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[big_googoo_eyes]

[a voice post, it sounds like some of it was cut off]

--ttles it. I'm dead. I mean, I have to be dead. The last thing I remember was that column and...Come on Meg, get it together...

[there's a pause and an intake of breath, an annoyed sigh]

...yeah, pretty much nothing after that. Great. I died like I lived, like a damsel in distress. At least I

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Voice;

[child_radical]

Hades? As in Lord of the Dead, Hades?

And just when I thought I heard just about everything here in this place.

Voice;

[big_googoo_eyes]

Bingo.

[wait a sec that was a disembodied voice holy crap where did that come from. There's some white noise and the sound of her walking around, trying to figure out who the heck just spoke.]

Uh...wait, I mean...what? Who's there?

Voice;

[child_radical]

A long term resident of the place you're in. Welcome to The City, you might as well enjoy your stay now since it's for the most part permanent.

Voice;

[big_googoo_eyes]

Yeah and you're...where? I'm not exactly comfortable talking to voices without a body, y'know.

[more walking, she steps near the device]

The City...creative name choice. I'm sorry but how the heck did I get here oh Disembodied-One. The dead get checked into the Underworld, not some poorly named place.

[Voice]

[theshockvalue]

....of all the weekends to make someone new show up here...good job, City...

Um, don't know if you're dead or not, but I do know you're not wherever you think you should be. Follow the sound of my voice.

[Voice]

[big_googoo_eyes]

...now that doesn't sound creepy at all.

[Voice]

[theshockvalue]

Never said it didn't, but I'm trying to help. My name's Brennan.

[Voice]

[big_googoo_eyes]

[she's still walking towards his voice anyway]

Well Brennan is this place full of voices or am I just going crazy?

[voice]

[mis_match]

Hello, miss, and welcome to the City. My name is Emma Woodhouse. How may I assist you?

[voice]

[big_googoo_eyes]

Well Emma, if you can tell me what I'm supposed to do that would be great.

[voice]

[mis_match]

[There's no need to take that tone with her, miss! There's a definite trace of forced cheer in Emma's voice.]

The first step, of course, is to get yourself settled. If you stop by the Welcome Center, we can help you with funds, lodging, and acclimation. May I inquire as to your name?

[voice]

[big_googoo_eyes]

[Meg knows forced cheer when she hears it, but honestly she's covering up her helplessness with a bitchy attitude and doesn't care.]

Because I want to settle here.

It's Megara. My nonexistant friends call me Meg. It's easier, rolls just right off the tongue.

[reignforever]

...Hades. Interesting.

[big_googoo_eyes]

He only thinks he's interesting.

[reignforever]

I'm sure he's at least somewhat interesting. Most deities are.

Not that that means you have to like any of them.

[big_googoo_eyes]

Trust me, once you get to know them deities are just like us mortals. They just happen to not die and get to act all high-and-mighty, even though Hades is the lowest of the low...literally.

Trust me, I don't plan on liking any deity.

[playstheblues]

You might be dead. Do you feel cold?

[big_googoo_eyes]

Now that you mentioned it...

[there's a pause]

If I was dead I'd be floating around in the Underworld. I wouldn't have gotten dragged to this place. That's not how things work.

[playstheblues]

Sometimes dead people end up here. But most people come through alive.

[big_googoo_eyes]

So if I remember dying, that means I'm probably dead, right? Is that how it works?

Ugh. What a creepy thought. I'm already not a fan of this place.