01; voice/action

[axeofoath]

A-ah...I didn't finish all of the laundry...The kitchen needs to be swept, too...

[It's the hushed voice of a young man, sounding both longing and peaceful. Gremio, sitting against the side of a building near the fountain, doesn't register the change in scenery quite immediately. But several seconds later...]

E-eh? C-could this be-?

[He's not sure what he expected to see upon dying, but this...probably wasn't it.]

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[axeofoath]

I-I see, of course. I shall have to ask a specialist...A-although I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing here in the first place.

[heelsandlaw.livejournal.com]

Neither am I, to be honest.

[axeofoath]

...What sort of afterlife did you expect, if any?

[heelsandlaw.livejournal.com]

You think we're dead? I don't.

[axeofoath]

I'm quite positive I am dead, under the circumstances. If you aren't dead, how did you come here?

[heelsandlaw.livejournal.com]

My working theory is that I was kidnapped and given drugs and all of this is just one big hallucination.

[axeofoath]

A-a hallucination seems the most plausible, I agree.

...Does this mean you're only a figment of my imagination?

[heelsandlaw.livejournal.com]

Or possibly that you're just a figment of mine.

[axeofoath]

I-I assure you, I'm very real! A-at least I was...

[heelsandlaw.livejournal.com]

That's what I'd say, too, if I was a hallucination. So far, there's been no proving either way whether it's real or not.

[axeofoath]

It feels quite real, b-but...

[Normally his heart would be pounding; instead, there's not a single beat. He has no pulse.]

...I most certainly am dead.

[heelsandlaw.livejournal.com]

Huh. I'm not.

[axeofoath]

B-but...You don't have a pulse, do you?

[heelsandlaw.livejournal.com]

Of course I have a pulse.

[axeofoath]

D-d-does that mean I'm the ghost?

[heelsandlaw.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. Sorry I'm not more helpful, but I only got here a few days ago myself.

[axeofoath]

A-ah, n-no. That's quite all right, miss. I-I should thank you for the help you've already given.

[heelsandlaw.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I hope someone else comes along who can give you a better explanation than I have.

[axeofoath]

Y-yes. I do hope we both find our answers, uh...?

[heelsandlaw.livejournal.com]

I hope so. I'm Cameron Lynde, by the way.

[axeofoath]

The...strange setting aside, i-it's nice to meet you, Cameron. My name is Gremio.

[heelsandlaw.livejournal.com]

Hi Gremio. It's a pleasure.

[axeofoath]

Then assuming this hallucination doesn't end soon, perhaps we will see each other around.

[heelsandlaw.livejournal.com]

That's quite possible. Will you be okay on your own?

[axeofoath]

I-it seems the young master is here somehow, so I- I hope I haven't failed as his guardian.