sapphire

[dramatispersonae]

[ The hill in the Ring dissolves, leaving you alone with your team in a soft, featureless grey space. The Dog's genderless, gentle "voice" speaks into all of your minds, less anxious and more confident now; confiding. ]

My name is The Dog Who Dies At The End Of The Story. I don't remember the name I had before that, and I didn't know what this one was either, not till I chose a new Master. I don't think I was supposed to do that, but I did, so here we are.

I understand being a dog, and sometimes dogs die. But I don't understand dying, even when I know what it is. . . and in order to make a choice about it, I need to catch answers. I've died over and over and not understood yet. Maybe some of you have, too. I wanted . . . to ask what you thought. . . ?

Thank you. . . I won't be able to answer for a little while, so if you would. . . please answer for me.

[ You know instinctively that while the Dog will not answer your words for a while, once it asks you its questions you will be able to speak your answers when you've reached a consensus and be heard. ]

Comments

Re: answer

[appleofhiseye]

We answered that way because we believe it, more or less. Not everyone here does, but it was the closest we could come to a decision. Everyone here is from a different world, so we all have different understandings of how things are after life. For some people, it's how they know things are. For others, it's just what we believe, or we'd like to believe. I couldn't say if there's surety...it's just a feeling, something you'd like to be true, something you feel is true because of the experiences you've had and the experiences others have shared. We've all had someone that we care about die, or have died ourselves. We can either say that we know what we believe to be true, or that we hope our loved ones are there.

We couldn't all say the exact same thing in the end, because we've all had different experiences dealing with death and what we think or know comes after. We're still learning too, so I hope you'll pardon us if we don't fully understand either.