maskormenace | 01. voice. angels dancing on the head of a pin

[ Chidi has been contemplating it ever since his arrival—what does the fact that people have powers here mean for the state of ethics in this world? Are people being responsible with what they’ve been given? Is everyone here like him, a person who could never have dreamed of having these types of powers in the worlds he came from?

In the end, he makes a decision that he needs to get more input before deciding. The communicator he’s been given is familiar technology, and he has no problem navigating its interface. He turns on the voice function and begins to broadcast. ]

I have a question for everyone here. Actually, a few questions. I’d like to get everyone’s input, if I can—don’t feel like you’re bothering me with your answer. I want to know everyone’s experience with this and everyone’s opinion.

First, a little background on me. My field of expertise is in the field of ethics and moral philosophy. I have written a lot about this subject, and I’d like to start a new study based on how these fields may be different in this world than in the one I was trained in.

So, here are my questions:

One: Do you personally come from a world where people have the kinds of powers that they have here? Furthermore, did you have powers yourself?

Two: If so, what were the moral and ethical implications of people deciding to use these powers, or choosing not to use them? And if not, do you feel a moral and ethical obligation to use your powers to help people?

And three: Do you consider yourself a good person?

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You know, I never believed in an 'almighty' until recently. And now, the mechanics of the afterlife look like so much bureaucracy and nothing more. But I suppose that means we are accountable to something, somehow.

I might take a bit of exception to the idea there's a destiny, however.

You don't think there's a destiny? [ A pause. ]

Why not? Do you think you're exempt, or...

I've seen people change the way they behave after they learn what it is to be good and right. I've seen people who were supposed to be condemned for their bad behavior become better. I've seen someone who you'd think would never change do whatever it took to try to improve themselves. It's not all determined without our input.

And... How did you know that this...wasn't how they were meant to grow? Sometimes, it takes great strife for people to change -- but change they still do, eventually..

I think it's admirable, that they're able to grow.

I know this because they were already dead and condemned to the Bad Place. Supposedly the person they had been was who they would always be, and they had been sent to be punished for that.

I think it's admirable, too.

How... How can you be dead? And have gone to hell?

[ She tipped her head, confused. ]

Are you dead now? Are you... [ A g g g Ghost? ]

I came here from the afterlife, so...I guess I am.

The afterlife is remarkably like life was, though.

Oh.

That sounds awful. I've...never spoken with the dead before. I'm sorry for your... loss? I hope I never have to...live through an afterlife that's more of the same, though.

I suppose living through it is not all that upsetting...not any more than life was. What sort of afterlife would you have preferred to learn about, I wonder?

I always imagined...quiet? As if you're sleeping for a really long time, and there's nobody to wake you, and there's...peace.

Like when you fall into a deep and dreamless slumber.

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