Rulling 17

[yamaxanadu]

[Action: outside 5724 Cunningham Lane; afternoon]

[Eiki was standing on the roof of her house as if she were standing in the ground. The wind around her tossed her skirt and hair to the side but other than that she seemed perfectly steady. It was about time she did this, in all honestly she wasn't sure why she hadn't done this sooner. While holding the Rod of Remorse she raises her arm up as if pointing the rod to heaven, shortly after doing this a large amount of energy is absorbed from her surroundings. It's almost as if a mist is formed around her and drawn into her before she begins. It's enough to be noticeable by anyone sensitive, but then she was generally noticeable by anyone sensitive normally.

After absorbing the energy she lowers the rod down in a swiping motion and expels energy, a much larger amount than what she had just absorbed. It's like a downward blast though without any physical interaction with objects. Around the house a light starts to form taking shape as if the property line was being drown out with a glowing pen of light. When the line completes itself light shoots upward forming a powerful wall, but only for a moment. The minute it becomes it's brightest, almost a blinding white light, it vanishes.

Eiki does nothing further other than take a look around the outside of the house before nodding to herself.]

That will do.

[Phone]

Every culture has different ideologies of what happens after death, however most of them are at least similar with the idea that the soul goes onto something either different or more. That the soul is not simply lost. Many cultures have beliefs that after death you will either be rewarded for doing things that were desirable, or punished for those considered undesirable while alive. I am curious if those here in this town have more varying beliefs when it comes to this system.

So I ask you all this: What do you think happens after you die?

Comments

Phone

[jumpsinline]

That's easy! I come back to life!

Phone

[yamaxanadu]

That is incorrect Yoshika Miyako.

[Can you hear the facepalm? Can you? Because it is totally there.]

First, though there is reincarnation that is not the same as coming back to life. Second you do not come back to life, you are a walking corps. There is a vast difference.

And before there is mention of this towns mechanics, [Not that she thinks Yoshika will mention it, but it's always good to cover as many obvious bases as possible.] that does not count.

[jumpsinline]

[ Yo, that's a great lecture, and she's... not gonna let Eiki finish, because after the first five words: ] Wha? You know my name??

Phone

[bread_goes_bip]

You know, I get that question a lot. The only answer I've really ever been able to give is: You find out.

Phone

[yamaxanadu]

True, that is a very appropriate answer. No matter what everyone will find out what fate has in store for them. But I was curious how people felt about it, or even if there was someone from a different system than my own.

Re: Phone

[bread_goes_bip]

It's my job to help people get from life to where they're going. What exactly it is... a lot of it depends on what they think it should be.

Phone

[sunnydwithagun]

I'm...honestly not sure. Is it wrong if I try not to think about death?

Phone

[yamaxanadu]

No, it is not wrong. But those who live tend to think about it a lot.

[sunnydwithagun]

That is true. There have been many times I should have died, but I live because of my friends and my willpower. I instead try to focus my thoughts on protecting the lives of those that have saved mine.

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[rosa_chinensis]

[She isn't entirely sensitive to such things but...

... Hey that's her house, too. She'll wait for Eiki to come back inside before she gives the questioning look... as she sets tea out on the table.]

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[yamaxanadu]

[The light show was at least obvious enough.

She doesn't miss a beat in answering that look, she had meant to explain it when she came in anyway.]

I placed a very strong barrier around this house. Barring any situations that may restrict my abilities, inside the lines of this property should be completely and one hundred percent safe.

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[rosa_chinensis]

That is... quite comforting, actually. [She gives a happy smile as she takes her seat with her tea]

Especially since I lack all those abilities people like yourself seem to enjoy.

Phone.

[tigerstriped]

You wake up.

Phone.

[yamaxanadu]

That is an interesting answer I've never heard before. Why do you say that?

[1st_superhero]

Well, it kinda depends...if you're a regular human, it kinda sucks because you just sit around in the underworld as a phantom who can't do anything. And if people forget to make you offerings, you get hungry after a while. It's really, really boring. Of course, there is a heaven and a hell and most people get reborn, but you only get sent there after your file is processed, but there's lots of red tape and so you usually have to wait in the sitting room for a couple hundred years before you get sent anywhere.

[Of course, half of this is his fault, seeing as how he's the judge of the dead and supposed to be the one processing the paperwork to speed up the process.]

But if you're an epic hero like me, the gods offer you a job and you get to be immortal and not die at all.

[yamaxanadu]

That is not dissimilar to my own world, however no one is required to wait for very long to be processed. All are judged as they arrive, all are sent to where they need to be later.

[The idea of anyone waiting that long is actually an insult to her sensibilities as a judge. Sure her ferryman tended to dawdle and wasn't the most on time, but at least the souls didn't have to wait months, let alone years!]

And are you good at your job?

[1st_superhero]

You must have some efficient judges then.

[The Gods in his world originally had no judge of the dead at all. The dead were left to find their own way to heaven, hell, or the next life on their own, or at the best with the guidance of Ereshkigal. The post, in the very first place, had been created as an afterthought so they could offer a job to Ninurta and Ninsun's offspring.]

Well...uh...I'm kinda on permanent paid vacation....You see, my job includes lots of paperwork and I have to be serious all the time, so in the end, I decided it was too boring and left.

Phone

[adropofjupiter]

You send me to hell.

But that's not important. Did you cast a barrier earlier?

Phone

[yamaxanadu]

Hell does not have to be your ultimate destination you know.

I did, it was about time I made my house as protected as possible.

[Phone]

[noluckduck]

I dunno, but apparently ghosts freakin' exist.

[Phone]

[yamaxanadu]

Is it that surprising to have them exist?

le phone

[capsizes]

[Unseen, Murasa flops on her couch with the phone pressed to her ear. If she's going to start this kind of conversation, she might as well get comfortable.]

I already know what happens, speakin' personally. But for everyone else, I'd say that good people go one place and bad people go somewhere worse. Seems like a more appealing idea than just getting reborn into a bee or something. Although a lot are into that idea too, I guess.

[Things Murasa Doesn't Say Around Her (Buddhist) Crew: #401]

That's probably why beliefs without some element of reward or punishment concernin' the afterlife are rare by comparison. We wanna believe that both the deserving and undeserving get what's comin' to them....though I guess you knew that already.

le phone

[yamaxanadu]

More often than not people are reincarnated several times before reaching the appropriate level to move onto a greater place.

I am quite aware of that, though it's not exactly how the system works. Despite people feeling Hell exists to punish sinners it does not. It exists so people will not sin in the first place.

Phone

[mayitlastforeve]

Oblivion.

Phone

[yamaxanadu]

And why do you say that?