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 Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:22 pm
Kibo: If the family isn't even aware of the deceased's existence, than no. It would just give them the burden of going to a funeral, and probably giving some sort of long-winded speech, about someone they didn't even know existed for most of their lives.
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:57 pm
"Funeral?"
Storm's tone turned the word into a question.
"What is this...funeral?"
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:02 pm
Kibo: It's kind of a way of saying goodbye. It's for humans who weren't there when the person actually died to feel better about themselves for their absence. It's basically people talking to a dead body for an hour and a half. I used to have such fun at them, though. Nothing scares grieving people more than having their deceased love one sit up in his casket and scream.
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:06 pm
Storm raised her eyebrows.
"Whyever would you want to do that? Talk to the body, I mean, not play with it."
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:08 pm
Kibo: I don't understand. I much prefer to play with both the body and the people who are mourning over it. You see, humans are quite concerned with the afterlife. Everyone loves their own religion, but is always plagued by that question "what if they're right?" scenario. It's a major flaw in our species.
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:18 pm
Storm frowned.
"Why don't they just do what they bloody well feel like, and deal with the concequences later? Worst case sinario, they end up lost forever in he Fugue Plane. Humans renounced the Old Gods long ago, and they are the ones that decided where you go. Once they renounced Them, They left. Can't go anywhere if there is nowhere to go."
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:28 pm
Kibo: They all have their own theories about what the afterlife is like, and who sends them there, from the 1 god of Christianity, to the claimed 330 million gods of Hinduism.
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:41 pm
Storm managed to look impressed.
"That is a lot of gods. Whom to worship, whom to worship..."
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:46 pm
Kibo: My sentiments exactly. And then there's the nontheistic Buddhism. No gods in that one.
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:52 pm
Storm blinked.
"Whom do you worship then, if there are no gods?"
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:57 pm
Kibo: From what I've learned, you yourself are a deity, able to make your own destiny, and if you do good, you'll end up in perfect alignment with the universe. If not, you keep being reincarnated and reincarnated until you reach alignment.
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:09 pm
Storm stared at him, not quiet beliving what Kibo had just said. She burst out into laughter.
"That's pretentious, even for my standards. Where ever did this idea come from?"
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:33 pm
Kibo: A man named Siddhartha Guatama came up with it after fasting for 40 days, sitting under a tree.
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:00 am
Various chunks of Natasha's hair became black within seconds and her scalp felt as though it had been ripped off.
Natasha gritted her teeth once more aware of every pain occuring in various parts of her body.
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:37 pm
Kibo sighs.
Kibo: Can you be a bit quieter with that, Nats?
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