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[necrowmantic]

[Is he going to mention anything that happened during the power failures? Definitely not. Not when he could distract himself with something else. Anything else. And his voice now is as cheerful as it's ever been.]

Hey-o, Asgard! Super quick poll time. How many people here would skin me alive if given the chance?

[No reason. Actually, several reasons, but. He follows it with a laugh.]

Not that I'm volunteering... yet. But hypothetically. No consequences, no turnabout, just a good, straightforward flaying of Henrys!

...Or anyone, for that matter. If you could slaughter absolutely anyone here with absolutely no backlash, would you go for it? I mean, it's not like anything you do is gonna follow you back home, so you might as well go wild with it! Doesn't even have to be for any reason, though you can imagine one if you'd like. Maybe you're just curious as to how it feels! --It feels great, by the way.

I've asked before whether anyone had murdering experience, and was kinda surprised at the answer- but I'm wondering if that's changed at all for anyone, just from being here. A lot of folk haven't been in a war before, and I see a lot of people asking or offering lessons in fighting. Which is great and all, but how many have experience in killing? It's a totally different field! And it's kinda the one that counts when it comes down to it.

But getting back to the important question here: skinning of Henry, yes or no? I'll even return the favor, if you want, though I'm a little out of practice. But if anyone wants a gory death for any reason, I'm your guy!

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[averagemedium]

Hypothetically, if you actually volunteer for that, I am going to barricade us both in the apartment. Okay?

And if anybody else who sees this happens to be thinking about it: Don't. There is not going to be any flaying. None.

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[necrowmantic]

What about limited flaying? We can measure out how much you'd be willing to let me lose!

And can't I still do the skinning? That's gotta be okay, right?

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[livedtwice]

There's a good chance that someone's going to take you up on that, and I hope you won't let them.

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[necrowmantic]

Do you really think so?

[Not even trying to not sound hopeful.]

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[theaccursed]

There are those who I would not need permission to kill, only the opportunity.

[A pause.]

... Your own fate is inconsequential to me.

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[necrowmantic]

Oh, sure. I don't usually look for permission either, but when it comes to other travellers it's been kinda helpful! What kind of opportunity do you need?

And sooo... is that a yes or no to the flaying? 'Cause you don't have to care a whit about someone to be willing to off them. I can just be another boring old soon-to-be-bleeding-excessively human.

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[cons]

I can't figure out if I should be feeling judgmental over the offer, or if I should save it up for whoever might actually openly admit that they would love to get their brutal stab on if given the chance. Jesus.

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[necrowmantic]

You can judge if you want, I don't mind! What about you, huh? Wanna be first in line? You can even say so secretly if you don't want to admit your interests to everyone.

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[artifacetious]

So just to get this out of the way... you're nuts. [ might as well make that clear ] But what was the answer last time? Not about the skinning, about people's experience in war.

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[necrowmantic]

Am I? I guess I'm a little weird, yeah.

[Completely unbothered by this.]

And I don't know about anyone's experience with skinning yet, I never asked that before! But with war- most people didn't seem to have much experience with it. Just about no one's been in any kind of army, and hardly anyone's killed anybody at all.

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[boogerman]

Who are you and why should I want your skin?

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[necrowmantic]

I'm Henry! And I dunno, I think it's pretty okay skin. I'm not sure what you'd do with it either, I think the fun is in the process!

Any time I tried to keep bits of someone else's skin, it'd just rot away anyway. But the memories are still with me!

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[thehedgehogsdilemma]

[ We've both been here long enough. You still find ways to throw Shinji off. Good job, Henry.]

I don't know if I feel like I missed seeing you around here or not. I hope for your sake no one takes you up on the offer...

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[necrowmantic]

Geez, what's all this stuff about 'for my sake', huh? I'll be fine! Missing a whole heap of skin, but better than ever!

Are you sure you don't want a try?

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[samantha_grey]

You actually asked?!?

...

No, I'm not surprised, but seriously?

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[necrowmantic]

Sure did!

Change your mind about anything?

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[tonsofpun]

Henry-

[It kind of grinds right out. Ellie and Henry have such a strange complicated relationship that isn't exactly friendship, and isn't exactly trust, but has elements of both. So it bothers her to hear him talking like this.

Or maybe it just bothers her to hear anybody talking like this.]

Your crazy is showing. Like just fucking everywhere.

Can you be a little less obvious about wanting somebody to murder you? Seriously?

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[necrowmantic]

[It doesn't really occur to him that he's said anything that strange. He always talked about death, about the fantastic ways he could be killed. Maybe there was a little more to it now, but Henry doesn't notice the difference.

He still laughs, pleased to hear from her.]

It's not like that, geez. I was just curious! But I have to admit I'm surprised no one's jumped on the idea.

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[wyverns]

Are we going to go through this again?

A note to the public: if anyone attempts to accept this offer, I will cleave them in two.

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[necrowmantic]

Hi Gerome! Are you gonna protect me?

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[albuquerque]

What in Merlin's name is the matter with you?

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[necrowmantic]

I'm not really sure what you mean! Sure, I'm a little weird, but this time I'm just collecting handy information.

So what about you, wanna try your hand at slicing someone's skin off?

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[standsonhigh]

Are you just trying to bait out the dumber kind of villain to publicly confess to being murderers and wanting to skin people? If so, I wish you luck. If not, you need to work on your social skills.

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[necrowmantic]

Aw, it's nothing sneaky like that. I really do want to know! I'll happily talk about MY experiences with the flaying and the skinning, but I'm really more of a stabby sort of guy! What about you?

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[leigheas]

I am afraid I don't follow -- why would anyone want to skin you alive?

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[necrowmantic]

For fun! Why else? Unless someone's harboring a super-secret grudge against me, I think the reason would have to lean towards entertainment.

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[afrozendance]

... I'm afraid not, Henry. Neither I have any powers that could be useful for such ends, nor do I not wish to cause any grief to Ryan and Gerome.

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[necrowmantic]

You don't need powers for this! Just a sharp object and a good hand.

They wouldn't have to know about it.

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[knightime]

Sounds like me you got a personal problem. Or a lot of people you might have pissed off.

[What a strange question. He guesses there's plenty of insane people wherever you go.] No one here has done anything to make me want to slaughter them though. I haven't been here long enough for that and I highly doubt it'll actually happen. [He doesn't think he can care enough to hate someone to that extent.]

Based on other peoples' reactions, I feel like this isn't exactly new from you.

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[necrowmantic]

If I made anyone angry, it's clearly not angry enough! I don't have a single person lining up for the chance to make their own Henry-coat. Or at least a pair of shoes.

[There's a laugh in his tone, and it's as friendly a response as he ever gives- but he'd spoken to Davesprite enough that it was distinctly odd to hear that same sort of voice from someone else.]

--You're the other Dave, right? The real one?