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The Last Words Meme

This is it. The final curtain. You're at the end of your life, and there's someone here you really, really need to say something to before you die. 


(TRIGGER WARNING. This meme deals heavy with death and also possibly with strong violence or with suicide/depression. If you are not comfortable reading about that, please PLEASE do not proceed further.)



HOW IT WORKS:
Getting your numbers from RNG (or pick your own), the first character to post rolls for their cause of death and how long they have left to live. They then post to the meme with their name, canon and the results of their roll. (For example: "Jane Doe | That One Series | 1 2" would mean Jane Doe from That One Series died of accidental causes and has a few hours left to live.) 

Responding characters then roll for the relationship between the two of you. Optionally responding characters can also share your cause of death/time left to live or roll for their own, but that's not required. A living character caring for (or horribly mutilating) a dying one is fine, too.

Tell the person what you need to tell them before you bite it. 

As usual, all meme's are open to interpretation. If you want to play an AU immortal, yay. If you want to be sucked into another dimension or shoved into a tiny glass box, also fine. YOUR PLAY, NOT MINE.



CAUSE OF DEATH

1 - Accidental. Nobody meant for this to happen, but it doesn't matter now. Due to negligance, arrogance or just plain bad luck, you've become gravely ill or injured and are now in your last moments. This covers all kinds of accidental deaths--strangulation, drowning, car accidents, unintentional beheadings, whatever you can think of. 

2 - Murder. Somebody really didn't like you. Enough to kill you, it seems. You're now dead by someone else's hand. (Maybe even the person replying to you?) As with accidental death, this covers all types of intentional, malicious murder, regardless of method--so poisoning, stabbing, shooting, etc., all work here. Same with all the below options: any possible variation you can think of on it will work!

3 - Suicide. There is no hope for you, and no way out. You've reached the absolute bottom pits of despair, and the only recourse you have is to take your own life. Someone shows up to stop you... but they're too late to help you now.

4 - Terminal illness. You have cancer, or tuberculosis, or cholera back when people got cholera. The doctors have done everything they could and it wasn't enough. The only thing to do now is give your loved ones the bad news.

5 - Starvation. So thirsty. So hungry. Maybe you've been traveling in the desert for hours, or maybe you're just really poor. Whatever the reason, it doesn't matter, because you're slowly wasting away until you're nothing but skin and bones.

6 - Death in battle. You've died a hero's death, and gone out in a blaze of glory. Or maybe you were a coward who got shot for deserting? Either way, you're now a casualty of war. Will you be honored with a parade or scorned as a traitor to your country? 

7 - Natural causes. You've lived a long, happy life, and now your story is at an end. In a warm bed, surrounded by your family and friends, you peacefully drift off. Just make sure that you've made a will somewhere, or at least use your deathbed to set the record straight. Otherwise, who knows what kind of squabbles might errupt after you leave this world?


TIME LEFT

1 - A few minutes. You're fading fast and you don't have much, well, any time left. Better tell the person with you that you love -- or despise -- them with your last breath, because you'll never have the chance otherwise. 

2 - A few hours. You haven't got much time left. Is there someone you still need to kill? To kiss? Better do it quick. (Note: last kisses not recommended for people dying of highly contagious illnesses.)

3 - A few days. The doctors have given you the news, and it's not very good. You've only got a couple days left to live. You should start trying to make peace with people and saying your final goodbyes with the days you have left.

4 - A few weeks. Take that vacation you've always wanted to go on but never had the chance to. Go do that thing you've never thought you'd be any good at. You've got only weeks left to live. Don't waste them. 

5 - A few months. While you aren't quite on death's doorstep yet, your lifespan has still dwindled considerably from what you probably thought it would be. How are you going to spend your last few months on Earth? Making the world a better place and telling your family you love them? Or raising as much hell as possible?

Comments

[switchback]

You're always lookin' out for me. Mother hen.

[uncertainty]

Habit, I guess.

[switchback]

[ He hands the container back after eating a small portion. Not much, but more than he's had in a long while. ]

Maybe we haven't really changed that much after all.

[uncertainty]

[ Shrug. ] Probably just, older, and slower. Maybe, a little bit less stupid...

[switchback]

"A little"? We used to think Lil' Bow Wow was the shit.

[uncertainty]

You still do, if, uh, the easter eggs in your last movie were any indication.

[switchback]

You're free to interpret what signs you think you saw however you want.

[uncertainty]

Please. You always, have those things in the three quarter view. Like, it's some sort of, uh, ironic metaphor, for the scene.

[switchback]

[ Closing his eyes and looking a bit smug. He has a tendency to do the same thing to fans and interviewers. Go on, tell me more about my work. No really. Pick it apart. Analyze it. ]

It could be an amalgamation of references to obscure pop culture from the yesteryears laid out in an underlying narrative meant to elucidate the decay of western media's values since the early 2000s. Or it could be a whole bunch of inside jokes you already happened to be in on stuck pointlessly in the dialogue like needles in a voodoo doll just to chafe the asses of everyone who thought they weren't funny anymore.

Who knows. I don't even know. I literally have no idea. I think my last movie was about vampires or something? No clue.

[uncertainty]

It was a better adaptation of, Dawnlight.

[switchback]

Oh yeah. I bet you seen my whole filmography anyway, though.

[uncertainty]

[ shru... gging. ]

I couldn't usually, catch them in theaters. But, I have them on dvd.

[switchback]

[ Tavros bought his shitty movies.

u`///u ]

Still counts.

[uncertainty]

I guess, it's probably kind of sad. How much, I kept around. I mean, uhh, really...

[switchback]

What else do you even have?

[uncertainty]

Uh... the keys, to our first apartment. All of our old, highschool letters, raps, and photos... Uh... I still have, all of the stuffed animals you won me, when the Fiduspawn event happened.

[switchback]

[ Oh.

He was wondering where all that stuff got to, whether it just got thrown out after they stopped being a thing or what. ]

Jesus.

[uncertainty]

[ embarrassment creeps across his face. there are a few more things. their blanket and pillow. one of dave's shirts warms the largest stuffed animal. things are are probably creepy and sad.

tavros' pathetic foray into redrom after dave had scared him off it for good. memories kept him warm at night. ]

Sorry.

[switchback]

No, I just...

[ Didn't realize he cared that much, he guesses. It wasn't really a big thing when they broke up. They didn't fight. He just said, this isn't working out, and some other shit happened and then he was 600 miles away calling him every so often. He had been so convinced that he didn't care that by the time they finally split he'd taught himself not to feel anything about it anymore. ]

Just did't know you thought they were worth holding onto.

[uncertainty]

It's stupid, and sappy.

[switchback]

...I still got, uh. The shirt you were wearing when we went to Olive Garden. I mean it basically looks the same as all your other shirts except there's that little spaghetti stain at the top from when we went to do the thing like the movie with the dogs and the noodles and shit, and ended up just... flipping the plate over...

[ ...beginning to realize how dumb this sounds ]

I mean, it was just in my bag when I packed, I dunno how it got there. But I never got around to sending it back.

[ Yeah right. ]

[uncertainty]

Oh.

[ He smiles a little, letting his head rest on the mattress again. ]

I guess I feel, a little less weird.

[switchback]

It's not weird to keep good memories around.

[ Letting his eyes close, taking a few quiet, wheezing breaths. ]

It'd be weird if you were trying to conduct some weird alien ritual on them to make me love you and keeping them in airtight containers so they'll preserve my smell for you to sniff at your leisure.

[uncertainty]

[ UM... ]

Even if I did, it, obviously did not work. And, I didn't.

[switchback]

[ His brow furrows a little. ]

Don't say that.