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[opheliaafterdeath]

Gotta say, getting woken up by some fucking robots is new and I've been to Hell.

Name's Nekane Adomaitis. I got the lowdown about this place and saving the world and whatever, but I want to know what you guys think. They talking shit or?

[They honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was just bullshit in the end. But still, information is needed.]

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[unpocoloco]

[Just going right out and admitting they're both from Hell. At first, he's alarmed. But then he can only be amused.]

Never one for subtlety.

[opheliaafterdeath]

Ain't much point in being subtle when looking for info. You know me.

[But even though they admit it, they're not going to talk about the deeper things. Not without talking to Héctor.]

You doing alright? This place is pretty fucking big.

[unpocoloco]

People aren't going to trust us, knowing that. Though I suppose, that was a fat chance to begin with.

[Nekane is part demon and looks it and he's a homeless conman.]

I'm fine. Looking for you. They told me you were here.

[He wouldn't have been fine otherwise.]

[opheliaafterdeath]

You didn't deserve to be there. If people don't trust you, it's their fault.

[They wouldn't be surprised if people didn't trust them, but Nekane's used to that.]

Think I'm hanging around the...center plaza. Dead center of this place, anyway. I can stick around if you wanna meet.

[unpocoloco]

I deserved to be there far more than you did. If I recall, my list was longer than yours.

[Sure it had a lot of stupid things on it, but he also knows Nekane and the things they'd done. And hadn't.]

I'll be there soon. Apparently, we're being given a home. Perhaps we can take a look at what these ones are like.

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[hedgehogsdilemma]

It's a lot to accept, I don't think anyone could blame anyone else for being skeptical about it. For what it's worth, this place was in much worse shape when I first got here, it's gotten much nicer over the course of a couple of years.

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[opheliaafterdeath]

Place I came from didn't stay nice like this for a long time. So it'd be nice to be able to head off the bullshit before it happens.

You know what people meant by 'worse shape'?

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[hedgehogsdilemma]

Any problems I've been here for have been pretty easy to see coming in hindsight, but it's been largely calm for a while now.

When I first got here, the walls around the city were much closer, and there wasn't a whole lot of... life around. There's been a lot of plant growth, and the city's perimeter is much bigger. It's probably still pretty awful outside of the barrier, though.

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[opheliaafterdeath]

That's good.

[Although it raises the question about what the hell happened before everyone showed up.]

Got any idea what's beyond the barrier?

[They are absolutely going to play 20 questions here.]

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[hedgehogsdilemma]

[That's about what Shinji expected from an inquiry like this.]

A few months after I got here, there was a breach in the walls, and a bunch of spider-like monsters got in. That's the only time anything quite like that has happened, though, and looking out through the walls before they got repaired it looked like there was just a dust storm outside of them.

There has been at least one party that was allowed out to survey the area outside, too. They documented the trip very thoroughly.

[Attached at the end of his reply is a link to the relevant network post. Enjoy that!]

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[runs_on_batteries]

Hello, Nekane, I'm Tony Stark.

I highly recommend you check out the Information Center. As you can likely guess, it's a mix. Some things we've confirmed and some things we're questioning. Most depends on who you ask.

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[opheliaafterdeath]

Thanks for that. Gonna be useful.

What's your take on it, Tony? Because it seems too fucking good to be true in places.

[Or maybe they're just paranoid. Probably. But better safe then sorry.]

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[daikonrose]

Hell, as in "Hell"? That Hell?? An actual place? Is that why you capitalized it?

[ Hey guess who stopped reading after that part ]

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[opheliaafterdeath]

No, I did it for a laugh.

[Although they do have to admit that their experiences are probably very fucking different then others'. So.]

Yeah, that Hell. Fire, brimstones, whatever. Can't say I recommend it.

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[daikonrose]

[ She'd almost thought it was a figure of speech, but the way it was written had sort of pinged her--and it's not like it was impossible, right? People came to Havenwell from all kinds of outrageous circumstances.

Literal Hell was a new one, though. ]

Amazing... these gods really will just pluck people from anywhere at all. Should I say "congratulations" in this situation?

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[opheliaafterdeath]

Depends on what I find out about this place. Shit could always get worse.

[It always did, back in Hell. That...probably was the point though, but they'll give Lucifer that it wasn't always his fault.]

So what's with the 'saving the world' crap? Is that actually what we're here for?

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[daikonrose]

I mean, most likely? Even if it IS a lie, I haven't heard about any alternate possible reasons for kidnapping us all. The "save the world" message has been pretty strong the whole time I've been here so far.

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[judging_you]

There are those who doubt the veracity of what we have been told. Where the truth lies in earnest is... not immediately certain.

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[opheliaafterdeath]

Weird shit is part of my job, but when it comes to so-call 'Gods', I trust them as far as I can throw them.

[And their physical strength is shit.]

So what's your take on this?

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[judging_you]

There appears to be some truth to the fact that our presence is assisting this world. Likewise, the possibility that we possess that which the natives of this world do not is a reasonable one.

[Given the whole... robot thing and all.]

However, I do not mean to trust to gods so easily.

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[opheliaafterdeath]

Can't argue either of those points.

[Trusting the gods and simply having something the people who live here simply don't. Nothing here (so far) suggests they were all drawn here for shits and giggles, after all.]

They actually talk to the people here? Can we talk to them or will they just ignore us?

[Lucifer had given everyone God's number back in Hell, but nobody to Nekane's knowledge got an answer from the jackass.]

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[connectsthedots]

Hell, eh? Was your visit for business or pleasure?

To answer your question: There does seems to be truth to what they say about our purpose here. If nothing else, the “gods” here strongly encourage touch, sometimes far less tactfully than others.

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[opheliaafterdeath]

Because God's a bitch.

[And their trip to Hell hadn't proven otherwise.]

And it figures that touch crap has to be the true part. How the hell is that going to save this world?

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[connectsthedots]

Ah, so God sent you there? I suppose that makes sense. [Assuming one believed in that sort of thing, anyway.] Very traditional. I sometimes forget that not everyone lives next door to the place.

The “gods” seem to draw power from contact and that power is in turn what fuels the planet. Something like that. It's not an especially satisfying answer, though.

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[opheliaafterdeath]

It was a different world from mine. Afterlife works differently back home.

[It was basically a waiting room until you reincarnate. Different from Hell's fire and brimstone bullshit.]

Kinda feels like it ain't the whole answer either. [Or they're just that paranoid.] You know why this place runs on touch, of all things?