second translation // action

[lt_linguist]

[Today, Uhura is making herself useful. She's in the item shop, rummaging around for, well... anything that she might be able to convert into a radio, so a lot of non-working electronic stuff is piling up in a rucksack she's carrying.

Go on, ask her what she's doing/bug her/tease her/etc.]

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[38thdefender]

[Kurtis is at the item shop, too. He has been trying to make a communication device for a while, but he hasn't had much luck. He's looking at many of the same parts as Uhura.]

[38thdefender]

[Kurtis chuckles]

It's nothing compared to some of the stores in the Netherworld.

[lt_linguist]

No doubt this Netherworld place is pretty peculiar all on its own.

[38thdefender]

It is, but not quite in the way rumors would suggest...

[lt_linguist]

What, no fire and brimstone? I always thought that was pretty uncreative, anyway.

[38thdefender]

There's fire and brimstone in some places. But those are more like beaches and resorts to the demons...

[lt_linguist]

So does everyone who dies in your world go to the same place, or is there some kind of Heaven?

[38thdefender]

The sinful become Prinnies like me and work in the Netherworld and Celestia to repay their sins. Those who aren't sinful pass on to Heaven, but I don't know where it is, or what it's like.

[lt_linguist]

[She raises her eyebrows at that.]

What distinguishes between a sinner and a non-sinner? I mean, I'd venture to say nearly everyone does things that might be considered sinful, at least once in a while.

[Hey, she's not asking him what he did that was so bad, she's keeping to more general questions.]

[38thdefender]

I'm not sure how it's decided, exactly. It's not Death or the Overlord or the Seraph. I think that in the case of most Prinnies, their sins are serious, like murder or betrayal. It's more like the Universe itself decides, I think.

[He's not afraid to tell others what he did, but he usually doesn't bring it up unless they ask him...]

[lt_linguist]

Seems more than a little arbitrary to me.

What if someone is unwilling to repay their sins?

[38thdefender]

Then they remain trapped as Prinnies. I hear that there is a place called Prinny Land where they often escape to.

[lt_linguist]

So... you were sinful enough in life to end up one of these "Prinnies" but smart enough to agree to pay back your sins?

[38thdefender]

Actually, I realized the error of my ways while I was still alive, and had started to change. In many ways, becoming a Prinny is a good thing for me, because it allows me to truly make up for what I did.

[lt_linguist]

That's quite exceptional.

[38thdefender]

Thank you.