text | un: t.crawford

[sanctus_dei]

[There's a first time for everything: in this case, a conversational post by Theo.]

so do we age here?

like if for some god awful reason we spent like a decade here would we actually be aging?

i don't think birthdays should really count when you're already dead, but that doesn't mean they might not be happening. i'm just curious.

how long do you think someone could stay on here until they kicked you out, anyway?


[There's a minute or two between this message and the next.]

It is not my birthday, and i'm not telling you when it is.

Comments

@jack

[n0ught]

The hell made you start thinking about this?

[sanctus_dei]

it's not like there's a lot to do around here other than sit around and wonder how long i actually have to spend here, i guess.

besides that, i was dead, and they brought me back. if they were using any magic that i was familiar with to do this, you'd basically be undead. so you wouldn't age. but you wouldn't technically be alive, either. i don't know how whatever it is they use works.

[n0ught]

Shit, man. You need to find a better hobby.

[sanctus_dei]

if they don't want me sitting around thinking about how they pull this shit off, then they need to give me more to do. what the hell else am i supposed to be doing? besides, i'm a mage, i think about this kind of shit. just because they took my casting away doesn't mean i've stopped thinking about it.

[n0ught]

What kind of spells do you do?

[Is that the right terminology? Fuck if she knows, she's only going by what amounts to fiction to her. But magic shit is the closest she's found to biotics aboard Peregrine, so she's curious.]

Text | travistouchdowncrownlessking

[rank1]

1. Why the fuck wouldn’t we age? We might be outta time but it’s not like every guy who goes to space stays eternally young, time still passes for him even if it’s slower elsewhere.

2. The chicks here could weigh in on whether the English have landed.

[sanctus_dei]

because i was dead? just because i'm alive again doesn't mean i'm aging. it doesn't even technically mean i'm alive. it depends on their methods of resurrection, which i know is a futile thing to question.

you can do a lot with magic, but a full, complete resurrection of someone is a pipe dream.

[rank1]

Sounds like you’re the resurrection expert and answering your own Qs, then.

[sanctus_dei]

i'm a necromancer but this isn't necromancy.
i don't know what it is.

i mean, i guess we're aging. we're not just decaying. our hair grows, we gain and lose weight.

it just seems like they can do whatever they want, so i have no idea what rules can be applied. if any.

not here

[n0ught]

[2. Ew.]

not here

[rank1]

[WELL??? HAVE THEY????]

text | c.fraser

[nineteenfortyfive]

Why won't you tell me?

[sanctus_dei]

why do you need to know

[nineteenfortyfive]

I don't need to know. I'd like to know.

[sanctus_dei]

why does it matter? technically i shouldn't even have birthdays anymore. none of us who were dead should, right?

text | william.temple

[omniavincit]

Yeah we do. We are. [ Thanks in advance for not interrogating how he's so sure of this! ]

Satan making you do a five-year plan?

[sanctus_dei]

you been around long enough on these ships to figure it out, or did you find out some other way?

i'm sure he think i'll be graduating in no time or something. i'm not going by any schedule he might be thinking up.

[omniavincit]

My hair's still falling out. That's all. [ It's not all, which is why a minute or so later he adds: ] The other ship was different.

It's folly anyway. You're okay with the file? All that?

[sanctus_dei]

rough.

[That's the most sympathy you can get of this kid right now.]

when have i ever been okay with anything here? but i am running out of options. congratulations, you all got me to play along.

un: cyro

[underscene]

why such high defenses? ( or to bring the latter part up at all, but they'll get there. )

[sanctus_dei]

[This response absolutely perplexes him.]

what? defenses about what, my birthday? because i don't want people thinking it's something that should be celebrated, that's why.

l.morningstar

[dealwiththe]

You're not dead.

[sanctus_dei]

not true. you've read my file. got swarmed by feds with guns all screaming at me and each other, and then i wake up here. do you think i don't know what happened

[dealwiththe]

Yes, I'm aware that you died. But that doesn't mean you're currently dead. I know, that's tough to wrap your head around, but it does happen.

[sanctus_dei]

i don't feel alive. i don't know if i ever will.
i haven't in a long time.