USER: #DC143C - QUESTION FOR EVERYONE

[lonered]

[ USER: #DC143C ]

Hey. So...

...

Question for anyone. Or for everyone I guess.

How sure are you that you're still alive? Back where you're from I mean.

Like on a scale from 1 to 10. Where 1 is "I definitely died" and 10 is "I'm definitely still alive" and everything in between.

Thanks in advance. I know it's a weird question. I just... I gotta know.



[He's asked some folks, but the results so far are mixed. And Keith needs to figure out one way or another if this is just some weird unexpected afterlife, and he's at a solid 2.5 on his own scale so he's wondering.]

Comments

[lonered]

For me, lately I'm just stuck with aliens who only do conversation when it's relevant to the mission. Not exactly social, you know?

But maybe we should. Sounds a little less sad for both of us.

[parodeity]

i would invite you to regular coffee dates but like
i am sadly pretty sure coffee is not a thing this place has
which fucking sucks
im going to go through serious withdrawal in the next few days

but we can dish over water and gray food that tastes like ash

im selling this real well obviously

[murdery]

oh i bet a lot of people get blindsided by death! it can come from behind, or below, or even right in front of you if they're quick enough, heck i bet most of the people i killed never knew what hit em! hard to stay conscious after you get messily exploded like that!

if we're all dead that would be pretty neat. i've always wondered what it would be like to be a ghost

[satanslash]

and like no information to go off of either what, were you expecting people to be like dead-dead? uh well if im being compeltely honest and i dont really see a reason to lie at this point im a demon? well half demon

[messianic]

Is that what you want to do still? Try to help everyone get back home like you said before, I mean.

[lonered]

Most people are pretty convinced they're alive. Or that they can't even die. So there's that.

[But yes, exactly.]

You and me both.

[lonered]

There's a lot of people here who would probably disagree about the "neat" thing. They've got lives to get back to.

There are kids here.

[He's not even sure what to say to such a glib "I blow people up!" type admission.]

[lonered]

Yeah Electronic communications are pretty easy for people to spy on.

If they need our help, they're going about it in a messed up way. Abducting a bunch of people and not telling us anything.

[lonered]

Yeah, of course. Whatever I can do.

[drubbings]

[ The classic Terezi experience. ]

NO

1 GU3SS 1 THOUGHT 1 H4D 4CTU4LLY US3D MY BULLSH1T FOR3S1GHT SUP3RPOW3R TO DO SOM3TH1NG US3FUL
BUT 1T TURNS OUT TH4T W4S 4 BUST
1T W4S NOT SUP3R 4ND JUST D1S4PPO1NT1NG

DO YOU NOT R3M3MB3R?
DY1NG S33MS L1K3 SOM3TH1NG YOU SHOULD R3M3MB3R!

[dreidels]

The first part is understandable. But the latter? What, are there deities here or something? Everything dies.

How about this: if you find who they are before me, let me know. I'll do the same. They won't see what's coming.

[lonered]

Yeah, that could use some better marketing.

But. It doesn't sound terrible. Sounds kinda nice.

[murdery]

[Few people do!!]

but kids die all the time

[What's your point Keith.]

[lonered]

It's not something I'd call neat.

[parodeity]

when do you want to start up a regular session then
tomorrow
i have no plans for the rest of the foreseeable future
since theres like
no television and no internet
and no music programs
which just about kills every single hobby i have

[lonered]

Possibly. That was the point of the question.

Oh. Huh.

I didn't know demons were something real.

[But given that Keith recently found out he's half alien, he can't start claiming impossible or disbelief now.]

[lonered]

Right. Yeah.

So you can see the future or something?

[But not well?]

I remember being about to die, possibly. I don't remember it actually happening yet.

[lonered]

Yeah, tomorrow works.

Not like my schedule's full. Just. Training. Exploring. Investigating.

It's probably okay to take a break from that for a little while.

[murdery]

[Oh... did he mess up again...]

it's something about death i don't know and i know a lot about death. i think that's pretty neat

[lonered]

Yeah, some of them. That's what they've said anyway.

Hey, that sounds like a deal. Just. Careful what you say on this network. No knowing who's reading it. Even whoever brought us here could see it.

[lonered]

That's fine, but if that's the case, it's not just your death. That's the problem.

Others might not be thrilled at hearing the idea of them being dead called neat.

[murdery]

i don't get it. death happens to everyone. what's wrong with it?

[parodeity]

cool
we can meet by the well and then go somewhere less creepy
since thats the best landmark possible
say around noon?

[satanslash]

[Huh. He didn't even consider that a possibility. This being some sort of weird unexpected afterlife. He doesn't think it is, though, since as he mentioned he was alive last he recalled and the chances of him dying right then were very slim.] where im from it is im even training to be ... well. i was. training to be an exorcist. anyway i learned pretty fast when i got here that everyone is from different... worlds i guess? or versions of things? idk. ochako-chan said she was from japan but people there had 'quirks' or something like that? but im from japan and all i know about is demons

#000033

[whereabout]

If I'm dead, there's something very big unaccounted for in my memory. Last thing I have, I wasn't around anything that should've posed a threat.

[ Well, okay, he was just coming off of a daring lone infiltration/rescue mission against some very dangerous people, but they'd gotten clear, and the Glorious is kind of freaking huge, it's hard not to see it coming. ]