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[raisedinabox]

Did anyone else get much chance to talk to the locals in that port? I couldn't help but find it ironic that their afterlife consisted of a seemingly endless journey towards an ephemeral end point.

[Jim sounds more or less calm, but there's a slight sharpness to his tone, as if something about this port left him feeling... just kind of generally unhappy.]

When I died, I was expecting my entire existence to come to an end. I find it... troubling that apparently spending your time embarking on futile tasks and endless journeys is a running theme when it comes to what happens after death, instead. Still, I suppose this place makes a lot more sense as a surreal punishment, than as a genuine attempt at creating some kind of reformation process.

[He sighs a slight sigh, before adding:]

And I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that a chewed up dog toy doesn't actually have any known use when it comes to spaceship repair?

Comments

[der-umgekehrte.livejournal.com]

I did a bit. It didn't seem so bad, actually. Like more of the same. Scraping up what you could before you went on to the next unknown. There's worse alternatives, I feel.

[Stop being philosophical, Stildyne. You're awful at it.]

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

I doubt that the Admiral really needed any of those things. He was simply punishing us.

[iam-aghost.livejournal.com]

I sincerely doubt it either.

[Private]

And I expected much the same of death, if I'm honest. It doesn't feel like a surreal punishment to me, but I do suppose that's not your point. Even so, some of us not being 'punished' are as dead as you.

...It does all have a distinctly religious tone to it, though, I have to admit. Redemption. Walking through endless journeys until you learn something... I won't deny that.

[sharpememory.livejournal.com]

Not any more than baby ducks. Unless the Admiral wanted to eat them or something.