[Voice Post] The first, but not the last

[i_am_an_oilman]

[harsh breathing, ragged breaths coming out of whomever is at the terminal]

I'm-- what? Where-- where am I? What is this thing in front of me? It has letters on it. Like a typewriter?

This place-- ha. Am I in Hell, then?

Have I been plucked from there only to wind up here?

Well. That would be different.

I suppose...

I suppose I really am finished.

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[pridefulness]

You are in Purgatorium.

[i_am_an_oilman]

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[Voice recording clicks on]

Oh. There's that light again. A reply? From someone? A fellow prisoner here?

Purgatory? Limbo?

Ha. Ha ha ha. A chance at redemption, is that it?

[pridefulness]

I wouldn't call myself a prisoner, no. I am, however, a resident here.

Redemption is the idea, for those who choose to seek it.

[Voice]

[i_am_an_oilman]

I see...

Maybe Eli wasn't as much of a false prophet as I painted him to be.