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[eudaimonikos]

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[traversal]

[ curious, though she supposes it'll be chaotic if there was no ... order? system? involved in sorting out the dead souls. ]

And then they go to the Good Place once they've worked on it?

[ like ascending from purgatory to heaven? ... or at least, that's what she's read in some books. ]

What if they don't decide to, though?

[eudaimonikos]

[Michael shrugs.]

Well, you can't force anyone to improve. They'll get time and, if they want to try, help. But people have to decide to take those steps themselves.

[traversal]

[ oh! good point, so she supposes it's the person's fault if they remain in the bad place forever, then. it's interesting how that afterlife works, though she wonders if such an afterlife even applies to everyone, including those who don't come from michael's world. ]

What happens when a person gets to the Good Place, then? Do they just live eternity in a, well, good place?

[ that's gotta be different for every single person, like what he said. so what does it even look like ... ]

[eudaimonikos]

Mmm, yeah, basically - as long as they want to. Turned out humans don't love the idea of being somewhere eternally, though, so we made a doorway out. No clue where it goes - they might merge with the universe, or something?

[It's an afterlife for dead people!]

There actually haven't been all that many people to take it, yet. I think maybe they just wanted the option. Makes it feel a little less claustrophobic. Not that it's small, but you know, eternity's a long time.

[traversal]

Eternity can be pretty boring, after all, especially if you're stuck in one place.

[ even five centuries is quite a length of time for her, though perhaps that might be because she's been separated from her twin brother for so long that it's become unbearable. ]

There's only so much one can do after a hundred years or so ...

[ and that's with her and her brother traveling through worlds. ]

I guess that's why you've decided to learn how to play different instruments, then.

[eudaimonikos]

Well, it's as big as it needs to be, and there's plenty to do. Literally anything, really.

[Michael seems mildly confused at the notion that a hundred years is enough time to reach total ennui?]

I think the constant influx of new people is really what we need, though. That was definitely one of the big problems before, lack of new people and ideas. [.....] But yeah, yeah. Honestly, I was too busy back home to practice as much as I should've, but it seems like you really might as well.