Your New Life

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Another New Life

You wake up to the sound of surf, much, much closer than you've ever heard it unless you moseyed down to Puffin Pier back in the old days. What old days...? Why, the days when you had a body, of course. The memories are probably coming back by now, jumbled along with everything else you lost. What a wake-up call.

But at least the ocean is real, unlike your dubiously fragmented remembrances. This little island out in the middle of nowhere sports a crude sign reading DUCK DAMNED ISLAND that seems like it's really railing against whatever fate you've been left to. There are little seashells and sparkling fragments amongst the sand to the left of your face. If you look further, to the left and right, it seems you're not the only one who's woken up here; it's considerably less cushy than your last wakeup, but maybe that's not a bad thing.

Here, you're free, albeit... kind of incorporeal, as you'll soon find out. The island is covered in pretty little trees that don't quite form a forest, bowed over the really beautiful sandy beach that is way prettier than the one on the mainland. One, slightly rickety treehouse -- bare of anything, because incorporeal ghosts don't need furniture, of course -- peeks out from between the leaves. This is, apparently, your home away from home now.

Finally, there's a small bay-like area on the island that leads you to a strange-looking storm drain, marked with a symbol that's not-quite-an-apple. Stepping in will wash you alllllll the way back up to Puffin Pier, right where the sewers normally let out.

Oh, and once you step onto the mainland? You're now a duck. What kind of quacking afterlife is this.

((OOC: the tldr; about death is here!))

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[aurevoirx2]

Hmmm. Well, it's a medical condition, so it'd be best if we... Asked a doctor? [ He's not even out of high school, he can't help you with this. ]

[driftedaway]

...Yeah, Ryou did tell me to go to the clinic that time. [ Where the heck are they gonna find one here though??? ]

[aurevoirx2]

Sounds like he knows how to handle things at least.

[driftedaway]

Ahaha... I can't deny that he's way more responsible than I am. But Ryou's so on top of things that it feels unfair to compare myself to him.

[aurevoirx2]

You're both friends though. What's the need to compare? You could just put your strengths together and all.

[driftedaway]

[ That certainly gets a reaction out of him, eyes wide with a smile that starts collapsing before it reforms itself. ]

...You're right, but it feels unbalanced when I can't do more for him than he does for me.

[aurevoirx2]

I'm sure he doesn't think of it that way at all. [ After all, what could he do for Hinata? Nothing, compared to what Hinata has done for him. But it wasn't like Hinata demanded more. It was him who was selfish. ]

[driftedaway]

Ryou's too kind to think of that.

[ That encounter at the amusement park only proves it more to him (despite everything else that happened that day, but not now). It just makes him feel guiltier about considering Adela's words about bringing him (among others) to this place. ]

...I'm not sure how much I can work on my sleepwalking here, but I'll try my best to barricade myself at night just in case.

[aurevoirx2]

And I'll wake you up if I see you up and about.

[driftedaway]

That...might be dangerous? [ considering /waves hands at thursday ]

[aurevoirx2]

It'll be fine. [ Like look at how that turned out... ] Think of a word that might snap you out of it, if you think it'll help.

[driftedaway]

[ (x) doubt ] Umm...Vinicunca?

[aurevoirx2]

Maybe I should pick the word.

[driftedaway]

[ Way to immediately shoot down??? ] Fiiiiiine, which one?

[aurevoirx2]

Hmmm. How about... Goliath? [ He's thinking about his painting, not about your height. ]

[driftedaway]

What's that? [ It does sort of ring a bell. ]

[aurevoirx2]

Like the biblical story, David and Goliath. Where a young shepherd boy defeats a giant with only a sling. It's almost like a tale like a kaiju, right?

1/2

[driftedaway]

Oh, it really does! What a classic storyline. [ He's pretty much forgotten about the shutdown now. ] Sure, let's go with that.

2/2

[driftedaway]

Hmm... Goliath, Goliath, Goliath... David and Goliath... It does have a nice ring to it.

[ yeah yeah he's committing it to memory ]

[aurevoirx2]

Then it's settled. Hopefully it helps.

[ He... doesn't need to know about the other details about how he knows this story. ]

[driftedaway]

I hope so! Thanks for the idea, Sora.

[ And with that, he finishes another copy of the rules for the board with a cheerful flourish. ]

It's going to be a lot of stuff to remember at once, but I get the feeling that I can definitely handle it.

[aurevoirx2]

Maybe you should write it down too? Don't make it harder for yourself.

[driftedaway]

Sure, as an aid. But I do want to be able to say all of that whenever, just in case.

[aurevoirx2]

They do say if you say it enough times you can, but hmm.

[driftedaway]

Then I'll just have to do both. Problem solved! [ With a slightly forced laugh, he takes out yet another piece of paper. ]