NebbieQ: Yo Chuck!
PapaTymisonn: Yo Neb!
NebbieQ: I'm doing some story work for the next chapter of Bothersome Journeys. Do you mind helping out a gal in need?
PapaTymisonn: Lemme read it first. *hadn't gotten around to that quite yet*
NebbieQ: Alrighty.
PapaTymisonn: I like it so far, and I LOVE your taste in Reapers. She's cute.
NebbieQ: Thanks. ^^
NebbieQ: That's actually what I wanted to ask you about, Reapers. But I'll wait til you're done if you want.
PapaTymisonn: Kay-o.
PapaTymisonn: Done reading about Rostam. And you make me want to play a reaper on sabbatical. What are your inquiries?
NebbieQ: Well! How does one become a Reaper, usually?
PapaTymisonn: You. Are. Chosen. ^_^
PapaTymisonn: By the god of death, the shinigami himself, RESHTAHA! LORD OF THE EXPIRED! *thunder clap*
NebbieQ: Dun dun dun!
NebbieQ: *looks at the time* Ah crap. >_< Need to take a shower now.

More questions when I return!
PapaTymisonn: Don't be nude too long.
PapaTymisonn: ... unless you want a set up a camera. Then take all the time you need.
NebbieQ: ...
NebbieQ: You know, I think I'll pass on that.
PapaTymisonn: I KID. Now go. :P
NebbieQ: I know, I know. :P
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NebbieQ: *Returns!*
NebbieQ returned at 9:15:46 PM.
PapaTymisonn: OK, time for more questions. Lay 'em on me!
NebbieQ: Well!

How does Reshtaha choose his Reapers?
PapaTymisonn: Honestly, I hadn't decided yet. He just saw... SOMETHING in Ayra that made him pick her.
PapaTymisonn: I guess it's a rare thing for someone to be able to handle the job.
NebbieQ: *nod*
NebbieQ: Are there any other Reapers about, aside from Ayra?
PapaTymisonn: Oh yes. They all have their territory, like salesmen.
NebbieQ: Do tell!
PapaTymisonn: Well, seeing as you only need so much power for reaping, transportation speed was made less of a priority. So, they can only cover so much area, and such area was chopped up amongst them.
PapaTymisonn: Don't know WHAT they'll do when we start dying in space...
NebbieQ: *nod*
NebbieQ: For the purposes of the story, would it be possible for good ol' Al to be a reaper?
PapaTymisonn: Would he WANT to do it?

I make this decree. If he (or anyone, from here on in) wants to become one, he must be put through paces. DAMN HARD, DEATHSTYLE paces.

I would also allow Resh to guest star if you desire this.
PapaTymisonn: Cuz honestly, I'm not sure he's got IT, but he COULD, if he worked at it...
NebbieQ: Oh, I was planning on a few test.
NebbieQ: tests*
PapaTymisonn: Good.
PapaTymisonn: ... oh, and make him the first to do it. I don't mind. If not, that's fine too, but I think it would be neat for your story if he were the first to utter the words "I want to be a reaper".
NebbieQ: Hmn!
NebbieQ: Not what I had in mind, but it could work very well. I'll have to think on it.
NebbieQ: Also, what's Resh like, personality wise?
PapaTymisonn: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEasygoing.
PapaTymisonn: I originally based him on a pothead surfer.
PapaTymisonn: His axiom: Don't panic...
NebbieQ: I'll pretend that you said Ford Prefect instead of pothead surfer.
PapaTymisonn: Sure, why not.
PapaTymisonn: But also: He's wise, and knows of his IMMENSE responsibility to the balance of the universe. But he tries to not let it get him down...
PapaTymisonn: And he loves people. Big humanist, he is.
NebbieQ: *nod*
PapaTymisonn: Oh, and he wants to be your buddy. And would wind up that cool boss at work 'that's also your roommate, if circumstances were normal...
NebbieQ: *nodmore*
PapaTymisonn: Oh, and his pastime is visiting humans in human form (or possessing someone, whatever), and it doesn't have to be this dimension. He ADORES 1990s Earth...
PapaTymisonn: Kurt Cobain's the s@#$.
PapaTymisonn: Anything else you need to know?
NebbieQ: What sort of tests would be needed to prove a Reaper's worth?
PapaTymisonn: First, you have to be able to corral people, obviously. Then, you'd need an INTENSELY tough mental challenge to deal with the pain of harvesting souls. (It isn't easy watching death all day). Something that'd put the Kobayashi Maru to shame. Then, something subtle after that one to check the subject's ability to soothe people's transition (you gotta have the psychiatry skills too, y'know...)
PapaTymisonn: And then pick reaping tool of choice and you're good to be an apprentice, I'd think.
PapaTymisonn: (Don't tell anyone, but due to Ayra being awesome, Resh bumped her up to full reaper quicker). >.>
NebbieQ: Ayra is pretty awesome, so I won't question that.
PapaTymisonn: Good. ^_^
PapaTymisonn: You know what he LOOKS like, right?
NebbieQ: ...actually, I don't. o_o
NebbieQ: Description?
PapaTymisonn: ... really?
NebbieQ: I always imagined him looking sort of like a Reaper himself. >.>; Grey robe, kinda old looking, appears more serious than he actually is.
PapaTymisonn: Oh HECK no.
PapaTymisonn: See the one in the wifebeater?
NebbieQ: I do!
NebbieQ: And the deity next to him?
PapaTymisonn: His twin brother, Lucio, god of blood and vampires.
PapaTymisonn: If you can't guess the rest, you haven't been paying attention. :P
NebbieQ: Hmn...

If Resh met Alonso now, what would he think of him?
PapaTymisonn: Just another good soul. Hi, how are ya, stick him with the rest, will ya?
PapaTymisonn: A "good seein' ya" and he's movin' on.
PapaTymisonn: Also: DON'T DRESS HIM IN THE WIFEBEATER. He's cleaned up his act a bit.
PapaTymisonn: Dress him as a hippie with a job, kay?
PapaTymisonn: In an office.
NebbieQ: With feet on the desk?
PapaTymisonn: Yes. Sandaled feet.
NebbieQ: *Ponders some more*

What sort of people would he choose?
PapaTymisonn: Those who don't fit the traditional mould. You ever seen Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (aka the Sequel)?
NebbieQ: Only bits and pieces.
PapaTymisonn: No one like that version of Death will EVER work for Resh again. It's what's caused such fear of death in the world.
PapaTymisonn: People expect some sickle-wielding skeleton to drag them into the dark, when it's just the transition from one sort of being to another. Nothing to fear...
NebbieQ: *nod*
NebbieQ: Can Reapers, aside from apprentices, share domains?
PapaTymisonn: Think of it in the exact way you would about some salesman working someone else's territory.
PapaTymisonn: It can be done, but it's an insult.
NebbieQ: Right.
PapaTymisonn: C'mon! More questions! I can take anything you got!
NebbieQ: Thinking, thinking...
NebbieQ: Hmn...time off.

Would it be feasable for an apprentice reaper to get time off from training for travel?
PapaTymisonn: I can see someone being given one day's leave. But no direct interaction unless they were chosen while alive.
PapaTymisonn: The dead must stay dead.
PapaTymisonn: ... and note the word DIRECT.
NebbieQ: *nod* Actually, this touches on another question I was going to ask!
NebbieQ: How far can they go when it comes to contact with others, and what are the punishments for breaking this taboo?
PapaTymisonn: Ever seen Ghost?
NebbieQ: No, but I've heard of it.
PapaTymisonn: Well, basically you're a ghost, but you can affect matter, with a bit of concentration.
PapaTymisonn: But no writing, "Hey Mom, I'm Working for Reshtaha, See you in 30 Years" on the steamy mirror...
NebbieQ: *nodnod*
NebbieQ: Also, thoughts on bodily posession?
PapaTymisonn: While on leave? Hmmmm... that's a nono.
NebbieQ: Are there any instances where it would be acceptable?
PapaTymisonn: Saving a life. It isn't NECESSARILY their time...
NebbieQ: *nod*
NebbieQ: Also, punishments for doing something unReaperly?
PapaTymisonn: Animal duty, for a first infraction.
PapaTymisonn: Imagine if a kid set fire to an anthill. You know how long you'd be there, picking up TINY LITTLE lifeforces?
PapaTymisonn: More severe infractions mean Hellflashes.
PapaTymisonn: AKA a tiny little bit of time in Kayne's neck of the woods...
PapaTymisonn: It's like you're never even there, but you FEEL the heat, man...
PapaTymisonn: And for a MAJOR infraction? Retraction of all priviledges and being damned for all eternity.
NebbieQ: Now that's fun.
NebbieQ: Examples of major (and minor) infractions?
PapaTymisonn: Minor infractions: Daytrip infractions, insubordination, mischief.
PapaTymisonn: Regular infractions: Major insubordination, other things I can't think of.
PapaTymisonn: Major infraction numero uno: Taking a soul before it's time.
NebbieQ: Makes sense. That'd definately be a biggie.
NebbieQ: Any others?
PapaTymisonn: *think think think*
PapaTymisonn: Sex on daytrips? That'd be regular...
PapaTymisonn: It shows you still have ties to the mortal plane...
NebbieQ: But difficult for those that are dead.
PapaTymisonn: It'd require possession, another nono.
PapaTymisonn: Oh, and informing the living of the secrets of the life afterward is regular to minor, depending on what you tell.
NebbieQ: Hmn. The punishments you listed, are those for minor or regular infractions?
PapaTymisonn: Animal duty is for minor. Hellflashes for regular, and retraction/damnation for major.
NebbieQ: *nod*
PapaTymisonn: More!
NebbieQ: Thinking...
PapaTymisonn: Throw another question on the barby!
NebbieQ: Hmn! Another question!
NebbieQ: What does Reshtaha do to souls who are somewhat neutral? No worhsip of a god, not especially good, but not evil either?
NebbieQ: *Poke?*
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NebbieQ signed on at 2:04:30 PM.
NebbieQ: Yo.
PapaTymisonn: Hi. Sorry about falling asleep on you last night...
NebbieQ: S'okay. Just remember to log off before going to sleep next time. :P
PapaTymisonn: Bah. Against my religion. :P
PapaTymisonn: Anyways, your question about Reshtaha shall be answered now!
NebbieQ: Hooray!
PapaTymisonn: There's no such thing as neutral in the end...
PapaTymisonn: But you'd think, wouldn't you?
NebbieQ: But I'd think what?
PapaTymisonn: That there'd be those who are truly neutral, right?
NebbieQ: Ah.
NebbieQ: Well, I guess that in the end, it does balance out. It's just really hard to tell with some people.
PapaTymisonn: It would take a GOD to truly see if... oh. Wait. :P
PapaTymisonn: Also: Worship of a god REALLY helps, but it can be made up for with the rest of your life.

Disclaimer: Charles T. Arthur has fabricated these truths for the purposes of the Gaeran world, but does not hold them in real life. For what Charles REALLY believes in regarding religion and the afterlife, go to... well, go to him and ask him. He's not hard to find.
NebbieQ: Don't worry, I pretty much figured out that this was just for Gaera.
PapaTymisonn: Yeeeeeeeeep.
PapaTymisonn: Whereas people like MCBASTARD... >.>
NebbieQ: Wait, he mistook this for your actual beliefs?
PapaTymisonn: No, these are closer to HIS beliefs.
NebbieQ: I had no idea that Reshtaha fit into Christian theology.
PapaTymisonn: And he don't. At all.
PapaTymisonn: Well, they WOULD be close to his beliefs if he believed in God/gods...
NebbieQ: *nod* And, I kid.
PapaTymisonn: ^_^ Fun, ain't it?
NebbieQ: Also, there was something else that I wanted to ask, but I forgot what it was. :/
PapaTymisonn: Will this help jog your memory?
NebbieQ: ...no.
NebbieQ: And it vaguely disturbs me, since Boba Fett looks more like the Yellow Power Ranger.
PapaTymisonn: ... more specific. There've been more yellow Power Rangers than you'd think.
PapaTymisonn: *admits it. is a closet Power Rangers fan*
NebbieQ: *Shrug*
PapaTymisonn: Hey, you'd be surprised how unpopular liking that show is nowadays...
NebbieQ: I don't really like it anymore, but as long as I still have my oldschool yellow ranger bendy doll, I have no room to speak.
PapaTymisonn: I don't blame you. It REALLY got horrible before Disney took ove.r
PapaTymisonn: *over.
NebbieQ: I stopped watching it when I was about ten or eleven. A little before the Rangers were launched into space.
PapaTymisonn: Ooh. Yeah. Was sketchy even there, but trust me, you did not see it when it was REALLY in the toilet.
NebbieQ: Hmn! What was the second Yellor Ranger Zord, the one after the sabertooth tiger? I want to say griffon, but I'm not sure.
PapaTymisonn: That sounds right.
PapaTymisonn: But there is a place I can be sure!
PapaTymisonn: A moment!
PapaTymisonn: You were right.
NebbieQ: Hooray!
NebbieQ: Alright, sabertooth tiger and the griffon. Those are the only two zords that matter.
PapaTymisonn: I like you. You have an appreciation for the classic series.
NebbieQ: While I'm a bit embarrassed about it, I was a pretty big Yellow Ranger fangirl back in the day.
PapaTymisonn: ... uh... did you hear about Thuy Trang?
NebbieQ: The girl who played Trini?
NebbieQ: I know that she quit the show, but that's it.
PapaTymisonn: ... um... apparently, in 2001, she was in a car accident. Didn't survive...
NebbieQ: Wow. o_o I had no idea.
PapaTymisonn: Yeah. I myself only found out 3 years later, or something...
PapaTymisonn: Not exactly front page news, though... little known actress dies in car crash...
NebbieQ: *nod* Still kinda sad.
PapaTymisonn: It is. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
PapaTymisonn: Just thought you should know, seeing as she was your favourite?
PapaTymisonn: *.
NebbieQ: *nod*
NebbieQ: It's better to find out eventually, though, instead of remaining clueless.
PapaTymisonn: Indeed.
PapaTymisonn: But yeah, gotta be specific with your Rangers. There've been over 500 episodes now...
NebbieQ: Hmn. In that case, I'm gonna go with Aisha. She's the only Yellow Ranger I know of that had actual armor on occasion instead of just spandex.
PapaTymisonn: ... you may be right. But wasn't that just the movie?
NebbieQ: Probably, but I think the Rangers might've had it during the end of the pre-space show. When they were being turned into bugs.
PapaTymisonn: Well after Power Rangers In Space, the show continued to decline in quality.
PapaTymisonn: The penultimate crappy one being Power Rangers Wild Force... *shudder*
NebbieQ: Hey, I have no idea what that is! Awesome!
NebbieQ: However, I'm talking about them having armor before Power Rangers in Space.
PapaTymisonn: I can't remember. That was Turbo, right? Yeah...
NebbieQ: Maybe!
NebbieQ: Also, Billy always has been, and always will be, the Blue Ranger. Every one else is just a pretender.
PapaTymisonn: What about the Blue Ranger that was a girl?
NebbieQ: Pretender. But, feel free to specify, as I honestly don't remember her.
PapaTymisonn: You wouldn't. She's relatively new.
NebbieQ: Oh yeah. Definately a pretender.
PapaTymisonn: Fine then. But she's a contender for hottest female Ranger ever.
NebbieQ: I stopped watching the show before I became sexually attracted to anything, so that means nothing to me. :D
PapaTymisonn: Then you won't care when you hear that Jason put on some poundage since his original Ranger days.
NebbieQ: Actually, I don't think many of the girl fans cared much for Jason. Usually they were going ga-ga over Tommy.
PapaTymisonn: Who came back for a new season, by the way... >.>
NebbieQ: Huh. He's still on the show?
PapaTymisonn: Well, he came back to lead this team called Dino Thunder. Man looks good in black...
NebbieQ: *Looks around the site* Hmn, a science teacher. Not what I expected, but kinda fitting for him.
NebbieQ: Also, curse you for making me revert to my seven year old self.
PapaTymisonn: ^_^ That's the whole problem with Power Rangers. It's so much immature fun that it's engrossing...
PapaTymisonn: Heck, I DARE you to watch one of the new ones.
NebbieQ: No.
NebbieQ: I refuse.
PapaTymisonn: Or else you'll be hooked again?
NebbieQ: No. Because it won't be the same, dammit.
NebbieQ: It'll be like watching a former prize fighter, drunk and comatose in the guter.
NebbieQ: gutter*
PapaTymisonn: Actually, it'd be like watching a former prize fighter after major plastic surgery on their face.
NebbieQ: I thought you said that they got worse. >.>
PapaTymisonn: Until Disney took over.
PapaTymisonn: Then it got good again.
NebbieQ: Ah.
NebbieQ: Eh, even if it's not as bad, it still won't be the same. It's a lot more fun when you're still a kid.
PapaTymisonn: I agree. But still, for someone who watched the series go from good to less than good to bad to buttraped in prison by two guys named Bubba, it's good to see that they actually remembered what made the show good in the first place.
PapaTymisonn: The fun.
NebbieQ: *nod*
NebbieQ: ...you know, I think that in the boxes containing all my old school papers...
NebbieQ: My old yellow ranger paper plate mask might still be in there. Lovingly made when I was in the first grade.
PapaTymisonn: That's so cuuuuuuute!
NebbieQ: It actually was.
NebbieQ: I remember that I had trouble getting the mask to fit right (well, as right as it can fit with a paper plate).
NebbieQ: Also, should you ever come to an RPGWW meet, I shall bequeath my old Yellow Ranger bendy toy to you.
PapaTymisonn: Bequeath, eh? I just might do that...
PapaTymisonn: When's the next one, again?
NebbieQ: Not sure. Sugoicon is the next big one, I think.
NebbieQ: I'll be coming to Ohio over the summer, but that isn't exactly a meet so much as "happy Joe and Catie time".
PapaTymisonn: Yeah. Not wanting to get in the middle o' that. :P
NebbieQ: That would be pretty awkward, yeah.
NebbieQ: But, yeah. I'll be leaving the Yellow Ranger to you. I trust you'll be able to give her a good home, and you'll probably get a bigger kick out of old Power Rangers stuff than I will.
PapaTymisonn: Sure.
NebbieQ: And hey, I just remembered what else I wanted to ask you!
PapaTymisonn: Woo!
NebbieQ: Is it possible for Reapers to leave their position (besides being damned)?
PapaTymisonn: If they want to leave their gig, they're sent to the good afterlife. No going back to life for most of them.
PapaTymisonn: But!
PapaTymisonn: If you're sworn to secrecy, you can take sabbatical in the living world.
NebbieQ: Oh?
NebbieQ: Do tell.
PapaTymisonn: Your fic inspired it. I want to have a "cowboy-esque" reaper take ten years off, which in the long run, is nothing compared to how long you stay at it.
NebbieQ: Yee-haw?
PapaTymisonn: No no. Yahoo.
NebbieQ: No, google.
PapaTymisonn: No, Yagoohoogle.
NebbieQ: Now that's just silly.
PapaTymisonn: No, that's a website.
NebbieQ: A very silly website, then.
PapaTymisonn: Indeed. It's basically a search engine that lets you search for stuff in Yahoo and Google side by side...
NebbieQ: Oh my.
NebbieQ: Also!
NebbieQ: Does Reshtaha have any policy regarding reincarnation?
PapaTymisonn: Resh: ... rein-what now? ... Oh right, the stuff that "happens" in that India place... uh... no, we don't usually do that. Don't know why you'd want to recycle souls. Not like we're gonna run out or anything... >.>
NebbieQ: Would it be possible for it to happen in a few cases, even if it's rare?
NebbieQ: Keep in mind that I don't really plan on doing anything reincarnation related RP wise.
PapaTymisonn: It'd be EXTREMELY rare. The only way I can see it happening is Crow-style.
NebbieQ: Crow-style?
NebbieQ: While I'm a Sandman fangirl, I'm only vaguely familiar with the Crow comics.
PapaTymisonn: Well, you probably already know what you need to, then.
NebbieQ: I'm still unsure about what you mean. All I know about the Crow is that some guy dies unfairly and comes back to deliver vengeance.
PapaTymisonn: You already know what you need to.
NebbieQ: That seems rather odd, though. >.> That that's the only way reincarnation would happen.
PapaTymisonn: That or a special order from Resh. He brought this griffon back once as a birthday present for Jazz.
PapaTymisonn: But those are both not really reincarnation, but revival.
NebbieQ: Yeah.
NebbieQ: Hmn. What about if it wasn't quite their time yet?
PapaTymisonn: I'm inclined to say that it's ALWAYS your time. If it wasn't, you wouldn't be dead, now would you?
NebbieQ: True, but you mentioned something about a person going before their time, yesterday.
PapaTymisonn: *scrolls up*
PapaTymisonn: Oh, like when a reaper rips their living soul from their body?
PapaTymisonn: That's what I meant. When a person who has NO REASON to be dead just drops like a stone cuz of a reaper.
PapaTymisonn: Messing with people in meditative states counts too.
NebbieQ: Ah.
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NebbieQ returned at 4:59:13 PM.
PapaTymisonn: Yo!
NebbieQ: Heya.
PapaTymisonn: Are ya done interrogating me?
NebbieQ: For now. If I have any other questions, I'll just ask.
PapaTymisonn: Alrighty. I gotta feeling this will be a nifty story.
NebbieQ: I hope it will be.
PapaTymisonn: I know it will be. ^_^