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

Comments

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.

[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.

[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?

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.

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?

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.

@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!!!!!

[ ... ]

un:thefool

[mollymocks]

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

un: 46

[cranekin]

This isn't the afterlife.

(He is very certain of this fact.)

[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

[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.]

[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

[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?

[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: gebura

[bemist]

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

[coolerjunpei]

oh, i know that one.

[He's intimately familiar with the "I'll just die, this is a fine choice to make right here and now" line of thinking, not that he suspects this person was also stuck in a Saw trap with loved ones as context-- still. Maybe this guy didn't have people to scold him out of his bullshit on time...

But that would be Prying, so instead,]

why? there are so many of us, it could just be random bad luck.

[lockingout]

[ Too personal... It is, and it isn't. Thinking on it, Lockon decides that he'd rather discuss this with a stranger in the same position than with anybody he has a genuine emotional connection to. ]

It's fine. Personal or not, it can't hurt to compare notes.

I remember being injured and feeling like I was going to lose consciousness any second. I was bracing for the end and I don't recall anything after that. Don't know if that's how dying's meant to feel - only done it once, and all.

[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?

[petsthedog]

the hell's that supposed to mean?

[icanfixer]

I DO NOT STAY DEAD

[ ............... ]

[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.]

[petsthedog]

you sound sure about that
how do you know?

1/3 maybe?

[petsthedog]

[what the fuck]

[petsthedog]

what the fuck??

3/4

[petsthedog]

you're fucking with me