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[eggsterminate]

[There's a pause before she speaks. She had been floundering on whether or not to make the post anonymous, but then figured, what did she have to hide? Still, the subject was rather awkward, so she does her best to put on a bright voice to hide her feelings.]

Hello, fellow Asgardians, Oswin Oswald here.

You know the tradition of people going on the network and asking deep and personal questions to everyone? And how said question tend to relate back to they asker because they're really trying to find out more about their situation?

...Nothing here that's breaking that tradition. Sorry mates, but I really have to get this figured out. Been driving me mad the past few months.

Basically what I want to know is... was anyone else dead before they woke up in Asgard? Not dying, but dead. Gone into the light, left the world and maybe even blown to bits. But then suddenly, woken up in Asgard, alive and recruited into their rather desperate army with everything intact.

Just can't help but wonder, what's going to happen to us after the war. The gods promised us a reward but can they really bring back dead people in other worlds? Seems like we might get stiffed in the end.

...Blimey, that was depressing wasn't it. Promise I'll be much cheerier next time and post something nice and fluffy about baking and cookies or something like that. No personal questions, just fun. I swear it.

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[whatagoodgirl]

... I'm sorry.

[It's all she says, but it's clear what she means: she's the same, and she has only bad news to deliver.]

[eggsterminate]

[Gently, calmly. And a voice with equal sympathy.]

It's... as alright as it could be. I'm fine.

[whatagoodgirl]

You don't have to be, though. I know it's hard.

[A brief pause.]

We're lucky, right? We got a second chance.

[eggsterminate]

No, I don't have to be. But I am. Made my choice and I'm alright with it.

[Second chance. That's what the Doctor had said too.]

Just wondering what's going to happen when it ends.

[whatagoodgirl]

They don't... they can't...

[God, she hates saying this.]

... Loki told me himself. And he wasn't joking like he usually does. Our souls are bound to our patron god's while we're here, but they can't do it once we're back in our world.

[eggsterminate]

[There's no change in her voice. Just a pause and then it continues, peppy and upbeat.]

Of course. It's only logical, really.

[whatagoodgirl]

[That makes it even worse, somehow.]

Um... Oswin? [That's what she said, right?] I know you're probably not very much like me, but... there's still a lot to do. I mean, that you can do. So much has changed for me here, and even though I can't -

[Her voice catches a bit here, but she clears her throat. No need to go down sad roads when she's trying to encourage someone.]

- well, it's still good stuff. Things I never could've done at home.

[eggsterminate]

[Oswin chuckles, soft and low.]

I'm really alright. I'm glad to be here. To spend time with people I didn't spend time with in the past. It's a brilliant second chance.

And I'm glad to see there are people like me.

[whatagoodgirl]

[There's a little knife-stab of pain in her heart, but she keeps her voice as light as possible.]

I'm glad you can do that. You don't always know how much you treasure people until...

... well, you know.

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[madcuriosity]

You... passed away before arriving here? I'm so sorry, miss.

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[true_renaissance_man]

Some one I met here was very clearly dead. His execution had been very public too. It was spoken of all through out Firenze when it happened.

[(Florence, Italy)]

And some have even said that I, in their time, was no longer alive. I have no memory of dying however.

[Since he was brought here long before his eventual death. ]

But I think time and death have very little meaning here.

[fuckton]

Wow. That is a bit fucking depressing, huh? I wasn't dead, but I sure as shit didn't believe in an afterlife. It's almost enough to make you start to believe there is one. Here anyway.

Maybe you just get to stay here and things aren't so shitty? They stop using you as their own personal youtube skinner box?

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[duckduckswan]

Blown to bits?

[ W o w mental imagery was not okay. She almost died once, and it was not nearly as explosive as blowing to bits. Just. Vampires being vampires.

Somehow, as traumatizing as it had been, it still doesn't seem that bad, compared to other things.]

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[badwolf]

... Really?

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[bloodypocket]

You are hardly alone in that situation. [Not that he was dead, he'd been too stubborn for it when he found himself at its door. But he had known someone, throwing him into the group which sought to answer these questions.

And now that person was gone.] What do you hope to gain in asking, exactly?

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[swedge]

That's a plus one from me.
Dead, blown to bits, insides hanging out. Whole nine yards.

As for the war, I'm going to assume they'll give us a choice?
Not that it matters a whole hell of a lot until we actually win.
But it'd be kind of shitty of them to just. Send up back to the great beyond.

[bestestfurrend]

...I was. I try not to think about it very much though, because we are alive here, right? Like a second chance to do more!

[eggsterminate]

...I'm not having a go at anyone. It's true.

[eggsterminate]

It's alright. I've come to terms with it. Got lucky that way.

[badwolf]

I believe you.

[She hadn't, at first. But then, there was all sorts of crap in this world that didn't make sense. And that was saying something.]

Come close a few times, but never actually seen th'light or anything. Why d'you wanna know? As a broad, sort've question.

[madcuriosity]

Well... I-I'm glad you got a chance here, at least. That's good isn't it?

[eggsterminate]

Time, definitely. If the gods pull people from their world, any point in their timeline is fair game.

But after death? It's pulling us out of the void, isn't it? How did they get our bodies and our consciousness?

[eggsterminate]

Sorry! I did warn for it. And I dunno. Even being dead, I don't remember anything from after dying. It was like blinking, Darkness, and then here.

Somehow, I doubt we'll escape being their entertainment. Not to mention, not so sure if I want to stay here if everyone else is gone.

[eggsterminate]

In one piece now!

Lucky, right? Gods are good for something at least.

[eggsterminate]

Curiosity. Maybe a bit of solidarity. You know, to see that I'm not the only one who's woken up here and wondering how it happened and what's going to happen after.