[Meanwhile, Togo heads upstairs to find William, only to discover he's nowhere to be found.] [Start!] ... shit. *runs outside* [Togo sees no sign of William at first, but then notices some signs of trampled foliage at the corner of the house.] * Togo curses, and follows the trail around the house. "William, c'mon. Let's get you back home." [Togo spots William! He's standing at the edge of the cliffs, armes stretched to either side like that woman from Titanic. Except there's no Leonardo DiCaprio holding him by the waist.] (Ooh, dramatic suicide.) ... oh, for fuck's sakes. Don't you dare fucking jump! *runs towards him, trying to grab him* ( Gimme a grapple roll! ) [Togo grabs the guy, but not without resistance. He flails! "Let me go! Leave me alone!"] ( Gimme a body - unarmed! ) [Togo keeps hold!] * Togo tries to drag William away from the cliff in a full-nelson. "For the love of God, man, what the hell're you doing?!" ["What do you care?! Haven't you done enough already?!"] I care because I went through all that bullshit to avoid having anyone not already dead get so! And you taking a motherfucking header off that cliff would count! ["Without Mary, there's no point for me to live! Just let me die, so I can be with her for eternity!"] (I dunno, one would end up in the Wood of Suicides, and the other probably in the River of Blood...) * Togo keeps a hold on William. "You're Christian, right?" [He snorts. "Anglican. But so what?"] I'm Catholic, myself... well, lapsed Catholic. But I remember enough to remember what happens to people who commit suicide. Don't you? ["What?"] Hell. [He sniffs. "I don't believe it. No god would be that cruel."] Now, 'less I miss my guess, Mary was a decent person in life. Which means she went to Heaven. How're you gonna go'n see her when you're stuck down in Hell 'cause you got it in your damn head to go diving off a goddamn cliff? * Togo grunts. ~Little busy right now... ~ ["Of course she was good! But why did she have to die?! What's wrong with me just going to be with her?! What's wrong with that?!"] ["You didn't hesitate to kill her! Why won't you let me kill myself?!"] I didn't kill her, you idiot! She was already fucking dead! That was just her spirit, yanked outta the afterlife with a godawful case of jetlag and a bucket fulla screws loose. Meanwhile, you're ALIVE. Doncha think she'd want you to have a happy life? ["How can I be happy when she's dead?!"] * Togo grimaces, and falls silent for a moment. "... if you died, would you want her taking a swan dive off the nearest mountain?" ["Of course not!"] Then why do you think she'd want you to do that? [He pauses, looking like he's trying to think really hard of a reason.] She wouldn't, you moron! She'd want you to get yourself together, mourn her for an appropriate amount of time, then get the fuck on with your life! Because she fucking loved you! ["Hang on! I'm not done thinking yet."] * Togo mutters. "Take your time..." [After several minutes, he finally mumbles, "Okay, fine."] If I let go of you, do you promise not to try and jump? ["Yeah, okay. But you still suck."] That seems to be the general opinion. *lets William go* [He rubs his neck.] * Togo takes a deep breath. "I've been there, man. After I lost my eyes... hell, I thought about just taking a dive out the hospital window a few times. But I didn't. I found something to make me wanna go on." Become a cop. Start an anti-gun campaign. Do something to honor her memory. [He doesn't say much of anything.] And I swear to god, if I read in the paper next week that you jumped in front of a truck, I'm coming back here, summoning your spirit, and kicking the crap outta you. Okay? ["Alright, alright! I get it. Jeez. If you don't mind, I gotta go find some way to honor my dead girlfriend's memory."] You okay getting home on your own? Need a flashlight? ["Nah, I'm fine." He starts off towards Bawdsey.] * Togo heads back towards the house. ~Situation handled. On my way back. Guy's name was Rufus Giovanni. World's foremost expert on curses or something along those lines.~