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paradisa2012-06-12 04:30 pm
excalibured) wrote in paradisa2012-06-12 04:30 pm
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86 Swords in the Stone
[Filtered AWAY from anyone who would use this info for harm, children and away from First Gens;]
[There's a noticeable pause in between the filter and when he actually starts to talk, but his voice is level when he finally does]
My condolences toward your recent losses, and further so, that I have to be the bearer of unfortunate news. But...You cannot protect everyone, not all of the time, and it nature of death here is one that concerns all of us.
I was the first body to remain behind for the duration of the two weeks, in Paradisa, last August. When I returned, I asked others who had died what had happened to them. They held a reoccurring theme. They either became castle ghosts, and served others...Some did not remember, and others simply were isolated.
I experienced something quite different. I was entirely aware of what had happened to me, of what was currently happening during the time I had been gone.
[A pause, it doesn't ever really get easier for him to talk about] It was essentially, nothingness- I could not use any of my senses, not to see, hear or speak. I could not feel anything around me. Not that I could move to do so, had I wanted to.
Initially it was because...I had been cremated, and Paradisa had to be so kind as to reconstruct me. I can strongly assure you that it's a most painful procedure, and quite so long to accomplish. And once it has, well you cannot move then either. And you are hyper aware of everything your body is doing. Your blood, your heart, your stilted breathing-
You will have to bury them, or...Set them aside somewhere. And while I cannot guarantee they will experience anything like I have, you must be prepared that they will not come back as you expect them to.
The dead should stay dead. [Another pause] If you have any questions, you may ask. If I deem them to be irrelevant, Rubedo shall answer them for me.
[aka anything he just finds too difficult to talk about en masse]
[ooc: children as in 10 years and younger, so teens if so wishing, can still respond]
[There's a noticeable pause in between the filter and when he actually starts to talk, but his voice is level when he finally does]
My condolences toward your recent losses, and further so, that I have to be the bearer of unfortunate news. But...You cannot protect everyone, not all of the time, and it nature of death here is one that concerns all of us.
I was the first body to remain behind for the duration of the two weeks, in Paradisa, last August. When I returned, I asked others who had died what had happened to them. They held a reoccurring theme. They either became castle ghosts, and served others...Some did not remember, and others simply were isolated.
I experienced something quite different. I was entirely aware of what had happened to me, of what was currently happening during the time I had been gone.
[A pause, it doesn't ever really get easier for him to talk about] It was essentially, nothingness- I could not use any of my senses, not to see, hear or speak. I could not feel anything around me. Not that I could move to do so, had I wanted to.
Initially it was because...I had been cremated, and Paradisa had to be so kind as to reconstruct me. I can strongly assure you that it's a most painful procedure, and quite so long to accomplish. And once it has, well you cannot move then either. And you are hyper aware of everything your body is doing. Your blood, your heart, your stilted breathing-
You will have to bury them, or...Set them aside somewhere. And while I cannot guarantee they will experience anything like I have, you must be prepared that they will not come back as you expect them to.
The dead should stay dead. [Another pause] If you have any questions, you may ask. If I deem them to be irrelevant, Rubedo shall answer them for me.
[aka anything he just finds too difficult to talk about en masse]
[ooc: children as in 10 years and younger, so teens if so wishing, can still respond]