Video 4 - George's room

[toiletseat_girl]

[the video opens on George, sitting on the edge of her bed with her legs crossed. she looks curious, but also a little sheepish as what she's about to ask is . . . personal.

no, she's not asking for flirting advice again.

that was one time.

stop looking at her like that.

no, this time what she's asking is even weirder]

So, uh, I was kind of wondering. How many people here died before they came here? And how many are now immortal?

I was just. Wanting to know?

Comments

[abyssalarcana]

it doesnt sound like you ever needed permission

[toiletseat_girl]

No, we really didn't.
If you didn't take the soul, it would stay in the body.
And they'd be aware of shit happening to it.
Including autopsies.

[abyssalarcana]

thats amazing
imagine the possibilities! soul stuck in body while being tortured! soul stuck in body while body is possessed and they have to watch as the rider kills all their friends and family!
ok but what happens if the soul is trapped in the body but the body is destroyed

[toiletseat_girl]

[...YIKES]

I guess that's all possible?
You have to find a big enough piece to pull the soul out of.
Preferably a head.

[abyssalarcana]

[Quality entertainment!]

right so what happens to the soul if there isn't anything left like what if you boil the body in a vat of acid or drop them in molten magma do they become a ghost or something
can you see a disembodied soul

[toiletseat_girl]

[the possession one was especially YIKES worthy]

Um. I don't know?
I guess that person's just SOL.
Yeah, I can see them until they enter the afterlife.

[abyssalarcana]

so you could see one whose body was destroyed but couldnt do anything with it if you didnt have part of the body?
unusual limitation but every world has its flaws

[toiletseat_girl]

Oh. No.
No, you have to take the soul to be able to see them.
Otherwise, you're screwed.
They're screwed.
Whatever.

[abyssalarcana]

huh ok
so question
are you grim reaper types the only ones who can do this sort of thing where youre from

(cw: suicide mention)

[toiletseat_girl]

Yes.
Back home, there was a group of five of us counting me.
We were assigned to murders, suicides, and accidents in the Seattle area.

[abyssalarcana]

do you separate souls at all into categories or does everyone have their own personal afterlife or something

[toiletseat_girl]

Everything looks personalized from the outside.
No idea what it's like on the inside.

[abyssalarcana]

right
very interesting all of it
never heard of anything quite like it before

[toiletseat_girl]

Most people haven't.
My world seems to be weird when it comes to death.

[abyssalarcana]

since you deal with souls and afterlifes maybe you also know
do you have multiple worlds where you come from or is it just the one

[toiletseat_girl]

So far as I know, we just have the one.
I could be wrong, though.
Management wasn't big on volunteering information.

[abyssalarcana]

do you have: elves gnomes dragons undead fairies devils demons merfolk angels
in your world?
or just lots of humans

[toiletseat_girl]

No to all of those.
It's just humans, humans, humans as far as the eye can see.
With the occasional Reaper.

[abyssalarcana]

booooring
if you ever get home i hope you at least try to have fun with it
i gave some excellent suggestions!

[toiletseat_girl]

I know, right?
Well, some of the ways that people died were funny.
Gross, but funny.
Pro Tip: don't try to fix a lawn mower when its blades are on your chest.

[abyssalarcana]

that sounds grim but whats a lawn mower
do you have horses and cattle with BLADES??? i had a spider with blades but i had to execute it as a public example of failure

[toiletseat_girl]

It's this machine you use to cut grass so it's all even. It has this circular set of blades under it.
Nope and nope. No cars with blades, either.
Yeah? How'd it fuck up?

[abyssalarcana]

i see well i dont even have grass
but the people who do just graze it i think or maybe they hire peasants to cut it
um we had a big important artifact to recover, angels stole it probably millions of years ago maybe and broke it but we found a piece
anyway the spider was shit at its job and wasted a lot of my time because i had to resummon it when it got banished instead of focusing on the fight
it made a lot of mistakes under pressure maybe who knows but I had Tugur rip off its head when we all got back home
keeps the fear in them you know

[toiletseat_girl]

[...wut]

I guess that's one way to deal with a fuck up.
And you have more spiders with blades?

[abyssalarcana]

thousands

oh i should clarify though
have you ever seen a spider with a 14 foot span from front legs to back