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[inevitablerest]

This may seem a strange question to some.

[But Thanatos does not often indulge his curiosity, so he is doing so right now.]

I have been wondering if there are any others here like myself, who had an existence dedicated only to a single purpose from the moment it began. Before arriving in Avalon I had barely considered the possibility of deviating from mine.

Very suddenly having a great deal of free time was new, unexpected, and a struggle to become accustomed to.

I suspect, given the number here from other worlds, that it isn't only myself and my brother who led such lives before. I would like to hear from others, and hear how they have dealt with the adjustment.

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[inevitablerest]

[He might have been irritated (and really, it isn't difficult to irritate him) if it wasn't entirely true. His experience of the world, boxed-in as it has been by his work, is relatively narrow.]

A cat? Then I expect you might like my brother.

[absentconstellation]

What makes you say that?

[inevitablerest]

That is something I can understand all too well.

[inevitablerest]

I am the God of Death. My purpose and myself have always been one and the same.

[angel_of_death]

[The God of Death... the God of Death? Walter takes a moment to glance at the username again. Thanatos... the Greek pantheon, then?]

In that case, I can see why this would be an adjustment for you.

Do you look after the dead here, too?

[inevitablerest]

I consider him to have many qualities one might consider cat-like.

[Including a love of naps.]

[inevitablerest]

In a way, but not as I'm accustomed to. and it's by choice rather than it being an obligation.

[absentconstellation]

Perhaps. Cats do not always like other cats.

[ They're kinda. Antisocial. ]

[angel_of_death]

It sounds like you care about them.

I'm glad.

[inevitablerest]

In my way, I do.

I take my work seriously. It's important for shades to know that there's more for them when they pass over.

[inevitablerest]

Then it's a good thing he isn't a cat.

[angel_of_death]

I can't say I've ever seen that side of the work, but I expect that sort of knowledge would be reassuring.

[inevitablerest]

It can settle the more anxious shades. Some of them do not quite realise what happened to them.

[absentconstellation]

I wouldn't go that far.

[ Being a cat is the Best. ]

[angel_of_death]

Sudden deaths?

[inevitablerest]

Sudden deaths, children, those old enough to have had their minds addled by the sum of their years.

[inevitablerest]

He might even agree with you.

[morns]

( and, again, because she knows who she's talking to, it's not difficult to imagine that he does, indeed, get where she's coming from.

death must be busy, right? )

then take advantage of this place.

[inevitablerest]

I will.

[Good advice.]

And perhaps I will be able to take the lessons learned back home with me.

[morns]

who knows?

( it's gonna be weird if they go back home with all this knowledge, but at least for Thanatos, maybe it'll be good. )

[angel_of_death]

[An addled mind... how dreadful.]

Have you ever encountered the Undead before?

[inevitablerest]

Not prior to being here.

The concept of 'the undead' is something that mortals imagine in order to explain things they do not understand. Shades do not escape Hades in such a fashion.

[angel_of_death]

My understanding of the Undead from my experience with them is that their souls have not even properly passed on.

[inevitablerest]

It's my job to ensure that doesn't happen.

[angel_of_death]

Then, for your sake, I hope we're not from the same place.