Everyone can master a grief but he that has it.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Who: Julie Grigio & YOU.
What: Open and closed top levels, etc. Hit me up at hardtostarboard or by PM to plot!
When: All through August.
Where: All around - specified in prompts.
Warnings: None yet, will be noted in subjects if they appear.

Comments

[abheirrant]

[Her slightly awkward question is met with a slightly uncomfortable look; he stiffens, his brow knitting as those glowing eyes affix themselves on her face.]

I'm sorry, what?

[redwinekindofgirl]

Er.

[Yeah, that was probably rude. You don't just ask someone if they're not human, Julie.]

Look. I'm kinda used to 'not all the way human'. You don't need to explain anything. Or, whatever, you can if you want to.

Time for a tag from 874038107341 years ago

[abheirrant]

[He remains stiff, but at least he has an excuse ready for this.]

It's magical inundation. Overexposure, in a way. It does, er.

[A vague gesture toward himself.]

This.

yes good

[redwinekindofgirl]

[She doesn't realise that he's making an excuse. Hell, if she wasn't so used to the idea of the Dead walking and talking she would be far, far more unsettled by this entire encounter. When she realises the true state of the person she is speaking to, she may be slightly more so.]

Huh.

[Okay, sounds valid.]

That's messed up. Why did you use it so much if that's what it does?

[abheirrant]

I am a healer by trade. It is my duty.

[Which, yes, is also messed up.]

[redwinekindofgirl]

Huh.

[Okay, yeah, sure.]

Doesn't look like it worked out too well for you, dude.

[abheirrant]

Yes, I am aware of that. What would you have me do, ignore my calling in this life?

[And unlife.]

[redwinekindofgirl]

I dunno. If my calling did that to me, I'd probably ignore the hell out of it.

[Like, no offence, but damn.]

It must have meant a lot to you.

[abheirrant]

[He bites back his annoyance; a sober tone is all that remains.]

It was all I had. Surely you must have had something so important to you that you would give anything for it.

[redwinekindofgirl]

... Yeah. Yeah, I did.

[Not something she would have gone quite this far for, she thinks, but she gets where he's coming from. She shrugs one shoulder.]

Then he died.

[abheirrant]

[His eyes fall.]

Ah. My apologies, lass.

[And someone who lost that very thing himself, he understands how painful that can be.]

[redwinekindofgirl]

Yeah, well.

[It's complicated. Julie lifts her shoulder in a shrug again. Thinking about Perry is still... kind of weird.]

He gave up on me before that, so fair's fair, right?