001 Video: FilledwithSunshine

[onebadapple]

[At first, the image is that of just an absolutely giant stag. The stag's antlers are absolutely covered in songbirds, crows, ravens, and even a hawk, while a squirrel and chipmunk sit on his back next to a raccoon. And that's just some of the animals, there are creatures that look much meaner and nastier with infinitely harsher fangs and claws and mass. The stag huffs and shakes his head, the birds fly up for only a few seconds before going back to sitting on his antlers.]

...Now then, did I get it right this time?

[There are resounding tweets and chirps and squeaks and outright screeches from the animals.]

Oh! Wonderful!

[The picture turns around and then Snow White smiles bright and wide at the camera.]

Why hello there! It's so wonderful to meet you all! Or well, not meet you, not yet! [She giggles.] But I hope to meet you all properly soon.

My name is Snow White!

I was hoping someone here might have a very definite answer for a question I have! You see, I just arrived here not too long ago, but I'm not sure if this is the afterlife for all of us or not.

[Straight to the point this one.]

Some have said yes, others have said no! So I'm afraid I simply just don't know! I was so sure I was dead, after all, but what wonderful news it would be to know I'm not!

Would someone be so kind as to let me know? [Snow White asks all of this with a bright and cheerful smile. For a girl who thinks she's dead, she's frighteningly cheerful.

But that's Snow White for you.]

Thank you so much!

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Text - UN: IceCream

[threelayers]

[To take pity on the new girl or not. That was the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the doubts and worries of confusing ontology, or to go about her day...

Fine. She could practically Feel her wife coaxing her to try and be a better person. It was just a question. She could go train with the hunters in a half hour.]

For some it probably is, basically, because they're dead.
But it really isn't, not if you're thinking of some sort of heaven or hell.
It's just a weird place that we're living in, is all.

Video;

[onebadapple]

[Snow remains on video because talking is faster for her than attempting to type on this thing.]

Oh, I see... [That... unfortunately doesn't entirely solve her problem.] I suppose I am a part of that first group! [She is not.] I didn't think this was either of those places... But we're alive again?

[threelayers]

[And likewise, Neo would stick to video. If Snow White wanted to catch a look at her down the road, she'd have that chance, but Neo preferred her texts usually, though she didn't mind the videos back.]

Maybe, can't say for sure.
You're nobody I know from home after all.
Last I checked, quite alive for the next few minutes at least.
Some days, you can't ask for more.

[She wasn't going to get into the details of her last memories from home. That was the sort of conversation that deserved a bit more ... closeness.]

[onebadapple]

Oh, that's not surprising! I don't know many people!

Oh dear! Well, it's important to stay positive, even on those sorts of days.

audio; un: trashmouth

[measuringdicks]

Nope, not the afterlife.

[He pauses, then adds:]

Hey, I gotta warn you, but just ‘cause you died doesn’t mean you won’t get fuckin’ killed again. I know a couple people who’ve died, like, plenty of times, before we got here. Doesn’t tend to stick in places like this.

Audio;

[onebadapple]

Oh, that's wonderful to hear this isn'tthe afterlife! Although, oh dear, I'm so sorry to hear your friends have died!

Audio;

[measuringdicks]

Meh, they came back. [Richie says it so casually that it says something about how frequently people around him have died and come back.] I mean, yeah, it was fucking traumatic, but they're okay now.

Just be careful, yeah? Shit tends to hit the fan pretty regularly in places like this.

text; un: doublehedgedsword

[laminae]

ok one pretty sure we are not dead but i'm not totally 100% on that
two why do you think you're dead? did you die back home?
three dude your deer attracts more birds than i do and that's saying something

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[onebadapple]

[Nope, Snow remains in video because typing is not a skill she has yet.]

Hm? Oh! That would be because I bit into a poisoned apple my stepmother gave me. It came with me here, in fact.

And that's not Faramund who attracted them, I just asked if he would let our new little friends sit there after I called them over, and he said yes!

[laminae]

she what
dude was she trying to kill you???

oh huh ok
so you're like besties with animals?

[imaglyphwitch]

Hi again, Snow White!

This isn't the afterlife, although I would say we all went through a transformation before arriving. Also, a good amount of us knew each other in another town and we made a decision that brought us here.

But a lot of you guys are new too! Why would you think you died anyway?

[Luz, you totally wondered that yourself the first time you arrived in the Boiling Isles. You even thought you were in hell].

CW: Child abuse, neglect, child murder, poisoning

[onebadapple]

Hello again, Luz!

And oh yes, being a squid! I do remember that!

As for why I'm rather sure why I'm dead, well, you see, my stepmother gave me a poisoned apple! It's even here with me, you see.

Even Luz obeys the unwritten law of NO SPOILERS PLEASE

[imaglyphwitch]

We all were that!

[Luz should have known that, being the bookworm that she was, but hearing it really hot home how bad Snow White had it].

I don't think it killed you. Just a hunch. But you were probably brought here directly after, for some reason.

[video : un: inkmetal]

[inkedspell]

You could call this an "afterlife" if you want. [She even makes the finger quotes.] It's the life after your previous one. You had a life before and now you've got this one.

Now if you're asking if you're dead...? No one can tell you if you're dead or not. That's a personal thing.

Video; UN: Filledwithsunshine CW: Attempted child murder

[onebadapple]

[Snow White mimics the finger quotes because she's never seen that motion before, tilting her head.] What a fun little gesture! What does it mean?

Oh, I'm dead, I'm really rather sure. My stepmother has been trying to kill me for... well, I'm not really sure how much time has passed now, but she initially tried to have the Huntsman cut my heart out.

permavid

[inkedspell]

Ouch. Shitty parents are the same no matter where they are, huh?

[She repeats the finger quotes though just to make sure she knows what Snow White is talking about.]

And this is just quotation marks. Like when you write something with emphasis to be sarcastic, or to make a point about thing.

video; un: dovahkiin

[fusrodaaaah]

Afterlife?!

[Sorry, Snow. He just got here. This is the first thing he sees. His head reels back, and little wisps of flame flick along his jaw.]

[Huh. That's new.]

Wh - what do you mean?

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[onebadapple]

Oh! [Well isn't he just a handsome beast! Was he a dragon?]

Well, you see, just before coming here, I bit into a poisoned apple. I was very sure I was dead upon arriving, you see. And some others I have met have passed as well before arriving. But others were alive and well, that's why I was confused!

I'm so sorry if I worried you.

[fusrodaaaah]

You... Oh. Oh that's bad. That's - um. I have - I can - do you need - antidotes?

[He's already ducking off camera. To dig around in something unseen.]

I can make that!

un: trienemybest; video

[droptheious]

[Aww, it's the nice girl again! Varian smiles.]

Still pretty sure this isn't the afterlife. Are you settling in okay, Snow?

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[onebadapple]

Varian! A pleasure to see you again, dear! Are you settling in alright?

And oh yes! I've met so many wonderfully kind people! A nice young man is going to show me constellations, and then a lovely young lady will tutor me to help me become a stronger reader, and then there's this very sweet knight who wants to protect me from my stepmother!

I've met nothing but the kindest people here.

[droptheious]

Likewise, and yeah, I'm fine thanks. I found my house from the dream world so me and my housemates are settling in fine.

[Well, neither him nor Luz are sleeping and Fern isn't getting the correct nutrients to stay healthy but he's pretty sure Luca and Reaper are ok!!! Those descriptions match those people, but Varian just... doesn't quite pick up on that except in a 'oh those sound like some of my housemates' kind of way.]

That's good, I'm glad. There's really good people here - a lot of us have been together for a while. We've figured out how to work together and look out for each other. [Okay but the knight thing he does have to bring up.] What did the knight look like?

[And more importantly:]

What did your stepmother do?

video | un: OZ

[swornto]

Oh! Lady Snow White, it's wonderful to see your face again!

[Oz has no clear answer to her question, unfortunately. It's one that he's wondering about himself. Just because he's dead doesn't mean that everyone else is.]

How are you? Was anyone able to help you?

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[onebadapple]

Well hello again, Oz! I'm so happy to see your handsome face again too!

Well, some have explained that it IS an after life, in that this is a life in a new place after my one back home, but it's not necessarily where the dead go.

[swornto]

[It's true that Oz is a touch flustered to have a compliment returned. Usually his flirting gets shut down, not returned. He tries to focus on facts to prevent himself from being embarrassed;]

Eeeeh? So they're taking people from before they die? Is this another dimension? [Something like the Abyss, maybe?]