Sixty-second Rebirth- [Video]

[death_begins]

[As the video clicks on, Yuca can be seen crossing along the many graves in the back of cross church. The graves, which are usually faded to obscurity, now all bear his name- Yuca Collabel. They're all dated differently, through different times in history- and there are literally dozens of them, enough to fade into the background. He coughs once, glancing up through the fog, before sighing.]

Everything dies. One can even say that people die because people live- that life is the ultimate evil, as it always and unerringly results in death. No matter what your beliefs may be, the permanence of death is very real, isn't it? Friends dying, family dying, pets, plants, flowers- death is the one constant in the world.

[He finally sits on a gravestone, examining the faded date for a moment, before kicking out his feet.]

Time is the only thing that separates you from death. You will die, your children will die, and someday, their children's children will die. Nothing matters, not really. Not when faced with time.

[A pause. Yuca smiles, but it's not entirely pleasant.]

So tell me, Adstring: why are you upset?

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[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

Some of us are less used to seeing our own.

[Dryly. Though he's calm enough now that he's inside and staying that way.]

Though you're right enough about the rest.

[neverquitedies.livejournal.com]

True. It takes adjusting to, doesn't it?

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

Experience often counts for a lot.

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[grandtheftbody.livejournal.com]

Because it's upsetting to see deaths that ought to be under my control taken from me. [A direct answer to Yuca's question, and Mukuro's smiling, although he isn't very pleased.] Even if it is all clearly unreal.

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[neverquitedies.livejournal.com]

The idea of control is a strange one. [He laughs.] You feel responsible for acts you haven't committed yet.

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[grandtheftbody.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if 'responsible' is the correct word. I simply don't like the idea of anyone else breaking my toys.

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[fallenoratorio.livejournal.com]

Because people don't like being reminded that they're going to die.

Sometimes it's just better for people to be idiots that way - being happy and satisfied with what they have, ignoring what's going to happen to them.

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[neverquitedies.livejournal.com]

Why is it so unsettling?

[He leans back, looking up toward the sky, obscured by fog.]

We are born with an instinct of death. We know what is coming for us our entire lives- is that really not enough time to accept it?

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[fallenoratorio.livejournal.com]

No, it's not. The moment we accept that we are going to die might be the moment that we stop enjoying living.

And when that happens... We forget what it means to be happy.

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[golden_hawke]

Death is not forever.

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[neverquitedies.livejournal.com]

Very good.

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[golden_hawke]

-=There's a silent moment.=-

You are speaking untruths.

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[harmoniousstorm.livejournal.com]

[Have a big grin. Probably the biggest anyone will see on Xanxus for a long while.]

Who's upset? If they're dumb enough to die then that's their problem.

[He's enjoying this event rather thoroughly.]

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[neverquitedies.livejournal.com]

Everyone dies. Even you.

[A little smile right back.]

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[harmoniousstorm.livejournal.com]

[He just shrugs.]

Then I'll die on my own terms. Simple as that.

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[exarmatio]

I'm... not.

[It's hard to say, and even harder to swallow.]

I know in my heart that the people on these tombstones aren't dead. It's simply an event.

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[neverquitedies.livejournal.com]

You're lying.

[Plain and simple.]

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[exarmatio]

I'm not.

This is simply a trick, and I'm consciously aware of it.

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[fn-rebel.livejournal.com]

...why do all the graves say your name?

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[neverquitedies.livejournal.com]

[He lets the barest hint of a smile ghost his lips.]

Why indeed?

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[fn-rebel.livejournal.com]

Did you die before you got to this place?

[Pardon his bluntness.]

[ff_red_turk]

Not everything.

[neverquitedies.livejournal.com]

Maybe not.

[A little smile.]

But the things that live on will be quite lonely when the universe ends, I imagine.

[bunny_flower]

I wish you could understand without being told, Yuca-san.

[neverquitedies.livejournal.com]

It's not me not understanding. It's the vary basis for it being utterly illogical.