Nineteen Truffula Trees

[whichwayyoulean]

[The Once-ler would be lying if he hadn't thought about this before. He'd been considering it for a couple of months now, but with Ted's arrival, with a seed of his own (a seed that was GROWING, more importantly) he figured it was time.

It terrified him, of course. It was a big step, and a big risk. If he got this wrong, it could destroy his world's future for good. He'd put the final nail in the coffin he'd been making them with his own foolish actions for the past five years. He couldn't chance another foolish, arrogant risk.

But he was also excited, a small sliver of hope had treacherously sneaked into him. This could be something he could do. It was the promise for...something. Redemption, maybe? The chance to make up for what he'd done back home, here in this Paradisa. Something to finally give him some semblance of inner peace.

And so, he takes a deep, calming breath, before speaking into the journal. Unsure. Unsure of if this would work, unsure if this was ultimately the right thing to do and terrified he'd miss his chance if it WAS]

I have a question. Hypothetical question. Say you come here, to Paradisa, with a thing. Doesn't have to be a specific thing, this is just a hypothetical thing. And when you leave, you leave that hypothetical thing behind. Does that mean that hypothetical thing stays here forever, and this is the super important part does that mean that thing stops existing in your world?

I mean, some of you have left and come back with memories, right? Would anyone know the answer to this question?

...This purely hypothetical question.

Please?

Comments

[whichwayyoulean]

I'll admit, I'm already kinda frightened.

[hard_talker]

In a nutshell, people on TV say "send me money, and the God I believe in will magically fix one of your problems for you". Only, they take half the damn day to say it and mix in a bunch of really shitty music and people who don't know how to act well.

[whichwayyoulean]

...And does the God actually do anything? [Hey, he's bros with a nature spirit, there could be Gods]

[hard_talker]

... He does, but not usually when jerks like that say He will. It's for the wrong reasons. [a pause] He was here, once, y'know. I met Him.

[whichwayyoulean]

I bet that was confusing for people.

[hard_talker]

Kinda was, yeah. But ... He was actually a pretty decent guy, despite some of the horrible shit He's pulled on His people. Sometimes bad stuff happens no matter who you are, I guess.

[whichwayyoulean]

Life just works that way.