maskormenace | [voice] - First Ritual

[It's late in the evening when Anastasya addresses the network, and her voice is buffeted by the hum of machinery and cars in the background.]

So I have a question for others who have arrived here.

[There's a sudden squawk in the background, distinctly a large bird, though the tone seems tinted by something that makes it somewhat distorted, almost ephemeral.]

Oh right, yes Bluebeak. Sorry. Ah...my name is Anastasya Griffin. I'm...well, new. [A beat, and she almost sounds amused.] Hi.

[And moving on.]

Anyway. From what I've discerned, there are people here who have died wherever they came from, but they're alive here. Genuinely alive, not simply risen via magic.

So I understand that, but...has anyone else encountered a 'power', for lack of a better term, where you're...both?

Alive, yes. But then, at times, not. As though whatever force revived people in the first place just...keeps acting upon you?

[The bird in the background squawks again and Anastasya draws in a breath.] I'm not asking this right, am I. Mm. Okay.

Does anyone else have a power that involves death? In any form, I'm not feeling terribly picky. I'd just...like to discuss it with you.

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As Sabriel said, there are a few of us here, but in some cases it's not a "power" as you might be thinking, but something more inherent.

What kinds of things were you looking to discuss?

I'm trying to understand how it is even possible.

Still, what do you mean, inherent?

In an abbreviated context, I'd say that this place -- or specifically, the same sort of energy which power the Porters -- distorts the normal rules of a world.

Inherent as in, some of us here are associated with death on a more direct level than only abilities: in my case, Death is my father.

Death is your father.

[What.]

That's correct.

...How does that work?

I'm afraid you'll have to be a bit more specific than that.

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