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[ Cordelia's read the letter a thousand times over. She's scanned the network - a bit bored - and knows that this place is the most boring hell dimension she could be sucked into. If there's an opening to be the ruler, count her in, but otherwise, she just really wants to go home. Or not home. Being dead means you can't exactly return home. ]

So, is this place like Pleasantville? I teach you something profound and things bloom with colour? Because, got to say, this is the most boring afterlife one could ask for. And, let's be clear, I didn't ask for an afterlife in the first place.

[ In her opinion, the Powers That Hijack owe her more than just allowing her to make peace and amends with her friends. Getting Angel back on track meant the world to her, but she really - desperately and hopelessly - wants to be there to see them conquer this fight. The Powers owe her that.

She's contacting the network - her fellow prisoners, she supposes - for a reason, and that's to learn. The one thing she's learnt over the years from being someone who saves the world is that research may be the most boring thing on the planet, but, by god, it's essential. ]

Can someone tell me more about this Freya? Her likes, dislikes, powers, whether she likes long, slow walks on the beach, whatever. [ ... ] Or point me in the direction of a good book. [ She misses Wesley. She's clicking her heels; she wants to go home. ]

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[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

Why do you think this is an afterlife, Oneesan?

I only know that Freya's the sister of Freyr, sorry! But I hear there's a library here.

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Well, I'm not exactly a resident of the land of the living anymore. [ Saying "I'm dead" is just too much at the moment. She knows she's dead. Saying it and knowing it are two different things. It makes it more real.

So, a change in pace to distract herself and her fellow video-ee is in need. ] Have you been to this library?

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[holmes-fanatic.livejournal.com]

[Luckily for Cordelia, Conan's met someone of the same opinion -- and with a lovely scar to prove it -- so he's not in the mood to question that statement.]

Ah.

Not yet! I think it's in the Odin district -- I haven't explored there at all yet.

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[condescendre.livejournal.com]

She's actually incredibly boring in the grand scheme of things. [ says the girl who is in loki's house. cordelia, be careful about listening to her. ] And profound is slightly relative, for the record.

[ and pleasantville was a horrible movie, but what does she look like, humphrey? ]

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And have you met this incredibly boring god? [ It sounds like Cordelia doesn't quite believe her. Because she doesn't. But asking this question leads to more answers that she kind of needs to know. Wesley should be bloody proud. ]

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[condescendre.livejournal.com]

[ wise choice, cordelia. very wise choice. ] No, because I have the pleasure of being among those who have met Loki. I'd say he's charming, but that idea goes out the window when you consider the circumstances.

[clearwater]

Whoa, afterlife? [(bigeyes)] I'm pretty sure this isn't an afterlife! —Uh, at least, I hope it's not an afterlife.

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Are you dead?

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Not that I know of. Pretty definitely not, actually.

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[agoodfamily.livejournal.com]

Afterlife... [Have a very small, very pensive girl on your screen.] That's what I thought, too. But I don't think it is.

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Are you - [ Cordelia pauses. She doesn't want to just outright ask 'Are you dead?' It's too intrusive. ] - You too, huh?

What makes you think it isn't? Besides all the people who haven't signed on for an afterlife yet.

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[agoodfamily.livejournal.com]

Yeah. [She appreciates the deflection. It feels a bit kinder to be commiserating.]

Well... that's the main thing. A few people were surprised to hear that I was dead, so... y'know, they probably aren't.

And, well - I had three other friends who died like me, and two of them were nice and one was really mean, so. I guess I just mean... whether this were Heaven-ish or Hell-ish, I'd have at least one of them with me.

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There's a library in one of the city's sections. [There's some crinkling of paper as he consults the map again.] It's in Odin's section, if I remember correctly.

Or you could ask Freya yourself. [Merlin's voice goes quiet as he says the name, expression troubled.] The gods have been making visits to their houses, so it shouldn't be difficult to find her.

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[ She catches the expression, thinking that walking up to Freya and asking 'what's up?' isn't as easily said as done. ] Have you spoken to one of these gods? Are they helpful at all? Because me and Higher Powers don't really have a good track record. [ Being hijacked and having her life force drained by one wasn't exactly a highlight of last year. ]

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Not the one you're looking for. Sigyn's as kind as they come, but she wouldn't tell me anything about our purpose here. [He shakes his head.] I have a feeling you'd get the same result from the others.

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[gesta-danorum.livejournal.com]

Afterlife? I dunno if we're dead, I don't really see how that would be possible... [Because someone like him dying is a complicated process.]

Freya's supposed t' be a goddess of love, beauty, other things. She rules over th' fields of Fólkvangr. But this place doesn't look much like Fólkvangr an' Baldr sure wasn't what I was expectin' so I suspect things are kinda different from th' stories I know.

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[ ... You remind her of Wesley. Score! ] So is Baldr your god? Doesn't quite live up to the hype?

Any clue on why we were sorted under specific gods or is this still a mystery?

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[gesta-danorum.livejournal.com]

[Haaaa! Oh, if there is anyone Denmark is not like, it's Wesley. She'll learn soon enough!]

Nope! Ya could always ask yer patron god, 'r goddess in your case. Th' one I'm livin' with seemed nice.

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[moribundity]

You too? [ He's asking about thinking that this is the afterlife, but that may not be obvious. ]

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[ She misinterprets. ] Being dead? Unfortunately. Can't really recommend it to those of us who apparently belong to the land that I do not.

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[protectify.livejournal.com]

Cordelia?! [ Yeah this is not happening.

Because life is hard.

Really hard.

But at least it's someone she knows. ]

... Wait -- Wait, back up, afterlife -- you're dead? Why are you dead?

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Buffy? [ She hasn't seen hide nor hair of her for a while. It's good to know she's, well, Buffy. And alive. Major props to that. ] Well, it's me. One hundred ans ten percent Cordelia Chase. [ Who knows if Angel contacted Buffy while she was in a coma and told her the entire sob story. She feels the need to prove she's her, regardless. ]

It's kind of what happens when a Higher Power hijacks your body and drains your life force.

[ While giving birth to itself. She chooses to leave that part out. ]

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[senzaphonic.livejournal.com]

[A young looking teen with a mop of dark strawberry-blonde hair and hazel eyes appears to be considering the video in silence for several moments. Odd as Asgard may be, the fact that others wonder about it being the afterlife is even more so. He's curious, really, but for now he opts for a less gloomy remark.

After another few moments, and the faintly audible squeak of a dry-erase pen, he holds up a small whiteboard for her to read. In a bold orange is the following: "" ]

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[ She reads it, and the one thing she picks up - and frowns at - is the acronym. She doesn't know who Colin Farrell is. The disadvantages of being Coma Girl. She states the letters: ] B.T.W.?

[ Clearly this is the most important piece of information. ]

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[asianflowers.livejournal.com]

[ Snapping fingers with realization. ] THAT'S what this reminds me of! Pleasantville! I've been trying to figure out why this was familiar.

[ Hello sibling-housemate who isn't quite a housemate, but... whose house is a sibling to min-- oh fuck it. Our districts are next door to one another. ]

If I remember my mythology right then Freya and Freyr were the gods of beauty, fertility, and love. I don't know how helpful Earth mythology will be here, though, seeing as so much is already pretty different. [ Asgard? Nothing like she figured it might have looked like.

There's a pause, then almost as an afterthought-- ] And this isn't the afterlife, or if it is then it's filled with a lot more fictional characters than I thought possible.