text; un: aragaki

[petsthedog]

[Alright. He didn't want to be the first one to bring this up, but now that there's already been some Nonsense™ involving (attempted?) murder, he might as well.]

so how sure are any of us that we're actually alive here anyway
i dunno bout anyone else but i was definitely about to bite the big one before i woke up on that train
and if people don't actually remember it if they try to kill someone or when they're about to die here maybe it's because we're already dead and this is some kind of fucked up afterlife

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un: junpei

[coolerjunpei]

i give it like an 80 percent sure. 80, 85. that's like a "B," right? good enough to not have a complete breakdown about it! for now.

i mean, the last thing i was doing before waking up on the train was standing around in the desert... really specifically left all the "oh shit about to die" stuff behind.

[......And, ah,]

sorry though, about whatever happened to you.

[petsthedog]

don't worry about it
i knew what i was doin

guess that's fair enough though

[Shinjiro could possibly consider a few ways this guy might still be dead, but he's not here to give u a breakdown sir. It's just. Weird. He's having a weird time being alive after everything that happened. He was supposed to be done.]

still makes it even more weird if they went through the effort to save my ass before dumping me in this place

[willtheunwise]

There was shit going down where I was from but it wasn’t actively killing us at the time, I was pretty safe for the time being as far as I’m aware.

[petsthedog]

that 'far as i'm aware' bit seems to be a real sticking point around here

[It's possible that everyone here is dead, and don't remember their deaths, like that person on the network. But then, why would he remember? Shouldn't he have at least lost the time leading up to Amada calling him out to that alley? None of it adds up.]

[abit_ofboth]

I am fairly certain I was in the midst of dying when I woke up on the train, so I tend to agree, though I have spoken with some who were not in the midst of death, not even unconscious as it were. Strange but true.

Also, what is all this I keep hearing about murder? It is all over this network, but it all sound theoretical? Did someone actually die?

[petsthedog]

weird
it'd be one thing if nobody remembered, or everybody did, but only some of us?
still dunno why they'd put in the effort to save us before kidnapping us

did your stupid survey thing say some bullshit about how death was coming too?

also, no idea. wasn't there
it could all just be elaborate bullshit but it would make sense if it were true

un: stratos, private;

[lockingout]

Been assured by others that they've never been better. For their sake, I'd really like to believe it, too.

Kind of reassuring to hear I'm not the only ghost, though.

[petsthedog]

grats to us on bein the genuine article in the ghost town, i guess

tell me to fuck off if its too personal, but how much do you remember about dyin?

un: gepard

[def]

I'm very certain I am.
If this was truly an afterlife of sorts, would there not be more individuals prior to us brought in?

[petsthedog]

maybe there were and they're gone by now
don't a lot of religious people believe in shit like that, some place where you wait to get judged or whatever?

un: The Seventh Crown of the Seventh Demon King

[unrequite]

I would have died in my sleep, then. I wouldn't be terribly surprised, I suppose, but it would have been slightly before my expiration date.

[petsthedog]

[Honestly give him a moment here, he's distracted by that mouthful of a username. Did you cut yourself on that edge, buddy ...]

there's a lotta ways i could take that and none of em are exactly encouraging
let's take it from the top, though
why wouldn't you be surprised if you died in your sleep, exactly?

@DONQUIXOT3

[icanfixer]

I WAS WELL AND ALIVE WHEN I RETIRED TO MY ROOM
THOUGH IT WOULD NOT HAVE MATTER IF I HAD DIED PRIOR TO THE TRAIN!!!!!

[ ... ]

[petsthedog]

the hell's that supposed to mean?

un:thefool

[mollymocks]

see i thought of that but why would we die again if we were already dead
seems like insult to injury

[petsthedog]

why not
seems like the kind of thing gods or whatever might do

[He's never really believed in gods or an afterlife, no more than the cultural level of visiting shrines on New Years' and such, but it's hard to argue with being here after he definitely remembers dying.]

un: 46

[cranekin]

This isn't the afterlife.

(He is very certain of this fact.)

[petsthedog]

you sound sure about that
how do you know?

un: gebura

[bemist]

died once
things changed well before i came here though
but it seems like that wasn't the case for everyone

[petsthedog]

[everything happens so much. he's so tired.]

are
are you tellin me you came from a different afterlife

un: d.larusso; private

[miyagimagic]

[ Okay, sure, Daniel is pretty sure he wasn't actually dying back home, even if it sure felt like it for a moment.

But reading the words unsettles him a little bit anyway, like maybe this message on here is right. Maybe everything went too far, maybe he is dead?

.. He doesn't want to think about it. And when Daniel doesn't want to think about something, there's always only one strategy - turning his concern around towards the other person. ]

Are you alright?

[ Look, considering what Shinjiro wrote, it's a very valid concern! And since he figures it might be personal, it feels better to send a private message.. ]

[petsthedog]

[Huh. This one's...different? Shinjiro's not really sure what to make of this particular message, in this context, honestly.]

how do you mean?
obviously i ain't dead now so
if you're worried i'm upset or something, i already told the other guy i'm fine with it
things ended up the way they had to

text | un: ouroborosed

[inlovewithmycar]

It's not an afterlife, I can guarantee that. You are all very much alive for the various given measures of 'alive' that exist.

We captives are a diverse lot, so it's a bit of a spectrum.

[petsthedog]

wanna share with the class how you can guarantee that, exactly

[If this one's an actual shinigami he's gonna mclose it, he swears.]

un: stray

[kampfgeist]

pretty sure

[ yes he is confident and yes this is all he has to say on the matter ]

[petsthedog]

[How...helpful...]

how come?

[pls don't say you're immortal. he's very tired.]

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[aceslow]

I'd be lying if I said I didn't consider the possibility. Especially after our meeting.

[ Sorry, Shinji. You were Case Number One when it came to the Probably Dead Club. ]

I've asked practically everyone I've met what they last remember to test the theory. It doesn't hold up.

Or if it does, that would mean a shocking amount of sudden fatal heart attacks among a fairly young and healthy population.

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[petsthedog]

seems like me and a couple others are the exception, yeah
gotta add a little authenticity to your ghost town, i guess
good news for everyone else though

[Especially people with things to urgently get home to, he supposes. He doesn't begrudge anyone that, even as it leaves him a bit at a loss for what to do with himself in the meantime as others chase a way back.]

@vogel

[halbird]

[ looking at don quixote up there so tiredly...... the company secrets, please, the compan—

—it's fine. well, this is awkward for many reasons beyond that, but it's fine. ]

I'm... not dead.

[ and as he begins to type "but I know someone who should be" he pauses, dials that back, backspacebackspacebackspacebackspaces that second sentence to send, instead: ]

There's other people here who have died, but they don't remember it.
Um. Maybe this isn't a useful question, but are you... okay?
I'm sorry.

[ he just— feels like he has to say that. because dying isn't fun, he Knows. ]

[petsthedog]

[This makes the third time someone's expressed sympathy or concern toward his death, and on his own end, he sighs -- a little more harshly than necessary.]

i'm fine
it wasn't some sudden thing, i was ready for it

what do you mean they don't remember it, though?
they came back but didn't remember dyin, like that person in the anonymous post?
or more like their memories don't even go up to the part where they would've died?

[The person who reached out to him privately seems to be a similar case to the latter, although he does remember.]

un: dynamight

[apshot]

I definitely remember the feeling of dying.

[ So this whole thing is kind of unnerving him - and that's not something that's easily accomplished with Katsuki. ]

[petsthedog]

seems like there's at least a few of us like that
still not sure if it means we actually survived though

[And another message sent out privately, out of respect for the person who reached out to tell him this:]

one guy said other people from his future told him he was definitely dead

[So...branching timelines scifi shit is another possible option??? He is very tired.]

un: summer

[killed]

No. I can't think of how I would have died before coming here, though it's possible that I've simply forgotten it.

If it's not an afterlife, would that mean that this place saved you from death?

sorry for the delay!!

[petsthedog]

it's not impossible, i guess
either of those things
though apparently that's not saying much with this place

text, un: displayname

[strongroots]

dead or not dead, were still stuck here
dont people think theyre from different years? doesnt make sense if they died recently
not that anything does

but i dont think id want to deal with that and showing up here

[ a.k.a condolences dude ]

huge apologies for the delay!!!

[petsthedog]

yeah i dunno
even people who know each other are from different times around here
different universes are startin to look like a serious possibility
which is some bullshit i really wasn't expecting when i first asked

can't say bein dead & kidnapped is any worse than just kidnapped though
i mean you guys have shit to get back to
what's the worst case scenario for me, right

@osamudazai

[nullificates]

it's a boring death if so

[petsthedog]

[???]

most usually are
the flashy shit usually just happens in the movies