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[formercheerio]

Have ghosts ever happened before? I thought when everyone died they just came back.
It was the first time that I've died here. I don't really know what it's supposed to be but I guess it wasn't what I expected.
I didn't expect to be a ghost.
Unless that was the horror part.
Has anyone been there before to know what else happens?

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[supportinkindness]

[He's still getting the hang of this texting thing...]

You wera a ghodst?

un whay did youa die?

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[formercheerio]

( She switches in kindness )

By a snake bite. It was when we were travelling so no one could help.

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[supportinkindness]

[He had no idea people could be ghosts here...]

Oh, thank you...Um...are you okay now?

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[formercheerio]

Yeah. Somehow I'm alive again. That's okay.

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[pottershotter]

Ghosts have happened before as part of events. It's not common but it's usually also not the same as dying here.

You know how something bad happens if you die five times? This will sound odd but I'm fairly certain some deaths here don't count toward that.

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[formercheerio]

How do you know when it counts?
Do any of them?

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[pottershotter]

Some of them do. You can usually tell what your death count is based on how long it takes you to come back.

so if you die for the first time, you come back in a day. If you die a second time it takes two days and so on.

You probably won't know for sure unless you die again but I turned into a ghost once and it didn't count for me.

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[formercheerio]

I think I came back straight away. Or I didn't really notice how long it took.
But if no one is usually a ghost then maybe it didn't count.
I don't know if that's nice or weirder.
Although I'm used to death only being once.

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[kickassqueen]

The ghost thing was uber strange. Nothing makes sense around here, but I guess that's typical Wonderland MO.

Probably a good thing there aren't a whole lot of ghosts around, if there are any. Unless it turned into some kind of rad Hogwarts-type ghost situation.

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[formercheerio]

It'd probably be pretty depressing to be stuck as a ghost. You wouldn't be able to do much.

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[kickassqueen]

IKR?? You'd get to see all the drama go down, I bet it's like one really long soap opera. Not everyone's cup of tea, I bet.

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[formercheerio]

It wasn't mine. It was nice being able to talk to people but I couldn't help them.

[luckynumberthree]

It was the first time I've died, period. That was enough horror in itself.

[formercheerio]

How did you die?

[luckynumberthree]

Buffalo stampede. On the last damn day, too. How's that for adding insult to indignity?

[formercheerio]

We should make our own buffet. Like 'you died and survived' kind of thing.

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[halfwinchester]

_{[Quinn had died, too? He's not sure he wants to know just how many defenseless people had gone the way of the dinosaurs over some stupid wagon caravan.]}

Sorry you had to go through that. It was bad out there. How are you doing now?

_{[He could just leave it at that--after all, ghosts aren't his area of expertise--but he's drawn to her question despite his reluctance to answer it honestly.]}

By "there" do you mean what happens when you die?

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[formercheerio]

I think I'm okay. It's weird knowing I died and now I'm not dead.

No I meant where we were.

Does something else happen when you died?

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[halfwinchester]

Don't think too hard about it, it won't do you any good.

I made it. I don't know anything about that happened out there for the people who didn't. I thought you guys stayed with us, we could see you and talk to you.

<sub>[He'd survived Wonderland's Oregon Trail, anyway. But Quinn sounds like she's talking about something specific that had happened to those who'd died for those few days.

Normally, Adam thought moving onto the afterlife was instantaneous; you kind of just went in whichever your soul was supposed to go, and you more or less knew where you ended up.]</sub>

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[stoptheviolence]

Are you sure you were a ghost?

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[formercheerio]

Yeah, I could go through things.

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[stoptheviolence]

Maybe it was a magic trick? There are people here who can do magic.

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[exceedinglybright]

I've seen them elsewhere, but not here.
I haven't been here as long as some people, though.
It's very possible that ghosts HAVE happened here before, however temporarily.

Are you okay?

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[formercheerio]

I think so.
What happens with your ghosts?

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[exceedinglybright]

Mostly they wander around our school and make great nuisances of themselves.
Some of them are delightful conversationalists at dinner, however.