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?

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[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

[toiletseat_girl]

Damn. So I guess losing one was no big deal.

Holy shit. No. No, I haven't.
Even crazy Amazon Jungle spiders don't get that big where I come from.

[abyssalarcana]

that one was supposed to be better than the rest but oh well
not everyone can live up to expectations all the time

anyway this rotating blade machine sounds very cool and that guy must have been eviscerated in a very messy way
talk about mistakes

[toiletseat_girl]

I guess so?
And it's not like you didn't have more of 'em.

It was gross.
Intestine parts everywhere.
Including on my coat. Which was rude.

[abyssalarcana]

oh yes the gore is all fun and exciting until it ruins nice clothes isnt it!
very early on when i was still learning i was taught a spell that is perfect for cleaning
gets bloodstains out of absolutely anything
if youre going to kill someone you might as well look good doing it right??

[toiletseat_girl]

It was my favorite, too.
Blue velvet. Hard to replace.
That would be useful.
Granted, I'm not expecting to get into anything too bloody here, but back home? Totally useful.

[abyssalarcana]

oh yes quite sad to lose a thing like that
and you must not have a tailor or seamstress to make you a new one?
what if you found someone supposed to die but told them youd keep them alive if they made you clothing forever

[toiletseat_girl]

That wouldn't work.
People are like milk.
Keep 'em past their due date and their souls spoil.

[abyssalarcana]

really??
even i learned something new about mortals if they work the same in my world as yours anyway
since i dont think we have reapers just essam and all its thousands of avatars i guess

[toiletseat_girl]

Yup. It's weird.
What's an essam?

[abyssalarcana]

the oldest of the gods of death
chasal and manat are also involved in some places i guess
another death god and a god of fate
but i dont really know how they all decide who lives who dies and when or maybe they dont
maybe its all a big sham

[toiletseat_girl]

Until I see proof of the afterlife?
I'm gonna assume most of it's just bells and whistles and bullshit.
Mostly bullshit.

[abyssalarcana]

where im from its real in the sense that when mortals die their souls go other places but i wouldnt call it afterlife
they do of course but theyre the only ones
for everyone else its just how things are

[toiletseat_girl]

Then where do they go?
Sounds like it would suck to be a mortal in your world.
You know, not knowing any better.

[abyssalarcana]

there is a lovely silver river named anahita that flows between the planes and the yugolothi boatmen take souls for payment to wherever essam marked them for
usually followers of gods go to the realms of those gods
people who lived well but who were not so devoted go to the ashen wastes
people who were corrupted by the devils go to join them in eternal torture
the ones who the rest refuse to claim are sent to the abyss
of course its not a perfect system because the anahita is greedy and some souls and boatmen are never seen again
and raiding the riverbanks and the wastes for free souls is always fun and often profitable

[toiletseat_girl]

So it's like a hierarchy and a free-for-all at the same time?
Sounds messy.
I know I'd get pissed if my soul was meant for one of the nice places and got stolen.
Probably not much they can do about it, though.