06 | Video

[unitas]

[ It's obvious this is being filmed in one of the many temples, all cool hard stone behind her, and, given the subject matter of the video, most likely to be Hope's. Sharon does not look pleased. Furious might be the better descriptor but it's a calm sort of fury. There are a few spatters of dark blood on her cheeks, dried and cracking; old. She has no wounds just stains and memories. She leans in towards the lens and whispers: ]

So, which one of you fuckers killed me? [ Her killer could reply, he might not, but she won't stop until she finds him and returns the favor. ]

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[closerift]

It doesn't matter who it is or who can relate. Death is death. We may come back, but it shouldn't be discounted or trivialized. It's still pain. There's still a risk that Hope may not be able to revive us forever. I need for you to recognize this.

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[unitas]

Maybe we shouldn't be being revived then? [ She says it so quietly under her breath, eyes distant. ]

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[closerift]

Then how would we get back home? To our friends? To our family?

[ Sharon has to go back. They all do. They all have to. ]

Don't say that. Don't even think it.

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[unitas]

Maybe that's the way back and Hope ties us to this place with chains. [ A pause. She knows what that sounds like and her next response is softer, less of that false fire she has so often. ]

I won't... I wouldn't. That would be giving up and I... won't.

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[closerift]

Maker. [ Cecily breathes, almost shakily. Losing Sharon would be - awful. She pushes the concept from her mind forcibly, working to keep it at a distance. ] We can't start thinking that death is the way out. It isn't.

[ It can't be. ]

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[unitas]

I... [ She shakes her head. ] ...I don't think we should toss the theory entirely but, y-yeah, you're probably right.