EIGHT ☠ was the first amount of playable races

[forourqueen]

[Accidental Video Post]

[This is a treat for you, City! Here you see Gabriel cuddling kittens and eating muffins-

...wait, no? It's just a recording of a tilted, disgusting cellar floor for six minutes? Well, shit, that's no fun.

Oh wait, something's happening! Kittens? No. Is that... a finger? It's rather badly decayed, but it's obviously a finger. A severed finger. Moving around like a fat, rotted grub.

Great.

Then, that lovely voice that sounds like a mix between whiskey hoarseness and someone having eaten a mouthful of gravel;]

Human filth! What a useless fel-tainted piece of waste.

[Clink. That's a rather thick needle falling on the communicator - and the wriggling finger turns, squiggling over to turn it off.]

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[misterblackbird]

[That voice. He knows that voice. And that place seems close enough to the cold and damp he recalls--more or less--from before. But he knows that voice.]

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[valentineluke]

Whatever is the matter?

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[forourqueen]

The quality of these needles are laughable.

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[valentineluke]

Shouldn't have any problem finding proper surgeon's needles at the Black Market or anywhere Underground.

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[forourqueen]

That's what I paid for. So far I've gone through one per finger.

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[valentineluke]

Someone tried to cheat you - there are a few fools who deem all reanimates as the 'low intelligent'. Go back and demand the correct needles.

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[forourqueen]

Heh. I have enough fingers to handle my blades... they'll pay.

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[worldofourown]

[With his heightened Diety-cursed senses, Karl can see every sagging bit of flesh on that errant finger. But he doesn't need them to recognize Gabe's distinctive voice.]

Some assembly still required, I take it?

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[forourqueen]

[Sorry for the face-view, then. Poor Karl.]

All finely tuned machines need a bit of maintenance.

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[worldofourown]

[Hey. After being stuck in a windowless cell, 'tis a glorious sight!]

And have you been provided with the best tools?

[Those looked like crappy needles. Badass zombies deserve better :Db]

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[forourqueen]

[It's sad when advanced decomposition is a GOOD sight.]

They'll pay for trying to fool me. Idiots.

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[worldofourown]

Lawsuits? Monetary compensation?

[A feral grin.]

Or more memorable means of payment?

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[forourqueen]

If they cost me fingers by giving me sub-par material, I'll just take some new ones.

[othersdie]

What are you doing?

[Besides the obvious.]

[forourqueen]

Tch, dumbass buzzbox... Replacing a few fingers.

[othersdie]

Yours?

[forourqueen]

Obviously. Rot is a fel-damned issue.

[othersdie]

I've had fingers fall off during an extended curse. I don't envy you if you have to cope with that all the time.

Are you a zombie?

[forourqueen]

It usually takes a few months for it to be an issue.

Yes, I suppose you could call me that.

[othersdie]

Four to ten days is usually sufficient, assuming a body is left exposed. I suppose it's different with a reanimated corpse--not to be insensitive. [pause] The curse was unusual, anyway.

[forourqueen]

I'm well-preserved and the necromantic energies slows the decomposition down.

...it sounds like an interesting curse.

[othersdie]

Necromantic energies?

I don't miss it. ...Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. Justin.

[forourqueen]

It's what keeps me animated.

Hm. Gabriel.

[othersdie]

So it's some kind of magic.

Gabriel. I'm sorry for being... overly-inquisitive. I've done work as a forensic scientist; I suppose an interest in corpses carries over to a fascination with the animated dead.

[forourqueen]

How else would dead people walk?

I don't really give a damn why you're asking questions. You're amusing me for now, that's all that matters. What is a forensic scientist, anyway?

[othersdie]

I'm sure there are universes with scientific means of making it happen.

So long as I'm amusing you. Forensic scientists can do a number of jobs, but I mostly tried to ascertain the time and means of death by examining a corpse.

[forourqueen]

Heh. That would be interesting.

That's one odd job you got there. Can you tell what killed me?

[othersdie]

Possibly. I don't know how magic and whatever time has elapsed since your death would affect the accuracy of a study.

[forourqueen]

I've been dead for years, so I'm pretty sure it's different.

[othersdie]

That would make the results of a chemical study unreliable, at least, and you've undoubtedly patched up any fatal wounds while performing maintenance work.

[forourqueen]

Naturally.

[Aside from the gaping hole in his torso, but whatever.]