[network] @LELRIC; audio; morning 435 [open]

[armoured]

[It's been a long time since the last time he died, and it's just as bad as he remembers. It's not even the sudden waking in a body bag, or the creeping horror of dying, it's the moral implications of what his revival might mean.

He gives himself an hour or two to settle down and try and figure out what his death price is, but nothing seems obvious and that's just unsettling him further. He needs a distraction, so he should probably let people know that he died.]

Uh, so I'm definitely fine and nothing has happened to me lately.

[Wait, what? He pauses, and then tries that again.]

In fact, I'm having the best time of my life, the only thing that would make it better is if all of you have died horrible and painful deaths recently.

[Okay, so that's... something. It has to be his death price, and it's mortifying. He really wants to take it back, but his voice just somehow gets chirpier.]

I hate you all and I hope I offended each and every one of you!

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@Ecks | text

[ecks]

I do not like this. I want you to stop.

[armoured]

[He wants to stop too, Ecks, he wants it so much.]

Well, I don't want to, so you're just going to have to deal with it.

[ecks]

your face will have to deal with it!!

@jwatson | audio

[jumpthegun]

[Al almost certainly died after that encounter with Sherlock's anomaly. But... there hadn't been an Obituary. In fact, there haven't been Obituaries of late.]

Al, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have told you to... I'm sorry. Stay away from any other anomalies, okay?

[He's just going to ignore the rest of the nonsense the lad is saying.]

[armoured]

[He doesn't blame Dr. Watson for this, he's not a child, he made his own decision to try and communicate with the anomaly and it worked out badly.]

You should be sorry, this is all your fault, you got me killed.

[Why is this happening to him?]

You don't have the right to be giving me advice.

[jumpthegun]

[Even knowing this is Al's death price, the words cut into John because they do express what he feels.]

I know. I just... please stay away from them. Get back to the Bunker. You'll be safer there.

@godsend, audio

[termineur]

Excuse me, John. Shouldn't have...what?

[ Someone's not happy. ]

[jumpthegun]

[Oh, look. It's someone else who can give him a proper tongue-lashing.]

Al found Sherlock's anomaly. I told him I could talk to it, maybe get it to come over to the power plant. I did do that... but he was more interested in taking Al apart. I tried to distract him...

[But. Well.]

@godsend, audio

[termineur]

[ He's not sure whether to be upset about Al's death, happy that he's back, or amused at the death price. ]

That's a rough one, Al. Especially for you.

Can you tell me where you absolutely, positively are not, right now?

[ Might as well see if they can get around it. ]

[armoured]

I'm definitely not at the cultist funeral home.

[Thank you, Gabriel, for working with him on this.]

And I'm also definitely pleased that you yelled at Dr. Watson, because what happened was his fault.

[termineur]

[ Gabriel is so, so tempted to pretend that last part is what Al really means. But they're working together here and he doesn't want to ruin it, so- instead he just sighs. ]

Yeah? Well, you didn't have to deal with finding out you weren't around. That one of those monsters took you apart. And I know--

[ He cuts himself off and groans. ]

Let's talk about this when your price wears off, okay?

@Spoiler, private

[spoileralert]

I'm going to pick him up. Are you coming with me?

private

[termineur]

Of course. I'm sure Vanitas will want to come, too. You okay with that?

@totheark; text; morning 437

[0thingsonmymind]

whereis
tim

[armoured]

I definitely know the answer to that question.

[0thingsonmymind]

washe with when
you
d i e d
?

@Summoner | Voice (What a price. I can't stop giggling)

[ninjainviolet]

[ Sheena knows this isn't how Al is, so it has to be his price. ]

Nope. Didn't offend me at all.

[ A beat. ]

Are you able to say what didn't happen to you?

[armoured]

[A lot of things haven't happened to him, but luckily it seems like he has to lie, so that narrows things considerably.]

I didn't help try and trap and anomaly, and it didn't kill me.

[ninjainviolet]

[ It's weird hearing you lie, though, Alphonse. ]

I see. So, where did this not happen? And do you remember what it didn't look like?

@betterhalf; voice

[darkincrement]

[ Okay this is priceless ]

Tell me more about your hate. [ A pause ] Or better yet, tell me if you believe we can make it out of here.

[armoured]

No, we can't.

[He sounds so sure about this.]

Everything we're doing is futile, and we're all going to end up dead.

[darkincrement]

[ It's hard not to laugh at this, but he maintains his composure. Let's pretend to take Al's words as the truth. ]

About time that this place got to you.

[ What other things can he get Al to say? ]

Do you still want be my friend?

@Spoiler; video

[spoileralert]

Oh, Al...

[ How long had he lasted after their talk? She hates to think of him out there, so desolate, dying alone.

She tries a smile. ]

It’s okay. We love you too.

[armoured]

[He wants to cry, and he could hug her for twigging so fast what the problem is here and working around it.]

I think I hate you most of all.

[spoileralert]

[ It’s disorienting, but she knows Al well enough to know what he means. ]

Me too.

Is anyone coming to pick you up?