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[teradaya]

[Color!]

So this post goes up at a very late hour. Such as 4:17am. People are usually asleep around that time, aren't they? Whoops. Needless to say, Ryouma has had a rough night unbeknownst to anyone but himself and now can't quite fall asleep. So. To the laptop he goes!]

Let us think on some things, my fellow insomniacs.

Though I guess I should also say if you've woken up just to read this, then don't be silly like me. Get yourself comfy again and shut those eyes. There we go, that's better, hm? You can always come back in the morning.

But, I was saying. I find myself being kind of contemplative tonight and I figured we can all (well, those of us still foolish or unfortunate enough to be awake at this hour) bounce our thoughts around. So tell me, what do you think it means to be "alive"? Is it purely a physical thing? If you're breathing and your heart beats, then you're good to go? Or do you qualify it with gained experiences, such as enjoying certain foods or falling in love for the first time?

Is there something else I haven't thought about?

Personally, I fall more into the second camp. I could argue that life isn't worth living if you have never sailed on the ocean at least once and experienced all that it entails. But then I wouldn't begrudge anyone who is simply happy being physically alive. And that's important, too, for sure. You can't rightly live through things if you're actually dead.

Let me know. It feels like it could be a long night.

Comments

[teradaya]

[Hm. Okay. This is new.]

You'll have to forgive me for not leaving room for that sort of situation. Where I come from, if you're dead, then you're dead and that's that.

I can get the rest of what you're saying, though. But okay I'm curious about this undead thing. How does that work? If someone's undead does that mean that they died once and then just kind of backtracked a bit?

[averagemedium]

It's fine, I know not everyone's familiar with that sort of thing. (:

But it's something like that? The methods sort of vary, but the gist of it is that in one way or another they were kept from passing on properly. It's intentional, sometimes.

Sometimes it just means they still have enough tying them to the living world though. Regrets, attachments, so on.

[teradaya]

So...like a ghost. But I'm guessing it's more than a ghost situation.

[Or else this person would have just said ghost instead of undead?]

[averagemedium]

Ghosts are the most common form, yeah-- they're the ones who'd be in the sorts of situations I outlined. I'm not positive on zombies? I've never seen a confirmed case... vampires are also undead, though, even if they're closer to being living than ghosts are.

[teradaya]

[The frick is a zombie]

Huh. Well, in all those cases, I guess if someone's still wandering around then why not let them live a little. So to speak.
You know, within reason. Someone who wants to go around draining people's blood should probably be put on a very short leash.

[averagemedium]

Should they really, though? As long as they're not going around draining people to death, I don't see the problem... I mean, they've got to sustain themselves somehow, yeah?

Seems a bit narrow minded to treat them like they'll be trouble unless they've already caused it.

[...local supernatural sympathizer, at your service.]

[teradaya]

I meant if they've already caused problems and don't intend to stop or better themselves. I think there's always room for some sort of compromise in that situation. Instead of attacking innocent people who don't want to be hurt for whatever reason by whatever being, then maybe someone can willingly offer up themselves for what is needed.

This conversation is actually really similar to one I had recently with a resident vampire, so I've had time to make some sense of it.

[averagemedium]

That's fair-- sorry, I guess I'm just used to people immediately thinking they're dangerous, you know? It's a little bit of a hard habit to shake.

I don't think you're wrong, though. Haven't really seen a need for it here yet, but there were a couple of us who'd do that kind of thing at home too.