Afterlife - Episode 1x05 - High

After a little break from reading the series, I must admit that I doubt I’ll be taking anymore anytime soon. Afterlife continues to impress me in every way. The dialogue is some the best that I’ve ever read in any virtual series. The actions scenes are another great highlight and something that I’m beginning to love to read more and more each time. Plus, the great story of Afterlife obviously helps.

Once again, we get a pure Aurora episode. No Jonathan. In the past, I’ve been slightly disappointed by this, as Jonathan was my favorite character… up until now. This episode has made me fall in love with Aurora and her story. What happened to her was absolutely horrible and holds true to the common statement - ‘bad things happen to the best of people’.

Aurora was a nice and normal girl at one point. But being framed for murder and then nearly killed set her off. After all, who wouldn’t have their life changed after having those terrible things happen to them? Aurora chose the revenge route to cope with what happened to her. While I personally wouldn’t chose that option (I’d probably just sit in self pity :-P), I do understand why she did.

I never saw Rachel being the murderer coming. Like usual, it is never the obvious one. I actually thought it was the janitor and the girls saying that it wasn’t ever the obvious one was merely a trick to get us thinking differently. If the plan was to get the reader thinking that it was the janitor, then it definitely worked.

I’m interested to see how exactly Aurora and Jonathan will meet back up. After all, it’s been confirmed that they will reunite; it’s just a matter of when and how. They are both in captivity, so perhaps they’ll meet while still being held captive. You never know…

Overall, I really enjoyed the episode. We got a great glimpse into Aurora’s worst memory and it just goes to show how horrible her life had previously been. I hope to see her be truly happy in the Afterlife, possibly because of the new people that she knows that seem to care about her (Jonathan and Vergil).

Jimbo’s Next Theory
Vergil is going to have something to do with getting Aurora out of captivity. I get the feeling that he’ll either convince Trias to let her go (yeah right!), or simply let Aurora go himself so that she can then go and kick Trias’ ass.