004 [TEXT] BACKDATED TO WEDNESDAY

[enjoymyatelier]

What effect, if any, does the passage of time here have on us?

I don't necessarily mean what we do in the time that passes here. That's completely irrelevant. I'm talking about aging and other things of that nature. Normally, I wouldn't even entertain the idea that it would be different, but the fact that death isn't permanent here is making me consider it.

If we assume that there's some sort of conscious entity behind our presence here, then it's clear that it wants us alive. I wouldn't say that we're immortal, exactly, as people do die when they are killed, but they're resurrected without consequence a short time later.

What, then, will happen if we're stranded here for a significant length of time? We have no idea how long the investigation will take, nor do we know what will be required of us once we have more information. There is the possibility of being returned to where we came from, but it seems completely random as to when it happens, and it seems as though when we're returned it's as we were never gone-not only with regard to our position in time, but our physical and mental states, as well.

So, do we age normally? Or are we locked into the physical age that we were upon arrival? It would be a fascinating subject to research if I had the proper resources, but there are, of course, more pressing matters to attend to.

[THESE ARE SANE AND REASONABLE BIRTHDAY THOUGHTS]

Speaking of which, has there been any progress on the investigation into the Church of Three? I haven't heard a word about it since shortly after it was brought up. Weren't there people intent on investigating it?

Comments

[merciful_my_ass]

[Are you sure it isn't Kayneth who has the sucky luck ranking?]

Oh, I know. I fully plan on exploring further once I've gathered the funds. See how much this world differs from my own first hand. It'd make for a nice change to do the traveling for a change.

[enjoymyatelier]

[shhhh he's not prepared to acknowledge that yet]

Is this world very different from your own, then? I haven't been that inclined to really explore this one, given that it's practically identical in many respects.

[merciful_my_ass]

Heaven's pretty dull and stagnant so while this world has a few similarities to mine, I find the way it changes almost constantly to be fun to watch. It's why I kept an eye on the lower realms back home, after all. ♥

[enjoymyatelier]

...Ah. I can certainly understand that, then.

[really, it's not too insane to be hit with this kind of thing given everything, but really

how do you respond to that]

[merciful_my_ass]

[By being stunned silent (?) while Kanzeon goes on to bitch about the neverending paperwork and how she gets out of it all the time.

Literally. Heaven is a bureaucracy after all.]

[enjoymyatelier]

[nope, stunned completely silent by bureaucracy out of nowhere

...he never asked for this...]

[merciful_my_ass]

[NOBODY EXPECTS THE KANZEON.... well, it isn't an inquisition, but she finally slows down then stops and sighs.]

But that's just my experience.

Oh dear, did I say something wrong?

[enjoymyatelier]

...Pardon me. That was simply a lengthy and unexpected tangent.