Superhell: Zeldagis

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I think it was less than a day.

[hardrocklife]

[.........

Zelgadis downs the remainder of his beer in one, long swig. Then, he reaches over and takes the other beer away from this three-day-old homunculus.]

You're not old enough to drink this yet.

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Oh.

[He watches it get taken and doesn't make any attempt to take it back.]

If you say so?

[Not that he can get any older.]

[hardrocklife]

[He takes a sip. His booze now. You can drink when you're twenty (days old).]

So what now? You're not exactly free, but you're out. Anything you were hoping to do once you got out of there?

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I didn't have many plans. I just... didn't want to die.

It looks like that failed.

[hardrocklife]

... Yeah.

You're in good company, at least. I think we all failed in that regard.

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That's true...

It's hard to know what I want in hell.

[hardrocklife]

Makes sense. It's a sort of cruel irony to only get to begin your life after you've already reached the afterlife.

... Have you given any thought to a name you want to go by?

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[Such is the cruelty of the afterlife?]

I've been given the names Micah and Cosmos. I like both of them.

[hardrocklife]

Not bad.

[At least neither of those sound like a name he'll regret forever.]

... My name is Zelgadis.

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Zelgadis.

[Quietly nods to himself. He will remember this.]