In the summer of 1999, very little surprised Claire Tourneur. She simply wouldn't let shock take away valuable time that could be spent partying away the fact that her life was going to end. Everyone's lives, actually. The nuclear satellite hung precariously over the earth, losing a battle with gravity that would end life on the planet when it
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Someone else who was dead, or thought they were dead. Interesting. Mia studied the other woman for a moment. There was nothing judgmental in her expression, just simple curiosity.
"Those who want to complain the most after death are usually the ones least accepting of it," she observed thoughtfully, giving the other woman a polite but friendly smile. "Have you received the 'You're not really dead' speech yet? It tends to get repetitive after the first few times, I admit."
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"The man told me," she said, pointing to Crais. "So you've spent much time talking to people after they've died? Is that what you do here?"
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"Quite the opposite, actually." Mia was completely aware of the irony of that statement, having come from a family of spirit mediums - but even then, the medium was never present during the actual channeling and thus did not really speak with the head. "I've only spoken to one person who truly was dead -" if taunting and GET OUT OF MY LITTLE SISTER counted as talking - "and one other person who claimed to have died.
"Everyone else I've met here has proved to be alive and well. I found myself on the receiving end of that speech when I came here." Never mind that she had been dead for three years and was used to being channeled by a spirit medium at that point.
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In spite of herself, Mia couldn't help but smile a bit. "Hardly. But then, saying that the student body here is unusual is an understatement at best." She folded her arms. "I'm afraid that chatting is a necessary evil in order to leave this room. I personally think it's a good idea to actually talk with someone first instead of arbitrarily voting them somewhere."
The no-kill spell would probably require Claire to get very creative indeed.
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"But once you're voted into a House here, you're free to go wherever you like," she pointed out. It went without saying that having a choice in the matter was preferable. "Which seems to defeat the purpose of assigning people to certain living arrangements."
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