6 Little Ghosts ☠ Audio

[talking_dead]

Ugh, I guess this will work. [Oops, someone turned on the audio feature a little too early. Oh well.]

Hi...everybody.

Tomorrow's the day we have to meet up at Gate of Fog, right? I was wonder who else is going. I kind of want to go...but I don't know if I could swim for a long time. [Actually he really doesn't want to go, but if it's to help Freyr, then he'll consider it.]

Anyways, I uh ended up talking with Hel awhile ago, and I got to ask her a few questions. So... [He clears his throat before reading off:]

I asked her if there's a place we could go see and talk to spirits who have moved on here. She said that her home, called Niflheim, is where dead people wait to "fade into the energy of the world". Apparently, it's not a place where the living go to because it's kind of hard to get there, and there's nothing to support living things either. [Imagine that.]

Second, I asked her what happens to Travelers who are dead back home, and Hel said that they're returned to where they came from and the state they were at that time. [So...dead again.] She told me not to ask why they bring dead people here, so I didn't.

And...the third question's kind of really important-- I asked her why we end up leaving. I didn't really get it at first, how she explained it, but it's like holding sand in your hand. You can try holding a lot of it, but some of it falls through and you can't really stop it. So, it's not that they're trying to get rid of some of us or getting rid of people we care about on purpose. It's because they can't prevent some people from going back to their world. If I'm remembering correctly, she said...uh, "We will not be done with you until this war is ended, one way or the other. "

That's it. I don't think I can explain it much more than that. But...I hope it was helpful anyways.

Comments

[Video]

[saving_sound]

So then... They don't make Travelers go home on purpose?

[Video]

[talking_dead]

[Norman gives a nod.] That's what it sounds like.

[Video]

[saving_sound]

...

Oh.

[That... would actually explain a lot. So it really is inevitable, then...]

Audio

[true_renaissance_man]

I thought about going, just to get a change of scenery if nothing else but... the swimming. I'm afraid I don't know how to do that.

[Sinks like a stone. ]

Ah, but you had a very detailed conversation with Hel! Bene. You actually received answers to many questions. I'm sure a lot of people will be interested to hear these things.

[Even if that means finding out some of the people they met here are dead again by now. Leonardo can't help but spare a thought for the people he knows that this must have happened to.]

[talking_dead]

[Yeah, he wasn't so happy to hear about the dead going back to being dead, but it makes sense.]

Thanks...I'm just glad she was willing to answer them. She seemed kind of frustrated when I assumed that we were being sent back home because they didn't need us.

[true_renaissance_man]

[Leonardo kind of assumed that might be the case but it is still pretty sad to find out it was true. ]

Often they seem to think we should understand everything without asking. But, I'm glad she put up with the annoyance long enough to give you your answers.

Private - Audio

[samantha_grey]

Cold Comfort... but it's more than she's ever told most of us. Good questions you chose, Norman.

...

You come, I'll help make sure you stay safe.

[talking_dead]

[Well. This was unexpected. After the whole post Conan put up the emergency post about Samantha, he's definitely apprehensive about talking to her. (He's only 11, what do you expect from a suburban kid?)]

Uhhh, thanks. [Well, at least she seems to be "herself" right now.] Do you think...it'd be too much for me to go?

[samantha_grey]

[She's counting her blessings he's responded, really. The whole private setting is mostly because she's mortified in general. Part of her is dreading being in public for this thing.]

No, I don't think it would. Honestly, having some different perspectives would be good if we find information down there, and you're definitely not like a lot of people here.

[voice]

[daddyissues]

Basically 'they slipped through the cracks.' Doesn't give me much faith in the security system.

[talking_dead]

[That actually sounds........really stupid in Norman's opinion, but maybe it's because he got to talk to Hel in-person.]

I don't think it's a security system thing.

[daddyissues]

You must have left something out, then. "They can't prevent some people from going back to their world" sounds like they're stretched too thin trying to keep us here.

[Video]

[comeonthensexy]

[ Oh.

Oohhh, gods, is that what you say? ]

Like sand, is it?

[Video]

[talking_dead]

Not exactly like sand. She just used sand as an example because I didn't really get it.

[Video]

[comeonthensexy]

Yes, I got that bit. What did she say at first?

[adventuretime]

Are you going to go? You should! I'll be going too and it sounds like a lot of fun. [Fun she says.]

But that makes sense! I always considered that our existence here wasn't stable at all. We're probably an abnormality, regardless if they brought us in or not.

[talking_dead]

Well...it would definitely be an adventure. [Although he's not sure about 'fun'.]

What do you mean by abnormal?

[ video ]

[vigilanteup]

... That's a lot of useful information. You're pretty sharp, knowing just what to ask the gods and all of that.

I'll be going there as well. I don't want to miss out on what I could learn if I passed it up.

[talking_dead]

I'm not as sharp as Conan, but...Thanks. [He's still not used to being complimented, but being 'sharp' is easier to accept than being 'brave'.]

That's good. I've never been on a trip like this, but I want to help Freyr.

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[scarygirl]

How did you get her to speak with you?

[talking_dead]

It was when Loki went on that big story about this place and then gave us a choice to save Freyr or not. I just asked for her there, and she answered me. You could probably try her altar too, but you'll have to bring something with you.

...She likes her tea with a little cream, by the way. [So very helpful, Norman.]

[digophelia]

And how would one go about speaking to... Hel?

[talking_dead]

Have you tried the Network yet?

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[occulthymns]

Just stick with someone who can swim. That's what I'm doing.

... Holding sand? That sounds like a bunch of bullshit to me.

[talking_dead]

I can swim, I just can't swim super fast.

Really? It makes sense to me.