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[anonymia]

[You have died. The circumstances in your own world somehow worked out that you've died and now your soul has been cast adrift to go to whatever destination it may. There's a sort of nothingness all around, and you yourself are also a nothingness. It's hard to tell how long you've been in this state and all that you know for certain is that you're dead...

Then, slowly, there is a pulling, something drawing you away from where you were, pulling and pulling, as if you've been caught in some invisible net.]

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[anonymia]

[It is.. very empty. Brightnesses like Irisviel and..--It pauses to think, and doesn't know any other names...--and Juri, and the other ones who live again are very few. But it is big.

Another pause as it thinks... And new. There is a lot I.. haven't seen.]

[irealdoll]

It's empty, but there's a lot... By brightnesses, do you mean people?

[anonymia]

[Yes. Even the sad ones and the angry ones are like "light".

[irealdoll]

I agree. People are so very bright, aren't they?

But I agree, too, to go there.

[anonymia]

[You want to?

Many are not happy, or think living is difficult, or want to go back to where they were. But... if you choose... then is it okay?]

[irealdoll]

It's okay. I want to live. Almost nothing would give me greater joy.

But first... shall we give you a name?

[anonymia]

[There's a tremble of surprise, unsure but interested]

[irealdoll]

Do you want one?

[anonymia]

[Will I be a better me with a name?]

[irealdoll]

That is for you to decide.

[anonymia]

[...A name would make me truly separate... Though it suspects it already is.]

[irealdoll]

You already are. You are you, correct? Singular.

[anonymia]

[Seems a bit sad about this, but also quickly acknowledging that it's true.

Then.. I. should have a name...]

[irealdoll]

What about Bodie? Or Linde? "Messenger" or "gentle"?

[anonymia]

[In this place that isn't quite a physical space at all, one word seems to ring truer than the other.

Bodie... shall be my name. I will be called Bodie.]

[irealdoll]

Hello, Bodie.

[anonymia]

[Hello, Irisviel. There's an ambivalent feeling, both pleased and a bit nervous about becoming more and more.. More.

We shall go. It lets go of its hold on the force that has her caught, and both start drifting again, pulled along by that net. You.. may have someone waiting. There is a bond. Those are painful... So, you should be ready...]

[irealdoll]

...I will prepare myself. Thank you, Bodie.

[anonymia]

[Considers...

They are good too. Conveys a feeling of love and joy and family. They're not ones familiar to her specifically, as if they were learned from someone who is a stranger to her, but certainly relatable. Maybe yours will be more like that.]

[irealdoll]

[Aah, that love.]

I hope so.