TEXT; UN: LOCALBIGSIS

[thinkingpositive]

I know this sounds like an odd question but I can't think of any better way to come up with an answer.

Say that you've just basically returned from the dead. Not a zombie or anything but well kind of but not really!

What should you give your friends as an apology gift? Flowers? Something more extravagant?

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text: UN: Wen Qionglin

[forestofjade]

Are you suppose to give a gift if you've died?

[No one had told him this.]

un: whitemagick

[healingraen]

There's a lot to unpack here but let me just start with this: Is the apology gift because you died?

un: m4519j161918

[givemewings]

Hm.

What killed you?

text | un: demonchef

[satanslash]

iunno, is there a "sorry I died" section for cards at the store?

[What do you mean that's a weird statement to put on the network? Doesn't seem weird to Rin.]

UN: daisy

[hearstheblood]

Nice thought, but all of the chocolates in the world aren't going to make that one any easier.

[thinkingpositive]

I don't really know. It's not too often one returns from the dead, you know?

But it just seems like the right thing to do.

[thinkingpositive]

Mostly, yes.

I had that I ended up leaving everyone behind because I was too distracted.

They probably experienced so much grief...

[forestofjade]

True... I did not expect to experience something like that. Giving proper apologies to those who love you would be important then.

[thinkingpositive]

The Spear of Destiny.

There was nothing they could do since wounds created by it are to never heal.

The one who did it got me real good.

[thinkingpositive]

Well...no.

But why would there be? The only time you think about the dead coming back to life is with zombies. And zombies aren't too common.

[givemewings]

Huh.

No way.

I was done in by the Spear of Gungnir.

Small world.

[thinkingpositive]

Right?

But how to apologize is the question.

A cute stuffed animal maybe? But it almost seems childish.

[thinkingpositive]

I guess so.

But it's the best thing I can do, you know?

There has to be a way...

[thinkingpositive]

No way! That's crazy! Very, very small world.

Are you...okay?? Though?????

[forestofjade]

I'm not sure. Maybe it depends on how you died?

[thinkingpositive]

My own death was pretty gruesome.

The only thing I can think about is getting a teddy bear with a spear through it.

[forestofjade]

[He knew about pretty bad deaths....]

That... I doubt they would like that.

un: music2myears

[afoolshope]

Why are you apologizing for dying?

[ He supposed if it was suicide, he could understand. But if it wasn't in this person's control, then... why? ]

[givemewings]

Well.

I died.

So I suppose the answer is no.

This place has afforded me a second life, however, so matters could be worse.

I didn’t get my sister I gift as an apology for dying. Perhaps I should have. Darn.

[satanslash]

nah places like this make the whole death-return thing pretty easy

i mean it still sucks and hurts like a bitch when it happens but you come back just fine

obviously save for the people who were probably messed up by seeing it and im guessing thats what happened?

flowers might be a bit uh ["on the nose", but Rin's dumb brain can't recall that phrase.]

i wouldnt

[hearstheblood]

The best thing you can do is listen. Be there when they're ready to be around you. Don't be there if they need the space.

Grief messes everyone up.

Text; un: CATPURRCCINO

[chainlinks]

[Oh that's certainly...oh.]

Speaking as someone who also had a dead friend arrive here...I think just the fact you're alive will make them happy.

UN: G.Akechi

[foolishjustice]

I think your time would be better than any material gift, under the circumstances. I met someone here who I'd thought I'd never see again, and I'm just happy to be able to spend time together.

[healingraen]

[She doesn't know this person, but reading her response still strikes a chord of sorrow, both as a person with a damned heart and as a healer who's seen her share of fallen comrades.]

That's very kind of you to think of how they'd feel... but you can't blame yourself for these things. No one is perfect, and no one has control over something like that, not even those of us gifted with healing magicks.

I'd simply be glad of the chance to see you again were I in their shoes. If they're here with you perhaps the gift of your time would be a better gesture?

[spah]

Huh. I've died a few times here and there, but I never heard of giving apology gifts for it. That a thing?