Nineteeth Hex-[Written]

[hisdarkmark]

[Several ink splotches appear on the page at first, almost like Draco's just hovering over it trying to think of what to write. When he does write though, the writing's messier than his usual, scrunched up and sort of hurried.]Tell me about death on your worlds. Homes. Whatever. Is it the end? Do you get a second chance? Or are you sent to

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[inabook]

[hisdarkmark]

I didn't think so...most places they don't return.

So tell me, Estelle, what are your beliefs on it then?

[inabook]

[hisdarkmark]

And then when it happens? It's not as though most people can come back and tell you in the first place. I'm not sure if it's a better place, but it's something different rather.

...what about death here?

[Written]

[cruxofapotter]

[There are a few splotches and scribbles, like Harry tried to write a response and couldn't think of anything.]

Does it really matter what death is like elsewhere when Luceti cheats it?

[Written]

[hisdarkmark]

Have you ever known me to actually ask something that didn't matter?

[Written]

[cruxofapotter]

Do you really want an answer to that?

[Written]

[hisdarkmark]

Sure. Why the bloody hell not. Enlighten me.

[Written] Pinged by death, what

[captain_in_you]

Unless there are... extraordinary circumstances, death is the end. There's nothing afterward.

[Written] Because death is an important topic for half of luceti it seems

[hisdarkmark]

Define extraordinary circumstances. Unless it's one of those situations you can't explain, in which case I'll have to ask how you know there's really nothing afterward.

[Written]

[captain_in_you]

Extraordinary circumstances being something like... not being able to die permanently, which doesn't really count as an afterlife, I'd think.

Back home, we'd found an alien device which brought people back briefly. Two minutes, at most. All of the people we tried it on said there was nothing afterward, that it was all darkness. [Jack won't go into too much detail on that, as Torchwood had royally fucked up everything having to do with the resurrection gloves, including bringing one of his own friends back into a living-dead state.]

[Written]

[hisdarkmark]

Sounds more awkward than anything. One of those situations where you'd ask to be put out of your misery.

...I'm sorry, did you just say you found this device? As in it was pre-made by someone else? I suppose that's more than enough proof. Isn't there any way to improve it though to make it last more than two minutes?

[written]

[rygdea]

[This guy is just as moody as that jerk with the spear, but Rygdea was sort of pinged by the topic of death.]

You're a real ray of sunshine, aren't you? Anyway, thanks for the cheery welcome. I am sure the feeling is mutual from us new folks, but let me answer your question real quick.

I don't there's a second chance granted to anyone after dying, at least not in my belief. In short, I sorta believe our spirits will ascend or something like that to another plane of reality, but it's not a second chance by far. Once you're dead, you're dead. There's no undoing that or at least I did thought that before coming here.

In Cocoon, it's many claim that your soul meets with the Goddess, but I doubt it. Deities wouldn't care about us little mortals.

[written]

[hisdarkmark]

After a while, all of your faces and names seem to blend into one another, so if one of you manages to stand out? Then you'll get a proper greeting.

The problem is that you're not exactly dead here, are you? Unless you're dead back wherever you came from because in that case you'll fit in with a portion of the population. If it's not a second chance though, what's the point of moving to another plane? Considering that there really aren't many facts about the way death works, I suppose it's an opinion that I might be interested in hearing.

You lost me at 'Cocoon' and 'the Goddess.' Elaborate?

[written]

[rygdea]

Again, you're real piece of work.

Anyway, I am dead or rather I'm damn sure I died. I'm not sure what to think about this place or my situation, but it could be a hell of a lot worse.

If death allowed people to have second chances, then it wouldn't be the so-called end for mortals like us. When you're dead, you're gone. You lose your spot in the world, you lose everything except for your thoughts. Your thoughts or subconsciousness might still exist, but you aren't alive anymore. I mean, ever heard of the saying of 'living through the memories of others'? It's something like that I guess.

I'm probably not making any sense...

By the way, Cocoon is the place I'm from and the Goddess is called 'Etro'. In my world, everyone believes Etro harvests the souls of the dead or something of that nature.

[written]

[hisdarkmark]

I'll take that as a compliment.

...ah. Well that changes the validity of your statement just a bit then. It could be worse, but if you don't mind being revived and put through the ringer for the entertainment value of some freakshows we've never really met, then this is the place for you.

What about reincarnation? Or the existence of ghosts and spirits and the like? If that happens or whatever, do you still lose your spot in the world? Really I shouldn't be asking questions that have little to nothing for factual basis. I've heard something similar to it, but it's not the same as not entirely crossing over. Like right now. Where does it leave you if you're dead at home but alive here?

I'm making about as much sense as you are, I think, but you're one of the few people to respond with somewhat solid proof. I'm still sorting it out.

I won't even comment on the strangeness of the name itself. Is Etro real, or is she a legend like most other Gods and Goddesses?

[ written ] because i said i would...

[hippocraticly]

Well, I doubt it's anything as flamboyant back home as it is in this place. I'm not going to be in a hurry to find out either.

[ written ] sarah <33 bah, caught me right as I was heading for bed

[hisdarkmark]

Flamboyant in the fact that people can come back to life here, or flamboyant in the way that it's never a clean or quiet death?

[ written ] <333 and right as I have to go to work

[hippocraticly]

A little bit of both. Death is death in whatever way you to chose to go; you don't skirt around and cheat. I don't agree with their methods.

[ written ] <333 Mehh hurrah for opposite timezones. have fun with that~

[hisdarkmark]

The thing is if they kept all of those who died here dead, they'd run out of valuable test subjects. Maybe that's just a theory I have, or maybe they're just not creative enough to think of anything to do with the bodies and all. Besides, this place would be even more disgusting than it already is if we had corpses suddenly turning up. Burying them only helps for so long.