we are not having a memorial service for someone who is not dead

[peacefulexplorer]

It occurred to me that a certain Event will tie into the stuff just prior to the planned faction destruction junction and that Event may have some significant character-specific repercussions, that character being Seth and anyone else who wants to be affected by the Event in question, which is this:

Daniel is going to die.

But don't worry! He does it all the time! Really, he does! More specifically, he's going to die and then Ascend, which means he'll still exist on a higher plane as a glowy wavelength of celestial intent until he can figure out what the heck's up with this wacky universe. I wrote a thing about Ascension a gazillion years ago (beware the spoilers) and what that entails, but obviously there's going to be a lot of power-nerfing that I can explain in more detail once the thing happens. There's gonna be a fair amount of build to this point, but basically the idea is that once Andrew and Co. break the Rift it's going to throw a Rift-tantrum and Daniel's gonna be part of the collateral damage.

This is all pretty subject to change, but it will in all likelihood happen juuuust before the faction teardown begins. He will still be interact-able once he's dead and Ascend-ified, but if you have anyone you want Daniel to meet and be affected by his death or just encounter in a regular human way, it'd probably be a good idea to do that while he's still...you know, around.

It's a tentative, flexible plan currently. Though we do still need someone to tell Seth "hey um sorry so about that guy you like?? he's dead sorry bro" so he can be upset about that

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[powerdealer]

[lottawork]

gdi he's coming back WHEN DOES HE NOT

[powerdealer]

[singthesong]

hey brah you want that death notification to be done in a delightful musical sideshow because that can certainly be arranged





actually I'm not sure I want to write an entire song that sounds hard and painful

[peacefulexplorer]

he would have to have several verses devoted to the numerous past deaths Daniel's had because it's a lot it's seriously a lot

there have been many fan efforts to keep track of them all and we can't we just can't

[singthesong]

it'll be an epic seven-part saga of song

beautiful

[peacefulexplorer]

let's just say it's probably a good thing the Balladeer's never been busking while Daniel's around because hoo boy they would be there for a while

[singthesong]

he'd lose his voice

and just sort of lie around his apartment like a depressed sloth

[peacefulexplorer]

singing about all that death and loss and shit Daniel feels guilty about, which is a lot, like several galaxies' worth

he's had a rough time let's not give the Balladeer that shit to deal with

unless of course you want to

[singthesong]

he wouldn't even finish it man he'd probably just have a listen and walk away

like nope

not his job

he is not on the clock right now he doesn't have to put up with this shit

[peacefulexplorer]

what if Daniel visited him while Ascended cause he can do that

what then

because he would be dead and higher-planed and incorporeal and probably really confused about the date

[singthesong]

BRO HE FEELS YOU ABOUT DATES BEING WEIRD

also you're a ghost

so





yeah he'd totally just go tell people this happened like they're supposed to believe Daniel briefly haunted his house

[peacefulexplorer]

to be fair he might be doing this willy nilly

one minute there might be a confused incorporeal man in the park and the next he's in some dude's apartment

temporal sequencing is hard okay and spectral manifestation is even harder the Rift makes it so damn hard and he can't get the coordinates

[singthesong]

that's rough buddy

[powerdealer]

I'm not sure Seth's brain would cope. Like. The second it became clear in the song that Daniel's dead, Seth would probably punch him out of pure instinct, idk.

Also Seth has a lot of opinions about music.

[singthesong]

He wouldn't actually be blatantly insensitive enough to deliver that news through a jaunty song. At least not about someone he liked.

But those opinions about music could prove interesting

[powerdealer]

Based on Seth's apartment, he's really into music and really old technology. (And he has a weird 70s style of decor, what the hell.) The problem I kinda have is that I literally have no idea what SORT of music he likes. We hear one song play in his car, but tbh that could've just been the radio??

So yeah, he has opinions on music, I just don't know what they ARE.

[singthesong]

Isn't that always fun?

[bluesuit_handy]

Andrew is sorry. He's so sorry. He did not mean to turn the Rift into a Daniel-killing Rube Goldberg machine. :C

[lottawork]

To be fair it's miraculous he's gone this long without something like that happening

Daniel won't even be mad I bet he'll just be annoyed about the whole thing

Maybe he can give Andrew a reassuring wave from the higher plane in another universe who knows??

[has_a_horn]

gabe will prob get along better with ascended!daniel XD

[lottawork]

oh my goodness probably

daniel will probably require tips with navigating the higher plane and everything

[theoldgirl]

is this the line for higher beings wanting to hang out with ascended!daniel

[peacefulexplorer]

ascended!daniel is available for hanging out at any time after his probably traumatic death just as soon as he figures how the heck he's supposed to spectrally manifest in this wacky universe

[theoldgirl]

manifesting is not actually a requirement for the TARDIS! telepathy is magic.

[lottawork]

he's just gonna be this confused wiggly lightfluff wavelength bobbing along the rift's storm tossed waters feeling guilty about everything so he'll probably be deeply grateful for a reference point

[theoldgirl]

omg come to her metaphysical celestial bosom and let her teach him about all these messy dimensions and timelines around here, she's had to deal with them for months

no way is she gonna make a fresh new baby higher consciousness deal with all that on its own

[lottawork]

awwww that would be a perfect way for them to meet! though descending for him is gonna be a real pain after :(