Questions (Phone)

[ceasetoexist]

[At first, there's just silence over the phone, like someone knocked it over and forgot to put the receiver back up. Finally, after a few moments of this and of fake starts, Pokey finally speaks.]

So, with all the stupid age crap going on, I got a question for you people.

If you could stay one age, forever, would you? Or would you choose to keep aging?

Because, I mean, why wouldn't you want to stay the same age, right? I mean, it's pretty much immortality, and you wouldn't really miss out on anything by not getting older or anything. Really, you'd be doing better then them, right? So yeah.

Sorry, stupid question. Because it's not like anyone WOULDN'T take immortality when given the option. Because everyone would choose immortality.

Right?

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

And you're a mouthy witch.

Care to give a reason as to why it is, or are you just going to say that it is?

[ex_seventh238]

There's plenty of reasons why, but I can follow you for now. Why do you think that immortality is a good idea?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Because why not?

Eternal life would be awesome, and no one wants to grow old. There's nothing special about growing up, and you're not going to miss anything.

[ex_seventh238]

You'll be alone, though. Time will keep moving forward, along with your family, your friends, and anyone else that you may know. It'll move forward and leave you behind, while you watch everyone around you die over and over again when you're always the one person that stays at the same spot. Does that sound appealing to you?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

It would bother most. Doesn't bother me. Aside from two people I didn't have anyone I cared about until I got-

It doesn't matter. I don't have anyone to begin with.

[ex_seventh238]

You just contradicted yourself there, though. Two isn't the same as none. Are you human to begin with?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[ex_seventh238]

Then immortality isn't for you. You will get attached to things, because that's what humans do, but you will also have to watch everything around you fade while you're the one who remains. To live is to be worn down, and to a human whose lifespan should be limited, an eternity of solitude will only end up driving you insane. Living forever is a lot more boring and painful than it may sound, you know.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

I keep telling people that being alone doesn't bother me!

Why doesn't anyone get this?!

[ex_seventh238]

Because a normal person can't live alone. If you're as young as you sound, then I guess that it would be normal if you can't understand. Hm, let's try something else.

What do you think of death?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

It's stupid.

[ex_seventh238]

How do you feel when you watch people die? Like when the hazmats invaded a few weeks back, for example.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Horrible. And scared, especially after he became one of the victims.]

I didn't feel ANYTHING. What would I care?

[ex_seventh238]

You don't have to care. You simply will have to witness it over and over again, because while you may be immortal, everyone else is still mortal. Do you think that you'll be able to stand that, always watching death from the sidelines?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Y....Yes.

[ex_seventh238]

[You sound hesitant.]

If you say so.

There are also different sort of immortality. Mythical legends like vampires, for example. They're supposedly immortal, but you can still kill them, and they need blood to keep existing. There is also the sort of immortality that locks someone's body whole; they will stop aging, cannot get sick, and cannot die even if they are killed. What type of immortality would you want? An incomplete one, or an absolute one?

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

.........

What if the one you got is a type of mix?

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[ex_seventh238]

You'll have to elaborate, I'm afraid. How would you like it to be?

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Essentially? The age and body stay the same, but the person ages internally. They gain more "knowledge" of course, but they don't really mature. They can still be killed, but it wouldn't take extravagant means like it would for a monster. They can be killed just like normal people.

Least, that's what I've found so far.

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[ex_seventh238]

That sounds natural and reasonable. How can you gain more knowledge without maturing, though? That in itself sounds rather impossible, but what you have described didn't really seem like immortality either. More like the preservation of a body, I would say.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Considering the body never dies and will apparently still preserve for at least another few thousand years?

It's pretty close.

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[ex_seventh238]

Considering? Hm, sounds like you may already know what it's like, but I digress.

It's not an absolute immortality, so that may suit some people. It generally still can only end badly given to a normal person, which is why most of the time, people who wish for immortality have no idea what they're really asking for.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

I guess.

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[ex_seventh238]

That would make your initial statement incorrect, wouldn't it? You just admitted it yourself, too. It may be a stupid question, but only because you haven't thought it out properly. Immortality shouldn't be taken lightly, and depending on how you would define it, it could definitely be more of a curse than any blessing.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yes. I get it. I was wrong.

You don't have to lay it on so thick.....