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Catchall post for "fucked up sad dead ghosts" AU

This is a catchall for whatever we decide to do here since it's cleaner just to keep all threads in one post for easier reading and also sadness.

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[subconmodo]

Me too.

[It's a quiet admission, made without even looking over at Ekkehardt. He'd felt the distance, sure, but he's never realized just how real and painful it really was until now. Until that distance closed just a little.]

You know, you could always set up shop in the village.

I'd offer my home, but, uh. It's kind of just the one room. Not much privacy there. If you want that.

[heartchained]

[ The sound he makes at that, something like laughter, is soft and sad and terribly human. He's not sure where it came from, really.

They live in the same place, if what this is can be called living, but they might as well be a world away.

(He visits the manor, even now. Even with everything that's happened, he wonders if it could have been different.

He can't bring himself to hate her completely, even now. She, too, had been dear to him once. He pities her, most of all.) ]

...It can't hurt to be closer.

And it's not as if privacy is much of a concern for me any more. [ Half the time he looks like a dog, closer to a Dweller than any sort of humanoid creature. ] So. If you're happy to have my company, I'd be happy to have yours.

[ Maybe happy wasn't the right word, but what is, anymore. ]

[subconmodo]

[Maybe it isn't. But he does feel... lighter somehow. Like this existence is a little bit less of a mess than usual.

Company... When was the last time he'd had company that wasn't one of his minions?

He quirks a small smile, entirely without noticing.]

All right! My company for yours. I'll even forego the paperwork just this once. Consider it an act on good faith. I'll even let you stay rent free!

[He grins and goes to spread his arms wide only for his hands to smack into the wall, leading to muttered curses and shaking the pain out.]