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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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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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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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well

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

thats what he does

so i dont know

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were you? Miserable?

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no. i mean.

sometimes id have a bad day but

i guess everybody does.

but i wasnt miserable. i was happy living there.


i like it here, but i miss home too.

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hell is what you make it. just like life. don't worry about it.

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[...]

dont

worry about it?

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Everything you're worried about is hearsay. MAYBE it's hell. MAYBE you're dead.

Or maybe you're thinking too hard. youre not being punished, you're happy in this Miseryville. I mean I KNOW I forgot stuff but you don't even know if you had a life before that or not. What does finding out get you anyways? If you're happy screw the details.

you dont come off like an asshole, so stop telling yourself you must HAVE been, it doesn't matter NOW

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i never thought about it that way.

...

what's your name? ..im jimmy.

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[scratchitti]

[...shit, he didn't mean to get this invested]

neku

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[TOO LATE.]

thank you for answering, neku

i dont know how much it gonna help, but.

...thank you anyway.

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[scratchitti]

like I said, not gonna ruin my day either way.

[oh really neku, oh really]

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yeah, i guess not

still though. gives me a different way to think about it, i guess