Video; July 28th, about noon

[erogappa]

[ The video begins at an unflattering upward angle on Gojyo's shell-shocked face. He's holding the phone at about chest height, the camera pointed at him. Judging from his expression, whatever he's looking at beyond the camera's view must be absolutely horrifying.

He opens his mouth to speak, closes it again, then looks down at the camera. ]

This is for anyone who knew Ekko. Chronos. [ He can't look away from the view in front of him for long -- his eyes are drawn back to it, again and again. ] He's dead.

[ He clearly considers turning the camera toward whatever it is he's been looking at -- it's obvious in the way he glances between the two -- but he decides against it. And there's really nothing more to say, is there? The feed goes dark. ]





(OOC: As of about 3pm on the 28th, nearly all of the remains have been gathered up and buried a the foot of a nice tree. There's no gravesite marker, but it should be obvious to anyone that somebody's recently buried something at the base of that tree, and the grave is shallow enough that if anyone wanted to dig it up, it wouldn't take much effort at all.)

Comments

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[lostinshadows]

....How?

[Video]

[irregular]

He's what?

[This morning, there were about four people in this world Ken could have a conversation with without it being weird.

[Now there are three. What the fuck?]

What happened?

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[subtract]

[If Gojyo is still hanging around the site of the "corpse", he might notice a pitch-black eye blinking open nearby, fixed in place several feet off the ground. It silently observes the scene for a minute or so before blinking shut and vanishing without a trace.

Add's reply comes immediately after. Since the what has already been covered—]

When did this happen? Be as precise as possible.

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[erogappa]

It looks like the place blew up. Maybe one of those electric things he was always bringing home short sircutted. I don't know. I wasn't here.

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[erogappa]

[ Sorry, but that's all the video he's going to offer today. The rest of his replies will be text. ]

Damn fool kid blew up the temple, and himself with it.

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[erogappa]

He's avoiding looking at the remnants as much as he can, so the eye goes unnoticed. God, the stink is unreal. ]

Ten minutes ago, maybe fifteen.

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[lostinshadows]

[...Blew up?

It's a good thing the other can't see his face right now.]

You're at his temple, right? I'll be there as soon as I can.

[erogappa]

Bring rubber gloves. And a trash bag.

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[irregular]

[Okay, this is fine too--

[Might even be a good thing. Ken's not upset enough, and it's probably showing. Startled, yeah. Worried, hell yeah. But surprised? Nope. Here we go again more like. Shouldn't this just be awful? Why's there a bit of him that wants to - feels almost like he ought to - poke the whole thing with a stick?]

is that like him? i mean did he do dangerous stuff alot

[Was he fucking around with C4?

[Ken, normal people do not fuck around with C4. Why did your brain go there?]

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[erogappa]

Yeah he was always messing around with eletric things. Made the place smell terrible sometimes. We have a dozen fire extingwishers too for when he sets something on fire.

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[erogappa]

we HAD a dozen extingwishers. The temple vanished too.

[1/2]

[irregular]

was he your god? im sorry. i dont know u sorry but if u need help please tell me.

[2/2]

[irregular]

i didnt know gods could die

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[subtract]

[Good thing his clairvoyance doesn't include smells...]

Ekko isn't stupid. There's no way he blew himself up by mistake. He's knows his own technology, and he's a god that presides over time. He wouldn't allow himself to make such a catastrophic mistake from his own actions.

Do you know what he was doing at the time of or before this occurred? When was the last time you spoke with him? Do you know if anyone else may have seen or spoken with him recently?

[erogappa]

I'm fine. I wasn't here so I didn't get caught in it.

[irregular]

ok that's good.

but have u got somewhere to go now or what? what about ur stuff

[erogappa]

He WAS a god that ruled over time. He was also a kid who liked playing with dangerous shit.

[erogappa]

I'm fine.

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[intohell]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[Obviously, with that reaction he must have known him.]

Forgive me for asking, but is that something that happens around here? I didn't realize people could die beyond the whole dealing with ayakashi.

[This was not in the pamphlet.]

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[erogappa]

[ He's had a few minutes to calm down, and he finally trusts his voice again. Damn stupid kid. ]

Yeah, we die as easily as regular people do, so be careful out there.

[subtract]

He wasn't a "kid" or "playing", he was a skilled colleague of mine. Just because you're too dimwitted to know how to wire a lightbulb doesn't mean everyone else is on the same level as you. I know what Ekko is capable of and this isn't like him.

What was he doing leading up to this incident? Who saw him last?

[erogappa]

[ Gojyo stares at his phone a long time after that message comes through. There's so many ways he could respond to that... but in the end, he opts to just delete the comment and turn off his phone. ]

[intohell]

You think that would be something we need to know. It would be better to hear under less dire circumstances in any case.

[erogappa]

We're already dead, all of us. [ Dang, somebody sounds grim. ] This place is just, I dunno. Like a bonus round. At least the kid got a couple more weeks.

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[reformedsinner]

We may not be on good terms, but having lost several gods, I do sympathize.

There's room at the school for any shinki who's without a place of his own to stay, if you need it.