[It's been days since Matt's left his room; he just hasn't felt the need to go anywhere, to do anything. Finally, today, the depression is crippling, and he feels the need to get out. In an effort to take his mind off things (his own Mello's abandonment, his imploding relationship with Misa, and his weird-ass relationship with another Mello), Matt'
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The first one wasn't so bad. Matt had relived the bullets in dreams many times. The explosions and heart attacks were similarly old hat. The knife in his heart, the bullet to the brain, the slit throat...those were a bit more dramatic. Hadn't happened nearly as much as Deidara's explosions or Mikami's revenge.
What really shook, though, was having his deaths, all of his deaths flash through his mind nearly at once. The first one stood out the most, but the rest still echoed. Usually death didn't do much to him, but the sheer overload sent Matt over the edge.
He stumbled backwards, slumping against the nearest wall and clutching his head. He'd recover in a few moments, but until then...ow.
((Ya'know, I dunno if this is kosher or not. I dunno if its supposed to be just the initial/first death, but given that this Matt died many many times in his ( ... )
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Anyone watching would see flashes of the first death, an explosion, and him falling from a heart attack in a small kitchen. All sorta flickering in and out like a badly edited video. The explosion setting would end it.
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What the - fuck? [His words are punctuated by faint gurgles even Matt himself finds sickening.]
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That was Matt, right? One of them. Goggles and stripes usually meant Matt, unless it was one still going by 'Mail.'
"Are..." His brain was starting to come back online, at least. "Are you okay?"
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I don' know how I look, but I feel like fucking shit.
[He manages to glance up before letting his head droop back down, his eyes closing.]
Matt...? What the hell's goin' on here?
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He felt a bit ashamed. He'd had it in his head that death didn't effect him, and yet here he was struggling with it.
"Its the room...I don't think I remember this one."
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So that's what it's like...
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"Can you see the door? I'd help you out, but..." He trailed off, coughing, and spitting up blood as well.
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Yeah - Takada's motherfucking guards. Shot me straight ta hell. Looks like they worked you over pretty good, too.
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At least it was entertaining? He tried to hold onto that.
"Not just her." Matt's body was mostly covered in burns, but the bullet holes from his first death stood out, as well as a few other bloody spots. He coughed again and took a few moments to recover enough to speak. "She gets hers. Light kills her. Fire." He chuckles a bit, but it just ends up in another coughing fit. Bringing up more blood.
"If I find the door, I'll show you." Not that he managed to move yet.
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Yeah, that'd be fuckin' awesome.
[He watches the other Matt sideways.] So... what all happened to you? I think I missed it.
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He shook his head, hoping to clear it but immediately regretting it. "All of them. At once. I could...I..." Matt squeezed his eyes shut. "I forgot how much it hurt."
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[Breathing's coming to him a bit easier now, but it's shallow nonetheless, and his brain still isn't at full capacity. He's mostly just glad to be standing.]
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[He manages a small snicker that doesn't end in a gurgle.] Oh, yeah. We're so fuckin' peachy, eh?
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"Heh...yeah. Continuing is what we do. When..." He didn't know how this Matt ended up at Whammy's, but he imagined it wasn't a good thing. Becoming an orphan never was. "...when Mello left. And now.
"You're not dead though. Not really. You might be able to change it."
He coughed again, and sank down to his knees. "Or survive after wards, at least."
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