outdistanced | turbo heaven 🌼 ali

[He's going to open it up to see for himself.]

Oh, this looks like one of those music apps that has been becoming popular lately. I haven't used one much, but if I remember correctly it's so you can listen to music. It's kind of like a radio, but you can set the songs that are on the playlist.

"Lately?" I've never heard of it.

...And I don't know any of these songs, either.

I've come to realize that time doesn't seem to matter here, and that people are being pulled from the past and future regardless. Some are even from other worlds, I think. So not hearing about music apps isn't too strange, you might just be from a time before it's invented.

[Or from another world entirely.

He's now fiddling with the music app to find a specific band.]

Me, too. It's still weird to think about. They're definitely from other worlds, too - like, no one here's even heard of demiflora.

[ also he's gonna be nosy and lean to where he can see what ali's looking for ]

[There is some recognition in his eyes, but he quickly realizes a problem: the same word can mean different things. And even then, the word in his world is slightly different]

Well, it's close to a term I know. But just to be sure: what is a demiflora in your world?

[ close? his head tilts. ]

People with supernatural abilities. I can teleport, technically, a Begonia can make things float - stuff like that.

[Ah, so not quite. He shakes his hand.]

We have Floras. They're tied to nature and thrive in forests and meadows. I've seen them sometimes in big parks in cities, but that typically isn't a big enough space for more than one or two of them.

What you call 'demiflora' is something else entirely in my world.

Some demiflora have powers based in nature, but we're not part plant or whatever. We're still people, just named after flowers.

People are people, regardless of what they look like. All humans are people, but not all people are humans.

[It's a very important distinction in his mind.]

There's individual names for each species besides humans in my world, but they all fall under one umbrella term: Immortals. Which is honestly a bit misleading, they're not really immortal at all. All can be killed in some way, it's just that most have longer lifespans than humans.

[ looks at him like ?? ]

That's definitely different. But... closer than everyone else?

[He shrugs.]

Different worlds, different people. I don't blame you for trying to find people from your own world though.

It's a good thing no one I know is here.

[ just, you know. a little lonely. but some of the others are SO friendly he hasn't had time to think about it too much. ]

...it's probably for the best, yeah.

[Whoo boy something related to that has been on Ali's mind since day 1, but he's been quiet about it so far.]

At least we have the chance to go back. As weird as this whole thing is, that makes it a little easier.

[ something to work for, at least. ]

I do still wonder what we need to do. From my talk with the angels, it sounded like our purpose here was to come to terms with our death and prepare for whatever comes after.

It sounds like they wanted to give us therapy, if you ask me. Zuriel said that wasn't it, but it's kind of the same thing.

I don't think therapy is going to fix what's wrong with several of the people here.

[Like Dan. Or whoever keeps breaking stuff. Or Dan.]

[ in spite of himself, laurence has to stifle a laugh. ]

Maybe not. They have to want it, right? That's what I've heard.

Mmm, that is the general consensus. Something like "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink."

I think some of the people here wouldn't out of spite.

That is exceedingly true, yes.

[Some people here are beyond hope.]

turbo heaven 🌼 ali

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