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When; July 3rd, at sunrise.
Where; Xanadu, at the lake.
Rating; PG(-13)?
Characters; Der Tod ( arrogantdancer) & Yamamura Megumi ( roseblooms ).
Summary; Tod has requested a meeting with Megumi, because some riddles are best solved when faced directly~.
Log;




This garden. With all the obvious traces of life. Green, lush grass, rippling water always in motion, the pink sky above his head – it will soon be as blue as the coat Elisabeth’s spineless husband adorns himself with. Everything oozes of the change of time, the breath of existence. Everything but he. Tod. Death himself.

The mortals here… out of his reach, it is said, but he does not believe it. Tod has felt their collective fear, their suspicion, the thickness of their weariness. Many of them tire of this place, many of them long to go home. If they knew the bridge he could build for them, the route of escape he could lay out for them to walk, they would not scorn him, but embrace him. Eagerly. He knows the human nature. He knows human cravings, even when humans themselves are blind and deaf and dumb.

Like this… Yamamura Megumi… she is not from his world, but he knows her despite the rifts of dimensions and the borders between spheres. Such lines have never posed any hindrance to him. Not back in Austria, where he travelled between his own realm and the world of the living as easily as he took the lives of the pilgrims from there. Certainly not here.

Yes, Megumi… He has held her in his arms. She has been his – but she was set free. He saw her strength, allowed (willed, even?) her escape. And she does not remember, has no recollection of him. Does he really fail to leave a lasting impression?

Tod knows it is more complex than that. She will recognise him in due time. Elisabeth did. Megumi is no different and it is what she owes him, after all.

He gave her back her life.

Facing the undisturbed surface of the lake, he raises his chin and smiles. Tod can be patient. He will wait for this; for the events to unfold themselves.