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[ Recent events are enough of a push to get him to do what he was waffling about, but that doesn't mean he likes having to be the bearer of any news, let alone the kind where he gives mildly hypocritical advice. ]

i know it hasn't even been a week but apparently people are already biting the dust again, so

hi, i'm nate, and enough people have asked me about this crap that i should probably have made this sooner. i've been to another world like this before, the whole "kidnapped population of different people, different places" thing, got the t-shirt, so i might be able to answer some questions people have

death probably isn't gonna stick here, but that doesn't mean you should be testing your luck since there's always some kind of price with these things.

seriously, don't be stupid.

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How did it happen the last time?

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temporary death or interdimensional kidnapping?

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I was thinking interdimensional kidnapping, but that doesn't mean I don't also have questions about the 'temporary death' thing.

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wish i could tell you the how. one minute i was in scotland and the next i was in subterranean city. even the things that brought us there weren't exactly keen on explaining their selection process

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Okay... You know, the more I read that, the more questions I have.
So, skipping past the fact that I'm pretty sure I saw that exact plot in an episode of the X-Files...
I'm guessing you don't have any idea of the who?

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for here? no idea.
best guess is some kind of shadowy being we'll either have limited or no exposure to, that brought us here for reasons other than a general "congratulations, you died" thing

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I actually meant there. I mean, I've heard of a few things capable of transporting matter between worlds and dimensions, but it - obviously - carries risks and isn't always ...stable? It's not something just anyone can do, is what I'm trying to say, so there's going to be a select number of people that'd be able to not only pull it off, but make it work without adverse side-effects.

If you've ruled out their involvement - how?

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oh

in the last city, they were gods. or called themselves gods. they fed off of our emotions, and would try to spike them pretty often by throwing different experiences at us. but they were also fairly involved in our lives and easy to contact, so i'm not getting the same vibe here

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Gods. Right. And that was it, no grand ... names? Just 'gods'? [ sounds legit....... interesting to file away though: it's not mysterio, or pym particles, or — well, it could be magic and fuck magic. ]

And here we've got the middle-men, which means it could just be coincidental.

Which would also mean you've got some pretty spectacularly bad luck.

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they went by the names of the emotions they evoked or fed from: hope, rage, confusion, fear, sadness, love, et cet

yeah, you're not the first to tell me that
i had really good luck in life so i guess this is fair

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Did I miss the part of religious education where emotions were outed as gods? Because I feel like that puts a very different spin on the seven deadly sins.

...You know, I don't think 'interdimensional kidnapping' tends to feature particularly highly on many definitions of 'equal and fair opportunities'...