✜071 [video]

[deadly_legacy]

Thank you all for making the Spring Festival go over so well whether you worked on it or just attended. I think we should do it again next year. [She hopes she's here next year. And the year after that and the year after that...]

I also had a question for everyone. What are you most grateful for? It's a big question. I know. And there are so many things if you really think about it, but what means the most to you or would be the hardest to lose? [She's been thinking about this a lot ever since the curse that brought people back to life. Especially once she decided what she was going to do.]

[Private to Yuri]
I'm making a trade. I'm not sure what they'll want. I have some ideas. I just wanted you to know what happened if anything is strange.

[Deity Filter]
Excuse me. I was wondering if I could make a trade.

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[laszlo_jamf]

Such expediency. How droll.

Lay it on me, sister. What do you request?

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[deadly_legacy]

Ah... I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to be rude. [Small talk fail! Such a bad start already, but he did ask for her request, so...]

I would like my friend, Justin Pendleton, to have his life restored.

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[laszlo_jamf]

You're a lot better than some. Take it as a compliment, kiddo.

I think we can do that. And for such an act on our part, what do you offer?

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[deadly_legacy]

[She nods a bit slowly.] Thank you. [She thinks.]

Well, I've heard others have offered memories to you? Would you be interested in some of my memories for a time?

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[laszlo_jamf]

I might just.

But a life is precious thing, don't you think? They'd have to be distinctly precious memories.

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[deadly_legacy]

Very precious. [Maybe not the best bargaining move, but she can't disagree with that.]

What if they were the memories of someone I love? My knight. Suzaku Kururugi?

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[laszlo_jamf]

Why that might just be sufficient. The memories of the life of another for the sake of the life itself of another. And you right in the middle.

I think it might just do.

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[deadly_legacy]

Others told me what they traded was gone for a month. [Fishing. She doesn't want to give up Suzaku forever.]

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[laszlo_jamf]

A month, two, three, forever. It all depends.

In the case of a life--a precious thing, as we have said--I think at least a month, given the significance of these memories.

I'm almost tempted to make you aware of the hole they've left behind. To remind you of your payment. To make matters even.

At least a month. What say you?

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[deadly_legacy]

[The "forever" scares her for a moment. He says it so casually.] A month then? [If he offered it she wouldn't turn it away.]

And...if you think there should be an awareness. [In truth she didn't mind it. She felt like there should be some part of her that could mourn Suzaku in this. She just assumed it would come once the month was over.]

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[laszlo_jamf]

A month, then.

And I do think there should be some awareness. Some sense of something gone missing. Some notion that there is something forgotten but that the thing itself will not return--not for a month, at least. A fleeting sense. Like life itself.

Do you agree?

[ooc: Okay--without all the mumbojumbo, Euphie would forget everything about Suzaku for the duration of one month, but she would be aware that she had forgotten something. No amount of trying would bring the memory back. If she remembers some incident or scene, she might remember someone else in Suzaku's place, but have a sense that that isn't right. Does that work for you?]

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[deadly_legacy]

[She nods after a moment.] I agree.

When will Justin be alive again?

(OOC: Sounds great!)

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[laszlo_jamf]

I do too. So glad we all agree.

As soon as we put this trade through. Just a signature or two. And yours, too, if you want formal association.

Beyond that: abracadabra...boo!

[ooc: The trade can go through at any time hereafter that you would like. As soon as Euphie forgets Suzaku for that monthlong span, Justin will be alive again. And his life will stick with him even after Euphie remembers Suzaku again.]

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[deadly_legacy]

I see. Thank you.

What do you mean by formal association?

(OOC: Thank you!)

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[laszlo_jamf]

I don't know. It's customary. You can sign your name or we can sign it for you. As you like.

[ooc: You are more than welcome!]

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[deadly_legacy]

I don't mind singing. [She wondered if it meant they would tell Justin. Then again, after their last talk she expects he would guess.]

Thank you again. I really appreciate this.

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[laszlo_jamf]

[They won't tell. They never tell.]

As you please, then. Come by the office and we'll settle things up.

It's the least we can do.

Believe me: the very least/.

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[deadly_legacy]

Ah, yes, I'll be there shortly.