1st Adventure

[forever_cheery]

[Action1 : 921 Bilko Blvd. Waking up is awfully strange, especially when you don't sleep. Aurora Belle sits up in the bed for a few moments, blinking in confusion. Everything around her was solid, as well. Was this some new fancy house in the Afterlife? They certainly never had pajamas before there. Or sleeping people.

Speaking of. Poke poke, sleeping man. There's a lovely new wife for you to wake up to.]

Hello! Hi. Um. I have a lot of questions for you, if you don't mind.

[After that, it's off to explore the house. She'll be gawking at the photos, poking the appliances, and generally touching anything and everything like it is all shiny, new and novel. This will lead to a phone call to everyone! There's a clattering sound as the receiver hits the ground.]

Oh no! Did I break it? What... How do these things work again? [Insert the sound of the receiver being fiddled with.]


[Later, Action 2: Aurora has taken to the streets to explore her surroundings. Despite any warnings she may have been given, she looks like she's having a grand old time. She looks positively giddy as she comes upon the park. She'll be stopping whoever passes by to share her joy with.]

Isn't. This. AMAZING? I had no idea that the sun felt like this! Or that the air smelled like this! [She breathes in and lets out a deep breath.] And that breathing is so easy! You don't even have to think about it or anything! Or blinking, either! Or a lot of things! Hey, do you think I can climb that tree?

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[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

Nope, no need to. I hope I don't forget to. But I don't think that is going to be a problem, I remember it's just something you do.

[bread_goes_bip]

It is, for a human body. It always amazes me, how easily these things just happen.

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

I know! It's great! But it's so fragile, too. I hope I don't hurt myself or something stupid like that.

[bread_goes_bip]

I'm sure you'll get the hang of it. A little hurt, probably, but that's how you know to stop.

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

Right. I remember that.

I think next, after climbing the tree, I want to.. go eat something. But I don't even know what to start with.

[bread_goes_bip]

Remember?

Oh, food is definitely one of my favourite things about being alive. There's a diner downtown that has some pretty great stuff.

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

I've visited humans, and sometimes I remember things about when I was too. I was a ghost, you see, if you'll believe that.

Ooh, a diner? Great! I'll have to try it. Oh, what's you're name? I'm Aurora Belle. Nice to meet you.

[bread_goes_bip]

Oh, I have no trouble believing that at all.

I'm Death. Some people find calling me Didi easier. It's great to meet you too!

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

Oh, good. It seems like people here come from all over who-knows-where and can do all different things. So I guess a ghost is nothing too special?

"Death" is really your name? [Blink blink]

[bread_goes_bip]

It is. My name, my job, who I am, really. So I've met plenty of ghosts.

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

No way, you're really Death?! But... [You can probably tell she has about a million questions she wants to ask, but has no idea where to start.]

[bread_goes_bip]

[Death smiles. She's used to this.]

I'm not really what you expected?

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

There's that. I was expecting you to be, like... well just totally different. Also, how are you trapped here then?

...And what do you know about the Afterlife?

[bread_goes_bip]

Skeleton, cloak, scythe, that sort of deal?

[Yeah, she gets that a lot]

I'm not sure how the town is managing to hold me here, but it's... troubling. As for the afterlife... it really does vary so much.

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Or at least, you know, big and scary.

Oh, really? Darn... We have so many questions, going back there with some answers would have helped a lot.

[bread_goes_bip]

I tried scary, a long time ago. But dying is scary enough without me coming along and making it worse. This way works much better.

For the most part... belief has a lot to do with it.

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

Belief? Like religion? Because where I am, people from all different places come there... We don't really remember anything from being alive, really, though sometimes things just pop back into your memory. But since we don't know anything about being alive, we don't know why we're there. Most of us don't even know how or when we died. The Afterlife's a nice place, and I like the people there, but it'd be nice if we knew more about it. Maybe someday I'll find someone here who knows, but if Death herself doesn't...

[bread_goes_bip]

Mostly, people go wherever they think they should. Heaven, Hell, an Underworld which is both and neither.... it really does vary.

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

Huh... I wonder if I thought that way before I died or something. But since people don't remember anything, we're not sure what the common thread is... though we're pretty sure there is one.

[bread_goes_bip]

So there are a lot of ghosts back home for you?

[forever-cheery.livejournal.com]

Oh, tons! The houses stretch on forever and ever, and there are hundreds in each one, and new people show up often.