[RL with Giriko - digging out some bodies.]

[grancenturio]

Oh, so that was why he'd kept those bodies in stasis. At least they had ended up to be good for something.

Nessiah waited patiently a ways away from the fort - it would not do to have to explain the community to everyone in the army. Giriko should be arriving soon, and from there it was a short walk to the former Bronquian man who had not lived for a very, very long time.

To be honest, Nessiah didn't see much wrong with it. If he had a way to live, then let him live; that was the way of the world, and he would strike him down only if he threatened someone Nessiah knew or it was more useful to him to have him dead.

"...Serial reincarnation does seem to be popular," he commented as he watched for the other community member.

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[seechainsaw.livejournal.com]

Giriko popped into being in the coordinates where Nessiah had told her to come. She looked pretty worse for wear after the fight with Teddy and Billy, spattered with red blood - some of which was hers. Her face was bruised and she moved stiffly as she looked around.

But she was upright, and alive.

She walked towards Nessiah, rubbing a hand through her hair, which was coming free of its hairtie.

"Hey."

[grancenturio.livejournal.com]

Nessiah tried not to look too amused at the sight. Being helpful didn't mean that he couldn't laugh at others' pain, but it tended to make them angry at him, and he didn't have a need for that at the moment. "I take it someone took exception to your last post."

[seechainsaw.livejournal.com]

Giriko growled at the comment. "Fucking teenagers decided that this was their fucking problem to come and solve. I got one of 'em good, though. Almost cut him the fuck in half!"

That had pissed Billy off, though, and that was when things started to really go down south for Giriko.

She snarled one last time and tried to put it out of her mind. "So where's this body?"

[grancenturio.livejournal.com]

"I see. I wouldn't have expected any less."

He turned and began to walk in the direction of the body, expecting her to follow and certainly not be stupid enough to attack from behind when he was doing her a favor. "A short distance. You're lucky that I happened to be in the area of one in storage, or it would have been troublesome enough that I wouldn't have offered."

[seechainsaw.livejournal.com]

This guy (?) was a tool. Giriko wandered after him, looking around with curiosity. She certainly didn't have any intention of getting into another fight right now, particularly unprovoked. She did have some manners.

"Yeah, well, not like I couldn'ta worldhopped you to wherever this body is. But I'm lucky this time, I guess," she said with a shrug. "You got a lot of bodies on ice?"

[grancenturio.livejournal.com]

"Worldhopping doesn't work on me," Nessiah explained, making his way through the desolate area. He hadn't made sure if it merely wouldn't let him leave his world or just didn't work on him at all, but it was a minor distinction either way. "And some here and there, I suppose. They come to be useful occasionally."

[seechainsaw.livejournal.com]

Giriko's eyebrows rose, but she shrugged. "Yeah, havin' bodies around can sometimes be useful," she said, leaving the issue of the worldhops alone, though she wondered why that would happen. "Though they're not useful for much, most of the time."

[grancenturio.livejournal.com]

"That being why they've been lying around so long." He honestly didn't remember how long ago it was he'd put this one in stasis. "They keep well, if you have the right methods."

[seechainsaw.livejournal.com]

She nodded distractedly. Actually, she didn't really care that much about the finer points of bodily preservation, so she just shrugged and looked around. "So you're some kind of witch or somethin'?"

[grancenturio.livejournal.com]

"Necromancer," Nessiah corrected without much feeling. "Ah, we're here."

A tomb appeared before them, clearly old and in bad repair. It had no visible entrance, but when Nessiah placed his hand against one of the walls and murmured a few words, an opening appeared.

[seechainsaw.livejournal.com]

"Same fuckin difference," Giriko said casually, watching without surprise or shock as Nessiah demonstrated his power. "How long since you were last here?" he asked with some curiosity.

[grancenturio.livejournal.com]

"I checked up on this body thirty years ago, and have heard nothing in the rumor mill about it being disturbed since then." Nessiah permanently looked about nineteen, but he didn't think anyone was falling for him actually being that age. "Come inside. There aren't any traps, since the seal on the opening should cover that."

[seechainsaw.livejournal.com]

Giriko's entire life consisted of people who didn't age for centuries, so she wasn't at all surprised about Nessiah being older than he looked. She'd have been surprised, in fact, to learn that someone with such obvious power was only young.

She followed inside obediently, looking around with curiosity. "Sounds good to me."

[grancenturio.livejournal.com]

Leading Giriko through the tombs was fairly simple. There were no traps, and most of what was inside seemed to be either torches that had somehow stayed lit or coffins.

Nessiah murmured as he passed them. "Female of a young age, Undine of an advanced age, hm, where is the one- ah. Did you have any specific requests on appearance?"

[seechainsaw.livejournal.com]

She was looking curiously at the other coffins, listening to Nessiah with an ear while she snooped. Just like home, this place.

"Nah, appearance don't matter. Soon as I put my soul in there, the body looks like me. So long as it's a young, strong body, it'll be good for me," she said, flashing a grin at the mage.

[grancenturio.livejournal.com]

"In that case, this should be simple enough." Nessiah stopped at a coffin and murmured a short spell. The cover of the coffin disappeared, revealing the body of a young man. Despite how old it was, the body appeared perfectly preserved.

"Shall I give you some privacy?"

[seechainsaw.livejournal.com]

She pauses to look at the body, then bends over it and picks up an arm, rubbing along the fingers curiously. "Nah, I'll just take it. I gotta do some shit first, to get it ready, so I'd better take it with me."

She glances back at Nessiah. "You let me know if you want me to do some shit for you, right? You said you can't leave this world, but I can do a favour or two for you on another world, since I can worldhop myself."

[grancenturio.livejournal.com]

"I will, if the need arises." That was the whole point of it. "Have a safe trip home."

[seechainsaw.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, thanks buddy. That's right." She grins and then gathers up the body in her arms to take, then vanishes with a light tug on her earring.