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[acknowledgement]

(≡ ｀ｗ´≡)/
hey everyone!
i'm Uzumaki Naruto
um in my world we give family name first
so you can just call me Naruto!

listen…
i have an important question that i'd like to hear your opinions on

some people doubt this place is really the afterlife
and if we’re actually dead

but let’s say there’s a chance we can all return to our own dimensions, alive
…would you want to?
or would you prefer to stay here instead, permanently?

it’s kinda personal, so i get it if you wanna use the
uh
anonymous
thingy
just don’t ask me how to switch it on
because idk (that means i don’t know)

oh also
if anyone needs help with anything
or wants to tackle some missions together
i'm your shinobi!

[Sorry, Sasuke and Sakura. Naruto forgot the “keep our profession/backgrounds a secret” rule. (And already broke the rule several times over.)]

Comments

[ulfrkysst]

There is no shame in a peaceful death, but I am not meant for one.

[Or at least she didn't think so?? She's not sure now, obviously. But, more importantly—]

Is it possible the moment of death is never remembered? If one had a bad death and remembered it, one could be doomed to wander as a vengeful ghost.

[acknowledgement]

why aren't you meant for one?
what determines that?

yeah...i guess it's possible that death happens so suddenly some people wouldn't even know what hit them
but that doesn't make sense for me and my friends

[Not that he can go into why; Sakura is already pissed at him for talking publicly about being a shinobi. Telling this stranger that he can sense evil or aggressive energy from people would probably invite more questions than he can answer right now.]

don't talk about ghosts though!
that's a scary thought...

[ulfrkysst]

[As if Eivor "Psychic Connection With My Pet Raven" Varinsdottir would balk at being able to sense things...]

The nornir carve the fate of every man from the time of birth. I suppose you speak true that I cannot know what I am meant for, but I must believe it is a more glorious afterlife than this.

[acknowledgement]

[Ah, ravens... At least it's not a crow; his best friend's older brother forced Naruto to vore a crow once. Good times. Good times...]

whats nornir?
is it like a leader of your village?
how does he know everyone's fate?
does he tell anyone? or is it kept secret?
what happens if you change your fate?

[And yes, Naruto—from a world/culture where feminism is dead—sadly does assume the nornir, whatever it is, must be male.]

[ulfrkysst]

You ask questions that cannot be answered. One's fate is simply so. Whatever happens to you is your fate; the only control you have is what you do with it.

[acknowledgement]

[Ma'am, Naruto is literally going cross eyed trying to understand what any of that means.]

what
that doesn't make any sense!

[Or maybe it does and he's just too stupid to get it...? Naruto considers that possibility, then dismisses it. NAH.]