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Action: Fairy Haven, Master's Quarters - Open to any member of Fairy Tail or anyone who lives in Fayren Haven

{ It would be quiet; barely audible, depending on where one was in the sprawling compound that Fairy Tail calls home. It was unmistakably Zeref's voice, but there could be none other heard. It might sound as if he were just... talking to himself. }

I almost gave this to them, you know. I was curious to know what they would have done with it.

{ There's the sound of rustling. Zeref sounded slightly sleepy, if one bothered to listen, as if he had only just woken up despite it being the middle of the afternoon. Maybe he was up late? }

What would they have done? Destroyed it? Opened it? They would have been in for a surprise if they had.

{ Whoever he's speaking to doesn't respond. If one bothers to peek into the room... he's speaking to a book laying on a desk parallel to the bed, propped up against the wall. Completely seriously, as if the book were alive and he was somehow expecting it to respond.

Suddenly, Zeref sighs, reaching for the white, outer-layer of his robe, unceremoniously discarded at the foot of the bed. He pulls it on, over the rest of his outfit. }

Why do I bother? I doubt you can hear me, anymore. I wonder if you're even alive in our world without this.

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I'd like to pose a rhetorical question, if I may. Much has been made about the issue of necromancy, in this world. The act of reanimating the dead into 'undead,' as the term I've been hearing up until now.

What I've heard little about is resurrection. Not merely reanimating the dead; restoring life itself. Reversing death. Bringing a soul back from the afterlife and returning it to this world. In my world, it is taboo, regardless of the circumstances or how unfair or undeserved the death was.

Death is ultimately meaningless in this world, at least for those of us with amulets. When one of us dies, we reawaken in the Bay, even if doing so often has a price. Regardless, I've heard some of us say that impermanent death cheapens it.

Why this distinction? What difference is there, truly, between necromancers, and whomever, or whatever it was that brought us here reducing death to a mere transaction?

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[Dorian stood, as was polite, and offered a hand to Mavis.]

Good afternoon, Mavis, and Zeref is correct, we were, indeed. [He glanced over to Zeref before continuing.] Though I'm beginning to suspect he has some sort of endgame in mind.

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[Mavis takes Dorian's hand in greeting, and goes to sit down next to Zeref. She chuckles softly at what Dorian says and says somewhat conspiratorially.]

It seems to me that you're starting to know him pretty well.

[She turns to Zeref expectantly.]

Very perceptive, Dorian. You're right, I do.

{ Not that he was being very subtle to begin with. Zeref placed a hand on Mavis', before turning to Dorian, smiling as if what he was about to say was as casual as talking about the weather. }

It's simple. If the spirits from beyond the barrier attack again, I want to bind one into a body, and interrogate it.

[Ah, so there it was at last. He leaned back in the chair he'd chosen as his seat, crossing his arms thoughtfully.]

And you believe these spirits to have some method of communication intelligible to us?

[That was a good point. Mavis ponders the question a moment.]

Once bound to a physical body, they should be able to communicate via signs at least, no? ...They might refuse to, though.

[And it'd be hard to know if it's because they couldn't understand the question or just didn't want to answer.]

We won't know until we try. { Zeref glanced at Dorian. He didn't seem completely opposed, at least? } The first rule of warfare is to 'know thine enemy.' And those spirits don't interested in talking, at least not voluntarily. I'm curious to know what would happen if they were forced.

[Something about the idea doesn't sit right with Dorian. It may very well be the fact that one of his closest friends in recent years is, in fact, a spirit who is quite capable of making his own decisions, who can be more than a little confusing as he sees existence in a very different way, but doesn't deserve to be, in essence, held captive.]

I see. You want me to facilitate an interrogation.

[And for some reason, it doesn't sit too well with Mavis either. Maybe because she's been deprived of her own body and has been a 'spirit' herself for quite a whhile.]

Will they be bound to a body forever or will you be able to release them once we're done talking to them?

That is correct. Don't worry, it will be quite painless.

{ Maybe not as painless as when Seilah was here... she could compel someone to do anything against their will using her Macro curse, but depending on what kind of mood she's in, she could either just force someone to tell her what she wants to know, or make them do something like play Russian Roulette, instead. }

I don't know. I only know what Dorian told me about how his magic works. I would hope we'd be able to release them... preferably without killing them, again.