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[jivitadana]

[Splish--splish---splash.

That was quite the event. Minato was relieved that it was over when it was over. After he got some rest, he had to check on his friends, check on anyone who needed it, and then just find some way to relax. Try to get back to normal.

So he found himself out at the beach, doing something mundane. The ocean was still enough that he could do this: Skipping rocks.

Splish---splish------splash.]

Someone once said that Hell is on your last day alive, you meet the person you could've been.

What's Heaven like then?

[It couldn't have been as simple as not meeting them. There had to be other interpretations.

Splish----splish----------splash.]

Comments

[video]

[wriggedywrecked]

Kid, what the fuck.

[video]

[jivitadana]

[Have a headtilt. Then a blink.]

Something wrong?

[Curiosity pinged.]

[video]

[wriggedywrecked]

you're like nine, ease up on the e-existential crisis.

[video]

[jivitadana]

But I'm seventeen.

[Or physically anyway. Wait, wait, was that still an okay age to have an existential crisis then? Life could get really hard out here for a teenager. Sort of.]

[video]

[wriggedywrecked]

That's basically nine.

[video]

[jivitadana]

So when should I have my existential crisis then?

[video]

[wriggedywrecked]

You have to wait at least thirty more years! W-Wait till you're confronted with the m-meaninglessness of life and the reality of your own m-OOOUUUUURR-rtality!

[video]

[jivitadana]

[Another blink.

So he'd have to be at least 47 years old first? That's such a long time to wait, really.]

... But what if I've already known about my own mortality?

[video]

[wriggedywrecked]

Why are all the fucking children here like this.

[video]

[jivitadana]

Like what?

[He swears he's not trolling, he swears. He wants to know.]

Is it okay if I did find meaning in my life and then was confronted by my own mortality?

[Like... literally?]

[video]

[wriggedywrecked]

Obsessed with death and existentialism and shit! Like, wh-what the fuck!

[Also,]

Okay, and to that I say again: what the fuck.

[video]

[jivitadana]

[Perhaps true. Headtilt. Death is so ordinary though. Obsessed? Well, maybe not "obsessed" but there was a lot of time thinking about it. Like a lot.]

... Some people end up here after they're dead, I guess?

[Something like that?]

[video]

[wriggedywrecked]

F-Fuck me sideways. I guess you've got a point.

[video]

[jivitadana]

[Minato smiled. He isn't one to hand out free anxiety attacks and all, so, he's a little apologetic.]

Thank you for the concern though.

[If he ever has an existential crisis here or is going to, he'll consult him first.]

My name's Minato. What's yours?

[video]

[wriggedywrecked]

It's not concern, i-it's annoyance.

Didn't ask, but what the fuck ever. I'm Rick.

[video]

[jivitadana]

[Concern, annoyance, something whatever.]

It's nice to meet you. Can I say that much?

[video]

[wriggedywrecked]

[This kid is unflappable isn't he.]

Jesus Christ. Say whatever the hell you want.

[video]

[jivitadana]

[Oh, hey, look, exclusive permission!]

Thanks. Is life really meaningless, Rick-san?

[Just wondering. Just checking.]

[video]

[wriggedywrecked]

[Sweet Jesus.]

I mean, yes, but y-you're free to pretend otherwise.

[video]

[jivitadana]

[Fascinating, so fascinating. Well, maybe teenagers (or nine-year-olds) are the best at pretending?]

If that's true, then why are we alive?

[video]

[wriggedywrecked]

For no fucking point. You make y-your own point or whatever.

[video]

[jivitadana]

... But isn't that finding meaning then to life?

[video]

[wriggedywrecked]

No, because it's not fucking real. It's not meaning. I-It's just a reason not to fucking kill yourself. It's survival, that's all it fucking is.

[video]

[jivitadana]

What's "real"?

[But that survival thing. That sounds familiar.]

[video]

[wriggedywrecked]

It's a state of existence that can be confirmed by multiple people.