Room 322, Thursday Midday

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Didi had spent some time this morning talking to her fish as she cleaned and rearranged their tank. Either she was a little bored, or they had seen fascinating things during the gremlin invasion. It might have been both.

Once she'd gotten all of the conversation out of Slim and Wandsworth that a girl could expect (and a bit more), she flopped down on her bed and started watching a DVD of the movie from class yesterday. She hadn't seen it all the way through, and Scottish Accent Guy was hot.

The door to her room was open a crack so she could see people in the hall.

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Jacob had been on the way back from lunch when he remembered that he hadn't seen Didi yet since the invasion. Making sure his big sib was actually still in one piece seemed the right thing to do.

He knocked lightly on the door and pushed it open far enough to be able to look into the room. "Hey, Didi."

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"Hey, Jacob," Didi grinned as she paused the movie. "What's up? Want to watch a romantic comedy with guns in it?"

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"You realize the guns are the only thing that aren't making me run from the comedy and romantic part?" Jacob grinned and stepped inside the room.

"I just came to see if you've got through the weekend alright, but I can be persuaded."

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"That might have been why I mentioned them," Didi admitted freely, and shifted on the bed so there was more room if he wanted to sit. "Yeah, I got through fine. I spent some time in Caritas and helped Jono clean up the library. How'd you make out?"

She gave him a sheepish look. "I feel like I should be the one checking up on you."

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There was a chance he wasn't quite looking at her when she mentioned Jono, but he wasn't going to turn down the invitation.

"I'm sturdy, I don't bruise easily," he said lightly as he plopped down beside her on the bed. He was going to try to not take up too much room. "I slept through most of Monday so I'm good now."

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Didi noticed the slight looking away, but it could have been anything. Her goldfish. Some clouds.

"Oh, so you did go out to fight?" she asked. "I'm not surprised. You're tall and everything." And he had a temper, but she wasn't mentioning that right away. "I'm just glad nothing happened you couldn't sleep off."

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Tall and everything was one way to put turning into a werewolf and having benefiting healing powers. Jacob was grinning and he scratched behind his ear. "I was out fighting most of the weekend, there were plenty of gremlins to beat up on."

Which made him wonder. "What about you? Do you have some cool beating up powers?" She was Death after all. It seemed appropriate.

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"It would be nice if I did, but no," Didi admitted. "The humanity gig is kind of limited. I found out I have a mean arm with art books, though."

She made a face. "They were nasty, but I don't really like having to kill things."

Ah, irony.

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He blinked. "That's got to make the... job harder," he remarked. Was there a better way to describe it?

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"Huh?" Sometimes Didi forgot not everyone knew how it worked, and she blinked at him owlishly in utter confusion for a moment before catching the reference.

"Oh, right. That. I don't make the decisions. I like being there at the end, but it's really not up to me when the end is. That's -- someone else, in my world, at least."

... if he got her talking about the Kindly Ones, they might be here a very long time.

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"I'm not sure I get the distinction," he admitted. "Someone else makes the decision, but you like being there? Isn't that still killing them, or would they drop even if you weren't there?"

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Didi wrinkled her nose in sympathy mingled with frustration. It was hard to explain; it just was.

"Death is always there when something dies," Didi said. "I just am. My job is to take your hand and lead you to your afterlife. Death can't not be there."

"The three ladies cut the thread, but everything was in Destiny's book to start with. And Destiny's book has always been."

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"So it's already decided when I'm going to die and these three ladies will make it so because it's written?" he asked, not sure if that made sense at all.

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"... essentially, yeah," Didi said. "There are ways to bargain, but for most life forms, yes."

It made sense to her!

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Which was a good thing, it meant he didn't have to break his head about doing things right at the end.

"Do you know it about people here?" he wondered. "Or does that get limited too?"

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"Depends on the person, how close their universe is to mine, what the other player tells me" she gestured, indicating she could go on for a while. "I'm no Layla Williams. Promise."

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Jacob laughed. "I'm not worried," he assured her. He wouldn't be growing old for a very long time so it was easy not to be.

He hesitated. "What happens to leeches? Vampires?" he corrected quickly.

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"When they die for real, or when the human dies the first time?" Didi asked. "I mean, I can't tell you either way, but which one are you thinking of?"

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She'd already answered. "The human. S-They die," he repeated, only just catching himself.

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"They die," she confirmed. There was more she could say, but that was the basic truth of it. "You're interested in them, aren't you?"

She remembered the fight he'd gotten into with the bartender at the welcome picnic.

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He nodded and he was blaming yesterday and class for having Bella on his mind so much today. He plucked at the sheets, giving himself something to look at at. "I know a girl, she's... in love with one of them," he said. "She wants to be turned, but she won't be herself anymore then. Will she?"

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"It depends on what she's like now," Didi said. "Some people come through the same, pretty much. Some ... don't."

She kicked at the bed a little, wishing she had a better answer. "How'd she end up in love with one of them?"

It wasn't that she thought vampires couldn't love; it was that, well, they ate people.

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Jacob snorted. "You're asking me? I've got no clue what she sees in him. I can't stand him. Or any of them. As far as I know, they should all have died a long time ago."

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Didi snorted right back. "Well, yeah, I know you have vampire issues. Does she know you're in love with her, too?"

... yes, Jacob, it's that obvious.

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"Sure, sure," he was staring at the fish tank now. Huh, he'd managed to block that out. "I always been upfront with her. It doesn't change anything. She still picked him."