[ Video ] | Day 15

[usernamesarecool]

[ The feed clicks on to reveal the Doctor. He's looking about like he always does and goes to fix a bowtie he isn't wearing. Soon... ]

[ Ignoring that, he sits back looking all professional and give the camera a bright smile. ]

Hullo all! For those who don't know me, I'm the Doctor-not a doctor-The Doctor. People tend to get that bit mixed up. However, if you need a Doctor-either I or my lovely new friend Wen Qing will see to you. Now then!

[ Looking professional. He never said he was a professional ]

First order of business-Joss is back! Yay Joss! Everyone give him a hand, make him feel welcome!

[ He claps his hands a moment and then his expression changes to one much more serious as does his tone. ]

Second order, this does seem to have a very strong suggestion that death isn't permanent here-and I'd have some theories-still have a few but the main one I had doesn't quite work with the facts as I have them so that's probably not it.

Now, I've seen people... shall we say recover? From that sort of condition before-rare-but I have seen it. What about you all? Any theories?

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[usernamesarecool]

Well, I don't know. You'd have to ask him. I'm pretty sure it varies day to day though. does anyone approve of being immortal? Personally, I find it to be a bit.. lonely at times.


[ And now he's the last of his kind so he has to live on. ]

But there are rituals and the like-some machines, some other means to preserve the mind. That's really all you need to bring someone back-their mind. However-most ways of doing it are... banned on civilized planets. For good reason-it never turns out quite how they intend.

[so_dark_a_road]

I know what you mean. Though there were plenty of other immortals in my world, Elves -- those who survived the wars, that is. But it's a strange thing, when we see ourselves outlasting all the mortals by thousands of years. Do you spend much time with people who die in a century or less?

What? You can preserve a person's mind after they are dead? And there are ways of. . . what?. . . re-implanting that mind in a body?

[usernamesarecool]

Yes, of course. Strictly speaking the brain is little more than a very complex computer and your mind is essentially just software that can be converted. Don't recommend it though.

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Curufin shudders at the thought. ] Is it really that simple, the brain, I mean? And the mind? You don't recommend preserving the mind in a machine because it never turns out as intended. Maybe there's a reason it doesn't?