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how does he sign up to go to superhell instead of regular hell because that place sucked
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too much candy gonna rot your soul - crau3 pcs: alex
Well, I'm a bad judge for that. I liked the creepy place. [ kind of joking, but this is true... ]
Still. It's like the difference between Heaven and Hell. One side gets all the easy comforts, uh, murder aside. But you were stuck in the dregs.
Still. It's like the difference between Heaven and Hell. One side gets all the easy comforts, uh, murder aside. But you were stuck in the dregs.
[ a bit of a laugh. ]
Yeah, well, touring it and living in it for eight weeks are very different experiences. That bathroom situation was dire.
But yeah, it's kind of like that.
[ actually a lot like that, heaven is less impressive than he was expecting. ]
And then home is something different altogether.
[ very mixed feelings because he loves his home more than he'd like to admit and he misses it but god is it ever holding him back. ]
Yeah, well, touring it and living in it for eight weeks are very different experiences. That bathroom situation was dire.
But yeah, it's kind of like that.
[ actually a lot like that, heaven is less impressive than he was expecting. ]
And then home is something different altogether.
[ very mixed feelings because he loves his home more than he'd like to admit and he misses it but god is it ever holding him back. ]
[ that's so funny. she thinks heaven is so good? it has forests and a beach? hell just has grungy bars and lava. but she nods, because that's fair. a little tour is different from being trapped.
home, though... ]
Different how?
home, though... ]
Different how?
[ you should be able to have anything you want just poof right into your hand!!! and why can you get injured there?!
anyway. he takes a long drink before attempting to explain this one. ]
...We've lived in the same house our entire lives, with a lot of the same people in the neighborhood who look almost exactly the same now as they did then.
It's... living in a cartoon, basically.
[ which may or may not be a groundbreaking revelation at this point after the memshares and AUs. ]
And we can't change our characters too much or go through anything too serious that isn't the setup for a joke. Like, pretty much any crazy shit you can imagine can happen there, it just can't have any lasting impact that would make us veer too far out of character in the long run.
anyway. he takes a long drink before attempting to explain this one. ]
...We've lived in the same house our entire lives, with a lot of the same people in the neighborhood who look almost exactly the same now as they did then.
It's... living in a cartoon, basically.
[ which may or may not be a groundbreaking revelation at this point after the memshares and AUs. ]
And we can't change our characters too much or go through anything too serious that isn't the setup for a joke. Like, pretty much any crazy shit you can imagine can happen there, it just can't have any lasting impact that would make us veer too far out of character in the long run.
[ i'm not sure if she realizes that's literal or not. hell logic is insane and also has introduced her to the multiverse enough to understand that other worlds are also just insane. they follow their own logic, whether there's a tidy explanation for it or not. ]
Like the reset is always on the horizon. You have to get back to the status quo.
I get that. It's not exactly the same, but... Not being able to break character. Nothing changing.
Like the reset is always on the horizon. You have to get back to the status quo.
I get that. It's not exactly the same, but... Not being able to break character. Nothing changing.
[ well, whatever the reason, he is so grateful he doesn't have to explain that further. ]
Yeah. Exactly.
Being in these stupid games is like, the only time I'm not limited by that. The shit that happens here can actually affect who I am.
But then when I go home, it just, like... wears off over time? And even though I still remember everything I just kind of go back to my old self again because nothing matters anymore.
[ he is having less dramatic development this time around because shit here actually does not matter that much either... out of one form of entertainment and into another. ]
Yeah. Exactly.
Being in these stupid games is like, the only time I'm not limited by that. The shit that happens here can actually affect who I am.
But then when I go home, it just, like... wears off over time? And even though I still remember everything I just kind of go back to my old self again because nothing matters anymore.
[ he is having less dramatic development this time around because shit here actually does not matter that much either... out of one form of entertainment and into another. ]
Some loops I make everyone hate me. [ stop lapsing into present tense. ] Like, just make the worst choices possible and say horrible things to everyone. Other times everything is perfect. Everyone is a best friend or—more.
And the reset still comes. And none of it carries over.
It makes sense to lose parts of yourself to that. Over time, the tide takes things away and there's no use fighting it.
[ ... ]
So. Do you think it's worth escaping those boundaries if it has to be an annoying place like this?
And the reset still comes. And none of it carries over.
It makes sense to lose parts of yourself to that. Over time, the tide takes things away and there's no use fighting it.
[ ... ]
So. Do you think it's worth escaping those boundaries if it has to be an annoying place like this?
Well, I wouldn't say yes regardless of how I felt because this shit sucks and I refuse to give it any credit on principle.
But. I don't know. I mean, even there we've been gradually getting worse over the years, just in small enough increments that no one complains. So I can't even really say, like, "It would have been fine if only I'd never eaten the fruit from the tree of knowledge" or whatever.
But. I don't know. I mean, even there we've been gradually getting worse over the years, just in small enough increments that no one complains. So I can't even really say, like, "It would have been fine if only I'd never eaten the fruit from the tree of knowledge" or whatever.
[ that's fair. ]
Like incremental changes over time? Exaggerations that become the new default, then exaggerate again from there.
... Well. Personally, I get really annoyed when people hear about my life and immediately start offering advice I didn't ask for, like they think I'm too stupid to have considered whatever they thought up in two seconds. But I'm gonna do the same thing to you. [ self awareness does not make this less annoying, alex. ]
What about the items, here? You got one, right? From killing Yoru.
Like incremental changes over time? Exaggerations that become the new default, then exaggerate again from there.
... Well. Personally, I get really annoyed when people hear about my life and immediately start offering advice I didn't ask for, like they think I'm too stupid to have considered whatever they thought up in two seconds. But I'm gonna do the same thing to you. [ self awareness does not make this less annoying, alex. ]
What about the items, here? You got one, right? From killing Yoru.
[ nods. ]
Yeah, that's definitely what I'm going to use it for. I'm just... still trying to figure out the right approach and how I need to phrase it to make sure it doesn’t get undone like everything else.
Yeah, that's definitely what I'm going to use it for. I'm just... still trying to figure out the right approach and how I need to phrase it to make sure it doesn’t get undone like everything else.