1; howdy, space cowboy [video]

[gunofadeadman]

[When the screen flickers on, the man gazing down at his guide looks both confused and slightly perturbed by this sudden change of events. In other words, he has the look of a New Arrival.]

Is this thing even workin'? [The man looks skeptical, but begins speaking again after a moment's hesitation.]

I guess I got a question for everyone here, if

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[oedipusthis]

That's weird. The papers didn't smell like anything when they gave 'em to me.

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[gunofadeadman]

Just a figure of speech, miss. Meant that all this [holding up some of the paperwork to his guide] feels more like the work of the devil than anythin' divine.

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[oedipusthis]

[what are you saying GOOD THING SHE HAS BABEL FISH]

Ah! The papers you gotta fill out! Yeah, those aren't very fun. But if you do it, they'll give you some money!

Oh, and a towel.

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[gunofadeadman]

[are you kidding, it's a good thing I have a fish in my ear]

The hell would I need money in the afterlife- A towel? Well, ain't that just mighty kind of them.

Maybe you can clear somethin' up for me, if you don't mind.

[obstinates]

[... You talk so cool.]

[/sniffs]

What's it smell like?

[gunofadeadman]

[why thank you!]

...It don't literally smell like nothin'. Other than a waste of my time, I reckon.

[obstinates]

Reckon? What's that mean?

[IT SOUNDS SO COOL!]

[ALSO, KEYWORDS!]

[gunofadeadman]

Uh... reckon means reckon. Like, 'I figure'? You act like never heard it.

[I have all sorts of cool words in my vocabulary!]

[LOL.]

[Video]

[deansangel918]

This is not Heaven or Hell.

[He pauses as if considering your words.]

Although I can understand why the paperwork might make you think of Hell.

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[gunofadeadman]

Hell on my wrist, there ain't no doubt about that.

So instead of Heaven or Hell, we all just appear on a... [what was the word?] ...spaceship when we're shot? Them priests were pretty far off the mark.

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[deansangel918]

Not necessarily. This is not a normal afterlife experience.

[Video]

[gunofadeadman]

Ain't nothin' normal about havin' a fish in my ear, or bein' told that I'm in space. Hell, it's just my luck that I don't get a normal afterlife experience.

[ VOICE ]

[nicotine_patch]

[WTF IT'S A REAL COWBOY???]

[be cool, Badou, be cool]

Uhhhh I'm guessin' somebody told ya the good news, right? No repentin' or nothin', just a new view out the window?

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[gunofadeadman]

[YOU BETCHA IT IS]

Yeah. No Heaven or Hell, just a buncha stars rushin' past. Even managed to get the blood stains outta my clothes.

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[nicotine_patch]

[I-IYYAAAAAAA]

[FUCK HE'S SO COOL!!!!]

Day's lookin' up for you, sounds like. Uh, roomin' list is on the res hall walls, if you didn't stick around for the papercut storm.

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[gunofadeadman]

[REALLY? BECAUSE HE FEELS COMPLETELY OUT OF PLACE]

I guesso. And I got callouses enough to cover any papercuts I might have gotten. Can't say callouses do any good for my wrist, though.

Haven't even bothered lookin' at roomin' yet. Not used to sharin' quarters with anyone else.

[mybffmirelurks]

Wow, you talk just like an old-fashioned Ranger, right out of the Mojave Wasteland, or even the NCR, I bet. Though I've never been there, so I can't say for sure...

[gunofadeadman]

[The Ranger term is familiar, but the rest? Not so much.]

Never been to no Mojave Wasteland, and don't know what an NCR is.

[mybffmirelurks]

The NCR, or the New California Republic! The Mojave Wasteland is just east of it, I think... It's a great big desert, even more than the regular Wasteland, or so I hear. Blazing sun, scarce water, that sort of thing.

[gunofadeadman]

Pretty sure where I'm from lies east of California, though I know it ain't just east of it. Sun and scarce water sound about right, though. No new territory there.