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[preachyrose]

This is not the afterlife I expected. Certainly there should be more than my achingly familiar room and a long, empty corridor outside. Where are the mountains, the trees

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[the_ironman]

Welcome to the Barge. You have questions? We have answers.

[preachyrose]

[After a small pause of...WTF is that on this journal?]

Barge? And who are..."we?"

[the_ironman]

We are the alien life forms that kidnapped you upon your untimely demise and brought you here, in space.

...that's a lie, actually, but I hope you can appreciate humor in your currently humorless situation. Have you ever heard of limbo, sweetheart?

[preachyrose]

Of course. Christian theory- specifically Catholic- that there is a place where the soul rests after death without being put in hell.

[painhumbles]

Sometimes the answers aren't helpful. At all.

[preachyrose]

Answers are far better than questions. I would prefer the former.

[painhumbles]

Well, Tony already stole the joke I was gonna make, but... Yeah. Welcome to Purgatory. It got moved to a boat. We're not sure why.

[the_ironman]

Thanks for lending me that shtick, Gabe. I appreciate that.

[preachyrose]

Death does not happen. I should not be here.

[preachyrose]

Bad? I was-am-but a schoolteacher.

[villageson]

Other people have probably answered most of your questions, but if they haven't, I'll tell you what I can.

Who's Cliodna?

Oh, and I'm 11-12. What's your name?

[preachyrose]

A goddess of beauty, the sea, and the afterlife.

And my name is Rose.

[villageson]

Like the flower? It's pretty.

So you're... an inmate?

[preachyrose]

Exactly like the flower. Most of the females on the island are named after flowers.

That is what I have been told.