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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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voice; Sooooorry I was away all yesterday and today.

[neverendingbeat]

If it helps, if you entered dead, you're a proper body, at the very least. Well, as far as I know, of course. Does where you are look like a pit?

voice; psssssh that's a-okay

[big_googoo_eyes]

Yeah, I'm a proper body all right, but I'm still not a fan of having no heartbeat.

And no. It doesn't. Still deciding if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

voice;

[neverendingbeat]

You'd rather a pit? I could find you a nice pit in the City, if that's really what you'd prefer.

You said Hades. Of course, I don't know whether you meant the god or the realm but either way, I think you have a nice deal here, heartbeat or not. I can't remember every piddling detail about the mythological Greek Underworld, but I do know that it's grim, boring and involves a lot of aimless wandering, if we're referring to the same myth structure.

And it is definitely not boring here.

voice;

[big_googoo_eyes]

I don't think I'd prefer even the nicest of pits.

And I meant the god. Y'know, big blue guy with the flaming hair, an ego nearly as big as Narcissus', and a jealousy complex as colossal as a Coliseum. Yeah, that guy.

Never said it was going to be boring here, but if you're so quick to defend the place, I'm guessing it will be.

voice;

[neverendingbeat]

Defending it? I don't know where you got that idea from. I only imagine it's more exciting than Hades' realm. Otherwise, it is grim and you end up forced to do any number of things you don't want to.

But more interestingly, you know Hades?

voice;

[big_googoo_eyes]

I didn't say anything about this place being boring, but you were quick to say that it isn't boring. But yeah, I'm not going to defend the Underworld. At least I'll be able to walk here.

I'll be forced to do things I don't want to do? Boy, doesn't that sound familiar.

Unfortunately. And it's not someone I'm proud of knowing.

voice;

[neverendingbeat]

Familiar? In a death and redemption sort of way?

Gods rarely are.

voice;

[big_googoo_eyes]

More along the lines of some sort of contract and a stupid mistake. But I'm not in the mood to talk about that.

So which gods have you made the unfortunate acquaintance of? Or are you just going with what you've heard?

voice;

[neverendingbeat]

My universe has no gods, or at least none of the mystical, omnipotent magical sorts. The literature on them is all basically the same, though. And, of course, there are a few so-called "deities" here. I personally don't believe in gods. Only power.

voice;

[big_googoo_eyes]

I've heard about the deities, and from the sound of what people go through here, I'm less than thrilled. But what can I do, this should be like a walk in the park for me.

Ooh, power. You're really digging deep with your beliefs, aren't you?

voice;

[neverendingbeat]

Some cliches are cliches for a reason. I expect your gods say they created the Earth, or at least Greece and they can say that. They're the ones in charge and as far as you know, they were responsible for creating everything. You're not going to go against the word of a group that could utterly destroy you. Better to worship them and try to incur favour.

Although, you in particular seem somewhat jaded with the entire process. Deal with the devil that went wrong?

voice;

[big_googoo_eyes]

I'm all too familiar with cliches, buddy. But yeah, you got the basic story down pat, not going to correct you there.

...you can say the deal didn't really go as planned.

voice;

[neverendingbeat]

It never does: basic rule of deals. It's best to stay right away from the entire "deals scenario".

voice;

[big_googoo_eyes]

Right. I'll keep that in mind the next time I make a deal with a power-hungry god.

Thanks for the enlightening advice, I appreciate it.

voice;

[neverendingbeat]

You never know. You might feel tempted here. Though the pantheon isn't quite as large, of course. Less choice.

voice;

[big_googoo_eyes]

Well I didn't exactly have a choice in coming here now, did I?

I've come to accept that nothing's ever going to go my way. The things I did for love.