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[othersdie]

What do you believe happens to the dead once they leave the City?

I won't contest religious beliefs.


[Flagged to Dean // Open to Police Force Members and Affiliates]
I'd like to request a few days off, assuming no one else gets murdered. Please.


[ooc: Euphie left, she and Justin had a weird thing going on that was rather emotional, and Justin's dealing the only way he knows how that doesn't involve self-destructive habits he has outgrown, which is... thinking. (For those keeping score, he was already upset about Mara and the police force's lack of fixing things.)]

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voice;

[dignity_misery]

They're dead.

[She's dead. Blonde's dead. You're dead.]

voice;

[othersdie]

And?

voice;

[dignity_misery]

That's probably it. They're just dead.

voice;

[othersdie]

But what's it like?

voice;

[dignity_misery]

[Dead was dead. She remembers the vast empty of it, and she remembers being jerked back into a body, to this day she still feels the indignation of it.]

I don't really believe in all that eternal soul shit, Justin. Just brains in vats that shut off when they die. Maybe it's different in other worlds, but that's all there is in mine.

voice;

[othersdie]

Then it is different. That's it--proof that it's not the same for everyone. Good.

voice;

[dignity_misery]

[Sigh. She has no valid argument against that, honestly. It's half-hearted when she jibes,]

Does that make you feel better?

voice;

[othersdie]

Yes.

That must be awful for you, accidentally making someone feel better.

voice;

[dignity_misery]

It really does.

voice;

[othersdie]

Sorry. Do you have anything disheartening you'd like to add?

voice;

[dignity_misery]

I could probably think of something if you gave me a minute.

[She's joking. Really.]

voice;

[othersdie]

Take your time.

[He's not joking, but he does kind of like Carla. Or maybe like isn't the right word. With so many people leaving the City, any constant presence is appreciated.]

voice;

[dignity_misery]

['Like' probably isn't the right word.]

I could probably go with 'your friend is still gone either way,' that is what we're talking about, right?

[Why else would he ask. Not like it would be for himself.]

voice;

[othersdie]

[Yeah, no. Wrong word entirely.]

You could, and yes.

voice;

[dignity_misery]

Well, there you have it.

[Just in case you were missing that little dose of meaningless cruelty in your life.]

voice;

[othersdie]

Thank you.

[For being predictably awful.]

voice;

[dignity_misery]

You're welcome.

[It was nothing, really.]