GRAVEYARD

[foundationmods]

[On the instant of your death, you're suddenly outside of your body - probably staring down at the remains it's become.

Yet, you're not alone. For all of you (except Szayel), a young man appears from behind you, his face set into a firm, yet sad, scowl. His shaggy strawberry blonde hair is pretty eye-catching, along with the black and white Shihakusho he wears and the large sword on his back, even as he gently tries to lead you back into the lobby and away from what was once your body. You can still clearly hear and see the living, if you want to try - but they can't see or hear you.

'Welcome to the world of the dead in this Resort,' he says, quietly. 'Looks like you're stuck here with the rest of us.'

He hands you a tablet, just like the one you had before. "You'll need this if you want to keep talking to them,' he explains, looking sad.

It looks like you've passed on, and yet...You still feel like you have a role to play in all of this.]

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[justonezero]

It's not!

[dereban]

Like I said: it doesn't matter. I can't be selfish. I'm not allowed to.

[justonezero]

Inabaaaa.

[STILL. HUGGING!!]

You're allowed to be happy. Both of us are.

[dereban]

But my selfishness will make too many people unhappy. It's not worth it.

[justonezero]

What's your selfishness?

[His voice gets quiet. They're really close, she can probably whisper without being heard by the others.]

[dereban]

[ She lowers her voice so that only he can hear it, because she doesn't want Ichigo or Atsushi or Shirou to hear any of this. ]

I've been thinking of not accepting the "revival". I won't do it, of course, because I know how sad the others would be. And there's things to be done.

[justonezero]

[....Ah. He goes silent for a moment.]

Why don't you want to come back?

[dereban]

. . . It's not like I don't want to.

It just- it won't be in my body.

[justonezero]

Because they're new ones? Does it make it too weird...?

[dereban]

I think it was the same way with the 'old one', too. That wasn't my original body. This isn't going to be my original body, it's not the same-- [ She's feeling frustrated just shakes her head before she finds herself too irritated that she's just too loud about it. ]

[justonezero]

[He just pats her on the back a few times.]

Inaba...

Why does it need to be your original one?

[It's not scolding, not disparaging. He just doesn't understand.]

[dereban]

Because that body is "me".

Any other one. . . isn't me at all. It's a copy, it's a fake, it's not me at all.

[ She laughs a little bitterly. ]

[justonezero]

...But you're here right now. That doesn't have anything to do with any body.

[dereban]

That's because it's my soul. But I don't. . . really like the idea of being put into a "fake body".

[justonezero]

Mmm...

I guess for me, it was pretty much like my old body, so as long as I didn't notice it didn't really bother me...

Is there something that different about "fake bodies?"

[dereban]

It just-

[...]

It bothers me. Like even if it looks like me, feels like me, I'm just way too aware that it's fake. That it isn't really me.

[justonezero]

Even if it has the real you inside of it?

[dereban]

Yeah.

Because it's like saying that the body never mattered to begin with. Ichigo... probably feels that way. That's why I haven't said anything.