After Trial Mingle

[deadlygoals]

[ Seems like everyone is either hiding from any blood bending, wanting to take the time to think, or just doing their on thing after a trial as long as that one is. So here's a general mingle for after the trial or the rest of the weekend. ]

Comments

[notbymyside]

It is my specialty, so I suppose I will take your answer as proof that my skills haven't gotten rusty.

I know he wasn't human, so I was wondering if you could explain that part a bit more?

[moonfang]

Hah. [Zangetsu flops on his bed, propped up with a variety of pillows stolen from the dead people's rooms] How long ya got? It's a lot of information.

[notbymyside]

It's not as if we have anywhere else to be.

[Then he just. Stops.

And looks at the ice.

And tries his best not to look at the meat because he can fukken guess what it is.]

Though, if I may request it, can we move to my room? I think it might get too cold for me in here eventually.

cw: cannibalism

[moonfang]

[the ice is pretty opaque, but if you squint, there's definitely a human femur bone in there...]

Is it really cold in here? I can't tell. But sure, why not.

[notbymyside]

If it's cold enough to freeze ice, then it's cold.

[But yes, come to the warmth of his room. he's got bed stuff in a neat pile against a wall since people come and stay with him sometimes. 'people' being Dazai.]

[moonfang]

Ah, well, I have to touch it up every few hours.

[but he'll follow Ango to his room and help himself to the bed stuff pile. c o m f y]

... Ah. Where ta start... In my world, a person's soul is attached to their body with a literal chain. As long as that chain is intact, the soul can return to the body. That's how ya get "out of body" experiences. If the chain breaks, yer dead. The chain attaches right here. [he gestures to the center of his chest] With me so far?

[notbymyside]

[Enjoy the pile, Zan.]

I think so. Is the hole formed by having the chain removed?

[moonfang]

Got it in one. The longer a Soul lingers in the world of the living, the more that chain degenerates. Eventually, there's nothin' left but a hole. That's when you get a Hollow. Their heart is corrupted by that emptiness, and becomes a mask over their face. The Soul's body becomes more monstrous. So... then ya got a Hollow. The new Hollow starts tryin' ta fill the emptiness by eating other Souls, usually those of their loved ones. A Hollow eats, and gets stronger. Eventually, normal human Souls won't help any more, and Hollows start eatin' other Hollows. Noooow, we're startin' to get a pileup of souls all in one form! Make sense?