death.

[todefydestiny]

What in the world--? Hello? Is ... anyone there?

Am I dead ... again?

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[pteric]

Oh.

Uh. Hey.

[todefydestiny]

Ah ...

Hi.

[pteric]

I don't think there's anyone else dead, unless I missed something. So no, no one else around here except me.

Hi.

[todefydestiny]

Oh. That's kind of depressing. I died rather recently actually. This is a rather odd conversation to have, I never met someone else who died. Is this ... the after-life then?

[pteric]

I'm not sure. According to what I've heard, people who die in the city actually get brought back to life, so maybe this is just some sort of waiting room,.

[todefydestiny]

Brought back to life? How?

[pteric]

Haven't heard about that yet so I guess we'll just have to find out by waiting.

[todefydestiny]

Guess so. So there's nothing active we can do to bring ourselves back. I guess that's pretty good. Less tiresome.

[pteric]

... you sound pretty calm about this all.

[todefydestiny]

This isn't the first time I've died.

[pteric]

So you said. I just never really thought of death as one of those 'you get used to it the more you go through it' things.

[todefydestiny]

Well, there's no reason to get upset if it's already happened, and momentary pain aside ... at least we'll eventually be all right.

[pteric]

... are you being optimistic or practical, I can't tell.

[todefydestiny]

I'm not quite sure myself.

[pteric]

Well, alright.

I guess that works.

[todefydestiny]

So we just wait here. Do we need to eat or anything?