On my last night on earth, I won't look to the sky, just breathe in the air, and blink in the light

[mabaseisburning.livejournal.com]

(Swiped from memebells ♥)

(TRIGGER WARNING. This meme deals heavy with death and also possibly with strong violence or with suicide/depression. If you are not comfortable reading about that, please PLEASE do not proceed further.)

The Last Words Meme




This is it. The final curtain. You're at the end of your life, and there's someone here you really, really need to say something to before you die.

CAUSE OF DEATH
1 - Accidental. Nobody meant for this to happen, but it doesn't matter now. Due to negligance, arrogance or just plain bad luck, you've become gravely ill or injured and are now in your last moments. This covers all kinds of accidental deaths--strangulation, drowning, car accidents, unintentional beheadings, whatever you can think of.

2 - Murder. Somebody really didn't like you. Enough to kill you, it seems. You're now dead by someone else's hand. (Maybe even the person replying to you?) As with accidental death, this covers all types of intentional, malicious murder, regardless of method--so poisoning, stabbing, shooting, etc., all work here. Same with all the below options: any possible variation you can think of on it will work!

3 - Suicide. There is no hope for you, and no way out. You've reached the absolute bottom pits of despair, and the only recourse you have is to take your own life. Someone shows up to stop you... but they're too late to help you now.

4 - Terminal illness. You have cancer, or tuberculosis, or cholera back when people got cholera. The doctors have done everything they could and it wasn't enough. The only thing to do now is give your loved ones the bad news.

5 - Starvation. So thirsty. So hungry. Maybe you've been traveling in the desert for hours, or maybe you're just really poor. Whatever the reason, it doesn't matter, because you're slowly wasting away until you're nothing but skin and bones.

6 - Death in battle. You've died a hero's death, and gone out in a blaze of glory. Or maybe you were a coward who got shot for deserting? Either way, you're now a casualty of war. Will you be honored with a parade or scorned as a traitor to your country?

7 - Natural causes. You've lived a long, happy life, and now your story is at an end. In a warm bed, surrounded by your family and friends, you peacefully drift off. Just make sure that you've made a will somewhere, or at least use your deathbed to set the record straight. Otherwise, who knows what kind of squabbles might errupt after you leave this world?


TIME LEFT
1 - A few minutes. You're fading fast and you don't have much, well, any time left. Better tell the person with you that you love -- or despise -- them with your last breath, because you'll never have the chance otherwise.

2 - A few hours. You haven't got much time left. Is there someone you still need to kill? To kiss? Better do it quick. (Note: last kisses not recommended for people dying of highly contagious illnesses.)

3 - A few days. The doctors have given you the news, and it's not very good. You've only got a couple days left to live. You should start trying to make peace with people and saying your final goodbyes with the days you have left.

4 - A few weeks. Take that vacation you've always wanted to go on but never had the chance to. Go do that thing you've never thought you'd be any good at. You've got only weeks left to live. Don't waste them.

5 - A few months. While you aren't quite on death's doorstep yet, your lifespan has still dwindled considerably from what you probably thought it would be. How are you going to spend your last few months on Earth? Making the world a better place and telling your family you love them? Or raising as much hell as possible?


RELATIONSHIP
1 - Lovers. This is your husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, mistress, whatever you call them they were the person you wanted to spend your life with. Too bad you don't have much of a life to spend with them anymore.

2 - Siblings. Your beloved little or older sibling is just standing there, watching you slowly waste away before their eyes. Can you say anything to comfort them? Note that it doesn't necessarily have to be interpreted literally; adopted siblings and friends so close they might as well be siblings work too.

3 - Parent and child. Nothing is worse than a parent having to bury their child... except, maybe, a young child now alone in the world after losing their parent. As with the sibling prompt, this can be expanded to include parental figures and people who are LIKE a father/mother to you as well as actual biological parents.

4 - Co-workers, teammates or classmates. You were fighting for the same side. Or you worked together in the same office for years. Or they sat behind you in biology all semester. However you met, how do your react when you find out someone who used to be a fixture in your life is going to die?

5 - Friends. You're the best of friends! You go everywhere together, know all each other's secrets, and are never seen apart. At least, you didn't use to be. Now one of you is dying and the other one is left alone in the world. Or maybe you're dying together. Wait, is that better or worse?

6 - Bitter enemies. You hate, hate, HATE this person. In fact, maybe you killed them. Or they killed you. Or maybe nobody killed anybody and they're just bitter that Mother Nature got to you before they did. Regardless, they want to confront you one last time before you bite it, if only to rub your nose in your imminent demise and their ability to outlive you.


HOW IT WORKS:
1. Using it random.org or a similar site, the first character to post rolls for their cause of death and how long they have left to live. They then post to the meme with their name, canon and the results of their roll. (For example: "Jane Doe | That One Series | 1 2" would mean Jane Doe from That One Series died of accidental causes and has a few hours left to live.)

2. Responding characters then roll for the relationship between the two of you. Optionally responding characters can also share your cause of death/time left to live or roll for their own, but that's not required. A living character caring for (or horribly mutilating) a dying one is fine, too.

3. Tell the person what you need to tell them before you bite it.

4. Have fun!

Other relationships -- such as murderer/victim, doctor/patient, etc. -- can be added in along with the randomized relationships at your whim if you feel the need, or even used to replace the relationships under that heading. Just, check with the other player first if you're going to do something extreme to their character! Or, in the case of canonmates, if you want to ignore the table and just go with your characters' canon relationship, you certainly can do that as well.

Also, if you would prefer to ignore the table entirely and just play out your own death scenario, feel free! This is a meme, so rules are pretty lax. If you like, you can also replace "death" with some other irreversible, negative scenario, such as being trapped in another dimension. The main point is that the characters conversing will never get the chance to talk to one another again, so you better make the last things you say to them count.

Immortal characters can be AU'd into non-immortals or otherwise made to fit the settings however their muns would desire. Also, if you get a death prompt and a time limit that don't make sense together you can either interpret the prompt as liberally as necessary to make it make sense OR you can simply roll the time left again until you get a time limit that makes more sense! :3

Comments

Gold | Pokemon Special (AU) |6 and obligatory 1/2

[stalkerwithacap.livejournal.com]

[Well it's not like he expected anything else, he kinda always thought he'd go down fighting. But now that he's bleeding out he's idly thinking it might have been better if it was instant--as much as he wants to say goodbye to some people if he can, it might make things worse for them...]

Because obligatory

[silveramati.livejournal.com]

["Make things worse"... It kind of does and doesn't for him in a way that's very hard to explain. He's moderately numb both from his physical wounds and his emotions. He almost landed on hysterics but his defense mechanism kicked in just in time, right as he got back up on his knees and soon to his feet with misguided balance. He's dizzy... but he knows he isn't dying; the amount of blood he's losing isn't comparable to what's ahead of him.

He can kind of feel the tension in his legs as he heads his way over to Gold. What will he do after this? Can he carry you back somewhere, anywhere and save you? Give you somewhere comfortable? Or is it pointless from this point? Where would he even go? ....]

And then I insta-felt terrible

[stalkerwithacap.livejournal.com]

[He can still look around--fuck, you're hurt too? His breathing comes faster] Amati--

pfff WHY

[silveramati.livejournal.com]

[Because he fought too. He can't help but wonder how did you get so gravely hurt like this and he did not? He's back on his knees again, wincing at the blood while looking at your body. He's placing a hesitant hand on your chest--don't breath so fast, please.]

Because I always do with this kind of scenario XD

[stalkerwithacap.livejournal.com]

[Because he fights recklessly, and did so even more knowing you could get hurt too; the more he took down himself the fewer could get to you.
He didn't plan on getting hurt this badly though, he'd promised you he'd be careful with his life and he feels bad, but if it was your own life at risk... raising his hand to grip yours] You're hurt too...

[silveramati.livejournal.com]

[Hoarse:] I'm not dying.

[stalkerwithacap.livejournal.com]

[Ahahaha, he is, isn't he? Well he's not sure but then unless an ambulance materialises out of nowhere...
...]
Think I can't make it?

[silveramati.livejournal.com]

[No don't say that--it's hard for him to believe...especially now. He does not have medical knowledge, he can't do anything, and there's no way he can carry you..and it'd probably make it worse.

...This gets through his building numbness and makes him silently cry.]

[stalkerwithacap.livejournal.com]

[Reaching for your cheek with his other hand... damn he's getting weak from blood loss]

[silveramati.livejournal.com]

[He'll make it easier and lower himself to you. He's a little afraid to feel if you're cold... realistically, probably not. But logics are all over the place.]

[stalkerwithacap.livejournal.com]

[Caressing your face] Amati...

[silveramati.livejournal.com]

[Face on your chest, still quiet. He's desperately trying to not sob, to block everything out... ]

[stalkerwithacap.livejournal.com]

[He'll wrap shaky arms around you, trying to comfort you as much as himself]

[pursuespower.livejournal.com]

[ He didn't expect this. Not with Gold. He didn't want to see it, either, but he's there, bleeding... and there's absolutely no way he can just ignore this.

Norman kneels down next to Gold (if he's on the ground, that is), and speaks in a tone that is much softer than usual. ] ... Who did this to you?

[stalkerwithacap.livejournal.com]

[slight pained chuckle] No one whose head you can go bash in, took care of that already.

[pursuespower.livejournal.com]

Overly efficient. [ Damn it. Is there any way he can lift Gold up without sending him into shock? ] Did they work alone?

[stalkerwithacap.livejournal.com]

Think those were--[wince and a bit back whine]--the last ones. Else I didn't see them.

[pursuespower.livejournal.com]

I see. [ He was never really good at first aid, otherwise he'd be helping him more. ] I'm going to pick you up and get you to help.

[stalkerwithacap.livejournal.com]

[He's not sure how useful it'll actually be, but... slight nod]

[pursuespower.livejournal.com]

[ Uppppp you go, Gold! You are getting picked up with ease and carried bridal style. ]

[stalkerwithacap.livejournal.com]

[Except that makes him bite back a scream. Stomach wound + leg wound = do not like movement]

[pursuespower.livejournal.com]

[ Yes, but Norman doesn't like people bleeding out without him at least trying to get help.

He doesn't have his motorbike and running wouldn't be comfortable for Gold, so he resorts to speed walking. ]

[stalkerwithacap.livejournal.com]

[And now he's clinging to your shirt and whimpering in pain--it'd be louder but he's clearly repressing it]
Fuck... Norman, just--[and another cry of pain]

[pursuespower.livejournal.com]

[ Okay, okay, he'll stop. But his Vigoroth is off to drag help to them. ]

[stalkerwithacap.livejournal.com]

[Pant... pant...] Sorry