http://righteous-pen.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] righteous-pen.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] hh_mirror2008-08-17 04:42 pm

Re-emerging (open RP)

After the disaster in Hogsmeade and the meeting with his God, Mikami had barely left his room for over a fortnight. The house elves had agreed to bring his food there (although some of them were still unhappy with him for lasering parts of the Great Hall), and he'd taken some books from the library on his way back from Slytherin. Most of them were first-year level spell books, but there were a couple of extremely thick volumes on wizarding law. Those also made good makeshift weights. He still hadn't found a gym anywhere.

He had to keep working, keep learning. There had to be something he could do for Kira, even here, even now. Something to atone for his failure, to make things right again. He'd been letting things slide, and this was the result, but it wasn't too late. The end hadn't come yet. It had for Near, but not for Light Yagami, and God was the only one who mattered. Surely that future could be changed.

(If not, then he'd destroyed everything. He couldn't afford to let himself think of that.)

But there was a downside to constant studying. He'd run out of books a lot sooner than expected. So now, a slightly pale, withdrawn Mikami was in the library, counting the number of pages in the textbooks and occasionally weighing two against each other.

Feel free to talk to him. He needs the distraction, poor thing.

[identity profile] 11assumption21.livejournal.com 2008-08-17 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
The mysterious man in a bloody trench coat enters the library quietly. Most of Walter's time at Hogwarts has been spent looking for a door or a hole that he can use to go home, but nothing has turned up. He didn't expect to find a door, but he has things to do, people to kill, and a God to rebirth back home. Being at Hogwarts feels more like an afterlife than he's ever felt since his death.

Maybe the library will have a book that can tell him how to get back to his world, but finding such a book would be a challange. Expecially when he doesn't know where to start.

[identity profile] 11assumption21.livejournal.com 2008-08-17 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"No," was his only reply before picking a random shelf to start inspecting for relevant texts.

[identity profile] jezzthespoon.livejournal.com 2008-08-17 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
His braced leg was paining him today and he'd decided to take a break from his study of hexes. Raven on his shoulder and snake around his arm, Jezz emerged from the stacks with a book discussing magical means of theft and inclined his head briefly in acknowledgment of the other person he saw there.

[identity profile] jezzthespoon.livejournal.com 2008-08-17 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Jezz rolled his eyes slightly, taking the "typical" to mean "typical of drow." He supposed he would have run into a human like the ones back in Faerun sooner or later, even if this one wasn't necessarily from Faerun proper.

He sat, very deliberately, at a nearby table, and opened the book. He wasn't expecting it to have practical advice on theft, else it probably wouldn't be in the available part of the library, but it could make interesting reading all the same.

[identity profile] 11assumption21.livejournal.com 2008-08-17 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Simply because I have nothing to hide does not mean that I am displaying my murders. As for hygiene, I saw no point to it after I died, because I didn't have to interact with people anymore other than my last ten victims."

He stops looking for books to look at the other man.

[identity profile] 11assumption21.livejournal.com 2008-08-17 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"My religion allows for the revival of the dead. Although God's rebirth is a bit tougher, and requires sacrifices. I've been dead for ten years."

It may be a surprise that Walter hasn't even attacked anyone at Hogwarts yet.

[identity profile] jezzthespoon.livejournal.com 2008-08-17 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"A legitimate reason," Jezz repeated. "Does no one read for simple curiosity's sake where you hail from, or does this need for a legitimate reason only apply to drow? I assure you there's no scheme to clean out your room in the middle of the night."

In any case Jezz had been more the armed-robbery, give-us-your-money-and-food type of thief.

[identity profile] 11assumption21.livejournal.com 2008-08-17 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"The first ten were sinners, I took their hearts." How 8 year old twins were deemed as sinners, Walter does not know nor care anymore. "I died for number eleven, and then ten more themed deaths after my revival to complete the 21 sacraments. I still have to release The Mother Reborn and The Reciever of Wisdom from the flesh for the ritual to be complete back in my world."

[identity profile] 11assumption21.livejournal.com 2008-08-17 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"I was not given the choice to decide the sinners, although some of them I was happy to be rid of." Walter isn't sure if he should be amused or annoyed by the man yet.

[identity profile] jezzthespoon.livejournal.com 2008-08-17 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"You fooled me there." He snorted. "I admit this is the first time someone's assumed the worst of me without even knowing what I am."

The snake unwound slightly and hissed.

[identity profile] jezzthespoon.livejournal.com 2008-08-17 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
If Jezz demanded apologies from everyone who'd ever slighted him he'd be standing around a long time. And the man's assessment wasn't so far off to begin with, so he shrugged, settled the snake with a mutter, and returned the main part of his attention to the book.

[identity profile] 11assumption21.livejournal.com 2008-08-17 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, I just did want my God needed of me." Having the valet of god telling you who to kill in your subconscious can be harsh on your conscience. Good thing Walter gave that up when he died.

[identity profile] 11assumption21.livejournal.com 2008-08-17 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't you want to live in a world where people can be happy just by being there?" he calls after Mikami's retreating form, although not expecting a reply.

That's what they say God will do, even if they did lie to Walter and say that the ritual would wake his mom up when he was little.

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