Hi Offended.

I'm Tim.

You know, I've never entered an official contest here before, and I've barely even done ANY writing of stories, so I think now would be a good time since I'm fueling myself with pure defiance.

I'll take 25. I like wild west stuff.

Taking this into account, would it naturally be easier to grab a soul from the waiting room than to grab them from whatever afterlife they've moved onto? In fact, how long does it hypothetically take for a soul to move on? Would it depend on the soul in question or is it like waiting for your number to be called at the DMV? That is to say, would yoinking the soul of someone who died a day ago be easier than the soul of a guy who died two days ago?

I imagine that pinching someone from an afterlife would probably be reserved for someone specific in mind that the necromancer intentionally wants to bring back in a major way and not as a random fodder goon.

Here is a question that was not hypothetically asked:

Swift, for this theoretical fee-fee storygame, what are your thoughts on a possible afterlife that these souls are perhaps being ripped from? If there is one in this scenario, of course, do you plan on posing the conflict of "You asshole, I was really enjoying heaven" or "Thank god, it was actual nothingness, please do not send me back"? Or has this preplanning stage not progressed into this territory?

Dang.

Gunned down, just like that.

This really is the Wild West like MHD's drawings always said.

Good thing this is fantasy Wild West where we have necromancy, but the good kind.

It allegedly also had a piece of the True Cross onboard.

This makes me think some sorta cool Indiana Jones shenanigans were secretly going on in the background.

That was indeed the reason that Goblet of Fire is tied with Prisoner of Azkaban for my favorite.

Just them poofing back and the crowd cheering and band immediately playing sends some sorta vibe. Cedric's dad had a really good actor too for that moment.

I have not read the books and the story from the movies kinda mixes together a bit but Cedric was my favorite character.

It's kinda weird that he is Batman now.

I like Hufflepuff, so this was actually the ideal option.

I think I have a vague memory of this contest, but we got a lot of them these days so they all kind of blur together. I'll have to look it up later.

Anyway, welcome back. I hope you stick around.