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[fridgetothefire]

[When the view clicks on, Anya is obviously changed. She has the glowing blue eyes, and her skin looks almost grey. She isn't quite light-skinned enough for classic pallor, but the color is leached from her face. She sits still and straight, with a degree of composure that is, in fact, precisely normal for her. She missed breakfast today, and now it's quite clear why.]

I've allowed Arthas to make me into a zombie for a few days. It is entirely temporary, and I am in control of myself and my faculties. There is no need for anyone to be alarmed.

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[with_my_teacup]

...Anya. why did you do that?

[It's not that he doesn't trust Arthas. It's not that he's not happy that he has his dog back. But this ... might? be a poor idea.]

[halftheman]

The fuck there isn't.

[ Harvey and self control are only passing friends a lot of the time, Anya. ]

[fridgetothefire]

There were things I wanted to know. This was a way to figure some of them out.

[darknessb4me]

Death Knight. Zombies are different.

[fridgetothefire]

There isn't.

I'll be perfectly normal again shortly. Think of it as a mildly disconcerting flood that happens to only affect me.

[with_my_teacup]

How long exactly are you planning on doing this?

[ Voice ]

[warisart]

[Someone's voice is completely blank, and not a little hard.]

Anya?

[wedonot]

Do you mind if I ask why?

[fridgetothefire]

Oh. I didn't realize.

[Of course, in a world where it was real, terminology was more specific.]

Can you tell me the differences?

[halftheman]

And here Abigail told me not to go and kill myself twice. Didn't know we needed to worry about you.

[ This is so many levels of not okay he cannot properly articulate them all. ]

[ Voice ]/private

[fridgetothefire]

[Her expression gentles a little. She knows herself; she knows she cares for him, even if the caring feels less urgent than it should.]

It really is me. He's not controlling me. He could, I think, but he isn't. I'm alright.

[fridgetothefire]

I had a lot of reasons.

[She always does.]

[ Voice : Private ]

[warisart]

No.

[fridgetothefire]

I didn't do it out of self-destruction, [mostly] and I'm not going to be damaged by it.

It didn't even hurt as much as I expected. So what's to worry about?

[fridgetothefire]

A few days. Long enough to verify if it's working the way he intended, and for me to experiment with a few things.

[with_my_teacup]

I'd kinda prefer a number.

[ Voice : Private ]

[fridgetothefire]

Ben, it didn't even hurt all that much.

[ Voice : Private ]

[warisart]

No.

[And he cuts the feed.]

[fridgetothefire]

Four or five? Less than a week, certainly.

[with_my_teacup]

It goes any longer than five I'ma have words with you two.

[ Voice : Private ]

[fridgetothefire]

[what]

Ben, wait. You don't - this isn't a big deal. Everything is going to be okay.

[ Voice : Private ]

[warisart]

[For perhaps the first time ever, outside of an actual event of some kind, there is no kind of answer.]

[ Voice : Private ]

[fridgetothefire]

Are you freaking out? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.

[darknessb4me]

Death Knights are higher undead. We can talk and think independently when allowed to, and usually retain fine motor control. Zombies are functionally animals in humanoid bodies. If they think at all, it's usually about what they're trying to eat.

[wedonot]

And I'm curious about what those are.