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ataraxion2015-03-02 11:24 am
circumitus) wrote in ataraxion2015-03-02 11:24 am
011✖; (voice)
"People tend to believe in something, whether it's gods, a god, some sort of afterlife or nothing at all. Nothing can be something, can't it?
"In any case, the belief in the soul and that it goes somewhere after the body dies has surprisingly been a subject of interest these last few years. Is the soul a thing that is natural, and can it be created out of something that is unnatural?
"What happens to the vessel once it's no longer occupied by whatever makes you you?"
['You are a vessel. You are born to die.' Those were among the first words she's ever heard, and yet the connotation behind them are unsettling for her now.]
"Is there any place like a Heaven or a Hell for a thing that's not born but made by a person, or is it more likely that we just disappear entirely once the vessel dies?"
[Death had never been a scary prospect for her before. Not when she had something that she wanted to live and die for. She almost misses being empty, when she didn't have to worry about the things she would leave in the likely events of her eventual demise. Everything has an expiration date, after all.
[DEEP THOUGHTS coming from the lounge with booze.]
"In any case, the belief in the soul and that it goes somewhere after the body dies has surprisingly been a subject of interest these last few years. Is the soul a thing that is natural, and can it be created out of something that is unnatural?
"What happens to the vessel once it's no longer occupied by whatever makes you you?"
['You are a vessel. You are born to die.' Those were among the first words she's ever heard, and yet the connotation behind them are unsettling for her now.]
"Is there any place like a Heaven or a Hell for a thing that's not born but made by a person, or is it more likely that we just disappear entirely once the vessel dies?"
[Death had never been a scary prospect for her before. Not when she had something that she wanted to live and die for. She almost misses being empty, when she didn't have to worry about the things she would leave in the likely events of her eventual demise. Everything has an expiration date, after all.
[DEEP THOUGHTS coming from the lounge with booze.]
voice;
Is there a reason you're getting all existential on us?
[ Might as well ask if something's up, she figures. Rey can always tell her to buzz off. ]
voice;
[No, but she does pause before answering.] Perhaps.
[Another pause.]
Have died many times. Also been brought back many times, usually as a different person. That-- [Hmm.] That was it, that was normalcy. That was life. Dying was just another part of it.
Been wondering what it must be like if -- when the cycle has an ending. Because everything ends eventually, and there are all these different ideas about what comes next.
[If it would even apply to something like Rey, if there would be anything left of her when this cycle is finally finished.]
voice;
Scholars and philosophers have been debating that one for ages.
[ As long as they've been around. ]
Hard to say, really. For all we know, it might be different in every universe.
[ And if they die here, if they're unlucky, perhaps they get sucked into whatever this universe has in place. ]
voice;
[Because she's seen things, mang.]
voice;
In universes with ships of dubious intelligence? Whatever would make you think that?
voice;
Oh, who knows. Crazy thoughts.