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[deadly_legacy]

I know there have been many strange happenings lately, but I was wondering if anyone [else] has noticed...

[It's awkward to say this. She doesn't want anyone to worry, but she is also nervous. Is it just her?]

That their heart isn't beating?

[After a beat.] And do deity trades ever expire?

Comments

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[srsbusinessk.livejournal.com]

[not here]

[srsbusinessk.livejournal.com]

1/3 I can math

[notflynn.livejournal.com]

[notflynn.livejournal.com]

Those bastards-

[notflynn.livejournal.com]

No one's ever mentioned that they expire.

...But I wouldn't put it past them.

[avengement.livejournal.com]

[ Ai is just watching you. ]

/assuming this is video and not just lurking, but let me know if I'm wrong!

[deadly_legacy]

Ah, hello?

[offline -> video] 1/2

[pyromatics.livejournal.com]

[Zuko wonders why she's asking that sort of question, not making sense of it; he can feel his heart beating strong and sure in his own chest...]

[video]

[pyromatics.livejournal.com]

... Euphemia?

[Hi, can you see the concerned knit in his brow under his shag? Look hard, it's there!]

Text

[child-radical.livejournal.com]

Trades don't expire...at least as far as I know.

Text

[deadly_legacy]

Thank you, Huey. I didn't think I'd ever heard of it happening before, but I know there are people who have been here longer than I have.

Are you all right? [Text always worries her a little.]

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of a trade with the 'deities' expiring.

[deadly_legacy]

That's good. Thank you, Cain.

[Still curious though.] ...Have you heard of them breaking for any other reasons?

[ragazz0dinebbia.livejournal.com]

And what... trades?

[deadly_legacy]

[It didn't really fool anyone that she was just asking a general question, did it? She doesn't recognize this girl, but she smiles at her, briefly thinking she has known quite a few people here with eyepatches.]

Hello. Please don't worry about that. I'm sure it's...temporary. I feel fine, really. [This place makes for such odd statements.]

The deities allow trades sometimes. You give up something and they give you something from home or perform certain acts. [Like bringing the dead back to life.] Did you arrive to the City recently?

Video

[eagleofautozam.livejournal.com]

A heart not beating…? This is the first I have heard of some one’s heart beat disappearing as a result of these unusual events.

[And because you worried him with the question. ]

Are you alright?

Video

[deadly_legacy]

Thank you for letting me know. I checked the network a little myself, but it seems like I always miss things. [And maybe others wouldn't have spoken up on their own.]

I feel fine, really. [Physically. She is worried about this—about what she might lose next.] I almost might not have noticed at all...

[inmyothertights]

Your hear...

Euphie are you okay?

[deadly_legacy]

Yes, really, I didn't mean to worry everyone like this. [She pauses, gearing up to say this in the most casual way possible.] It just isn't beating anymore. [See? Totally fine...]

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[sparkling-by.livejournal.com]

...now, Miss Euphie, I think you really did miss your biology lesson! People's hearts may get shattered, crushed, or taken apart for various rabu-rabu related activities, but they don't stop beating unless they're -

[sparkling-by.livejournal.com]

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[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

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[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

No. Nonononono....

Tell me you're okay, Euphie. Tell me you're okay!!

locked voice

[bladed-siberian.livejournal.com]

... yours too?

locked voice

[deadly_legacy]

Ken...

Yes. Mine too. Are you all right? Is there anything else?

[drizzlinginside.livejournal.com]

Euphemia, don't tell me your-- [But, that can't be, right?] This has to be a curse.

[deadly_legacy]

[Another person cracked her code!] Hello, Katara.

I'm not sure. It might be something like that. I hoped it might be.

{Voice}

[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

You were a fool for making such a trade in the first place. Of course they can revoke it at any time.

{Voice}

[deadly_legacy]

Ah... That is a bold thing to say. [She'll withhold scolding for now!]

I suppose that they could, but it seems no one has heard of that happening before.

And I've never made a deal with them. [It was made on her behalf without her knowledge.]

[blastiafreak]

Euphie--your heart? But...

[Of course she doesn't think the deities can be trusted to keep their word, but they had to do it to Euphie, of all people?]

Hey, what about--How does the rest of you feel?

[deadly_legacy]

[She really needed to be more careful with her posts.] I feel fine, Rita. I promise. I'm not sick or hurt. I just noticed it had stopped. I thought maybe if others were feeling the same way it could be a curse.

Action

[sword-of-zero.livejournal.com]

[Speaking of hearts stopping, Suzaku's own heart feels like it has come to a halt when he listens to her message. For the past several weeks he's allowed himself to be lulled into this false sense of security. Believing that the two of them had plenty of time together. Her post has been a loud wake up call for him.

He rushes out of his room and tracks her down in the apartment. Places his eyes on her shoulders and looks at her with wide eyes]

Euphy! Are you okay? How can you still...[still be alive] without your heart beating?

Action ][ lol, his eyes are on her shoulders!

[deadly_legacy]

[She feels a strong pang of guilt as she looks into his face. She should have warned him first before she said anything on the network. One of her hands moves to cover his as it rests on her shoulder]

Suzaku, I'm all right. I'm still here. [She shifts a little on the couch to make room for him reaches out with her other hand to bring him closer.] I didn't mean to say it [so clearly] like that.

[Her body is still warm. So far the only thing that is like being city!dead is her heart. It doesn't make sense, but being dead and alive never did.]