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[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.]

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[If that last event was any indication of the magnitude of what goes on here plus all the things he's heard about it previous to his arrival, then okay, yes, probably like hell to some extent.

He hoped the following wasn't too invasive. He just needed something to compare.]

Is home any better?

yours or mine

[Hell if he's talking about his own. Never pays to talk about this kind of thing when someone could be listening...]

[Fair enough. Minato didn't have to take too long in how to answer, but he did think about if he should. May as well, though he didn't know if it would help.]

Mine was hell, but better now.

[Something like that. "Better" though is so broad a scale though, it's really almost an unfair assessment.]

Sometimes people put themselves through hell to make things better for other people.

so that makes this heaven comparably?

[He doesn't respond to that last statement. He knew one too many people who put themselves through hell to make things better for others, only for it to backfire miserably.]

[That's... actually a really good question. Here he had been asking what Heaven of some sort might be like, but what about for him personally?]

Can I think about parts of it being heaven and other parts hell?

[That seemed like a copout answer, but he didn't think that this place was just strictly one or the other then. Even home had its downsides.]

you can think what you want dude
i'm not the thought police.

[That works. At least his answer wasn't shot down.]

Is there something I can help with so it's not so much like hell for you here?

why

[He's probably safer not knowing. Safer not getting into it. And why would he want to? He doesn't know Tim. Probably wouldn't want to after a time.]

Why not?

[The obvious response. If they were all in this together, then shouldn't he do his part so that it wouldn't be so bad for someone else?]

not much you could do one way or another
the place has been this way for a while the way everyone tells it

I can't change the place. But if you need someone to talk to, then I'd be okay with that.

[He could offer that. He wanted to.]

thanks but i'm already seeing a therapist

[Uh. Sorta.]

[That also works.]

I wasn't offering as a therapist. But I hope it's working for you.

[He hoped it was. If this place was like hell for him, then things couldn't be easy.]

I'm Minato. And you?

tim
nice to meet you i guess

The feeling's mutual. Thanks for the other perspective.

[It was appreciated and gave him something to think about.]

How long have you been here?

couple months.
since early september.
you?

[It really has been a few months now. Ain't that some shit.]

About two weeks. We'll see how long the stay is.

[A few weeks wasn't anything in comparison to a few months or even years that some people had under their belt.]

could be weeks and could be years
you've probably heard that already.

I met a couple of people who've been here for years.

[Hard to imagine being stuck here for so long.]

All the events can't be that bad?

[Hell is pretty bad, but didn't anyone here have any good memories the Mansion could pull from?]

haven't seen a good one yet

[But that just might be his luck. He's accepted that this is just his lot in life by now.]

[Minato had his share of good memories, but then there were some that he really, really didn't want anyone else here to have to live through them.]

What would be a good one then?

no idea.
maybe an event where we all get to sleep uninterrupted for a week.

I'd be for that.

[Because sleep is awesome.]

Maybe the next one will be better then.

that's what i started telling myself the first few times.
then i quit telling myself that.

You'd end up pleasantly surprised if there's a better one? No expectations?

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