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Characters: Judas and open
Setting: room 1-10, cafeteria, cathedral, floor 63, floor 12
Format: Starting action but I can match
Summary: Usual newbie stuff

Room 1-10

[After reading the letters set by his bed in confusion, Judas sits up to look around the room. It looks like the other beds are occupied, and the trunk at the foot of his bed is clearly meant for him. He opens it, rifling through to find wine, bread and a familiar suit and set of robes. Definitely a good idea to change. It's hot, his robes would be lighter, although they might be a bit conspicuous in public, and he doesn't want to draw attention. In the end the heat wins out and he changes quickly to leave the room. But first, he has to check if he knows these other people, if anyone from his world was saved. Of course, that means standing over the other beds to scrutinise those sleeping in them.]

Cafeteria

[He knows he should eat the oatmeal, before he forgets, but he really doesn't feel like it. So with a book from the library in front of him, he pokes at the mess in the bowl. Wasting it would be wrong, but if he's not hungry, forcing himself to eat it is also a waste. Maybe he should just give it to someone else?]

Cathedral

[After hearing the faint mumbling of some sort of mass while passing by earlier, Judas returns to the cathedral floor, this time with wine and bread. He saw no one and nothing there, so at the least he could go to listen, and hold his own private communion. He kneels at the altar and bows his head in prayer. For the safety of the world he's left.]

Floor Sixty-Three

[Fishing is a thing Judas likes and would be glad to do. Suddenly falling into a vast expanse of water with fish he doesn't even recognise and is very worried may eat him is not. He struggles against the tide, but his waterlogged robes pull him down, and all he can do is call for help, though he's not so sure anyone will hear him, or care.]

Floor Twelve

[Judas stops dead when he reaches this floor. He wants to believe what seems to be happening all around him is a camera trick, or an animation, maybe something from a movie. But as he watches, it keeps happening, with clearly different worlds each time. If it's a trick, it's terribly elaborate, and as the truth begins to dawn on him, all he can do is weep. Not only the demise of his own world, but so many more. All those people, all their efforts, destroyed in an instant, is too much for him to bear. Especially in knowing somehow he was saved.]

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Well, you haven't been rude to me while we've talked, and nor have you tried to hide who you are. You're a little self-deprecating, but you're not a horrible person. You're not the sort I would think would murder without a reason nowadays.

Does it matter if you have a reason for something like that?

Well, it does a little, since it helps me keep track of people to avoid and why I should. It's nice to have reasons for things..but since we've just met, I guess it wouldn't matter whether or not I had a reason at this point. I would still think that you were a good person.

But...whether someone has a reason for murder, it's still murder.

[At that, Tohko sighed.]

I know..but you did some time in Hell, and Jesus forgave you. I think you're alright. Besides..while I didn't enjoy it, I've had to kill a few people for self-defense, and others have killed me to stay alive, and I don't hold a grudge over those who didn't have any other choice.

I had a choice. Self-defence...I suppose that's a little different.

It is..but again, Jesus forgave you, and you were probably punished for quite awhile in Hell, and you see the error of what you've done. I still say that you're a good person.

[No you can't convince him of these things. He just shakes his head and eats a little more oatmeal.]

[While it's good that he's eating a little bit more, she's a bit puzzled by this reaction.]

What's wrong? Why can't I think you're a good person?

Because I'm not. Even if I was forgiven, that still doesn't make me a good person.

Edited 2013-07-06 04:56 (UTC)

But it does mean that Jesus isn't angry or upset with you anymore, and you're not longer in Hell, so you're not being punished. You just need to make sure that something like that doesn't happen again. That's all. Besides, you haven't done anything wrong to me, and some would say that Christianity as we know it and the power some find in the story of Jesus's death wouldn't be there without you. Of course, it depends on the tale and your interpretation..but I have no reason to hate you or to think that you're a horrid person. Far from it. I'd even like to be your friend!

[..And Judas probably wasn't going to take that very well.]

I- but he didn't have to die, and if he did, they could have done it without my help! What's worse is being paid for it, simply doing it, I suppose you could argue is God's will, but to accept payment is nothing but treachery! You can't want to befriend someone who did something so awful to those who considered him a friend in the past!

Or maybe they couldn't have! We're not sure of that, and maybe taking payment was part of god's will too! After all, the only person who can really be sure of god's will is god himself, and you probably didn't have much choice in the matter of taking the money anyway! And you've learned your lesson, so there's that. And I still want to be your friend.

Anyone has a choice in whether to take a bag of silver or leave it where it is!

Sometimes you don't, if the person is pushy enough! And you thought that you could help out other people with that silver, which shows that you're not a horrible person, even if what you did to get the silver wasn't the best thing in the world.

[That..was a major understatement.]

But again, you've learned and been forgiven. Just as long as you learn from your mistakes, it should be alright! You don't have to look at me as a friend, but I would like to look at you as one!

I don't understand how you can be so insistent about this...

Well..it's because I don't see why I can't be friends with you. I'm not quite sure why you're so against that either.

Because I don't deserve that, and it wouldn't be any good for you.

[..Tohko had heard that line before from Ryoji, and while Ryoji hadn't betrayed anyone before, thinking of the similarities the two had made Tohko smile and try to pat Judas on the head again.]

You know, I heard that line once before from a really good friend of mine. And you know what? He did deserve it, and I've enjoyed being his friend. I can't see any reason why I wouldn't like being your friend right now.

It could come back to bite you...

Maybe..but I don't think it will. And even if it does, I wouldn't regret being his friend.

And he probably didn't do anything that bad...

Actually..in his world, he was the avatar for the god of death, and his best friend sacrificed himself to save the world. I managed to help him out..but he felt really guilty about that for awhile.

...Actually that sounds kind of similar. But it sounds like he wouldn't have a choice.

Not really..but that didn't mean that he wasn't guilty about what happened. I'm just glad that I helped him out and that I'm his friend.

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