video;

[writtendestiny]

[She rests her chin on her hand while she addresses the screen. Poison is sitting in the shared living space of the rooms she shares with Peter, and there is a small black cat stretched across the back of the couch.]

I have a question, and... it's a difficult one, so no one has to feel like they need to reply.

[Sigh.]

I'm curious... about how many of us have died before. And how many times.

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text; @apocalypseArisen

[livingdeadgirl]

twice that i remember directly
once that i am inferring from context
and once more that logically must have happened before i could be reborn as i am now
so at least four times total
there could be more though im not sure

[writtendestiny]

Why must it have logically happened?

[livingdeadgirl]

because you have to die to be reincarnated
its odd though
the other times aradia died and was resurrected
she always came back as herself
something must have been different about that final death
but what it was i cannot say

[writtendestiny]

Was that the first time you went somewhere else..?

[livingdeadgirl]

what do you mean

[writtendestiny]

When you were reincarnated, was that the first time you were taken somewhere like Anchor?

[livingdeadgirl]

[ A pause. ]

huh
id never thought of it that way
i mean i grew up in recolle
for a long time that was the only life i knew!
and i still consider it my home
but at the same time
the souls retrospec vacuumed up to create us came from a multitude of different worlds
and our rebirth was not something we consented to
not that im complaining about that part
i definitely prefer not being dead

[writtendestiny]

'Souls retrospec'?

[livingdeadgirl]

oh sorry
retrospec is the company responsible for reincarnating us
they did so by gathering up lost souls from the void
how they actually did this no one knows
but i have often joked that they used the mega maid robot from spaceballs
have you seen that movie

[writtendestiny]

No.
I haven't seen very many movies.
They don't exist where I'm from.

[livingdeadgirl]

whaaat!
ok we will have to see if they have it at blockbuster
and also space battles while were at it
half the jokes in spaceballs wont make sense otherwise

[writtendestiny]

I wouldn't worry too much about that.
I might not understand the jokes anyway!

[livingdeadgirl]

haha fair enough!
honestly its like 40 years old so i dont understand a bunch of them either
hey do you think the vr room has a movie theater mode?
we could give you an simulated authentic earth moviegoing experience

[writtendestiny]

That sounds like fun. Do I need to bring anything?

[livingdeadgirl]

hmmm well we will need to obtain the movies of course
but im sure we can find somebody willing to brave the wastes for the sake of our entertainment

[ Or, you know, she might do it herself when she goes to Hot Topic in a few days! But she doesn't know that's happening yet. ]

the second most important thing however
is a big tub of piping hot popcorn
traditionally served drowning in butter
though personally i prefer to use a lighter hand

[writtendestiny]

I know popcorn!
I like the salted kind.

[livingdeadgirl]

oh yeah salt is crucial
not too much though!
at real theaters they always oversalt it to make you thirsty so youll buy their overpriced soda

[writtendestiny]

Then our theatre will be much better.