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pot 1 one-sided resurrections note: voice narration does not work on the Safari browser [[This is a link that begins this story->start]]

a bell tolls. when you die, it's quick.

[[How it was always meant to be->HOW IT WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE]]

the goddess's hand—cold, remorseful. it's the last thing you want to feel. ironic; it is the last thing you ever feel as it fades over your shoulder.

[[And that's it->AND THAT'S IT]]

and that's it.

[[Blissful nonexistence->BLISSFUL NONEXISTENCE]]

the moment you are killed, everything in your universe collapses. collapses into a single point of pain. a pinprick point. points to a thought //(thought i already knew that) //that nothing really matters.

[[Did it ever->DID IT EVER]]

you spent a lot of time trying to make things right. a lot of time trying to teach yourself to move on.

[[And then you died->AND THEN YOU DIED]]

and then you died.

[[And it was quick->AND IT WAS QUICK]]

and it was quick.

[[But this doesn't feel like nonexistence->... THIS DOESN'T FEEL LIKE NONEXISTENCE]]

you know where this story goes. you mastered this a long, long time ago.

[[I'm a ghost->I'M A GHOST]]

yes, good ghost, they're going to bring you back. back to the world of the living.

[[The world with the goddess?->THE WORLD WITH THE GODDESS?]] [[The world that has pain in it?->THE WORLD THAT HAS PAIN IN IT?]] [[The world with no truth in it?->THE WORLD WITH NO TRUTH IN IT?]]

yes, it is Her will. there is no stopping a goddess's will. but it will be okay. she Loves you.

[[I never asked for this->I NEVER ASKED FOR THIS]] [[I'm not ready->I'M NOT READY]] [[It will be okay->IT WILL BE OKAY]]

yes, and there’s no stopping it. but it will be okay. pain brought you here. pain is the bringer of bliss.

[[I never asked for this->I NEVER ASKED FOR THIS]] [[I'm not ready->I'M NOT READY]] [[It will be okay->IT WILL BE OKAY]]

yes, and there’s no stopping it. but it will be okay. one last bit of truth for you, while you’re on your way out: nothing lives forever.

[[I never asked for this->I NEVER ASKED FOR THIS]] [[I'm not ready->I'M NOT READY]] [[It will be okay->IT WILL BE OKAY]]

how did it feel for every ghost before you? you know it now. a newborn wail itches in your throat. paper thin and pitched. but here we go, right? here we GO. you will get used to this. this you know.

panic jumps into your mind. feel it slip. you slip with it. unto asphalt, on your back, as your city falls out of view. as the sky falls in. there are no stars—why are there no stars? She opens your eyes. you're in her care. the goddess of life and death and debts and fares. to raise the dead is to sin, but it seems you are exempt. did She owe life to you, or do you owe it to death?

panic sparks through you before it's snuffed out. can't sustain a ride back to a living brain. at once, violently present—a debt of life in your body which cannot be repaid. you were an active life, and it led to a natural death. maybe this time, stay still, do nil, and catch your breath.

a bell tolls. the loose threads that made up the fabric of you were withering apart, but start to stitch back together. the work of a careful, fateful finger. the abrasion of motion beginning to wake; a mind once gone beginning to flicker. the impossible happens:

[[They resurrect her->THEY RESURRECT HER]]