Superhell: Lavi

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[HELP

Lavi wanders on over,]

Find anything interesting?

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... It's nothing helpful here.

[Mortality part two!]

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What were you trying to find? Something specific?

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... How to cope with your sudden mortality when you didn't know you were still able to be killed.

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[ah]

Oh, I know how to deal with that.

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Really? How?

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[wanders on over to sit next to him]

You talk about it with someone. Even better if they're coping with it too.

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... I was scared of dying, when I was alive, even though I wasn't alive for very long.

I wanted... to be able to experience things I never had before.

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That's pretty human of ya. Did you run away because you wanted to live?

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I didn't want to die.

[Yes.]

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What about now? Do you want to live again?

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The thing is... this feels like living to me. It would be nice to be alive, but I don't hate this either.

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[nods]

We can still breathe, eat, sleep... We've got a place to sleep and places to explore, people to talk to. I can think of worst versions of hell to be in.

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But if we can still die... then what happens to us?

Do you think it will be oblivion?

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I think it's possible. But I also think we could be sent somewhere else. I don't really have any evidence for either theory though.

It's definitely weird to die, go through this, and then die again. So maybe we aren't dead after all?

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If we aren't dead, then what do you think we are?

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Another dimension, inside our hearts... The second one happened to me once. Felt as real as anything.

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[He reaches up to touch his own chest.]

... Inside your heart? That can happen?

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Think of it like... [hm] Have you ever dreamed before?

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[Age: 0 days]

... I saw a fire when I was asleep last night.

[Unsure if this counts.]

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[0 days plus the days he was here, right??? RIGHT????]

Oh, I saw that too.

But nah, that wouldn't count as a dream.... Alright, forget the dream thing. Basically, I woke up in my "heart". Not the organ, but a place that was made up of me. It had my memories, my feelings, my insecurities... My fears too.

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[Do you keep aging when you're dead?????]

I don't have very many of those to use.

[But he does seem to be following.]

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[lavi would say yes]

You've got desires, yeah? That should be enough. The heart felt as real as anything. I could get hurt there, and it looked normal at first glance. I figured that this place was a version of it at first.

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[Huh...]

What made you think this place wasn't your heart?

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[thinks]





It's too weird......