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[heaven_piercer]

Heh. You'd think that there's no coming back from that, but---no, there really isn't much coming back from that. I wonder what this place is supposed to be? Kind of a sad excuse for an afterlife. It doesn't look like the kind of heaven we were taught about in Sunday school, or hell, even. Purgatory? No

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[miswrites]

You look somewhat lost.

[heaven_piercer]

To say the least. One moment I'm floating in space; the next, in a church.

[miswrites]

Floating in space? [Up go the eyebrows.] How interesting.

You're in Template. Stranger things have happened here, apparently.

[heaven_piercer]

So I'm starting to hear. This city isn't as normal as it seems at first, is it?

[miswrites]

Not at all. [Raising his eyes skyward.] How much have you been told?

[heaven_piercer]

I'm just getting to understand this whole "second level" thing, though it's something I'm going to have to get used to. Other than that, supposedly the city can cause people to believe things that they normally wouldn't otherwise?

[miswrites]

I've gathered something along those lines. It can also apparently bring people from... parallel universes - and can, and has, taken them from completely random times and places. I hesitate to say "taken" because it implies some kind of active party, but it seems to only be accurate.

[heaven_piercer]

I've noticed a bit of that. A friend of mine is here, but he seems to be from the past. And I'm hearing about doubles, female versions...

[miswrites]

Ah, yes. I've met a double. It's a rather disorienting experience.

It's also impossible to leave. So if there was somewhere you needed to be, well... [Shrug.]

[heaven_piercer]

I'd imagine.

Somewhere I needed to be, maybe. But considering that I remember dying, it'd be a little hard to get there even if I was never "taken" here.

[miswrites]

... [Shocked pause.]

I'm sorry.

[heaven_piercer]

Don't be. It wasn't the smartest move on my part to get involved in that situation to begin with.

Either way, it seems I'm 'alive' here. Might as well take advantage of a second chance, hm?

[miswrites]

[It's possible that he's lying, isn't it? The idea of someone dead being brought back to life... that's just... But why would he be lying? What would he have to gain from it?]

Yes. That's a good outlook to take. Do you, er, have somewhere to live?

[heaven_piercer]

It seems so. I haven't been there yet, though. Do you have to pay rent around here?