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[wotchesyou]

If you die here, what happens? Do you go back to your own world or is that it? Do you just pop out of existence entirely?

[ Wait. She remembers being shown and told something horrible by Bellatrix. ]

Is death permanent here? Is there hope that the others could return? I'm going to miss Arthur.

[ Tonks draws back a bit. Her expression becomes

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[popparazzi]

I've died once and come back here. It's not a... pleasant experience.

[Let's ignore the fact that he's kind of dead at home.]

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[wotchesyou]

What happened to you?

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[popparazzi]

Got maimed by some shadow creatures and then shot in the head.

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[wotchesyou]

And you were in Anatole at the time?

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[divinelyhushed]

i believe that prince Arthur will come back .

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[wotchesyou]

Have you known anyone to die here? Do you know how long they were 'gone'?

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[divinelyhushed]

not personally . but someone said not too long . a couple days .

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[wotchesyou]

But it's already been a couple of days.

[ignite_the_sky]

From what I've seen and experienced, death isn't always permanent, but there is always the possibility that this place could choose to change that on a whim.

[wotchesyou]

The door could send Arthur back or decide he shouldn't come back at all, right? What all have you seen?

[ignite_the_sky]

Exactly.

Several months ago, there was a young woman who was decapitated, yet after an absence of perhaps two weeks or more, she was brought back in full health. Earlier this year, my Lieutenant was murdered rather brutally, yet she returned after several days. Myself and a friend both lost our lives, yet we are here now, and the man who committed the act was shot dead... and he returned, though later he was apparently sent away.

The evidence would suggest that he should return, but because we've been fortunate so many times before, there is no way of knowing for certain whether or not this will be another of those times. The most one can do is hope.

[wotchesyou]

[ Without thinking about it, Tonks reaches up to her neck. There are not many creatures that could survive decapitation. That is a rather permanent death for even a few dark creatures. ]

When your friends came back, were they changed in at all? Did they lose any part of themselves or abilities?

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[break_onthru]

Others come and go raaather fluidly in this dimension, unfortunately. It can be very hard to keep track of.

Hmmph. Even I died here once and woke up in a dumpster three days later! Kufufufufu.

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[wotchesyou]

A dumpster? That sounds bloody awful. Do you remember anything between dying and waking up?

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[break_onthru]

Oh, no, it smelled awful. The sound was quite pleasant for the most part!

Not a thing. It was just as if I'd been asleep. But according to my roommate, I was dead!

...

His perception of things was just a teeensy bit skewed most of the time, however.

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[wotchesyou]

[ Tonks wonders if more than just his roommate has a skewed sense of things most of the time. ]

Was there anything different about you when you returned to life?

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[lumenrelegandus]

[in deference to their agreement, has tried not to respond to this about nine times. Can't shake the feeling this might be more important.

At large. Not just between them.]

Disappearance from Anatole, what we assume to be returning to world of origin, and death while in Anatole, are usually distinct. Death is typically impermanent. Though returning has side-effects.

[…dammitdammitdammit he's thinking of Teddy if she asks for examples he'll have to choose between violating her future and lying by omission again should not have responded dammit.]

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[wotchesyou]

Like what? Will Arthur have been maimed or lost a part of himself?

[ It would be unwise to lie to her Remus. ]

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[lumenrelegandus]

[He knows. Dammmmit.]

I've seen mainly sensory or memory loss. Riza Hawkeye was temporarily blind. Hughes and Mustang were physically incapacitated for about a week. Haruno Sakura, Lestrange, and I all experienced amnesia. I can give specifics if you -

[No, don't do that. Don't make it her responsibility when you're the one with the information to choose.

You promised to do better. This still doesn't seem "better" but it's the alternative.]

For Sakura, it was as if she hadn't come to Anatole, she could only remember her original life. For Lestrange, it was as if she'd regressed to a younger woman... earth life, pre-war. These states were both temporary. Unfortunately, for the latter.

I think I was different because I didn't die and revive within Anatole. I was killed on earth - [full disclosure] in battle against Voldemort, by a Death Eater I think - directly before coming here. So my memory loss has proved, so far, permanent. I'm told I had a son. I don't remember enough even to feel the gap where memory of him should be

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[wotchesyou]

[ She doesn't turn him away. Tonks doesn't ignore his words. She listens quietly as he explains what happens after death. Arthur will not be happy should he not be in control of all of his senses.

When Remus findally tells her that he has a son, the color drains from her face. It isn't just that he has a son. It couldn't have been mercy on Bellatrix' part to leave that out. Had she forgotten or had she deemed it not important. ]

We have a child...?

[ She doesn't shut him out or shut the feed. However, for the next few moments, Tonks is not going to be able to speech. ]