UN: 128Nemesis

[hatesdeerstalkers]

I have a few things to discuss with everyone at large, so I believe the network will be the best avenue to approach this.

Firstly, my classes will be put on hold for a while - most likely only a week or two, barring any unforseen complications.

The reason for this is that I will be having spinal surgery done by Ekkehardt in a few days, so while I assume the recovery process will not be long - it never hurts to be thorough about such things.

Second, I would also like to extend an invitation to anyone who is curious to come and watch the procedure - I'm told that my condition is a bit...unusual, and I believe it could potentially be a fine learning experience for those interested.

And Third also ties into the procedure itself, as Ekkehardt will have to behead me in order for for him to have enough time to carry it out, as my death is the only thing that halts my regeneration for a bit. Though this sounds extreme, I am actually caught in a liminal state between life and death - A sort of odd undead, though I am still human enough to pass within general society. If this disturbs you, then I would suggest not attending.

Lastly, I wish to extend my well wishes towards the students and faculty for the new year, and hope that we can all strive towards excellence - both academically and personally.

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[hatesdeerstalkers]

Not a problem - I am coming quite free with my background, so why not?

Anyway, I am - in most cases - functionally human seeming without needing to upkeep a glamor. I look hale and healthy, feel warm to the touch, and while I do not need to breathe, I am able to if I so wish.

However, I have no heartbeat - and when I suffer enough damage to kill any normal human, I legitimately die for a time. I go into a dark, weightless, cold sleep - but am always dragged back to the world of the living once my body has recovered enough to function.

It seems to be due to that when I...'changed,' for lack of a better word, I was at the verge between dying and being alive - and that 'state' carried over.

[unpocoloco]

[He follows along. So far so good. Looking healthy would be nice.

Even the sleep like death, that's not so bad. He's been there too, every dawn in fact.

But it's quickly clear that this, too, is not an option.]

Changed? In what way?

[hatesdeerstalkers]

It's a long story, but in short - I and Holmes somehow unknowingly triggered some sort of ritual when we both tumbled off of reichenbach falls.

This allowed us to essentially bond our souls together, I suppose? The more important part is that our fates became tied together - If one of us died, the other would.

Holmes landed closer to shore, while I was in the process of drowning - but he was turned into a vampire as I was transitioning from life to death. Thus, I am human, and yet also undead at the same time.

[unpocoloco]

[Oh. That is... so much more than he was expecting. It's a very simple and distant view of what must have been terrible, or at least, overwhelming moment.]

I'm sorry. That must have been very difficult.

[Harrowing even.]

Still, thank you for telling me.

[It won't help him, as he suspected, but now he knows.]

[hatesdeerstalkers]

Honestly, it was less the death aspect and more the 'unending agony from my magic attempting to regenerate my broken spine' that was the worst of it. I lost 5 years to insanity before I managed to 'come back', in a sense.

[And was in a stinky, smelly alley in rags, but hey.]

It's not a problem - it is, I admit, quite nice to be able to tell others of what I went through after keeping it hidden for so long.

[unpocoloco]

...Yeah. That would do it.

[Yikes.]

I'm, ah, happy for you though? That, uh, you're getting things fixed. And also that you can talk about it. I envy that.