Summer 02

[mightythinice]

[This time, Ellie settles on audio only. She didn't trust herself to keep her face neutral, and just-- just this once, without Joel there, and feeling more vulnerable than usual, she wanted to ask the question]

Okay, so. Besides the fucking disappearances, I've got kind of a serious question. They just had this whole holiday dedicated to ghosts and candy, right? Because when I think of ghosts, I definitely think of candy and toys or some shit.

[a pause, before she remembers the video isn't on and they can't actually see her]

And, like... I got the shit scared out of me by something before I realized it wasn't actually a ghost. I don't really believe in ghosts. Or things like heaven... and probably not god either. I mean-- fuck, it's difficult to explain.

Anyway... how many people here do?

Just curious. Because, who knows... Maybe there's a reason it's important. And there was a whole damn holiday that sure as fuck didn't come from this place, apparently.

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[mightythinice]

Planes? Like the things that fly, or something different?

[fearlessherosheart]

How, flying?

It is... different worlds, but not connected by mere space, usually, but accessible through necromancy or more arcane methods. Bah, it is difficult to explain to one not educated in sorcery. But the Paths of the Dead, where souls go, and the Halls of Judgement, where the gods reside, are one such plane. It is likely this place is another. My own world is part of a third, and yours a fourth. And countless others, obviously.

[mightythinice]

So... plane is not the plane I was thinking of. Just a plane of existence. Got it, I've read about those a couple of times in my comic books.

It's kind of funny to think that in a REALLY random way, those guys were right, huh?

[fearlessherosheart]

I will take your word for it.

[Since she doesn't know what comic books are; cheap popular entertainment had progressed to novels and plays.]