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

[messianic]

[... Hm.]

You're here right now, right?

So... maybe there's more hope than you think.

[So long as you're breathing, there's more that can be done, right?]

[lonered]

Maybe. Even if there's not though, doesn't change anything. I'm gonna fight as long as I'm still breathing. Maybe longer.

[messianic]

Definitely longer.

[Oh.]

Maybe there's a way to make sure you can go home...and make it out okay. So long as you're breathing, there are lots of possibilities, right? I think so, anyway.

[lonered]

Maybe. I suppose anything is possible or something like that. That's the saying, right?

But.

I guess I'm not sure I'd take the chance. If doing something like that would stop my ship from taking out the barrier. I wouldn't trade my life for my friends' lives. The universe needs them.

[messianic]

I think I understand... still, maybe there's a way for both you and them to be safe. Right now, it feels like there are a lot of possibilities in a place like this.

[Bleak as it may be.]

[lonered]

Maybe.

Hey. It'd be pretty great to stay alive. I can't pretend otherwise.

[messianic]

That's the spirit.

[Really, what else can he say at this point...?]

Until we know for sure otherwise...let's hope for the best.

[lonered]

Hope, huh?

All right. Let's hope for the best.

[messianic]

Sounds good to me. My name's Minato, by the way. I know the color codes are kind of hard to tell people by.

[lonered]

Yeah. I can't even remember "mine" yet.

I'm Keith.

[messianic]

Nice to meet you. Guess I'll leave you be for now.

[lonered]

Yeah, likewise.

Later.