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[notrueking]

Let's see, now...

[There is some clear fiddling going on here. Which is to be expected, really, given how many people currently on the barge are from pre-computer settings. It flickers from audio to video a few times before finally settling on the latter, revealing a man whose expression is less "panicked about suddenly coming back from the dead" and more "mildly annoyed at the situation."]

Though this has some features I'm unfamiliar with... I'm assuming this is some sort of radio, so if whoever's responsible for my presence here is receiving this... I'm having some difficulty in determining what, exactly, you planned to achieve by recreating my room like this. Were you truly expecting me to believe that all of that was just some sort of dream? If so, then you weren't particularly competent in doing so, since there are a number of objects that appear to be missing.

Explain yourself.

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[notrueking.livejournal.com]

[well, he's not overtly taking it poorly, at least.]

...well, there was one thing that I'm finding somewhat inconsistent. The injuries that killed me are gone with no indication that they were ever there, but an injury that I sustained roughly at the same time as the other ones seems to have become permanent. Is this typical?

[nicebluehat.livejournal.com]

Truthfully, I don't know. It wouldn't surprise me if it was, though, knowing this place's nature. The Admiral seems to enjoy inconvenience.

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

I've noticed. Though, I suppose this would be slightly less annoying if I'd expected something like it.

[nicebluehat.livejournal.com]

What had you expected?

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

Nothing, honestly.

[nicebluehat.livejournal.com]

Reasonable enough, I suppose. I'm sure the transition's easier if you believe in some sort of afterlife, especially the type with rewards and punishments for one's previous life.

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

Even then, it does seem somewhat mild for that sort of afterlife. I don't really know much about religion, but I was always under the impression that they generally seemed to prefer eternal damnation over redemption.

[nicebluehat.livejournal.com]

I suppose it's rather like a reincarnation? Except you remain yourself, of course.

...It's not really like one at all, is it.

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

...not particularly, no.

[nicebluehat.livejournal.com]

[She looks rather embarrassed, but soldiers on, not really thinking about her intended audience.] Maybe it's a sort of antechamber, to see how one can handle further trials when taken away from everything that previously mattered. I didn't come here under your circumstances, so I can't say for certain.

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

[...that pings him]

There are multiple ways that one can arrive here, then?

[nicebluehat.livejournal.com]

Yes. Either through invitation, or the way you arrived. Those who are invited have certain responsibilities over the other kind.

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

Ahh, yes. I had gotten that impression, although I wasn't quite sure whether the former also arrived because of their deaths.

[nicebluehat.livejournal.com]

Unless a train derailed at the station before I heard the commotion, no, I can't say that's how I arrived.

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

Of course.

...do you know if it's also possible for the Admiral to invite people who are dead?

[nicebluehat.livejournal.com]

[She thinks for a moment.] I suppose so, but you'd arrive here with the memory of that invitation.

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

I see. Well, thank you for the information, Miss...?

[nicebluehat.livejournal.com]

Shirogane. ...Naoto. [It seems to be the convention on this boat.] I can't say I caught your name earlier, either.

[notrueking.livejournal.com]

My apologies-I never mentioned it. I'm King Bradley.