[ But at the same time, when all was said and done, what else was one supposed to do? Slumber comes after the struggle. So he shakes his head before his gaze comes to rest on Ange. ]
...I finished what I had to do. So I don't have any regrets.
[ That's enough about him. He'll stare at Ange in silence, falling back into his habit of merely waiting to see if the other person would be prompted into what he hopes they'll do. Namely, he's shared information about himself, so it's only fair that she do the same, right? ]
[ At least that is a sentiment Ange can understand. Especially when she has lived her life pretty much on the same basis. If you can just succeed in the one thing you want to do, then it's fine if you just die after.
So she's not going to criticize him over this, or even fuss over it. It's clear that Minato has peace with what happened, and-- she gets it.
Instead she's quiet for a moment after it. It's not even that she's too reluctant to talk about her own death in general, but it feels kind of like a dumb contrast after his own death. It feels almost kind of cringe to talk about it now.
But considering Minato isn't going away, she's pretty sure he is expecting her to say something here.
... ]
I had a contract with a witch. I didn't follow the rules of said contract. So she had me torn to pieces. [ Is there much more to the story?
Of course. But this is the CliffsNotes version.. ]
[ Her answer seems to come relatively quickly, despite what they just shared between the two of them. ]
It doesn't work that way for me. I'm not sure I can ever go to any afterlife. [ Maybe a bit of a weird and cryptic thing to say - especially since the girl doesn't seem to elaborate, already having shared something here.
Or maybe this is so normal to her at this point that she doesn't feel the need to elaborate. Who knows. ]
So this can't be that. It'd be a pretty crappy afterlife, anyway.
me trying not to have minato ask ange if she believes in heaven and failing
[ Ange did just say she'd made a contract with a witch, so learning that she's doomed to never land in any afterlife kinda tracks. Or at the very least, this is something that makes sense in Minato's head despite being something terribly cryptic. ]
I guess.
[ Somehow, Minato thinks that it could have been much, much worse. He looks at her with a contemplative frown. ]
[ There's a split second before her answer, though her tone itself sounds relatively steady when she answers. ]
Not really. Or rather-- I'm opting to not really believe in anything until there's actual proof of it. [ That's a deep cut that will go entirely over Minato's head..
But Ange doesn't really seem that bothered about it. There's the angle of her family and their deaths, sure, but she's not thinking about that one. Nope. Not in front of someone else! Won't catch her slipping! ]
It feels kind of useless to occupy ourselves with whatever might happen after we die.
[ Or, well, after they die for realsies. If the both of them are here right now, talking to each other, then they clearly haven't fully died for realsies yet. ]
[ That, they can agree on: no point in dwelling on what might happen after they truly died, or at the very least, after their consciousnesses faded away. ]
...I wonder where we are now then.
[ That was the dilemma, wasn't it? If this wasn't the afterlife, could it be some form of AI purgatory? That... seemed far too advanced for his time, Minato thinks. And little does he know, it'd probably be far too futuristic for Ange's as well.
He shakes his head. As said, probably no use in dwelling on it. ]
Maybe we'll be reincarnated instead.
[ And their souls are just here, waiting for their new bodies to be born in who knows where. ]
[ Ange is making a face as if she just smelled a fart.. ]
Gross.
[ Maybe a more appropriate reaction to an actual fart than to what Minato said, but it is her reaction to his mention of reincarnation. ]
There's no way I'd want to do this all over again. Besides, just imagine what sort of terrible person you could be reincarnated as. I could end up being a man. [ Ange-- Ange, what do you think Minato is-- Ange, hold on!! Slow down!!! ]
[ All seems well because that comment gets an amused huff out of Minato. Yeah, she could end up getting reincarnated as a MAN. Terrible, terrifying stuff. ]
Or... maybe I wouldn't be a person at all.
[ That might be nice. He thinks he'd be all right with that. The creatures of the world lived much simpler lives, didn't they? Or even a tree might be a satisfying existence too, despite his potential fate of being sawed down and reduced to lumber. At least he'd be useful.
But for now, Minato shakes his head. No use in hypothesizing over things that might not happen at all. ]
...yeah. Never mind.
[ Forget about it. It was a mere passing thought. ]
yes! c: i'm fine with wrapping it up here, or you can give it a last tag!
[ A passing thought, but-- kind of a strange one, Ange thinks. It doesn't stray too far away from things they were already thinking and talking about, but it still makes her stare at Minato for a moment, wondering what he's thinking about.
(Especially when it's so often difficult with Minato to tell just what he's thinking. Is he actually being deep about it, or is it just that weird goofy side he's got that's rearing its head?)
In the end she decides not to ask. They've already shared a whole lot here today, after all. ]
.. maybe we should get going. [ She instead slowly suggests. ] You know, before they try to trap us in a round two of this entire thing.
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I guess so.
[ But at the same time, when all was said and done, what else was one supposed to do? Slumber comes after the struggle. So he shakes his head before his gaze comes to rest on Ange. ]
...I finished what I had to do. So I don't have any regrets.
[ That's enough about him. He'll stare at Ange in silence, falling back into his habit of merely waiting to see if the other person would be prompted into what he hopes they'll do. Namely, he's shared information about himself, so it's only fair that she do the same, right? ]
cw: mention of past gore
So she's not going to criticize him over this, or even fuss over it. It's clear that Minato has peace with what happened, and-- she gets it.
Instead she's quiet for a moment after it. It's not even that she's too reluctant to talk about her own death in general, but it feels kind of like a dumb contrast after his own death. It feels almost kind of cringe to talk about it now.
But considering Minato isn't going away, she's pretty sure he is expecting her to say something here.
... ]
I had a contract with a witch. I didn't follow the rules of said contract. So she had me torn to pieces. [ Is there much more to the story?
Of course. But this is the CliffsNotes version.. ]
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[ Perhaps that's all Minato could say. But then he realizes something: she'd mentioned a contract. ]
...I had one too. A contract, I mean.
[ Could Igor be considered a witch? ]
It gave me one year to do what I needed to do.
[ And instead of shuffling off now that he'd acquired the information he sought, Minato lingers with a thoughtful expression. ]
There are people here who haven't died yet, but... do you think this could still be the afterlife?
[ If so, could be worse. Could be so, so much worse, and repenting for one's sins sure sounded like the afterlife according to certain religions. ]
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[ Her answer seems to come relatively quickly, despite what they just shared between the two of them. ]
It doesn't work that way for me. I'm not sure I can ever go to any afterlife. [ Maybe a bit of a weird and cryptic thing to say - especially since the girl doesn't seem to elaborate, already having shared something here.
Or maybe this is so normal to her at this point that she doesn't feel the need to elaborate. Who knows. ]
So this can't be that. It'd be a pretty crappy afterlife, anyway.
me trying not to have minato ask ange if she believes in heaven and failing
I guess.
[ Somehow, Minato thinks that it could have been much, much worse. He looks at her with a contemplative frown. ]
...you believe in something like heaven, then?
[ Or some form of "good" afterlife, anyways. ]
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Not really. Or rather-- I'm opting to not really believe in anything until there's actual proof of it. [ That's a deep cut that will go entirely over Minato's head..
But Ange doesn't really seem that bothered about it. There's the angle of her family and their deaths, sure, but she's not thinking about that one. Nope. Not in front of someone else! Won't catch her slipping! ]
It feels kind of useless to occupy ourselves with whatever might happen after we die.
[ Or, well, after they die for realsies. If the both of them are here right now, talking to each other, then they clearly haven't fully died for realsies yet. ]
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...I wonder where we are now then.
[ That was the dilemma, wasn't it? If this wasn't the afterlife, could it be some form of AI purgatory? That... seemed far too advanced for his time, Minato thinks. And little does he know, it'd probably be far too futuristic for Ange's as well.
He shakes his head. As said, probably no use in dwelling on it. ]
Maybe we'll be reincarnated instead.
[ And their souls are just here, waiting for their new bodies to be born in who knows where. ]
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Gross.
[ Maybe a more appropriate reaction to an actual fart than to what Minato said, but it is her reaction to his mention of reincarnation. ]
There's no way I'd want to do this all over again. Besides, just imagine what sort of terrible person you could be reincarnated as. I could end up being a man. [ Ange-- Ange, what do you think Minato is-- Ange, hold on!! Slow down!!! ]
i think we can probably wind this thread down?
Or... maybe I wouldn't be a person at all.
[ That might be nice. He thinks he'd be all right with that. The creatures of the world lived much simpler lives, didn't they? Or even a tree might be a satisfying existence too, despite his potential fate of being sawed down and reduced to lumber. At least he'd be useful.
But for now, Minato shakes his head. No use in hypothesizing over things that might not happen at all. ]
...yeah. Never mind.
[ Forget about it. It was a mere passing thought. ]
yes! c: i'm fine with wrapping it up here, or you can give it a last tag!
(Especially when it's so often difficult with Minato to tell just what he's thinking. Is he actually being deep about it, or is it just that weird goofy side he's got that's rearing its head?)
In the end she decides not to ask. They've already shared a whole lot here today, after all. ]
.. maybe we should get going. [ She instead slowly suggests. ] You know, before they try to trap us in a round two of this entire thing.