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raisedinabox) wrote2011-11-21 03:34 am
raisedinabox) wrote2011-11-21 03:34 am
24 Sulk sulk sulk
Did anyone else get much chance to talk to the locals in that port? I couldn't help but find it ironic that their afterlife consisted of a seemingly endless journey towards an ephemeral end point.
[Jim sounds more or less calm, but there's a slight sharpness to his tone, as if something about this port left him feeling... just kind of generally unhappy.]
When I died, I was expecting my entire existence to come to an end. I find it... troubling that apparently spending your time embarking on futile tasks and endless journeys is a running theme when it comes to what happens after death, instead. Still, I suppose this place makes a lot more sense as a surreal punishment, than as a genuine attempt at creating some kind of reformation process.
[He sighs a slight sigh, before adding:]
And I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that a chewed up dog toy doesn't actually have any known use when it comes to spaceship repair?
[Jim sounds more or less calm, but there's a slight sharpness to his tone, as if something about this port left him feeling... just kind of generally unhappy.]
When I died, I was expecting my entire existence to come to an end. I find it... troubling that apparently spending your time embarking on futile tasks and endless journeys is a running theme when it comes to what happens after death, instead. Still, I suppose this place makes a lot more sense as a surreal punishment, than as a genuine attempt at creating some kind of reformation process.
[He sighs a slight sigh, before adding:]
And I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that a chewed up dog toy doesn't actually have any known use when it comes to spaceship repair?
Private
Is that what you think this place is then? Purgatory?
Re: Private
No. At... where I'm from. I'm stuck. It's the closest thing to purgatory I can imagine.
Re: Private
You're stuck.
[Pause]
Is that what your deal is for then?
Re: Private
No. My deal is to keep the boys safe. That's why I'm stuck in the first place. I never finished protecting them... I told you that whole story.
Private
Ah, yes. I remember. I guess if saving them releases you as well, then that's the sensible choice to make.
Re: Private
I don't know whether it will. But I am an old man, they are young boys, and I have a duty to complete to them.