Nostalgia night or something, canon is Immortal Rain

[death_begins]

Three years.

[His voice is quiet, hushed.]

You dragged me out for three more years, before you destroyed me for good. And now, you want to take everything back, like my death- my final death- was meaningless?

[Hm. Yuca sighs, his fingers tightening.]

I should have known. Nothing lasts forever.

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[al_truism]

Nothing does.

[... but he's got this tiny, edge-of tears smile, a little quiet.]

You should see your grave, though -- it's lovely.

[death_begins]

[Sigh, Alphonse. You always bring just a little smile to the edge of his lips.]

I think that defeats the purpose. Just a little.

[al_truism]

Maybe a little. But it's nice. I did make sure we buried you where you asked.

-I left the bell, though. Just in case.

[death_begins]

Rain's tree.

[That does make him smile, something soft and genuine.]

-but you aren't there anymore.

[al_truism]

... no. I'm not.

[But he smiles back, pats his arm softly.]

But I- I left a bell. Just in case you wake up.

[death_begins]

I'll be sure to ring it!

[He laughs.

They both know the laughter isn't real, at least.]

I don't think I'm going back there anyway.

[al_truism]

[They do, but this time, just this once, Al ignores it.]

I hope you won't.

[death_begins]

No. This seems like it might be a one time thing. Like when I'm done here, I'm back to oblivion for awhile.

[Yuca lets his fingers slip across Al's forearm, the hand that was patting him earlier.]

...I don't think I'd mind that so much.

[imperfectionistic]

Hmph. Should've known it wouldn't be that simple. Eternity doesn't get snuffed out with a pinprick in a dark tunnel.

[death_begins]

You sound frustrated.

[Gentle. With anyone else, Yuca probably would be just as angry, but with Kurotsuchi, it's... difficult to be.]

I can't honestly say I wasn't expecting to wake up somewhere again. It's- [-it's not alright, not really] -it's predictable, that this would have happened.

[imperfectionistic]

Of course I am.

[And Kurotsuchi does sound irritable, but like usual, it's not directed at Yuca.]

Not that I'm surprised myself. But at least in the city I could still reach you, I could study it--

Current circumstances add a certain degree of difficulty, don't you think?

[death_begins]

Current circumstances, yes.

[He sighs.]

You've studied it for three years. We'd tried everything up until that point. My life is not on your hands, Mayuri.

[imperfectionistic]

What's three years in your lifetime? It's hardly anything in mine.

[For all that it had certainly made an impression on him. And he knows that he can't take responsibility for the immortal's existence. Not because he doesn't want to, but because it'd be presumptuous to even consider it.

Still.]

There's no 'everything.'

[death_begins]

True, I suppose.

[Not that anything really matters anyway. He's dead in that universe, even if he's still alive elsewhere.]

You'd be surprised how close you can get to 'everything'. The two of us, we did it- in some manner. Even if it wasn't perfect, my existence in that place is destroyed.

[imperfectionistic]

A limited success.

[Such an annoyingly mixed feeling, for something that should've been utterly straightforward.]

Yet meaningless in your own world, or wherever you're speaking from now. How many places are you going to infect with immortality? How many versions am I going to have to break until you stay dead?

[maddest]

Life has a way of leading you in ways you can't always predict or expect. I'd think you'd know that by now.

[death_begins]

Life, yes. Death- ? I suppose I was hoping for something with a little less experiencing.

[maddest]

I don't think you're necessarily alive.

More like... off the wagon.

[death_begins]

Off the wagon indeed.

[But he lifts an eyebrow.]

But experiencing, all the same. I probably shouldn't complain, though- not when I'm surrounded by so many friendly faces.

[Just a- smidge of sarcasm there. You still like him, Break, don't you?]

[maddest]

Well, you got me out of my grave.

But then, I suppose if there was someone I was going to cheat death for, it would be you. Considering.

[death_begins]

Ah, it fits, doesn't it? I hope it's not too much of an inconvenience on you, Xerxes.

[maddest]

It's good to see you, little bit.

[profiteering]

Don't say that. Reality TV might hear you and decide to hang on for a few more decades.

[death_begins]

I'm sure that's the least of our problems. A few decades is hardly any time at all.

[HE SAYS THREE DAYS LATE because I forgot I turned off notifs. :(]

[profiteering]

Clearly you've never had to sit through an episode of Extreme Hillbilly Yodeling.