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

[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?

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

Not what I would've expected. If Hell's a fixed place, you'd think Heaven would be, too.

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

That's where you're mistaken! Hell is not a fixed place.

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ ... ]

What is it, then?

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

Just like the realm above it, Hell is a place that is generated by belief.

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

Belief in what?

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[livingwater]

Belief in its existence.

Re: RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER

[carnivorouscarnival]

...? Then how did all of us get dragged there in the first place? If it's not like they could just throw us in the back of a van, plug in some coordinates, and drive us there.