(open) every man has to die

[asshatoforkney]

Agravain wakes up in the same place that he died: down by the lake, under a big fir tree. The situation feels eerily familiar. It's not the first time he's died and woken up in the Mansion grounds, though this time he's not covered in his own blood. In fact, he's strangely clean for someone who was shot seven times and then buried underground for

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[firstbornoflot]

It’s one of those days when Gawain is out walking - he’s not armed, nor is he armored. He has been smiling to himself a little more, of late. Aggravain returns, indeed, on the heels of his brother’s acceptance that he may not return.

Still, he will be happy to see him, once the initial shock has passed.

“Brother?”

[asshatoforkney]

"Gawain," Agravain replies. He doesn't mean for the word to come out as an angry bark, but it does. And he does not particularly care.

This is one seriously pissed off brother you've got on your hands here, Gawain.

[firstbornoflot]

“Brother,” Gawain utters again. He doesn’t hesitate, then, to come clasp his shoulder.

“You are late.”

He would make a joke, but given his brother’s demeanor, he keeps his sober. They do have serious business to discuss, after all.

[asshatoforkney]

"And you're a hideous toad," is Agravain's response. Sorry, Gawain, he's in a terrible mood. "Where's Medraut?"

He's a bit worried that his death will have driven Medraut insane.

[death_kl0wn]

Perhaps when Aggravain has come up to the porch, he might hear someone banging away on a bunch of buckets and pans, the racket coming from the rear of the porch.

If he follows the noise, he'll come upon that skinny crow-clown thing, beating away on a crude drum kit rigged from buckets and pans and a metal wastepaper bin. Ryuk is likely so engrossed in his drum solo, he might not realize he has company at first...

[asshatoforkney]

Well, Ryuk is the closest thing to a friend Agravain has at the Mansion, so he's going to head over when he sees him.

"Ryuk," he calls, over the racket.

[death_kl0wn]

Ryuk bangs out a final flourish and looks up. "Hey, Aggy, my man, how yah been? Long time no see," he says. "Thought yah were dead: the house fall on yah when it came down?" he asks, with his usual gleefully dark cheer.

[asshatoforkney]

"No," Agravain says, and raises his eyebrows. "The house fell down?"

[51stcentry_jack]

If Aggy should head upstairs to the second floor, he might pass by a door propped open. A cheery male voice calls out from behind it: "Well. look who wandered in: thought you'd fallen through a crack in space and time, or a dragon decided you look tasty." Once he peers inside, he'll find Jack in bed, close by a half-open window, propped up on a pile of pillows, the covers pulled up over his chest.

[asshatoforkney]

Agravain comes over and leans against the doorframe. "Actually, I fell into the lake and was eaten alive by tiny fish."

Which is not what really happened, of course. But he isn't going to tell Jack the truth.

I'm, er, not sure whether it would be visible that Jack is pregnant or not? Is it hidden by the covers? Because when/if Aggy realises, he'll almost have a heart attack XD There's no way it could possibly be his, considering how long he's been dead, but he's probably not entirely sure how long he was gone, so he wouldn't necessarily know that...

[51stcentry_jack]

Jack chuckles at this. "Mustve taken 'em a while: they got a lot to work on," he quips back. He'll pat the mattress next to him. "Come over here: I'd get up to kiss you, but my doctor's got me on bedrest: threatened to shackle me to the bed if I didn't stop sneakin' out."

The bedcovers aren't hiding his condition as well as they used to, which is partly why our boy has been in hiding: he's mortified by his appearance (vanity, thy name is Jack Harkness...).

[asshatoforkney]

so, i'm trying to get caught up on things, i think we could summarise this one? agravain will facepalm a lot when he realises jack is pregnant and then be relieved when he figures out it couldn't possibly be his.

[lollypop_lolita]

Have a Maiden to troll if you like, Aggy. Stocking will be perched on the couch in the main room, trying to take a nap.

[asshatoforkney]

Agravain can see you are trying to take a nap, Stocking. So he is going to come over and talk to you so you can't fall asleep.

"You look tired, my lady."

[lollypop_lolita]

Stocking may wake up with a glare of glowing aqua blue eyes and a scowl. Normally that would cause people to back up...

We figure Agravain isn't one of those people.