002; rude questions [video/action]

[assumedposition]

Ladies and gentlemen of the Tranquility, good evening.

[From the video, you can see Albert is seated somewhere in the oxygen gardens, on a wide-open patch of grass. He looks somewhat contemplative.]

I have a-- a somewhat personal question to ask of you all, so don't feel compelled to answer if you don't wish to. [He seems to hesitate, and then he plunges ahead quickly, as if he must ask it before he loses courage.]

How many of you here believed yourselves to have passed away before you woke up in this place?

And-- for those of you who don't want to talk about something quite so morbid, maybe you could tell me what year, or what country, or planet you come from. I'd... really like to hear about other people's homes. As for me-- I'm from Paris, France, the year 5053.

I've also got some tea and plenty of cups to go around here in the garden, if you'd prefer to speak in person. I'd welcome the company, and the chance to meet all of you.

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Permavid o/

[assumedposition]

No ghosts yet. But plenty of people who are certain they were dead before they woke.

[twitterpate]

That'd be a pretty good movie if it weren't so depressing.

[assumedposition]

Well, hey. The good news is, for better or worse... all signs point to you being alive?

[twitterpate]

Then how can I rentaghost still? I'm not even a ghost anymore.

Never mind that. Not questioning it a bit. But maybe I could start a club now.

[assumedposition]

... What's a rentaghost?

[twitterpate]

It's when you teleport from one place to another, only I can't take a living person with me.

[assumedposition]

Oh! ... Why not just say teleport?

[twitterpate]

The ghost who explained rentaghosting to me called it that. I guess it sort of stuck.