Sly-Serenade
Lichen Sallen, his family, his neighborhood, his whole town; All of them are dead.
And they like it that way.
The Realm of the Dead is a world where the souls of those who have passed come to reside, and are 'reawakened' and are cleansed of all prejudices and hate as they enter. Paying the ultimate price to permanently stay in the ultimate paradise is a fairly good bargain.
Down below, in the Land of the Living, Project Reversusque is preparing its first test run of a new machine. It's built to recreate a genetically-exact body based on the DNA extracted from blood samples--and revive the body with the memories and conscience of the mind it's tied to. In essence, it drags the soul back to its new body. Unfortunately, the first test is performed using a sample from none other than Lichen Sallen himself. After being violently dragged back to life, the experiment continues on other unfortunate souls as well.
As Lichen dies multiple times again, he is desperately trying to find a way to anchor himself to the Realm of the Dead, when he discovers that souls can only be revived so many times before shattering, completely erasing its existence and throwing off the balance between worlds.
For the sake of the Dead, a few newfound friends, and for the future of the Living, Lichen must halt the actions of Project Reversusque before it's too late...