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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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[awesmazings]

do you know why you were there?

i mean

why you could see it? ...did you do something to make that happen?

[awesmazings]

i dunno.

im asking something and not telling everyone why.

thats why i guess. its not fair to everyone else.

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[scratchitti]

You don't KNOW?

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[awesmazings]

I know.

I just dont know what to say. Im sorry.

Its....hard to explain.

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[exeggutorhead]

[...well this just got more interesting.]

what, the fire and brimstone and pitchforks hell?

so what you're after is to figure out if you're a dead person who used to be really awful, am I right?

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[stitchedupbodyguard]

[Hard to explain? Wonderful, that means it's probably the worst kind of thing.

At least, that's what she believes.]

It's, uh ,okay.

But, if you want to try and explain, you can. Fran always says that's supposed to help.

[Even though Veronica never took her up on her offer.]

[awesmazings]

lots of things

sugar free candy is bad but

there's worse

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[awesmazings]

i didnt know what Hell was when i got here

i just told you that

i still barely know what it is

thats whyim asking

im really confused and trying to figure this out and im not getting a single straight answer from anybody but its all mostly the same

terrible place where terrible people go when they die and are made miserable for all eternity because they were such terrible people

right. is that right

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[voidedrogue]

[ Welp that sure was not her intention. She can tell she must have effed up somewhere based on that response, though. ]

ok im not an expert
but that kinda sounds like more than just wonderin
whats got your pants in a bunch

[rarestcandy]

yeah i guess

like it might be sugar free candy but at least it's still candy

go to a place with no candy and that's way worse. thinking about all those worse things can't be healthy though, you know?

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[awesmazings]

thats right.

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[awesmazings]

[Just....going to lock the rest of this, just in case.]

i want to

figure out exactly what Hell is supposed to be

like what other people think it is, compared to what ive been told it is

its bothering me that i dont know.

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[scratchitti]

That's the idea, though it's different in other cultures. Like, in Shinto everyone goes to the same place regardless of how they lived.

So basically you think you're dead and being punished. But if I remember right if you were being punished you'd know why, otherwise it's not punishment for the sins you committed. You can't repent if you don't know what you did, basically.

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[awesmazings]

[WHY DID HE MAKE A POST if he was just going to lock all the responses oh well here we go.]

what you said just then
like about what Hell is supposed to be like
thats what ive been told it is too
and that worries me that you said exactly what they did

[awesmazings]

what if you can't get away from the worst thing, though?

like what if you had to live with sugar free candy for the rest of your life

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[exeggutorhead]

do you remember anything from before you were in this place?

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[awesmazings]

i

i guesso. i dont really know.

i cant...i cant remember. i cant remember anything.

[It's terrifying all of a sudden, not knowing. All his life he didn't know he might have had something to remember.]

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[scratchitti]

Well youre not alone on that. I don't remember jack before I 'died' either.

The important question is: were you being punished? Were you being poked with forks or whatever it is demons do?

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[voidedrogue]

was
was i supposed to say something different?

if youre worried about like dying and ending up there
well one youre not dying its not allowed
two im sure you wouldnt end up anyplace like bad or something

and really if hell is a legit thing it prob is like
android hell
like for bad robots
so

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[stitchedupbodyguard]

[Oh.

That doesn't mean good things.]

Really?

[She couldn't imagine why someone would do something like that.]

Well, people have a lot of different ideas on what Hell is supposed to be. I don't know how much help that will be.

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[awesmazings]

no. i cant remember anything.

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[awesmazings]

well

the ruler of my town's job is to make everyone miserable all the time

thats what he does

so i dont know

[rarestcandy]

well...

at least you wouldn't need a dentist ever?

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[scratchitti]

were you? Miserable?

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[awesmazings]

[.....oh.]

no no its

okay. youre fine.

um

its not that. exactly.

[There's a pretty long pause, here, before he says anything else.]

i think im already there, roxy