And Now the Wolf-Bear of Doom is Dead

[laceandcarnage]

I am dead.

Dead things should remain dead. Why am I now alive?

Comments

[rustyhonesty]

The Trumps resurrect all Travelers who die, for some reason. It's happened several times before.

[venetianprince]

That voice... Izanami?

[laceandcarnage]

Dead things are dead. They are not meant to be alive again.

[This does not compute in Istas's world view, nope]

[rustyhonesty]

That I agree with, but it seems like our hosts don't respect our opinions on any matters or the rules of death.

[leftbehindagain]

To be fair, your overlay's staying dead. [You know, unless Matthew decides her spirit would make a great spy or something.] Now you just get to join the fun on the other side of the investigation.

[Unlike with Jean, Naoki decides not to ask how she's doing. They're not as close, for one thing, and for another, if Istas isn't okay, she'll go perform carnage on something and at least feel better about that.]

Were you planning to stay in teh same province or head somewhere else?

[laceandcarnage]

I am no longer Izanami.

I am Istas.

[venetianprince]

Ah... so you were infiltrating this whole time! I had no clue, aheh. Istas, then! It's nice to meet you properly.

...did you enjoy your kimono, before you died? [He's trying to lighten the mood, he promises.]

[fridgeninja]

What?!

[fridgeninja]

That's something that happens, and not just to Travelers.

[leftbehindagain]

You must have missed when I asked Byerly-san about that...

[laceandcarnage]

I was my overly. I was also dead.

[This will, perhaps, never really make sense to her]

I must remain here.

I will destroy the shrine and the Shinjuu.

[fridgeninja]

... It's not her, then?

Because that would explain a lot.

sorry Souji's just all over the place in this one

[fridgeninja]

Why the shrine?

Oh. And what are the Shinjuu?

[leftbehindagain]

No, it was just Istas-san's overlay's name. I can't say it's not appropriate, especially with 'genocide' as her family name.

[fridgeninja]

I'm starting not to like this place.

[heartofmetal]

It's something I can't wrap my head around either. Death is permanent. That is the way things are.

[leftbehindagain]

It's just how the Trumps roll, who knows what the logic is--

Um. You mmmmay not want to destroy the shrine. If I'm right about something else, the dragons that belong here are upset enough with their homes being invaded. Destroying one won't help matters.

[bypartisan]

Hello, Istas. Did you destroy someone else's kimono?

[Forgive the sarcasm, Istas. He's still a little bit salty about his ignominious death here.]

[leftbehindagain]

Starting?

[fridgeninja]

The monastery's peaceful, when it's not preparing for war.

[leftbehindagain]

...True. This whole jaunt's kind of a mess, though.

[laceandcarnage]

It should not. Death is death.

[fridgeninja]

Death can be a lot of things.

Including a gas station attendant named Izanami, who's very angry and doesn't understand humankind as well as she thinks.

[fridgeninja]

I don't like the jaunt at all. Just the place.

[laceandcarnage]

Yes. And it displeases me to know that that which I kill will not remain dead.