side: heaven

[idolpro]

[ When you next open your eyes, you find yourself standing in a hallway of stained glass windows; the door behind you closes completely shut before disappearing, you in a corridor that leads to nowhere. You're stranded, here . . . wherever you are . . . ?

The light that reflects through the glass is a gentle one, and the whole place seems to glow, almost binding in illumination - it's been recently swept here, or otherwise recently polished so everything isn't so musty; still, there's a distinct feeling of heaviness in the air. One could almost mistake the feeling for reverence.

There's only one direction: forward, into the light. ]

Comments

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

I have roughly heard the gist from the others. Your companions are in Hell, it seems?

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ that makes him sober up pretty quickly, expression turning more serious. ]

What? Are they...?

All I know is that we came in through the same door, but we ended up here and they didn't.

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

She was in contact with one of them.

[ hum ]

Why did you go through that door?

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

Do you mean me personally, or the group as a whole? I think the answers are slightly different for each person, but the part we have in common is that we were all trying to get into Heaven.

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

Why were you trying to get into Heaven?

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

I told you, it's different for each person. As for me... I wanted to make sure my unit—my teammates didn't get themselves killed somehow, since they were already set on going. And someone else asked me to pick up a few items while I'm at it.

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

So you came to protect people.

Hm.

[ with a nod, as if approving ]

Fine! But you should apologize for reading my diary.

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

Gyahaha. Why get hung up on past transgressions when we could be looking to the future? Let's face forward together!

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

[ the angel's back breaks open like coming apart at the seams, and a like

wing that looks like it might be a thousand different hands picks man eater up by his ankles ]

Apologize.

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ he does his very best to jump back out of the way of that—but no matter how quick his reflexes are, it's hard to pull that off successfully when he has two ankles versus like a thousand hands, and he gives a disgruntled yelp as he's lifted upside down. ]

—Hey, heyyy, coercion doesn't seem like a very angelic tactic.

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

If you will not apologize then I will punish you.

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

Look, I'm not an apologetic kind of guy. You really wanna make me a liar on top of everything else?

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

Very well! Then I'll just punish you!

[ tosses him into another pool.

it's like.

really hot in that pool. not very pleasant. won't burn, but still. ]

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ once he surfaces, he's pulling himself out of the water way more quickly this time, some irritation finally seeping in. ]

Wasn't once enough for you?! Fuck, since when was the water so toasty...?

[ actually, he'll glance at the dial, just to see if it's set to something different. ]

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

[ 3 - Exorcism. ]

This was divine punishment!

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ at least he didn't get exterminated. ]

Tch. What ever happened to mercy and compassion?

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

If you had apologized sincerely, I would have been merciful!!

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

You asked for an apology and my sincerity, and I gave you one of 'em. No partial credit with you, huh?

[ now he's definitely going to take off his wet and unpleasantly warm overcoat and discard it on the ground ]

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

I did not toss you outside. Consider that partial credit.

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

... What's outside?

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

The abyss.

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

You mean, like... Hell? I thought we were at the opposite pole.

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

Were this anchoring point a world that was still being battled for, that would be the case! But you summoned Heaven right into Hell, so what else did you expect!

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

—Wait, hold up. I thought we teleported here or something. You're saying Heaven came to us? What, like some kind of trailer home?

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

?

Is that so unbelievable?