unsigned but no disguised

[numberonemonkey.livejournal.com]

[First note, addressed to Wally, is a tightly folded piece of paper pinned to the board]


It's Chihaya. I'm so sorry for last night. Please forgive me.


[Second note, open and for all to see]

I was wondering if everybody here has sinned? I'm not asking people to confess what they've done, I'm just curious to know if we're all linked by something like that?

Comments

[jagged handwriting]

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

You think this has something to do with moral failing? Highly doubtful. Beyond the broad, subjective criteria, I've met few deities who really care at all about 'sin'.

[numberonemonkey.livejournal.com]

You met Deities? Are you...certain?

[bprd-fishman.livejournal.com]

Some religions, particularly many sects of Christianity, believe that humans (or others, I suppose, 'human' seems to be optional around here) are "sinners" from the day they are born regardless of actual deeds and thoughts.

Which religious sect are you referring to, and which definition of sin?

[numberonemonkey.livejournal.com]

I suppose Christianity. But they can be absolved and go to heaven still. Unless they continue to break rules.

[host-club-honey.livejournal.com]

You think we might be here because we did something bad?

[numberonemonkey.livejournal.com]

I suppose so. I don't think the people here are bad, but sometimes we break rules...

[Changing Writing Styles Every Few Words]

[mind-the-sukima.livejournal.com]

I've personally talked with the Yama of my jurisdiction before. Besides the fact that she has yet to pass judgment on me, this was not in any of her descriptions of Hell. I've always thought of myself as more of a gray than a black or white anyway.

Re: [Changing Writing Styles Every Few Words]

[numberonemonkey.livejournal.com]

Yama? Maybe this is a test to decide where we belong... not that I think it is. I don't know. I'm just confused, I guess. And I always thought there were shades of grey, but what if we're wrong? Angels especially should be pure.

[moral-liberty.livejournal.com]

What is it that you consider a sin? Do you feel guilt?

[numberonemonkey.livejournal.com]

There are many ways to sin.

I suppose I feel guilty for something that happened when I followed the rules, but I also broke rules but never believed what I did was truly wrong.

[toobothersome.livejournal.com]

If that were the case, there'd be a hell of a lot more people here.

[numberonemonkey.livejournal.com]

Maybe there's something particular about us, maybe we were picked at random?

[so freaking disguised]

[rocksthecourt]

Sinned? You think there's something everyone has done at some point that may have led to being chosen for this place? ...That's an interesting theory.

I think the concept of sinning is complicated, but it might very well be that the people who brought us here might have perceived us as having committed some kind of sin, even if none of us think it to be.

[numberonemonkey.livejournal.com]

Maybe. I don't mean to say we're all bad people, that's really a matter of opinion. But maybe we all broke rules, even out of good intentions.

[wantsyourzex.livejournal.com]

I've done things that I don't believe were wrong, although my countrymen disagreed. Which viewpoint is more valid?

[numberonemonkey.livejournal.com]

Then you're the same as me. I've done things I don't agree with in order to follow their rules too. It goes around both ways and it's so confusing. WHat was worse, going against myself or going against everyone else?

[scarletspeedstr.livejournal.com]

[the note is gone, this is left in its place]

...it's really you? I mean, I saw what happened and I know people are saying not many people actually died but...

Can't really blame me for being suspicious, right?

- Wally

[numberonemonkey.livejournal.com]

[Same done to these notes]

It's really me. I thought I was dying, I feel so stupid. And I'm sorry for worrying you. I think I blacked out, so I can't remember much and I was imagining all these weird things, I don't know what was real.

☆

[unmocked-lawr.livejournal.com]

If that were the case, I expect the patient population would be considerably larger.

[numberonemonkey.livejournal.com]

Perhaps we were hand picked for something. Maybe we're still being tested?

[lastlovesong]

There's always a small chance that there are still people that haven't sinned. I, however, have done a large number of sins. Especially against humanity.

[opposingheaven.livejournal.com]

Sin? Oh please. 'Sin' is something that hypocritical gods come up with to enforce rules on mortals that they dodn't even follow themselves.

[numberonemonkey.livejournal.com]

And maybe they're doing this to punish us.

[remnantsofflame.livejournal.com]

What do you mean by "sinned"?

[numberonemonkey.livejournal.com]

I suppose it's to go against a set of rules. But it's complicated for me.
I went against myself and let something awful happen because I was told I can't get involved.
I went aganst the rule of my people and loved somebody, but for that we faced punishment.

I don't know which was the real sin.