001; video - un: t.challa

[kumkani]

[T'Challa does not put on the Panther Habit for his first post to the network, preferring to keep the two identities separate for as long as possible. For the duration of his stay, if he can manage it, though it's not he who would tell the others. He cannot vouch for the people from his own world that are here. Not all of them, at least.

He angles his device to capture his face and very little of his surroundings.]

In my culture, death is not the end. It's more of a stepping off point. You reach out with both hands and Bast and Sekhmet, they lead you into the green veld where... you can run forever.

[He'd been told upon his arrival, after many questions, that he was here because he'd felt displaced. While that had not necessarily been true, the thought that this place was something other than what it seemed had crossed his mind. The afterlife possibly, though he did not recall dying - his beliefs dashed that notion rather quickly.]

So this cannot be life after death. Do you accept the answers you have been given or do you challenge them? What was the outcome of such action?

[The feed ends there. It's enough of a start to generate conversation.]

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[jelmazmo]

That sounds beautiful. We are agreed in that if there is any sort of afterlife, it is not this place. Or there would be no walls, and most if not all our people would be here.

( She isn't much of a believer on gods. All her prayers never saved her; she did that herself.

Dany tilts her head, eyes narrowed in thought. )

No. And this place could very well all be a beautiful lie; I've been to a place like that before. These people could very well need help; but the least they might do is appeal for it.

( Rather than kidnapping them, or putting their own needs over the duties and struggles and desires of others. Will the Night King wait? She already knows that answer. )

[kumkani]

It would be freeing, to be gifted an afterlife that is so peaceful. Yes, I do not know why I did not think of that.

[T'Challa takes a moment to respond, head tipped down in thought.]

I am more certain now that this is not life after death. I would have my father here with me if it were.

Have they not asked for help?

[jelmazmo]

I am sorry for your loss. I knew when my mother, my brothers, my son— ( And so many others. ) —were absent that it could be nothing of the sort, as well.

( Her father's deeds have ensured that if he is in any manner of afterlife, it is nowhere near as pleasant as what the two of them now envision.

She shakes her head, mouth forming a tight line. )

No. I was taken against my will. My people face a great evil, and cannot, should not have to do so alone. Is it the same in your case?

[kumkani]

And I am sorry for yours. I have faith that you will see them all again.

[He did not know the pain of losing a sibling or child, but he could relate to losing a parent.]

It is. I am their King and they need me to return to them. I had made promises that I intend to keep.

If I can find a way back home, I will take it.

[jelmazmo]

Or for the first time—I don't know if it's possible, if gods or an afterlife exist where I'm from. But I would like it very much.

( Once, she'd seen her son in a vision conjured by warlocks; and she's not sure if it was real, or a fantasy of her own or a bastardization of their memory. So she doesn't mention it.

What he goes on to say is something she most certain can relate too, as well. She inclines her head. )

You must, in that case. As shall I, as the Queen of my people. I am not convinced that anyone's people are safe while we languish here.

There has not been one mentioned in my short time here. But nor has anyone ventured very far past the perimeter, and certainly not in force. Perhaps a way home lies beyond this cage that has been built for us.