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[big_googoo_eyes]

[a voice post, it sounds like some of it was cut off]

--ttles it. I'm dead. I mean, I have to be dead. The last thing I remember was that column and...Come on Meg, get it together...

[there's a pause and an intake of breath, an annoyed sigh]

...yeah, pretty much nothing after that. Great. I died like I lived, like a damsel in distress. At least I

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[playstheblues]

You might be dead. Do you feel cold?

[big_googoo_eyes]

Now that you mentioned it...

[there's a pause]

If I was dead I'd be floating around in the Underworld. I wouldn't have gotten dragged to this place. That's not how things work.

[playstheblues]

Sometimes dead people end up here. But most people come through alive.

[big_googoo_eyes]

So if I remember dying, that means I'm probably dead, right? Is that how it works?

Ugh. What a creepy thought. I'm already not a fan of this place.

[playstheblues]

Well, usually you won't have a heartbeat, if you are.

[big_googoo_eyes]

[a pause, she's trying to feel it.]

Oh this is just great. I'm as dead as Achilles.

[playstheblues]

...sorry.

Can I offer you a drink?

[big_googoo_eyes]

And what good would a drink do?

[playstheblues]

...it's just a gesture...

Um.

Hi. I'm Blue.

[big_googoo_eyes]

I'm just not in the mood for the usual attempts of innocently trying to help a D.i.D. out. It's a tried and overdone thing.

You're blue? Yeah, uh, sorry I'm not really interested in what colour you are.

[playstheblues]

...it's my name.

[big_googoo_eyes]

...wow you must've had a great childhood with a name like that.

[playstheblues]

Well, I was a shepherd and didn't meet a lot of new people.

[big_googoo_eyes]

Can't say that's a loss.

[playstheblues]

Being a shepherd?

[big_googoo_eyes]

Not getting to meet new people. Less chance of being disappointed.