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Name: Mogget
Date: May 8th
Format: Voice

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How is death viewed in the world you come from?

[Now there's a question. Mogget pauses a moment before he continues, just to let it sink in.]

In the Old Kingdom, when one dies, their soul moves over into a different realm. There they traverse nine gates along a river until finally passing on. I understand that this isn't the norm outside of my home world.

[Not close to it, in fact.]

So, indulge me, if you would.

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Why d'you wanna know?

It's kind of a weird question.

Is there are particular reason why you want to know?

Depends on how you die. Obviously.

["obviously"]

Depends what god you follow. I've heard a lot of pretty stories about other planes and all that, but I never thought much about what happens when you die besides knowing I wasn't gonna live long. Least not til lately.

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It varies from time, place, and person. My people had an idea how that worked for them, but then it turns out, sometimes you get to be an exception.

Which of the stories sounds better?

Is that the belief held by everybody in your world? In my world, the belief depends on the culture. Some people believe we go to a better or worse place, depending on our actions. Some people believe we're reborn. Some believe there's nothing after death. Is there some proof that makes the whole world believe the same thing?

The usual cycle of any living creature on reaching its journey's end is the return of their aether to its source.

As with anything there are exceptions, however! A great will, some driving desire or lingering attachment may conspire to trap or cause the aether to remain in the mortal plane.

[He sounds good natured and pleasant. Perhaps in a good mood?]

Huh.

Sounds pleasant. Gates and a river into a different realm? Another adventure, just waiting ahead?

Hm...

A rather lengthy journey for a tired soul to go on, don't you think? Nine whole gates to pass through before passing on. Don't tell me there's some ordeal or judgement attached to each one, or some nonsense complication like that.

But what happens at the end, after they've traversed all of this? That last step sounds the most crucial, and yet it's the one missing.

[Completely ignoring that he hasn't answered the question himself, his tone is low and idle.]

A morbid topic.

However, we believe there is an afterlife. When a person dies, family will burn money for them to accompany them in the afterlife. Eventually, an account of their life will be taken. Based on the deeds that they have performed in their life, they will reborn. Doing good deeds and having luck on your side will give you a better life the next time. Performing bad deeds, you may be reborn as a toad.

I...

[There's a pause, as Kor mulls over that answer. It's not something he'd ever given much thought to the intricacies of, even though he's lost his fair share of loved ones in his life.]

...Dunno, really. I think the church teaches that our Spirias join with the winged whale in the sky when we die, or something like that. But that's not what I believe.

Gates on a river? They going through the gates or just.... passing the gates, mysteriously, and nobody ever opens them?

[ Nosy. ]

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