DEATH.

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DEATH

So you died. Again. Great job! The good news is, you can still come back to whatever semblance of life you had here in Beacon. Shortly after your death, your body will vanish, only to reappear a few days later, (now "alive",) on one of the pews in the church. The bad news is, you can't just do this forever.

Your first death is a freebie. Your character comes back just as they were, minus the injuries/conditions that killed them in the first place. Starting at their second death, however, characters will begin to experience consequences. They'll still come back, just not quite as they were before. Perhaps something's missing, or broken, or drastically changed. It can be a body part, a sense, an aspect of their personality. Whatever it is, something is wrong now. And as far as anyone knows, there's no way to fix it.

What's more, these effects continue to stack, growing worse each time a character dies. For example, after four deaths, that's three separate alterations, each one more serious than the last. The first consequence might be something small (e.g. a change in hair color), but the second will be a bit worse (e.g. colorblindness), and the third even worse (e.g. losing memories of friends from home), and so on.

In addition to these personal changes, characters may notice that their lanterns are beginning to look a little shabby as well. There's probably some sort of connection there.

Regardless of how many times a character has died, they will always revive in the church at least a day after their death. Typically, characters will revive 2-3 days after their death, but feel free to take liberties with the timing.

To report a death, please use the form below:

<b>player name:</b> <b>character:</b> <b>death number:</b> (how many times have they died?) <b>date of death:</b> <b>date of revival:</b> <b>manner of death:</b> <b>consequence:</b> (you are free to pick these yourselves, though they will need to be approved by the mods. you are also free to say "surprise me", and have the mods tailor something to your character, which you will then be able to approve.)

CHARACTER	DATE OF DEATH	MANNER OF DEATH	CONSEQUENCE
Rosinante Donquixote	07/05/2019	Broken lantern	First death freebie
Vanitas	07/16/2019	Killed by spirits	First death freebie
Daylight vis Lornlit	08/19/2019	Broken lantern	First death freebie
Davina Claire	09/08/2019	Cracked skull	First death freebie
Vanitas	11/26/2019	Killed by a spirit	Aquaphobia
Bucky Barnes/Soldat	11/25/2019	Blown up	First death freebie
Crowley	11/30/2019	Killed by spirits	First death freebie
M.K.	11/27/2019	Killed by spirits	First death freebie
Stone	12/01/2019	Fatal injuries	First death freebie
Rosinante Donquixote	12/05/2019	Killed by spirits	Ribcage is now an outie
Elena Gilbert	12/08/2019	Broken lantern	Recurring nightmares
Masaomi Kida	02/04/2020	Blood loss	First death freebie
Cao Pi	02/10/2020	Killed by a spirit	First death freebie
Will Ingram	02/10/2020	Killed by a spirit	First death freebie
Fjord	02/10/2020	Broken neck	Stiff shoulder when underwater
Bucky Barnes/Soldat	03/11/2020	Killed by a spirit	Voice in head, constant hunger
Dean Winchester	03/12/2020	Swallowed by the swamp	First death freebie
Castiel	03/12/2020	Swallowed by the swamp	First death freebie
Alisaie Leveilleur	03/11/2020	Killed by a spirit	First death freebie

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cw: gore/body horror

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Three or so days after Stone's brutal and abrupt decapitation, he awakens in the church, his lantern newly-refilled with light. It seems like it takes a long time to fully come to, though - images are at first blurry, sounds are dulled, and the sharp taste of blood and death lingers in his mouth. He's nauseous, disoriented, and struggles to even think about standing.

But over the next hour or two, most of those symptoms slowly dissipate. And he's fine, he thinks - this feels all right. They did a good job, that lantern crew, just had sort of a rough landing.

Whether it's there in the church, looking out a window, or later, catching his reflection in a glass, the bathroom mirror, the surface of the lake - he'll notice immediately that something has changed. His reflection shows not one, but two of him. One Stone looks as expected. The other? His flesh is wet and rotting and blackened. His head lies torn from its neck, and dangles loosely at his shoulders from what tendons and tissue remain attached, and it knocks about if he twists and turns. The eyes bulge outward, the irises are filmy and lifeless. When he moves, the dead Stone moves too - but its motions are jerky, more like a puppet than a living creature. In either winged or groundling form, Stone now has a dead mirror twin who remains with him at all times - and yes, everyone else can see it too.