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[accidentallich]

Sorry to take everyone's time, but I have a question.

I have a friend who also has access to this website. The thing is that my friend was turned into an undead against his will, and he's not so much eager to let people know? That usually ends in people trying to exorcise you, it's not fun for anyone.

But if this site has angels, and gods, and that kind of thing, would it be alright for my friend to be honest?

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[godslantern]

That also doesn't mean there's no reason not to relax a little, if one can afford to.

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[accidentallich]

[It takes a minute, but eventually a video reply appears: a skeleton in cat-patterned pajamas.]

Is this okay...?

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[godslantern]

[Nope, definitely not the most off-putting thing Neriel's ever seen.]

I'm not in a position to go to video myself at the moment, but I assure you, you're just fine.

As a healer, I think I'm obligated to wonder if there's any way to reverse the process without doing you further harm.

[accidentallich]

I don't know if it's possible. I've been like this for... about a thousand years now?

[He's lost track of his actual age, but he can at least check Wikipedia for when the country he was born in was a thing.]

[godslantern]

That's hardly going to stop me from wondering.

[accidentallich]

I can't help but think that if I were turned into a human at the age I'm supposed to be, I'd just dissolve into dust.

[godslantern]

It certainly wouldn't be that simple, no. A lot would likely depend on what was done in the first place.

[accidentallich]

Unfortunately, I don't know the details of what I drank. I didn't exactly stick around with the person who gave it to me afterward.

[godslantern]

Understandable. Is it something you think you'd be able to research?

[accidentallich]

I wouldn't know where to start... I'm sure there are more people like me out there, but they're not public about it.

[godslantern]

[Google it, a more tech-savvy person would say.]

I can't promise speed, or useful results given the nature of this thing... but the person I need to talk to has amassed quite the collection of books over the millennia. Of course, this is contingent on him letting me in the door at all, but if he does, I could see if he has anything that might be useful.

[accidentallich]

Oh, no - please don't trouble yourself over it. I'm sure you have much more important things to do.

[She's an angel, she can't be wasting her time on something like him.]

[godslantern]

Healing is never trouble.

[accidentallich]

You're very kind, but I'm alright. Really.

[godslantern]

Well, if you change your mind, let me know.

[Consent of the patient is important, after all. She doesn't like letting it go, but if that's what he wants it's what she'll do.]

[accidentallich]

Thank you for the offer.

[you just have to get through 100 layers of self-loathing first]

[godslantern]

Of course. All things considered, I'd be inclined to say you've suffered enough, especially since it wasn't even your choice to begin with.

[accidentallich]

It's probably my fault for trusting him to begin with...

[godslantern]

You are not at fault for someone else choosing to take advantage of you.

[accidentallich]

He wasn't like this with other people...

[Yes, Gershom, that's usually how yanderes operate.]

[godslantern]

And Lucifer was charming enough to talk half of Heaven into joining him. A pleasant veneer can be hiding almost anything.

[accidentallich]

...It's hard to argue against that.

[But it's easier to blame himself than blame someone he hasn't seen in a thousand years.]

[godslantern]

If you didn't consent to this, you certainly didn't ask for it. Nor did you do anything to deserve it, save possibly in that person's mind. It also sounds like you broke association with them as soon as you could.

You did nothing wrong here. Their lack of trustworthiness is not your responsibility.

[accidentallich]

He used to say that everything he did was for me. I - thought it was romantic, at the time.

[So they were a bit more than 'associated'.]

[godslantern]

Then he absolutely took undue advantage of you. It's still not your fault.

There's very little I wouldn't do for my friends, even now - even if they don't remember me after all. But I wouldn't dream of changing their fundamental nature, unless that change was something they wanted and requested. I also can't see myself taking the same path they did, and I rather doubt they'd ask it of me.