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[awesmazings]

[Anyone who knows Jimmy at all might have noticed that he's been unusually absent from the Network lately. Ignoring new arrivals, and only talking to people sparingly- and it's always, always via text. In fact, Jimmy hasn't made a video post to the Network himself in several months, and it seems like that hasn't changed.

It's jarringly unusual behavior, but the sudden message that pops up on the Network this afternoon might be the most surprising thing of all, even moreso than the radio silence. No attempts at filtering, either.]

What do you think 'Hell' is?

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[lieutenantantichrist]

Jesus. How are you supposed to repent for whatever you did if you can't even remember it?

[Blake feels a strange, fascinated horror creep over him.]

Were you alone?

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[ajustcaws]

yeah it'd be THE WORST

i mean i'm not sure if it's just my corpse that would be reanimated or there'd still be a little bit of me there or what, but i don't want to find out

actually that's maybe what they're all talking about here i mean that sounds kind of hell........

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[awesmazings]

[That's exactly what he'd like to know, admittedly.]

um
i dont really know
i dont think so but i cant....remember
i just remember that before i lived in Miseryville, wherever i was had snow

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[awesmazings]

from what i understand
hell can be thought of as both a place, or like
something that's just really bad
like
"this thing that's happening is hell"

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[ajustcaws]

yeah i'm gonna say the undead thing would definitely be the latter. is there really supposed to be a place that's just kinda like... totally awful on every level, though? intentionally?

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[awesmazings]

there's supposed to be, yeah

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[lieutenantantichrist]

I mean in this hell place.

[Blake can't quite believe he's taking this seriously, but who's here to see?]

What's it like?

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[ajustcaws]

huh. kind of sounds like something you'd tell little kids to keep them from being bad.

don't steal your friend's cookies or you'll go to hell!! or something like that.

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[awesmazings]

it's uh
well, the sky is red. thats one of the first things i noticed that was different here...the sky's blue, not red
there are two suns, and the ocean is red too. it has different kinds of monsters living in it
there are lava worms living in the sand at the beach, and its really hot a lot of the time

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[awesmazings]

well
i dunno...
apparently you have to do something really bad to end up there

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[lieutenantantichrist]

[Blake is leaning close over is phone. Sweat is beginning to stand on his forehead.]

Were there demons there?

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[awesmazings]

[After the descriptions of demons he's been given, there's no real use in denying it anymore, is there?]

yeah. lots of them

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[ajustcaws]

...how bad are we talking, exactly...?

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[awesmazings]

like
i dunno
killing someone or something maybe
that kind of bad

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[crackpotcrocker]

Why where you asking?


....Heck! Why are speaking to me?

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[awesmazings]

i needed to know, that's all

[It's unlikely Crocker will be getting much more than that out of him, for multiple reasons.]

and...because you answered?

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[ajustcaws]

oh.

well, wait, isn't every warrior going there when they die? i mean i know of a bunch of people who have killed people.

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[awesmazings]

well maybe they dont count
i meant more like just killing somebody for no reason
an innocent person

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[ajustcaws]

...

i... actually might know someone like that, too... aw no, now i'm really worried!!!

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[awesmazings]

oh no no
please dont be worried
that wasnt my intention...

[rarestcandy]

buying more chocolate bars because they're all just so good i bet you can't have picked out a favorite yet

[awesmazings]

yeah thatll do it
as long as youre still selling them, ill keep buying them

[rarestcandy]

since i've got such a loyal customer feeling like doody, i can def spare another discount.

[awesmazings]

aw...thanks
i appreciate it

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[ajustcaws]

actually i thought about it a little more and he'd probably actually think it was pretty great.

he was just that kind of guy...