The Deadman Returns

[Zeke]

Roughly 1107 days since the scarred redhead killed and buried Zeke. He lies 6 feet under, waiting patiently for accidental rescue. He has lost count of how many times he has died at this point. Today is a good day though, he can tell the air topside was particualrly fresh since his time spent alive and conscious between deaths was lasting longer, sometimes as long as 20 minutes. This is the sort of opportunity he enjoyed, kept his spirits up. He'd even try yelling help occasionally. Doesn't last long since he looses consciousness quicker from so. Doesn't matter if you can't feel pain, running out of breath while dirt falls into your mouth is still a pretty unpleasent way to go. But sometimes he'd feel vibrations in the ground so he try it a couple of times just in case. Mostly he'd have the "Oo ee oo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang" song running through his head, saving his breath.

"I have a good feeling about today" He thought to himself. "Hmm, I think I might be suffocating again, might as well try..." Zeke then starts yelling "HELP!!!!!" *cough cough* "EHEHHHELPPPPPP!?" "PLEEEeeaaasseeeee..."

[Koishi]

Klemence was walking around as a blue bear once more. It was fun and easy...and less revealing than her fish form. Also this form had less things trying to eat her. Today was a nice, clear tropical day with the typical afternoon showers. The rain had washed away most of the lingering sents from the flowering flora. And with her nose she could easily smell three miles out...so from one end of the island to another.

But something was....strange to say the least. Something didn't smell right, like it had been in between death for some years....How could she even register and smell that?? the chambers in her long snout baffled her some times. She put her nose to the grass and began sniffing about, letting out loud puffs of hot air from her nostrils.

Something was buried deep in the ground. Thankfully she had four inch long thick claws that could cut through the flimsy dirt and grass. For a moment she could have sworn she heard something...it was like a squeak...and it quickly died out.

She dug faster. Took a good while, the body was buried deep in the ground but that's when she found it...a chest cavity? She sniffed it with her wet nose, she couldn't tell if it was dead or alive. Klemence started pushing away the dirt from the boys face. Nudging, sniffing and licking the dirt away with her long mussel.

Da fuq iza keed doin' in de ground? wada heel iz de mattah wif dis school she somewhat thought in anger, as she shifted in her her human self. She didn't concern her self about being naked at the moment. She had to get this kid out and fast. The amount of weight pushing down on a persons chest cavity was enough to depressurize them, causing collapse. "Oie!! Boyha you dun alive, oohh god..please boyah be alive.." she asked smacking his face.

[Zeke]

For about a minute nothing happened, and it was clear the boy was dead. Only progress made was that his face began to bruise a little. His clothes were all shabby and practically caked in dirt. He lay there bare foot, silent and motionless.

Then... there was a faint sound of clicking coming from the boy's chest, scuff marks from being pulled out began to disappear, followed soon by the bruises Klemence had made on his face trying to wake him up.

It got silent again though for almost a minute. Then the fingers started to move, then the hands. A puzzled look appeared on his face, eyes still closed as he slowly lift up his arms and started to flail them softly as if reaching for something in mid air. Suddenly his arms stopped moving, just left up in the air and his expression changed to a smile which changed quickly to a full on grin.

Simultaneously, his eyes burst open, his upper body shot up into the air into a seating position, fist up far in the air in triumph, dirt and mud firing out his mouth and nostrils as he yelled "YYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!"

He wiped himself free of the bulk of the dirt, his face looked cleaner now even though in need of a shave. He looked around and for his saviour and for the first time noticed that Klemence was right next to him with a mixed expression of surprise, confusion and relief on her face. "Go raibh míle maith agat!(Thank you very much)" As if by instinct he hugged her with gratitude, failing to notice that she was naked the whole time. He finished his hug, got up closed his eyes and took a deep breath of fresh sea air and exhaled as if it was the best air in the entire world, accidentally falling back into the hole he was just dug out of still looking like one of the happiest boys alive.

[Koishi]

Sidra looked at him with a smile, and yes slight confusion, 3 minuets three minuets a person can be dead before permanent brain damage occurs... she gave a sigh as she watched him fall back in to the hole that she dug him out of. She watched him with her hands on her hips and her head tilted to the side.

"Go graba mile math agian? wat joo be doin' down dere, aint i just got dun diggen' you out bodro?" she knelt down and offered a hand to help pull him back up. She looked him once over, he looked dirty, not just buried in the dirt dirty but like he had been dead and then came back to life dirty. She scratched her head. People had the strangest powers here. "I tink joo needa baf, and aftah dat a meal maybah...joo donna eat peoples right? joo aint no zombah or nofin'?"

[Zeke]

"Go raibh míle maith agat... It means 'thank you very much' in Irish". Zeke looked at her with his bright orange eyes, still smiling, and accepts her hand and gets out of the hole. He takes his teal denim hat from the dirt, pats it off and places it firmly on his head. "And no, I'm not a zombie, a little dizzy and hungry, but not a zombie. You are right though, I could definitely use a shower and some grub after being buried down there since September".

He has started curling his toes into the ground and doing stretches at this point, clearly enjoying every little thing about not being buried. "Actually, what month is it? I hope I haven't missed too much of first year. Also what's your name if you don't mind me asking?" again, smiling like an idiot. Ah, it feels like it's been months. It's so great to be able to move around again. Even making a new friend already, lucky!