All Souls go to Hell

I have to admit I left the portal alone after that. I'd spent all afternoon on it and needed to catch up on a few things. People don't stop dying just because I'm busy, after all, and I do have quite a large area to take care of. Souls need to be comforted and extracted from their bodies, debated over with my opposite number from Upstairs* and sent to Hell.

Instead I had an evening of normal banter with Harold, Felicia, Frederick, Julie and even Gillian, and took a turn at holding little Lucy and wondering if she'll ever actually play with the doll's house that is causing me so much trouble.



*Technically, all souls have a chance of going to Heaven if they've led a blameless life and repented all sins** In practice, this almost always proves not to be the case, though in rare cares (less than one in ten thousand) the soul is invited to remain with its body until Judgement Day when it can go to Heaven after all.***

**The definition of a sin is subject to revision at any time. What might not have been a sin yesterday may well be relabelled today

***Unless the body is cremated, which is also a no-no, Heavenwise.