5th floor common room - Morning

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Jacob had woken up to a lot of snow, a powerless dormitory and a growling stomach. The latter two had cause a problem because cornflakes were just cornflakes and Jacob wanted to more. The blizzard hadn't caused much of an obstacle, not when you could change into a werewolf built to brave cold weather. He'd been across the island in a flash and while he'd gotten some strange looks for showing up in just a pair of jeans at J,GOB, the baker hadn't asked any questions. Which was once more evidence of how much the people on the island had gotten used to situations like this and luckily, the bakery had a back up generator. So Jacob had gotten a huge bag full of pastries for 'those poor students'. He suspected that J,GOB hadn't really been expecting a whole lot of customers.

So now, said bag had been upended on the dinner table. The bag itself had been thrown into the bin in Jake's room. It wouldn't do to have anyone take notice of the teeth marks on it. Jacob lay sprawled upon the couch in just a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, his hair still a little wet, while he munched on a muffin. In his boredom, he might just end up eating his way through the stack of food.

Best not to let him stay bored.

[Brought to you by Food Delivery Services Jacob Black. Open, of course.]

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[therewaslife]

"I am." Bod nodded. "I used to be able to do several things but I think it was connected to the graveyard."

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Jacob was just going to stare now and wonder why he hadn't know this about his roommate. "What? Graveyard?"

[therewaslife]

"Did I not tell you that?" wondered Bod, actually surprised. "Sorry. I thought I had. I grew up in a graveyard. That's where I was before coming here."

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"You didn't. You got all evasive when I asked where you're from," Jacob reminded Bod. Now he understood why. "Your dad's an undertaker or something?"

[therewaslife]

"My dad's a ghost." Well, one of his fathers was. He didn't actually know what his real father did. He'd been too young to know. "So is my mother."

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Jacob blinked and that got him to sit up to study Bod better. "You don't look transparent to me."

[therewaslife]

"That's because I'm not a ghost," said Bod, grinning at Jacob's reaction. "My parents were, I'm not. Is that normally how it works?"

Bod didn't actually know, for the most part. He knew his situation was unique but a lot of people had different experiences and possibly different knowledge.

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"I'm going to go with no," Jacob said. "I'm pretty sure my dad's not a ghost." Ghosts probably didn't have wheel chairs, it'd be cruel if they did.

[therewaslife]

"Ah. Well, I can assure you I'm alive. You can poke me if you've doubts," Bod suggested, holding out an arm. "Besides Silas, I was the only one who was alive there."

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"Silas?" Jacob asked and well, Bod had offered so Jacob leaned forward to poke Bod's arm. "Okay, feels solid enough."

[therewaslife]

"My guardian," he provided. "He was alive too." Sort of. Oh, if Jacob only knew what Silas actually was. "He acted as a caretaker of the graveyard before I arrived."

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"Somebody sent you there?" Jacob asked. It seemed like a very weird place to send a kid. Or you know, anyone who was actually alive.

[therewaslife]

"No, I came here on my own," he clarified. "Silas has no knowledge of where I am. He's off, doing his duty, I assume."

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"I meant to the graveyard," Jacob said, he'd thought that'd been clear.

[therewaslife]

"Oh, sorry." Bod shook his head and the mun failed for misreading that. "No, I went there myself."

The circumstances, though, those were what made his trip to the graveyard as a mere toddler unique.

"I suppose you could say someone's actions sent me there but I got there on my own."

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"I don't think that'd be the first place I go to," Jacob replied. "Is there a house or something?"

[therewaslife]

"In the graveyard?" Bod shook his head. "There are crypts and mausoleums but nothing like an actual house. I had the Freedom of the Graveyard so I was able to go places where no other living person could."

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Jacob couldn't quite imaging there being a place inside a graveyard that he'd want to go. "What's this freedom thing?"

[therewaslife]

"It's hard to explain." Of course, Bod had never tried because no one had ever been interested. "It means I could see the ghosts, go where they went, enter places other humans couldn't see."

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"Like what?" Jacob asked, because that was giving him some weird ideas.

[therewaslife]

"Like where could I go where others went?" asked Bod, trying to make sure he gave the correct information.

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Jacob nodded. "Because the only place I can see them going is well... not so much for anyone alive."

[therewaslife]

"I can't go underground," he assured him, shaking his head. "I can find different crypts though. I could see other ghosts and slip into crevices and nooks that no one else could see."

And that wasn't even mentioning the ghoul gate.

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Those were... weird places to go to. "And you can't go there now?"

[therewaslife]

"Well, I'm not there anymore," he pointed out even if he knew that wasn't what Jacob meant. He laughed, shook his head. "I can't. I don't have the same freedom anymore. No more connection to that place for the most part."