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[itz-spirit]

“Smile neighbour..” Wally said to you.

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How about sam owning his power?

Yes, another random too late at night on our boy sammy! - he just wont leave me alone!... :)

Thing that strikes me about spn and the dynamics bw sam n dean is the power imbalance - and theres multiple kinds at play and im sure ill screw it up in laying out all the layers i see in my head out here but here goes:

Theres initially the little bro v big bro power imbalance - in favour of dean - but theres also the perceived (by dean) power imbalance in favour of sam as he thinks dad only cares about sams safety and + his own love for sam makes him think sams got him wrapped around his finger - thing is, the fact that deans willing to do anything for sam is not necessarily sams doing but it scares dean that sam has that effect on him.....never understanding that he has the same hold on sam.

Then, as they get older, deans faster,stronger,better at hunting,fighting and gets all the parise from dad as a result while sam is the "runt" - scrawny & reluctant (and probably part of his reluctance to join hunting family business is that teenage-attitude of "ah well, im never gonna be better than dean or dad, why bother?") So he doesnt try harder than he has to, to get by ....so the physical power balance for a long time is also with dean growing up...and it suits dean just fine - after all, who doesnt like being "adored big brother" ?...but also given deans fear of sams emotional power over him, & sams intellectual prowess that dean already starts to see in him, dean revels in his physical skills and it makes him feel indulgent and sorta ok with caring for and about his sammy and in his mind balances the scales that sams adoration of him for his skills n physical powers somehow negates the emotional hold of sam on him...& so the scales remain balanced sorta...

A bit older again and sam starts to physically shoot up and he seems to pick things up quicker, is braver than dean at standing up for himself (&im sure on behalf of dean too, sometimes) more n more with dad and theres that damn intellect and that emotional hold on dean already...the scales far as dean can see is tipping slowly away from him....and then sam is (whether due to weecest/wincest feelings developing or just normal teenage angst doesnt matter here) pulling away in teenage fashion: more n more away from dean too so now dean feels like hes left feeling the brunt of that emotional pull more n more (again because theres wincest elements on deans part or not is irrelevant here - its just the emotional gap created when the person you're so closely attached to since childhood pulls away - but this is probably felt even more intensely by dean coz of the hunting lifestyle n lack of other human connections) - leaving dean feeling vulnerable af - which hed hate....and resent sam for .... & would see it as sam holding all the power - even if it may not objectively be true or even something sam is aware of....remember, he's just a kid - drawing boundaries n learning about himself as he grows....

Stanford being the 1st big decision sam makes on his own, asserting his independence - is a blow to dean -to him, thats sam exercising that power of his and being selfish and uncaring of impact on dean - after all, dean had to give up his life,his dreams for sam n his dad - why isnt sam doing the same?... and all the resentments at not just him being the only one to make sacrifices in the family but also of this growing power imbalance towards sam kicks in....and he hates it - he hates that sam doesnt need him anymore, is off making his own decisions, hes likely to be off creating and living his own life pretty soon - & wheres dean then?

As s1,s2 progresses, we see more n more sam being pushed into giving up his power, his independence more n more in favour of dean - not just by circumstances and hell/heaven conspiracy but also emotionally/mentally by people he loves the most - dad, bobby, dean...because the choice for him is "its either our love and acceptance or your own power" & ofc he chooses "family" & " love & acceptance" - cloaked in shame,guilt and humiliation.... theres no thought given by his "loved ones" to " how could we help understand sam's powers and help him manage it", train it or anything remotely positive - its instantly :sam has powers = sam is bad - why? - because he's now 6'4, strong physically,mentally and his only vulnerability is his love for his family: dean mostly at that stage... & they even mention munchausens syndrome by proxy in one of the episode - coz thats basically whats being done to him - hes being made to believe that his powers are inherently evil and therefore he's sick and he "needs" dean to deal with it...and terrified & in absence of any support,ofc he does, he does need dean to deal with it/with himself - slowly eroding his trust in himself... not blaming dean here - as to him its his own "life or death" + identity crisis situation - if hes not looking after sammy, who is he, what does he do with his life? (that "african root-induced dream walker in bobbys/deans head" episode makes it pretty explicit)...

S3/4 - hes had a bit of time on his own & hes found a "teacher" - ruby....thing is, he wouldnt have been that vulnerable to ruby to begin with, if hed received even a tiny bit of guidance n care n understanding of how to manage/control his powers ... so ofc, at his lowest he succumbs to anyone offerring him any kind of guidance or control over himself, coz hes already been conditioned to not trust himself - and why shouldnt he take it from a demon - isnt he already been called evil freak by his own? ...he might as well ...

To dean on his return this is worst case: sammy having his own power and his powers....again wincesty lens might add other layers but for this essay(sorry)!: 1xof the factors influencing deans reactions have to be also the power imbalance tipping towards sam again( he even says in one episide all huffy "well you dont need me, you & ruby can hunt demons on your own" whil packing his duffel) - yes theres jealousy n care that his bro is being manipulated by a demon and his own hell trauma etc,etc....but - lets not forget that hes also feeling that sense of loss of control n power over sam specifically...and so ruby is not the only one manipulating sam in this season...and love is not an excuse for manipulation....and dean is not immune to using it to get what he wants - ie sam (wincest or not doesnt matter here either - outcome is still the same that dean wants).

From s4 to almost upto s10 its a steady degradation of sam and loss of him owning his own power,his body,his self,his personhood.... and each time he tries to reclaim it, hes emotiinally beaten up into giving it up again - so that he can be loved - he is pretty much a "batterred wife" at that point, having given up his power to dean (&lucifer&gadreel via dean &...) - until he starts to fully reclaim again s11 onwards - but in a way thats much more "acceptable" to dean.... hearing words he says to charlie or to mary or to sully about how hes accepted that this is his life now and he loves it - this is somehow supposed to show sams "maturity" in acceptance of his respinsibilities in hunting n saving people etc ... but to me, its not really if you've been watching - its him being a "batterred wife", trading his power for love n acceptance... because he knows that dean will never fully accept sam in his full power....he cant as hes too scared of what he doesnt understand (incl himself). Again wincest lens would amp all of this to intensityx10...

It is these experiences that he then uses to help guide and care for young kids that cross his path showing abilities - incl jack.

If theres ever a reboot i hope its this - i hope its with a sam that starts to see visions n telekinesis etc and he gets support n kindness and understanding & faith in him - while he figures out his training himself - itd be amazing if its dean who "comes around" - hell id even settle for a dean that "comes around" in midst of "when levee breaks" and they run off and hole up somewhere n get sam his rest n care from dean and then training for him.....n they stop the apocalypse together but with sam having his full powers n dean proudly supporting him and himself being powerful in his own right... so that i can believe that its possible to be powerful n strong in your own right and still be loving and kind and caring and loved n accepted in return...

I'll stop here with that beautiful image in my head to help me sleep n not cry over how they did sammy anymore... :) ...not sure any of it made sense, sorry ... n thanks for reading?..

#Sam winchester #Sam n dean power imbalance #Sam was a jedi without his yoda and darth got him for for 180 years #Sam was harry potter permanently stuck under that staircase & no hogwarts #Sam needed dean - just not how dean wanted #I do love dean winchester - i just hate how he treated my boy sammy #Ill write another thing with dean at some point i promise #Im a sammy girl if not obvious but love dean too #Sorry too long #Sorry for typos #Not sure i made any sense at all

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Reliving An Old Nightmare - Chapter 16

<= Chapter 15

Summary : Snatcher and Hat Kid's search for the Time Piece begins. Also available on AO3 : https://archiveofourown.org/works/22337299/chapters/57711178

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New chapter ! Since I was able to start writing the 19th chapter, which has been very hard to begin, I decided to post the 16th chapter. I hope you'll like it ! Don't hesitate to leave a comment if you did ! You have no idea how much it helps me writing !

Also, just wanted to announce that I commissioned something for the 18th chapter! And it's not a drawing. I sure wonder what it might be :)) I can't wait to post it with said chapter !

Happy reading !!

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Chapter 16

Just like Snatcher had expected, eating food even under his ghostly form was not an enjoyable experience. It was still better because he didn’t get to feel textures as much as when he was as a human. Though, the sense of touch still lingered a little bit. Normally, the ghost shouldn’t feel anything but, with the recent events… A lot of things had changed. Thus, when the little kid fed him a lot of stuff he knew nothing about, mostly sweets and junk food, the spirit had to resist the urge of throwing up from disgust. Gagging was something he never knew he could do as a ghost but, hey, you learn something new every day! Fortunately, the shade had managed to eat everything the kid had given him until he felt full enough. He still had no idea how being hungry was possible in his state, though it might very well be because of “Simeon”, just like the hat-wearing brat had explained it to him. Whatever that guy did with that Time Piece, it had changed the way Snatcher’s spectral body worked. And that was absolutely unacceptable for the shade, who loathed whoever or whatever was hiding behind Simeon’s identity. Yet, he couldn’t ignore how powerful they were, if they managed to create a whole dimension when even the alien kid could not.

Once the eating torture was over, he and the child started to elaborate a plan. While the kid would be able to track and locate the Time Piece while in the manor (thanks to her sixth sense he supposed), Snatcher would be the one leading them to it. The shade knew that breaking into the manor wouldn’t be easy with all the guards and servants watching the place. Fortunately, he knew the mansion enough to know how to avoid being found.

The kid took a few things with her, especially most of her hats, as well as her usual umbrella, just in case. It was best for them to be prepared, even more considering how dangerous their mission was. As soon as they were ready, the brat teleported them down again, in the backyard of the mansion. Unsurprisingly, the process was still extremely agonizing to the ghost, who felt his body change once again. He hated those sensations and hoped the return to the real dimension wasn’t going to be as uncomfortable.

As soon as they arrived in the rift, Snatcher couldn’t help but fall to the ground, nauseous. With his hand on his stomach, he had to take deep breaths in order not to throw up the food he had eaten earlier. He didn’t want to think about how illogical and stupid it was for it to have been “transferred” to his human body. How was that even possible? He wasn’t even sure the kid could answer his interrogations. Speaking of her, she ran to his side as soon as she noticed his malaise, visibly worried.

-“Snatcher!” stammered the child, lifting her hand to rub his back before hesitating and eventually stopping. She seemed to understand that the ghost didn’t want to be touched and she was right. The last thing the shade needed at the moment was another sensation his brain couldn’t deal with! He wasn’t sure he could remain focused on not throwing up if he had to feel another contact.

It was always weird to come back into this body because he had to feel all those things again, the clothes against his skin, the air filling his lungs, the saliva pilling up in his mouth… Compared to his short experience back in his original body, it was quite different and the change was always weird to handle, at least for a little while. Next to him, the kid remained silent, watching him carefully. If he had to be honest, Snatcher was quite relieved and thankful she was keeping her mouth shut, as her voice would be another unwanted distraction. In the meantime, the spirit continued to breathe calmly, doing his best to ignore the nausea, which was already dulling thanks to his effort, fortunately.

He finally took a look at his surroundings. They were in the back garden, behind a huge bush. The vegetation hid them from most of the guards’ eyes, which was a good thing, since the spirit still needed several minutes until he was able to stand up. The sun seemed to have set not long ago and the air was colder than before he left for the kid’s ship. He felt his body shudder from the chill, though it did help to reduce his nausea. It was dark outside, which helped them to fade into the background. Sure, he was the Prince and the guards normally wouldn’t do anything to him but… Vanessa and her accomplice might have asked them to take him back inside if they ever saw him out of his bedroom. Something like that wouldn’t surprise him. As for what they would do to the kid, on the other hand… He didn’t want to think about it now.

Little by little, he felt the unease go away and his mind clearing up with it.

-“Snatcher…?” insisted the little girl, seeing his malaise disappearing as well: “Sorry, you get used to it after a while…”

The shade had to think for a moment until he understood what the child was talking about: the teleportation process. God, how was she even able to feel so well after that? Well, he thought, maybe it was because he still wasn’t used to having organs yet. It was probably one of those things one could only get used to after more than a few days. Or, well, maybe it was just because the kid was an alien and their biology was simply too much different on the inside. That would explain quite a lot, if it was the case.

The ghost panted for a few seconds more and finally asked his ex-contractor about it:

-“How are you not sick every time you teleport? I feel like I’m going to puke…”

The small brat gave him a faint and sympathetic smile, a look that Snatcher definitely hated when it came to him:

-“Don’t worry, it was the same for me,” she replied, before trying to reassure him more: “I had a lot of training sessions with teleportation before I was even allowed to have my own ship, so I know how it’s like.”

She eventually changed her mind and started to rub the ghost’s back slowly. Snatcher didn’t feel much nauseous anymore and, contrary to what he believed, the contact actually helped him to feel better. She probably knew what to do with that kind of malaise, if what she said was true. Maybe she had had someone on her home planet to do the same for her. He still disliked the contact, but it was more out of pride rather than anything else.

After a while, the ghost felt better enough to stand up, still watched carefully by the girl’s blue eyes. He could tell she was still worried about him and, truth to be told, he wasn’t particularly reassured about his state either. The spirit took a final deep breath and straightened: it wasn’t the moment to think about that. They needed to move and get inside the mansion!

-“Time to get going, kiddo,” he said, decided.

-“Are you sure?” whispered back the kid, still visibly anxious: “We can wait a little more if-”

-“No, I’m fine,” retorted Snatcher darkly, not liking being pitied over: “We’re doing this now.”

The hat-wearing brat nodded, though she looked unconvinced. Snatcher scanned the area: the guards mostly stayed motionless, unless they heard something suspicious. Luckily, both he and the child had been discreet so far. However, they would need to be very careful when trying to get closer to the mansion: even if it was dark, it was still very much possible to perceive figures in the darkness. If these guards were just like the ones he used to know… They were pretty serious and dedicated to their job.

-“So, you’re still sure it’s in there?” questioned Snatcher, just to be sure. Next to him, the kid shifted, apparently ill-at-ease.

-“It is inside, but…” she started, gulping with difficulty: “It’s weird. I know it’s in there, I can feel it… But it feels like it’s not the same?”

-“What do you mean?” pressed the shade, not liking the look on her face and the way she played with her hands nervously.

-“Well, uh… I can feel my Time Pieces when they’re around, it’s like a basic instinct for me. But this time, its aura feels… Different,” explained the little girl.

-“Different how?”

The brat frowned, thinking for a while, as if she had trouble putting words over said feeling:

-“It’s like… Vaguer? I know it’s in there, I know which way it is… The thing is I can’t help but have a very bad feeling about this. It just feels different! I don’t know how I can explain it. It’s weird.”

As soon as the words left her mouth, the unease intensified on her face. So there was a problem. Snatcher had trouble imagining the kid exaggerating it: after all, she was the time expert! Though, knowing how she felt about the object they were looking for… The spirit couldn’t help but feel wary at the thought. She was right. Even if he couldn’t sense anything, the ghost knew something was wrong.

-“You think it’s a trap?” he asked her, glowering as well. Wouldn’t it be too easy if they found the Time Piece inside? Wouldn’t it have been smarter to hide it somewhere in the village? It was a place he couldn’t go without drawing attention to himself… From what he gathered, no one seemed to be aware of the hatted child’s presence… So why would Vanessa and her accomplice hide the precious object exactly where he was? It was suspicious.

-“I don’t know…” answered the kid, grimacing: “I still feel it inside, so it’s definitely there… Though I have no idea where this weird sensation comes from.”

Snatcher remained silent and looked at the manor. They still had a countdown problem: if they didn’t try anything now, the rift would collapse, taking them with it in the process. The ghost didn’t want to know what it would feel like.

-“Well…” he paused, sighing: “Guess there is only one way to find out.”

The child nodded, however, her face showed that she was still anxious. He couldn’t blame her.

-“So… How are we going to break in?” then asked the hatted kid, still hesitant.

The question took Snatcher aback when it really shouldn’t have: the reason was that he had thought about it and he had come up with an option that was… Not ideal. Most of the doors were closed at night, and often guarded by at least two soldiers. But there was one door that wasn’t guarded: the trapdoor leading to the cellar. And Snatcher did not want to go through there, no matter how urgent the situation was. There was no way he would float or walk in there ever again, dead or alive! Just thinking about it was bringing him horrible memories of his last moments shackled to this wall, feeling the cold finally numbing the pain in his body… His bones had broken with his weight pulling him down and he only died hours after that. It had seemed like days, months, years, centuries to him… At the time, he had lost all hope of ever getting out and only waited for death to save him, to end this awful and terrible suffering both hurting his body and his heart. How could Vanessa have done this to him? After everything they had experienced together? It had taken him years to even consider that he wasn’t the faulty one and that maybe Vanessa was the problem.

And now he would have to relive all those memories again? Absolutely not.

-“Snatcher?” the little voice cut his thoughts short once again and he lowered his eyes to the small child, whose worried expression only intensified when she saw his expression. He couldn’t even imagine the face he was making at the moment. But he didn’t have to be extremely smart to see that the child quickly understood what was going on in his mind. Her face crumpled instantly and her teeth were clenched. The ghost couldn’t help but frown at the sight in front of him: she was pitying him, wasn’t she? Why? There was no reason to, it all belonged to the past now. Yet, some old wounds never fully healed…

He jumped silently when he felt the child’s little hands take his, squeezing them tight as her eyes were staring at him with compassion and concern. God, he loathed being looked at this way. The spirit’s reflex was to pull his hand away, not wanting to admit the contact had felt comforting, at least for a few seconds. Yeah, right! Yet, he couldn’t deny the tinge of guilt when he was rewarded with the child’s hurt look, though it was brief. The kid seemed to understand his need for personal space and took a step back, to Snatcher’s great relief. He didn’t need contact now. The ghost looked at his hands: he was shaking. His legs felt weak and his heart was beating fast inside his chest. Great. He realized that he had stopped breathing only when the kid started to talk again:

-“We… We don’t have to go through there. I’m sure there are plenty of ways we can enter the mansion!” assured the brat, trying to be reassuring. However, Snatcher knew better. He wasn’t stupid. He wasn’t some dumb child who needed comfort and sympathy, especially coming from her. This was not what he needed.

Snatcher scoffed and lifted his hands as he replied, with a voice full of sarcasm:

-“Oh yeah? And how else are we going to break in? There are guards everywhere!”

The child seemed offended at his retort but didn’t say anything back. She probably knew it wasn’t the right time to argue with him and she was right to think so. They often argued normally, but this was different and the girl knew it. She bit the bullet and only sighed, not answering back. Instead, her eyes scanned the mansion, looking for any way in. Snatcher imitated her, ready to take every possible risk if it meant he wouldn’t have to go in there again. Everything but this.

The shade could see his bedroom window from there, but it was way too high, and the door was closed on the inside. He could also see Vanessa’s window, though this was definitely not an option. He scanned several other windows until he felt the kid’s elbow nudging him.

-“Hey, look!” she exclaimed, still softly not to be heard by any guard. The shade looked in the direction she was pointing at and his eyes widened. The girl was pointing at an ajar window! It was one of the kitchen ones. He almost didn’t believe it: it was too good to be true!

He mindlessly let a sigh of relief escape him at the realization that there was actually another solution. In the corner of his vision, he could see the child beaming proudly at him. The spirit tried to ignore the warm feeling rising in his chest at the sight. This was ridiculous. Though he supposed she did deserve a thank-you, especially considering how patient she had been after what happened on the ship. She still looked extremely tired, but it was now a bit hidden by her overjoyed expression. He could tell she wanted to jump around everywhere in excitement, only managing to hold herself back because she knew they had to stay discreet.

The ghost clenched his teeth as he extended his hand towards her, patting her head briefly. He couldn’t believe he just did that. But she did deserve it, he supposed…

-“It’s only a window, calm down! There are way more important things to be excited about than a dumb window!” But, after a few seconds, he muttered a quick “thank you” that he was sure the kid had heard, seeing how her smile widened even more. The contact already made her bounce up and down!

-“And stop smiling like that, will you? You look stupider than usual!” grunted the ghost, knowing fully well that it would only make the brat happier than she already was. God, this kid would never let him forget that, would she?

The shade then straightened. No more fooling around now. It was time to get serious. He brought the child back to task and she replied by saluting him as if he were her boss. Snatcher sighed and decided to ignore her, conscious that she would never get back to the situation at hand otherwise. It apparently worked as she looked back at the kitchen window, her joyful expression soon replaced by a serious and determined one. How would they reach it without being seen by the guards? They needed to be discreet. Yet, it was going to be hard to cross the whole backyard quick enough.

Snatcher didn’t even the time to turn towards the kid as he heard a poofing sound behind him. Just as he was about to ask what was that noise, he felt himself being lifted up from the ground. The sudden movement caused him to jump from the surprise. He realized that the child had taken him onto her very small shoulder, without flinching or losing her balance. He lowered his head to stare at her in bewilderment: how was she able to hold a fully grown adult? She was just a kid!

… An alien kid with a biology which was probably completely different than a human one.

He was going to order her to put him back on the ground when he saw the new hat on the brat’s head: it was the time stop one. Snatcher’s face grew pale as he started to understand what she was planning to do.

-“Wait… Wait, wait, wait, no-” stuttered the ghost, trying to persuade her to not do what she was about to do. But the child only lifted her head to look at him mischievously, definitely defying his demands. She started to run. And then the ghost blinked. When he opened his eyes again, everything had changed around them. The vegetation had disappeared, replaced by walls, counters and cupboards, tables and chairs… They were not outside anymore: the kid had taken them into the kitchen in a blink, literally. The hatted child put Snatcher back on the floor and the spirit had to hold to one of the counters to stomach what had happened. This… Was not something he thought he would experience. It was definitely weird, though clearly not as bad as teleportation.

-“Hey, Snatcher, you okay?” whispered the little girl, looking at him with a malicious smile. That brat…!

-“You could have warned me you wanted to do that…” grunted the shade, slowly pulling himself together. This mission was not going to be a simple walk in the park… Especially not if the kid decided to keep up this kind of risky behaviour. They only had one chance, now was not the time for hazardous stunts.

The ghost turned back to the window, which had remained open, and threw a careful glance outside. No one seemed to have noticed them, fortunately. Still, what the kid had done could have ruined their chances and Snatcher couldn’t remain silent about it. He slowly closed the window, not wanting to draw attention. He then turned back towards the kid, glaring at her:

-“Next time, don’t be that reckless, we can’t be found.”

The child only rolled her eyes, annoyed:

-“Yeeees, dad!”

The shade grew pale immediately and almost lost his balance to the kid’s words. What? His reaction must have been really funny to her as she started giggling in the palm of her hand. She was making fun of him! Anger and indignation arose inside of him: how dared she? Plus, this was not the time!

-“I swear, once we’re out of this mess, I’ll make sure to-”

Snatcher didn’t have the time to finish his sentence. Footsteps resonated in the next hallway, coming closer and closer. The spirit could feel his heart sinking in his chest as he realized that someone was going to enter this room in a few seconds. They had to hide! The same look of panic had replaced the child’s playful expression. She probably understood it as well and her stance was much more tensed than before. The shade looked all around themselves, trying to find any good hiding spot. But the steps were coming closer and closer. The kid quickly kneeled down and took his hand, pulling him with her. The ghost mindlessly followed her, too distressed to think. They both crawled under the table, just in time. The moment they hid, the door opened and two guards entered the room. Thankfully, the tablecloth was long enough to keep them hidden from the men’s sight. They could still see their feet walking around.

-“See?” said one of the guards, punching the other’s shoulder mockingly: “I told you there was no one there. You’re so paranoid, relax.”

Next to him, the kid was holding her breath, keeping her mouth shut by covering it with both hands. Snatcher himself did his best to stay silent. His whole body was frozen, not moving an inch, and he was barely breathing as well. The feet continued moving.

-“Yeah… You’re right,” replied the other, embarrassed: “No one would break in. I thought I heard something, but it was probably my imagination.”

The spirit’s eyes locked with the brat’s scared ones. Well, now she seemed to understand what he meant earlier! But it was too late! He glared at her to prove his point, but she just lowered her hands to stick her tongue out in response. The ghost’s anger intensified. Oh, if only he had his powers! But he still couldn’t use them under this form, so the only thing he could do at the moment was glaring at her even more.

-“Yeah it was, just like I told you!” retorted the first one with a sneering tone: “Come on, let’s go back to work.”

The guards left the room after what seemed like an eternity to Snatcher. Once the door closed behind them, he and the brat waited for a bit before daring to move an inch. When the spirit thought they were finally safe, he crawled away from the table, clearly exasperated by the hat-wearing child’s attitude.

-“What was that?” he whispered furiously, lifting his arms in an interrogative and irritated gesture.

The little girl pouted at his reproach, staring at the ground as she grumbled:

-“I’m sorry, okay? I didn’t think they would hear us from there.”

The ghost would have facepalmed if he wasn’t trying to stay as focused as possible:

-“Well, duh! Of course they were going to hear us! You weren’t exactly cautious as far as I know!”

-“Yeah, fine, my bad. Can we move on now?” retorted the kid, annoyed. Snatcher was doing his best to stay calm despite his ex-contractor’s insolence. She definitely didn’t like being told what to do, which was a shame, since it was exactly what was going to happen.

The shade pinched his nose and took a deep breath. He could do this.

-“Listen, I’m the one who knows this manor. So, from now on, when I tell you to hide or to stay quiet, you obey me. The only thing you need to care about is telling me where that Time Piece is. Is that clear or do you need me to explain it in a more murderous way?”

The child sighed and nodded, still very much displeased by the discussion. However, she wasn’t in a position to say anything against it, so she reluctantly agreed. Well, that was the first step, at least.

-“Okay, so, about that Time Piece,” said the spirit: “Do you know where it is?”

His interlocutor took a moment to think, closing her eyes for a few seconds. The process seemed to be harder than usual as she started to frown. It was enough to tell the ghost that the search wasn’t going to be as easy as he hoped.

-“Hum… It’s weird…” started the brat, thinking harder: “I can feel it, it’s upstairs but… It’s very vague. I feel its aura above us, but I can’t exactly tell you where it is. It’s like there is something hiding it from me.”

Snatcher wasn’t surprised. The idea of “Simeon” and Vanessa not taking precautions to protect the precious artefact would have been rather absurd. If he were in their shoes, hiding the Time Piece would have been one of the first things he would have done. But, at least, they could work with a warm and cold kind of game. It wouldn’t be easy and they would probably need to check some of the rooms without being found by the guards patrolling in the hallways… But it was still a lead.

The spirit nodded. They could work with this. Well, they had to if they didn’t want to disappear with the rift’s collapse. It’s not like they had any choice in the matter anyway.

-“Well…” guessed the ghost: “I suppose we should get going then.”

The kid agreed. Both of them walked to the door, ready to start this treasure hunt for their survival. Deep inside, the shade couldn’t help but have a very bad feeling about this. But how hard could it be? He knew the manor perfectly and the kid had enough magical hats in case of emergency! What could go wrong?

The ghost opened the door carefully, throwing a glance in the hallway to make sure no one was there.

They had a treasure to find.

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Welp, what could go wrong ? :)

I hope you liked that chapter ! The last drawing is one of my favourites, I had so much fun drawing it. I hope you'll like the next chapters as well ! And thank you SO MUCH for all your support, it makes me feel so happy reading your comments and theories !!

See you later ! Take care in the meantime !

Chapter 17 =>

#A Hat In Time #snatcher #hat kid #fanfiction #my art #Reliving An Old Nightmare #Raon #ahit

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[midz13]

Sorry for being abscent tumblr, I’ve been super busy with the work! I’ll make a mega update here to get us caught up, and ill upload more photos after.

Since unwrapping the environment I have taken it to substance, got all the maps generated, made some optimisations on render time (Still some noise but render time is at 18minutes at some points so wont push it any more - waiting to hear back from Sang on how good the render time is/optimised the scene is before i send render farm requests) and done my animating!! Phew!

The substance painter stuff was good fun - I learend some lessons with the character, and knew the best way to approach this was to put everything under one material that I wanted on one map. To that end I put the entire room (walls floor etc) as one material (due to its physical size and wanting to put text on the floor) and the objects within the room - computers, piping, platform etc - on another atlas. Both atlas’ were 4k, and the only exceptions to that was a few individual maps - one for the robotic arms holding her, as I made them seperate and couldnt/dont know how to combine maps, and one for the pistol (ill show in next post) as I did that after (I decided a couple days before starting animation to test myself to model, wrap and texture a pistol in one day - I did it!! :D

I messed around with colour palette a bit with the room. I wanted a dark ominous room, but felt that showing the room with grey or dark surfaces lost the clean room/labratory feel. I think its vitally important in a sci-fi environment to try to keep real world links as close as possibly as they act like markers for the viewer to follow. I.e. by maintaing an aesthetic in this room or a labratory or hospital with the clean shiney surfaces, and the screen terminals using words like testing etc, the viewer will hopefully understand that its a lab/test facility of some description for the robot - That’s the plan anyway. By making the room darker, it might all into question the use or purpose of building. For example. is she there to be interogated? Has she been captured? As opposed to thinking oh this is a new technology...

I’ve not done any animation before, so was both excited and concerned to start, although it was a nice change of pace and helped keep me interested with a change of the usual workflow.

Luckily, as my story focuses on her being restrained for a large majority of the film, I didn’t have any massively challenging animation to do. However this didn’t mean I would coast the work and get it done as soon as possible. I wanted to make sure her acting and performance read as clearly as possible, as I need her movements to be one of the key indicators of her “state” i.e. human, or robot. I also quickly created blendshapes for her - I planned on her being unable to emote, but I felt this was a bit of a cop out. I didn’t want her to open her mouth, sure, as I felt that was a one way trip to uncanny that I coulnd’t use within the story, and would make her impossible to empathise with (if I had time, sure it would be a fun experiment to see what worked better, but time isnt on my side). This did mean that her emotions were slightly limited , BUT, because i wanted her to see trapped in her own body, and like her faculties were limited (due to the fact her head has been removed and put on a robot!!) I think it worked well. I created blendshapes for fear, sadness, anger, a blink, and a frown (to augment the other emotions). I’m so glad I did these, as the became key in a few of the shots, and really make them pop, and make her “come to life”, so I’m pleased I took the time to do them.

The animation was fun, a few issues came up however, but for the most part it was pretty straight forward. I took some videos of myself doing some of the movements as reference for the animations. I tried to do it in a week or less, which I managed, to make sure that I stay on target time wise, and as I opted to use After Effects to show the screens, I wanted extra time to learn - I want the screens to flash and change, and thought it would also be a good oppotunity to learn how to use After Effects as I’ve not used it at all.

I’ve spent a bit of time too working on camera movement and set up. I’ve weant for a 25mm focal length for most shots to show as much of the set as possible, situating the camera more. I try to frame each shot as well as possible to make it look good, draw the viewers eye to key information, and on a few shots, frame screens so that they can get plot information as to what is going on. It’s been difficult to make sure the camera looks as natural as possible, and not like a maya camera, which is tough. Camera work itself is an entire artform in itself...

So, I want to discuss a few of the issues I’ve had and how I got around them or solved them.

So, as I mentioned I had some issues with the animatiom. These came from the rig, and the blendshape.

First of all the blendshapes for her face - as I think I mentioned before, I did blenshapes for her bicepts so that when she moves her arm, her biceps will tense and relax to show that movement. It’s very subtle and probably never be noticed, but it looks cool when you look for it, and it was a great learning experience. I had to move its order in the channel editor to make sure it moved at the right time within the rig, and it worked totally fine, and easier than I thought! I did the same with the shoulder muscles, but more as corrective blendshapes as the rig/deformations isnt perfect. However, the face blendshapes wouldn’t play ball... I tried adjusting their order, I tried every combination, I tried deleting their history and their transforms, nothing worked - everytime I applied them, her head would shoot off into the distance. I spoke with both Sang and Michael and Patrick Sloan, eventually the 2 Sloans worked out that by deleting the meshes post, and applying them all as one blendshape (originally I did them one by one) it worked. I tried doing them as one BS without deleting them and for some reason it didnt work. I took it as it was and even asked Sang if he knew why (he didnt). As long as it worked though, I didnt care...

The next issue with the rig was something that totally slipped by somehow; When I rotate her global control her chest and abdomen wouldnt deform right AT ALL. I had no idea how it happened and started freaking out. The 2 Sloans couldn’t work it out either. If I grabbed her chest and her global, she would rotate better, but her stomach would twist up strangely. Eventualy Sang diagnosed that the issue was the IK Spine not twisting right, and that I must have done something wrong during the rigging stage. This was super frustrating as I took my time with the rig and followed Sang’s video perfectly. It must have been one little step, a constrain or a parent, that i missed, omited, or applied incorrectly, and more than a month later, it came to the surface. I was especially confused/frustrated as I tested the rig post completion and binding to check, but obviously hadnt used the global control to twist her. Sang found a work around, but it did mean that one of her spine controls was lost. I then realised towards the end of the animating that a few of her poses caused strange deformations, like verts jutting our, or generally not following the rest of her body too well. I would go into weight paints and smooth out the issue as best I could even though I couldnt see anything glaringly obvious, like an arm joint effecting her lower stomach, but now that I’m processing this, I wonder if perhaps losing a handle reassigne weights and didnt do it right??

Another issue I had was her armor and torso/muscles being SUPER Shiny. I couldn’t work this out especially as she looked totally fine within substance. Initially I assumed it was an arnold render setting and that I hadn’t turned samples high enough, but after optimising the samples using Sang’s tutorla (which made the render time too high unfortunately) I realised the issue remained. One day I eventually decided it wasn’t right and that it wasn’t just me - it was too much. I worked my way through Arnold’s material settings, turning this up, down, off, every which way, to see if it effected the shine. I eventually found the culprit was Diffuse Roughness and nothing more, and that by simple adjusting the exposure/alpha in the settings, it reduced this shine completely. The way I set up my materials meant that it effected her whole texture (even though muscle/skin and armor are in different graphs) so I lost a tiny bit of shine to her skin, but I think it still looks fine - if anything before hand her lips looked too shiney, as if she had on lip gloss.

I also had some issues creating the cabling for her helmet. I needed the cabes to flex and bend with her as they moved. In my head the best way would be and IK set up. Initially I tried this, and I use a cube to measure the start and end points, and used an arc to create a perfect bend over the 90 degrees. This was a good idea, and the cable could go from a 90 degree bend to perfectly straight, but any additional bend didnt work and just turned the cable. I then started thinking about IK Splines, and watched a few tutorials online but couldnt get it to work. It made sense though, a spline would allow the perfect movement! Evnetually me and Sang spoke a few times and he was able to find a solution. An spline set up that didnt work like an IK and meant I had to do lots of manual adjustments, but for the most part it looks great. So for the small cables on the sides of her helmet, i kept the simple but effective “fire and forget” IK cables, and for the rear of her head I used the spline, as this area would move and twist much more. It took a while to create and solve, but meant that it looked good and only took a small amount of additional work to animate.

I will upload some more images, such as test shots, the pistol (which barely gets any screen time, but only took a day to work on so not a massive loss.

Only a few weeks to go! Waiting for Sang to get back to me on scene set up and optimisation, once that gets the green light I’ll start sending render farm requests!

[cayouno]

Phan  Ghost Smut

   So this is suppppppper late. I really wanted to write this for Halloween but procrastination and life got in the way. I hope that you guys still enjoy it even if its a months late. =(

My Turn

Summery: Phil is dared by some classmates to sleep a whole night at the abandon house down the street. The word is that many years ago some one got murder in that house and since then no one has been able to live there. Phil may be superstitious  but not to the extent of believing in ghost or so he thought.

warning : none on part 1. the good stuff comes later !  ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

part 1/4

Phil browsed the inside of his blue bag pack  making sure one last time he was well prepared.

flashlight : check 

zip-lock bag of cereal for snaking: check

 Buffy comics to spend the time: check 

Fully charged phone: check 

His pillow and sleeping bag:check

Last but most important his camera: check

 He pulled his brand new red Nikon camera out from the other contents and zipped the bag right after. This object will the only true witness  tonight . Phil turned on the camera and faced it straight in front of him to see the outline of his wavy brunet hair friend. 

“ You dont have to do this Phil. ” PJ said in low tone that only the two boys could hear as he stared at Phil adjust the setting of the cam. “This is stupid. I bet not even one of them would dare to do this.” He added upset while he took a moment to look around and make sure nothing would pop out from the darkness that surrounded them . Phil could now see his friend perfectly after he figured out how to put the camera on night mode for the first time. Pj had his arms crossed along his chest.  

“Its going to be fine”, Phil peeked from behind the camera making eye contact with his friend’s green eyes. “ Just focused on the fact that tomorrow  we will have enough to finally buy two copies of that game we want and left over cash for what ever else. Easy money. ” Phil smiled at PJ who by now knew that Phil was not going to back out no matter how much he complained.

 " Fine but call or come over to my house if anything happens no matter what time it is. We will meet with you here in front of the gate at 9 am. ok?“ Pj undid his arms and put his hands inside the pockets of his green hoodie. After he nodded back at Pj ,Phil took a deep breath as he placed his free hand on the old rusted metallic gate. It was time, he thought when he turned towards the house that they stood outside this whole time. With an easy push the gate swung open reviling what look like the beginning of  stone path that after a few feet disappeared into grass tall enough to reach his own knees. 

“wish me luck!“  Phil said as he verged in the path that he couldn't  even see in the camera’s night mode. As he made it to the house porch he never looked back to see if PJ was still there to witness him do something no one in their town had dared to do. Don’t get him wrong he was not doing this because he had THE BALLS to do it. Phil hated confrontation of any kind but if people picked on his friends it was a different story.

   When some of those snobby wanna  be posh kids from high school picked on Pj Phil  "unleashed the beast”. Which snowball into them daring him to stay few hours during the day at the abandon house but Phil was so over them he was going to show them once and for all. Like an idiot in the heat of the moment,  he up them by saying that he would stay at the house the whole night.  Not even the  dark edgy goth kids of their senior year  would  set foot at in this house at that time.

Phill reached the porch steps and carefully tested each step before he put his whole body pressure on them. The wood creaked violently as if they going to break at the slightest touch .After much teasing, he walked right up to the door. “ENTER IF YOU DARE!!” was vandalized right under the house number door.Phil hit the red record button caught the red spray paint as his first scene.

“This is the 278 the abounded house down our street or like the entire population of the school  calls it the haunted Howells. My name is Phil Lester  and if you find this well I am dead.” Phill laughed at his own comment  as he reached for the door knob. Just like the old gate the door swung open as if the years of wear from nature had lighted the weight of it. “ According to the word on the street this house as been empty for a long time.The housed was own by the Howell family who mysteriously left it and no one has been able to live here since due to supernatural events. Also, there is a rumor that after visiting the house some people have gone missing.”

He shut the door behind him and took a first glance into the living room from the camera’s night vision. Phil pull out the flashlight from his bag, he couldn’t rely on the night mode alone. Living Room was empty no furniture what so ever. There was a lot of leaves, empty beer bottles left behind from the uni jocks that dare each other to stay in the house a few hours during the day and lots of spider webs. Phil made his way to the kitchen and just like the living room it was empty, dusty and dirty.

“well the first floor seems completely empty. It looks like no one is been in the house for a long while but I am still going to look around the house before I settle somewhere. Just cause I am a nerd that believes more in aliens that in ghost that does not mean that there could be a serial killer hiding  ready to kill me. So lets go upstairs.” Phil began his ascend to the second floor of the house. He was not being that silent as he climbed up the steps. This was really a joke. To him this is just an empty house that was just too old to get sold that is all. His mom might have made him slightly superstitious but not enough to believe in other worldly spirits. The stairs led to a hall with four doors. Phil tried to open the first door to his left but it was locked .

 Actually, most of the doors were shut closed and they wouldn’t event budge except for the last one on the right that was wide open. Phil first peeked in the room for safety reasons. This room was quite different from the rest of the house it had furniture. one full wooden framed Bed with a spotted mattress and one  wooden dresser covering a window on the adjacent wall but that was not all. The room was not as dusty or dirty like the rest of the house. Plus it seems as no one ever came up here for there was not even a single piece of trash. Phill walked right up to the bed.

“well guys this looks promising. ” Phil said as he presses against the mattress. Obviously, the top layer of filth bounced up the air and made Phil sneezed that’s when he noticed that the black dots he thought where dirt begun to move.“ lol nope lets not ” He quickly walked away from the bed to the dresser and started to look inside the draws. Three of the four draws were empty but the last one had a few sheets of papers in it. Phil pulled them out and proceeded to close the room door.

“ok so this is where I am going to be staying for the night. Let me pull out my sleeping bag  and then ill read you guys what I found in the dresser.” So Phil put down the camera on top of the dresser  facing him and the flashlight so it illuminated the room some what. He placed the sleeping  bag and his pillow on the other side of the room  far away from the bed as possible. Once settled he faced the papers to the camera . “ ok so in the far corner here if the camera focuses you can see the letters D H, probably initials. All three papers have it. The first paper  is a music sheet which letters have been written over the notes. Maybe there were learning to play an instrument. The second sheet seems like some math homework that was never finished. Last  sheet sais” He stopped and looks around before he reads the rest  ,“I killed all my family  and you are next !“  To wich Phil looks at the camera with his eyes wide open with fear just to laugh after a few seconds.

” It doesn’t say that. what it actually sais is. ’ I had a bad day today Matt canceled on me again. I think he might be getting tired of me but I love him. Also, mum and dad aren’t making it any easier by sniffing around every second . Maybe they are catching on to what is happening between Matt and I. I hope not I couldn’t deal with Matt’s rejection as well as my parents.’ well, D H that quite the romantic drama. is that it ?“ Phil flips the paper to see alittle bit more written in the back of it.  “oh no there is more ’ some times I wish I was in control of all this. When will it be MY TURN?’ “  His last words come out like a whisper. After a half second of silence he put the paper down with the rest  “Same D H same. Well, I hope where ever you are now you are better off. Anyway, now I am just gonna read some of my comics and eat my snack !”

Phil took the camera from down from the dresser and placed it  on the  red wood floor far enough to where you could see the whole sleeping bag.  He was set. The intended plan was to re-read his buffy comic collection book , snack and try to stay up. Two hours went by of him just sat on his sleeping bag reading away and snacking on a bunch of mix cereal because he couldn’t decide on flavor when he packed. Every so often he would laugh get up and walk to the camera to show it something he found funny or he thought was cool. 

“hey guys. so I really wanted to stay up the whole time but i am too tierd. It was a school day today .. um i mean yesterday  its already like 3 Am. I am going to take a nap you guys are on the look out . My life depends on you. See you  later .”   He made is way back to the sleeping bag and past out as soon as his head hit the pillow.

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A TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF VOLODYMYR ALBESCU

AS DESCRIBED IN HIS JOURNALS

YOUNG LIFE

Volodymyr was the fifth son of seven children in the Albescu family and the last to be born. His family were lesser noblemen in charge of a small piece of land in Thedrell. He was a bright lad who picked up quickly on his studies but always seemed to ask his elders too many questions and push his studies too far. When it was time to learn to check traps in the evening he would be off on the roof of the family home setting up a telescope for star gazing. When he was supposed to be eating dinner he would disappear off into the woods to sketch all of the grand and exciting creatures he encountered. He would make little notes next to the drawings as he learned more about what each doodad or fluff of feather was meant for it. As he got older the drawings and notes he took were getting more elaborate. It was still seen as innocent fun. He generally behaved as a fine young boy of noble breeding when he wasn’t off adventuring so his parents didn’t fuss much.  

A NEW DISCOVERY

AN UNSETTLING REALIZATION

It wasn’t until an intimate encounter with death that Volodymyr shifted to a new obsession. He had been having a picnic in the wood with his grandfather when the old elf suddenly stopped talking. His face turned an odd hue and he kept wheezing and struggling to breathe. He had never realized that elves could die. He sat there frozen like a statue unsure of how to react to the situation. It was strange. The man had been there one moment and then gone the next just like that. How terribly peculiar. The memory was terribly vivid and burned into his mind. This situation had also provided him with a new trinket. His grandfather, who had always been fond of the youngest boy had insisted that his family ring be given to little Volodya instead of one of the more deserving and elder brothers.  

AN IMPULSIVE EXPLORATION

Wanting to understand more about death, and on the other side of the coin what makes up someone’s essence in the first place the elf began to look for something that might be hidden underneath the surface. While on his adventures with his notebook in the woods he brought along a small blade and began to document the anatomy of any dead creatures he happened upon on in his hikes. But animals were animals, perhaps they were missing that thing that spark he had seen leave his grandfather. Unwilling to let a few rules and locked doors hold him back he began to frequent and explore nearby catacombs as well. He asked his parents for more research texts and old tomes that might have something he might have missed never giving a clear answer when asked. “What’s this all about?”

A NEW WORLD

MEETING DIMITRI

On one of his many trips to the catacombs he soon realized that he wasn’t alone. A sharp tinkling of a bell could be heard as he passed through the dark and into an area where a fresh body lay on a slab of stone. Each time it rang it felt like something deep within him was being tugged gently. Squinting in the dark he spied a Diminutive Fae like being who had his ear pressed against the lips of the dead elf inside. In one hand the stranger was clutching a glass bell that seemed to glimmer in the dark. This stranger gave a little start when it realized it wasn’t alone. He explained to the noble that he was a tender of spirits and a master of the undead arts. Intrigued and not at all bothered that he had been disrupted from his studies he begged the fairy to teach him about his abilities.  

A GROWING FRIENDSHIP

Dimitri agreed to teach the elf about his kind of magic. About its dangers and its rituals. One of Dimitri’s favorite things to say was that “If you have an unbreakable will nothing is impossible” The pair couldn’t be more different. Volodymyr was Serious, Analytical, and preferred to break things down into digestible chunks. Dimitri was a spiritualist, Excitable, and looked at everything at a larger picture. Despite their differences they learned to play to each other’s strengths, and spent much of their spare time together.

One thing that was off limits in the lessons was the bell. Volodymyr was told he would need to learn to summon his own bell to Practice Necromancy. Each bell was unique to a bearer’s own energy, to use someone else’s was dangerous. Despite this warning Volodymyr focused his energy on learning how to dispel that rendered the bell unusable if in the wrong hands. He focused a lot of his time away from Dimitri learning more Magic in general. As the years passed Dimitri and Volodymyr grew close. For Volodymyr Dimitri was like a brother, better than a brother, but the young fae bore a complicated but deep seeded love for the odd elf.  

THINGS FALL APART

A DIFFERENT SORT OF DISCOVERY

While off on one of his many journeys with Dimitri Volodymyr’s sister Sofia followed him to a cemetery and watched in horror as she watched her younger brother treat the dead with such ill respect, in her and much of society’s opinion. When word got back to Volodymyr’s mother she confronted the young man who was now 43 years old. They got into a horrible argument about morality and spirituality that eventually ended in news that he would be sent to live with distant relatives in Wepkiir so that he wouldn’t bring embarrassment upon the family name.  

A HORRIBLE MISTAKE

Desperate and angry about the news Volodymyr spent the last few days he had with Dimitri lethargic and irritable. He was never going to see his friend again and this was going to be the last chances he had to break the spell on their bell and give it a ring. He stole the bell when Dimitri wasn’t looking and dispelled its protective magic. He crept over to the cadaver they had been practicing on controlling earlier and gave the bell a single ring. His body felt a great tug, but the ear pressed against the cold lips heard a single word that was completely muffled by the roar of Dimitri’s voice when he had realized what he had done. He scolded him for being so careless and that he had made the rule about the bell for his safety. Angry as well and ready to snap he squeezed the bell between his fingers and cursed at the fairy. Telling him that he was overprotective and being stupid. That he probably liked the bell more than himself. That he hated him. Furious he smashed the bell against the stone with the protective spell still inert. The last words that passed between his lips while he was still alive were I hate you, unless of course you counted the scream that ripped from his lungs as hundreds of diamond like shards of glass tinkled about him like rain. With Each hit ripped at his very being pulling his life essence from his body and ripping it to pieces.  

THINGS GET PUT TOGETHER

LOSING DIMITRI

In a panic Dimitris mustered the energy to summon a new bell for himself. He rang it frantically trying to pull his friend back to his body before it was too late. But it was too late, the pieces of Volodymyr were too fragmented to stay put for long. He kept slipping through his fingers like sand. Holding his friend’s hand in his own he felt the gem of a familiar old ring in his palm. It gave him a foolish idea. He couldn’t think of anything that he wanted more than to fix this right now even if it meant he wouldn’t exist anymore. He would be more than willing to die for his friend but this would be something more. He pulled the retreating soul shards closer to himself and let out a soft sigh. He rended his own life into something that could only be described as a glue to hold those errant pieces together and bind them both into Volodymyr’s old family ring. This object would serve as a phylactery holding them together in this world until the day came where it should be destroyed. In a way they made a new being completely that night. The new Volodymyr had aspects of Dimitri’s personality and knowledge in him, as well as the problems and strengths that came along with being undead.

NOT QUITE THE SAME MAN

The ritual that had brought back his mind and his spirit did not do the same for his body. Broken and clearly a mess he allowed his parents to send him away to the frigid city. There he was able to preserve himself temporarily until he could work out the proper alchemical and magical means to maintain his mortal body. Despite his best efforts decades of minuscule rot is starting to take hold of his softer tissues. He does his best to preserve himself but he doubts he can keep it up indefinitely.  Once he knew how to take care of his body without the cold he began to travel the world and study new places. All the while he is constantly studying new necromantic and medical techniques This is one of the only things he can do that reminds him of happier times back when he was really himself and he had a best friend at his side instead of within his very soul.

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