[OOC][PLOT] Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals

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This makes much more sense than what I thought you meant, yes. Although SI-Rob would still want to look over the contract before SI-Ben signs it.

Right now, I'm leaning towards it being a side effect of Alicia being undead until her metabolic process starts taking over. Ideas?

Everybody Knows ™ that Usagi can bring people back from the dead... which means it would be good for her character development if she cannot help Alicia in any way. Besides, with what's going on in my current sidestory, it's probably a bad idea for the restless dead to go anywhere near Ottawa if they have any spark of decency left. (While Usagi has already stated that Something Must Be Done about the Host, the books make it clear that the Court / Host divide is a matter of personal preference for some faerie races, not a biological imperative. Usagi's going to be disappointed there, too - a surgical strike will not take out the Host the way it did the Dark Kingdom.)

EDIT: Oh, here's a thought...

Despite everything, Alicia's soul cannot be restored to her body - it's been too long. But Hild has her soul, and the next best thing is to put it into an object of some sort and bind that object to Alicia's body. Hild acknowledges that the payment need not be as valuable as a human soul.

Alicia awakens, not quite soulless because her soul is somewhere nearby. She proceeds to learn magic ... and somewhere along the line, discoveres that she cannot be killed because her soul is already separated from but still connected to her body.

Anime fans start calling her a Puella Magica. Those of us versed in myths and legends of the world start comparing her to Koschei the Deathless - and start worrying. (Which is a completely unfair and prejudiced way to behave about such a sweet girl... but paranoids will be paranoids.)