out a little. I know that's probably rude or something but...

[Well, she's embarrassed enough at being freaked out without worrying about the rudeness.]

[second-first.livejournal.com]

It was ending.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Yeah...guess that isn't the best example of what it was like.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

No.

It was normal I think.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

People normally exploded like that?

[second-first.livejournal.com]

No. Before that, the world was normal.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Okay.

You never really answered my question though. You're important, right?

[second-first.livejournal.com]

This body is important. And this soul is important. But this Rei is not.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[She isn't sure what that means, exactly. But it sounds sad.]

I think all of it is important.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

When I died, I was replaced.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[...Rei, you are the hardest person to comfort.]

I just meant you're special too.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

[She just doesn't realize that's what George is trying to do. This is just a fact of life, why does it require comforting? :|a]

...Oh.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

[You are important, Rei. You are a special snowflake.]

Yeah.

[If only George was better with words.]

[second-first.livejournal.com]

I think...

[Don't worry, Rei is not good with them either.]

...I think that I am. Here, I am.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Definitely here.

[Nobody else here is quite like Rei.]

[second-first.livejournal.com]

At home, there are many copies of this body. So when I died, a third one was used to house this soul.

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

So your soul is here, and your soul is you. Sounds about right.

[And she switches to private.]

I'm...kind of the same way. I mean...I'm dead. I was dead before I got here. Well, undead.

[She looks kind of nervous saying this.]

So I'm just my soul, really? I don't know the specifics, but that's basically it. My body's definitely gone, at least.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

[Rei listens, considering this.]

Where is that body from?

[akapeanut.livejournal.com]

Uh...I dunno. It looks different to the living. Or well, it did. I don't...think that's still true here.

[She hesitates, figuring that needs explanation but, well. It's kind of hard to talk about.]

I saw my mom after I died. She thought I was just some girl. She yelled at me.

[second-first.livejournal.com]

I am sorry.

[This seems like an appropriate time for that response.... Rei isn't used to saying it, though, so maybe she's wrong?]