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[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[Fenris has been wandering the grounds of the castle today, much like a tiger would pace the boundaries of its cage. Testing the extent of his loss, how far he could go, how long he could be away before the castle inevitably dragged him back into that accursed lobby. At least out here, he could enjoy a scant hour or so of peace and quiet before the horrible, tugging and NEW need to talk to others started niggling at him.

It was on this walk that he's come upon the cemetery. He wanders through it, unable to properly read all the words upon the stones, but recognising it for what it is regardless. Humans may not bury their dead in Thedas, but elves most certainly do. He crouches down by one to feel the earth, before opening his journal, grimacing a little to even have to speak into it. He'd never get used to that]

I have been told that death here is not permanent. In two weeks, the dead return as if nothing had happened at all. If that is so, why is there a graveyard here? That suggests people remain dead, does it not?

...Unless you are prone to burying people alive. Which I would not put past some of you.

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[daine.livejournal.com]

That's a rather harsh thing to say.

[Daine only catches the last bit of the dictation as she walks up, looking at the gravestones.]

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[Fenris watches her approach from the corner of his eye, still the slightest tinge of caution there, before shrugging, looking back at the stones]

It does not make the words any less true.

[courageous-wit.livejournal.com]

I've heard the same.

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

It is disconcerting to find this, then. Perhaps it is not true of all who live here. Perhaps some do die for good.

[huntersdaughter]

[dictated:]

The graveyard is there so that we don't forget. [She sounds a bit quiet in her response, but it's still something she believes in strongly.]

Two weeks isn't a lot of time to deal with a loss like death, especially given some of the circumstances. When they come back, it's easy to move on and try to forget that horrible things have happened.

The graves might be empty, but the headstones are meant to remind people that just because it's not permanent, doesn't mean it just goes away.

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[There's a long pause as Fenris takes all of this in]

So they are to mark those who have died here, yet still come back? There are no real graves beneath these stones?

[Another moment of silence] How do those who have died feel about their deaths having a permanent reminder, aside from their own memories?

[blackbat.livejournal.com]

[looming.

in a tree.

ARE YOU HAPPY?]

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[FENRIS IS NEVER HAPPY.

He does glance up at her though]

...Is there a reason you are watching me?

( dictated )

[molecules]

It could be there for those who need a place to go and see those they've lost. If they're gone permanently.

Or, you know, what you said. I wouldn't put it past the castle to do that to us. It's humour is lacking in the comedy department.

forever!

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

If that were the case, I would expect there to be many more graves here.

This place is sadistic.

[eat-me-beat-me.livejournal.com]

Even if they didn't die permanently, that doesn't mean they don't deserve some sort of memorial does it? I mean, it still means something, even if they come back.

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

And how do they feel about having a permanent reminder of their death here? On top of whatever memories they retain of the act itself.

[checkbelowdecks.livejournal.com]

[reading through some of the comments, and what? No actual graves?]

Well, there goes my grave robbing plans.

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[Sorry, no new buisness venture for you, Izzy]

I am sure you are busy enough making people speak of their feelings. I never knew you had such a kind streak in you.

[Oh yes, he caught that :3]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

The dead cannot return.

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

That should be the case, here, however, I am told it is not.

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

[Wut.]

We have a graveyard?

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[SO SO SO DEADPAN]

Or an interesting stone formation.

DOUBLE-TAG

[nocturnalrage.livejournal.com]

[For a graveyard, it has a rather distinct lack of the stench of death and rotting decay. It's why Toothless isn't staying far from the area if only because of that hypothetical smell, and is, instead, looking at the words and numbers inscribed on the stones.

All-in-all, he's not sure what to make of it all, so it shouldn't be surprising when he reaches up and hits one with a foreleg, causing it to lean backward slightly.]

all the way, across the sky?

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[Unfortunately for Toothless, Fenris doesn't have good experiences with dragons. Every time he's come across one, it's tried to kill him. They're very numerous in Thedas for a supposedly extinct species, after all.

He quickly draws his sword, not attacking right away, just watching, judging the dragons movements]

dictated

[covetly.livejournal.com]

Burying people alive...? [ D8 what ]

forever!

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

It is possible, given some of the residents here.

written;

[encourage]

The graveyard appeared in November. It's... new.

Aside from the fact I'm still walking around, and a gravestone there has my name on it, I don't know what you want to hear.

dictated forever sob their friendship

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[At least when it comes to Sakura, he is happy to get the journal to dictated her words to him. She always has worthwhile things to say, after all]

It just...appeared one day?

[A pause] Does it bother you?

[daine.livejournal.com]

That's a rather harsh thing to say.

[Daine only catches the last bit of the dictation as she walks up, looking at the gravestones.]

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[Fenris watches her approach from the corner of his eye, still the slightest tinge of caution there, before shrugging, looking back at the stones]

It does not make the words any less true.

[courageous-wit.livejournal.com]

I've heard the same.

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

It is disconcerting to find this, then. Perhaps it is not true of all who live here. Perhaps some do die for good.

[huntersdaughter]

[dictated:]

The graveyard is there so that we don't forget. [She sounds a bit quiet in her response, but it's still something she believes in strongly.]

Two weeks isn't a lot of time to deal with a loss like death, especially given some of the circumstances. When they come back, it's easy to move on and try to forget that horrible things have happened.

The graves might be empty, but the headstones are meant to remind people that just because it's not permanent, doesn't mean it just goes away.

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[There's a long pause as Fenris takes all of this in]

So they are to mark those who have died here, yet still come back? There are no real graves beneath these stones?

[Another moment of silence] How do those who have died feel about their deaths having a permanent reminder, aside from their own memories?

[blackbat.livejournal.com]

[looming.

in a tree.

ARE YOU HAPPY?]

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[FENRIS IS NEVER HAPPY.

He does glance up at her though]

...Is there a reason you are watching me?

( dictated )

[molecules]

It could be there for those who need a place to go and see those they've lost. If they're gone permanently.

Or, you know, what you said. I wouldn't put it past the castle to do that to us. It's humour is lacking in the comedy department.

forever!

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

If that were the case, I would expect there to be many more graves here.

This place is sadistic.

[eat-me-beat-me.livejournal.com]

Even if they didn't die permanently, that doesn't mean they don't deserve some sort of memorial does it? I mean, it still means something, even if they come back.

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

And how do they feel about having a permanent reminder of their death here? On top of whatever memories they retain of the act itself.

[checkbelowdecks.livejournal.com]

[reading through some of the comments, and what? No actual graves?]

Well, there goes my grave robbing plans.

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[Sorry, no new buisness venture for you, Izzy]

I am sure you are busy enough making people speak of their feelings. I never knew you had such a kind streak in you.

[Oh yes, he caught that :3]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

The dead cannot return.

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

That should be the case, here, however, I am told it is not.

[teds-up.livejournal.com]

[Wut.]

We have a graveyard?

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[SO SO SO DEADPAN]

Or an interesting stone formation.

DOUBLE-TAG

[nocturnalrage.livejournal.com]

[For a graveyard, it has a rather distinct lack of the stench of death and rotting decay. It's why Toothless isn't staying far from the area if only because of that hypothetical smell, and is, instead, looking at the words and numbers inscribed on the stones.

All-in-all, he's not sure what to make of it all, so it shouldn't be surprising when he reaches up and hits one with a foreleg, causing it to lean backward slightly.]

all the way, across the sky?

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[Unfortunately for Toothless, Fenris doesn't have good experiences with dragons. Every time he's come across one, it's tried to kill him. They're very numerous in Thedas for a supposedly extinct species, after all.

He quickly draws his sword, not attacking right away, just watching, judging the dragons movements]

dictated

[covetly.livejournal.com]

Burying people alive...? [ D8 what ]

forever!

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

It is possible, given some of the residents here.

written;

[encourage]

The graveyard appeared in November. It's... new.

Aside from the fact I'm still walking around, and a gravestone there has my name on it, I don't know what you want to hear.

dictated forever sob their friendship

[wolfuncaged.livejournal.com]

[At least when it comes to Sakura, he is happy to get the journal to dictated her words to him. She always has worthwhile things to say, after all]

It just...appeared one day?

[A pause] Does it bother you?