Entry 01

[battleofwills]

Purgatory.

Is this some sort of farce? Fire, smoke--This is no Purgatory, but very nearly the notion of Hell that has been instilled into us.

I suppose that I should not have been expecting anything gre

This is to be eternity, then?

And what is this contraption?

Comments

[thylas]

I'm not much for long explanations, they should have given you what you need when you woke up.

But this is certainly Purgatory. There is just the matter of a drought that gives it that rather hell-like feel.

Also, how would you possibly know what Hell, truly Hell is like unless you have been there.

[battleofwills]

Purgatory is susceptible to droughts. Interesting.

I never claimed to know for certain, only what was generally thought. You almost make it sound as if you know what Hell is like, yourself.

[thylas]

Purgatory experiences seasonal changes and the weather as any other, typical place.

I know what a hell is like. It is far less pleasant than this place.

[battleofwills]

Fascinating. The fires make it difficult to make out, but this place even seems as if...just a simple city.

How would you know that?

[thylas]

It is.

I've been there, of course. How else?

[battleofwills]

Tell me, then, what is it like?

[thylas]

I will restate this - a hell, not the Hell.

So you wish to know of the suffering of others? Eternal punishment? It is a very dark place, little landscape. Occasional rivers.

[battleofwills]

And this, this Purgatory, is only temporary? Let me see if I understand this all. People are brought here after death--and before death, in some cases (?), to atone for their sins. Who is to judge whether a person has atoned? You "gods"?

[thylas]

Yes, not necessarily necessary for one to be dead to arrive here. I don't judge, I do that at home. I watch, reside, test. The Presence - Purgatory itself - judges.

I am the only actual god here.

[battleofwills]

You reside elsewhere? Then what is your purpose here? What is meant when you say that you "test"?

[thylas]

Of course I do.

Test? I once Ruled. I already stated what I do here.

Break boundaries, challenge you - and others - with things you have not likely encountered.