Object Permanence

by El Joven

Charon

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"Applejack's soul is elsewhere. Her physical presence is in Equestria but her soul resides in Hell. She is damned to endless torment and suffering in a Hellscape that has been personalized for her. But this damnation is not irreversible. I can bring her soul back to her body and she can tell you all about what she's seen and experienced. You'll find that you are a regular entity in her Hell and she will be disappointed that you exist in this Hellish place as well. She will have a new found cognizance that will allow her to out smart the bindings you currently have her in. She will begin her existence in this new equestrian Hell by picking the flesh from your bones until her hunger is satisfied. Then she will stagger along alone and aware of what her body has become in Equestria during her time in Hell. After some time your body will begin to stagger along too in pursuit of flesh while your soul finds itself in a Hell suited specifically to the sins you've committed and the things that invoke misery in you.

Someday perhaps something will compel me to reverse this damnation for you too so that you can walk Equestria with a painfully decaying body and the cravings of the flesh of ponies you still care something for. A self-aware monstrosity that cannot help it's gruesome hunger or painful disease. Just like Applejack.

Or perhaps I am wrong and you are not an entity that roams Applejack's Hellscape causing her torment, only she can tell you.

Perhaps she won't be able to -- or even want to -- end your existence with her teeth and claws when her soul makes a return to this place, there's only one way to find out.

I am simply the demon ferryman. I carry souls from one Hell to another on my ferry of damnation. I certainly do not know or see all, despite what some would have you believe.

But be warned, I am often not wrong about my conjectures.

If you would like to know the truth about what lies beyond this world and about Applejack's true feelings about your actions of the past you only need to call my name out and I will come with her soul in back of my ferry.

But be warned, if you call my name out to the heavens I will come with Applejack's soul. There will be no 'Never mind! I didn't mean it!'

Until our next inevitable meeting, whether prematurely brought on by your actions or not."

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