xl λ i'll be a killer

[assassino]

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[She had said it would only take two weeks.

Two weeks, and the dead would rise again.

She was wrong.

When he returned to the castle and unpacked this things, and greeted his girlfriend, and had a good long shower and time to unwind, Ezio had taken his sweet time. Micheletto could wait, probably frothing with anger in his cage, having been alive without food or water for days. Maybe he was already dead again, Ezio had thought, even while making the brisk walk into the city. Maybe he had another few weeks to consider things.

Ezio had opened up the shed with caution, a hand-axe in his free hand, prepared to bludgeon any foolish prisoners, but to his surprise, there was nothing. No rushed attack, no attempt at an ambush, nothing. For a moment Ezio believed Micheletto was either dead again or laying in wait, but when he lifted his oil lamp, he was greeted only by dust motes.

And yet, Ezio soon discovered, after a moment of shock, there was no way out. No loose boards, no holes dug, no ceilings penetrated. The only door had still been locked from the outside, with no sign of struggle or force. The place was just as he'd left it, and yet there was no body.

Ezio was worn between worry and wonder over it.

And now another week had passed. Micheletto had not returned. There was no suggestion that Micheletto existed within the castle anymore, and as that sunk in, Ezio had come to one very determined, radical conclusion: he still had the ability to kill in Paradisa.

But he needed confirmation.]

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[Written in an anonymous print:]

Do the dead never stay dead? How can we be sure?

Comments

[scinlae]

[ She writes as well, making no attempt to hide her hand writing, for she trusts her hand more than she does her voice: ]

I watched my brother's death and his resurrection. Us borrowed pawns do not stay dead, we would be of little use to the castle if we did.

[save_the_souls]

[Well, this? Is an interesting question. There's a pause]

Do you mean with castle residents?

Morgana;

[wolfchild]

Morgana?

Arya;

[scinlae]

It is alright, sweetling.

Morgana;

[wolfchild]

You do not have to speak of it. [ Write. Whatever. Same diff. ]

written;

[ensorceler]

I was informed that death is permanent in the Dead Zone, but none here have been bold enough to test it and tell.

Arya;

[scinlae]

I know. [ The sting hurts less now, a dull ache where there was one a sharp pain. ]

Will you come visit me?

Morgana;

[wolfchild]

If you want. Are you in your rooms?

Arya;

[scinlae]

I am.

[assassino]

Yes, that is what I understood. But has there ever been an incident to the contrary?

[assassino]

I do.

Re: written;

[assassino]

So I have heard, as well... But to test it would take a dangerous sacrifice.

But it would be possible, nonetheless.

[scinlae]

Not that I know. The dead can be given back to their homes as easily as the living, if the two weeks have past then perhaps they have been returned.

written

[courageous_wit]

I know of one instance many years ago where a resident died, and later disappeared from the castle.

[assassino]

But you cannot prove that they have been returned.

written

[assassino]

Tell me about it, if you'd please.

[scinlae]

Nor can you prove they remain here and are forever dead.

written

[courageous_wit]

The resident in question was used in a ritual sacrifice. The body was found with a number carved on the flesh. This was very early in the days of residency... 2007, I believe.

He never came back, like other victims of the ritual sacrifices.

written

[assassino]

Interesting. What was the ritual for?

[assassino]

I am sure it could be done somehow.

written

[courageous_wit]

I believe they were trying to call on a dark spirit, and they needed twenty-one sacrifices to accomplish this.

written

[assassino]

A dark spirit of what? For what purpose?

written

[courageous_wit]

The details of it are a bit vague in the journals, but it does look like one of the other residents knew what was happening... that the same thing happened in their world. In fact, it was that resident's death that finally stopped everything.

But something must have happened, for that one sacrifice to not come back like the others. He was a young boy named Toboe.

written

[assassino]

[Ezio figures they were all innocents, but a young boy? Ouch.]

So this was orchestrated by the castle, not a resident?

written

[courageous_wit]

Like many other things, it was the castle using details of a person's world. I don't believe I've read about a resident inciting a murder that didn't result in the person returning.