[network] @fuckyou; audio; evening 148 [open][cw discussion of death]

[blueteamproblems]

[Church has, for the most part, been avoiding the network for the last couple of days. He's been feeling like shit and there hasn't seemed to be much of a point. Today, though, he's been seeing things and he feels like he's going crazy even more than usual. Maybe a bit of talking would help. He's even got a topic in mind!]

Hey, uh. Got a question for you guys.

Do we have any idea why people get brought back? Not, like, in general - why do some people come back and not others? Is there any kind of pattern to it? Is the admin playing favourites or whatever?

[There. No need to mention that he died recently himself. No indication that it's relevant in any personal kind of way.]





...Oh, and. Also. If anyone's got a sponge, I'd be willing to trade stuff for it. Drop me a message.

Comments

@Spoiler ; voice

[spoileralert]

[ ... ]

A sponge?

[blueteamproblems]

Yeah. You know what a sponge is, right?

[spoileralert]

[ Hoooow to articulate this question... ]

Why?

[ that works ]

[blueteamproblems]

Why what?

[nope]

@zachtastic; text

[majorlazer]

I think it might be a cat thing. Like, cats have 9 lives, and we got, idk, 4 or 5 or something.

text

[blueteamproblems]

so u have 2 die like 5 times and then itll stick
what is this a fucking video game
r we actually in the matrix

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[majorlazer]

it's a theory don't put money on it.

Also yes, we might be. It's totally a possibility actually, I kinda think it's one of the most plausible ideas.

[blueteamproblems]

idk man
all the throwing up during maintenance felt p real
also y would any1 just put a bunch of random ppl in2 the matrix whats the point

@zd; audio

[swatsflies]

[ Sends him a picture of two sponges. One is shaped like a clown and the other is a dish-washing sponge. ]

I have these two. [ His voice sounds worn out from freaking out earlier. After a moment and sounding more somber-] Not sure about why only certain people are brought back.

[blueteamproblems]

[YES SPONGES. GOTTA HAVE EM.]

What do you want for them? I've got all kinds of shit I'm willing to trade.

[swatsflies]

[ Whoa. This guy is actually serious. ]

Have anything interesting like condoms or alcohol?

[blueteamproblems]

[He is always serious.]

I've got a bottle of brandy.

@guardian; audio;

[phaseshifter]

[ oh hey it's the loud guy

HI, LOUD GUY ]

You'd be better off asking Steph or Kunsel if you want numbers, but a lot of people seem to stop returning after their third death. We hypothesised that was a hard limit for a while, but since then Doctor House has - erm, struck out more than three times. So to speak.

I don't think we've had any real theories since? I doubt she's playing favourites, though, since murderers seem to come back just fine. Usually.

[blueteamproblems]

I guess that's the video game lives theory out of the window, then. Unless we don't all get the same number.

And, you know, that's still totally possible. Maybe she just likes murderers.

[phaseshifter]

She doesn't like murderers, dude, she gets really freaking pis-- angry at them. Ditto a lot of violence, really? When it gets reported, anyway.

Also we could be picking up extra lives somehow when we're wandering around. Maybe every ration run gets you a 1up?

[blueteamproblems]

...Do you have to do that self-censoring thing all the time? It's kinda annoying.

Also if this place actually works like a fucking video game I'm just going to give up. Just. Give up forever. Done. End of the line.

@gravedigger; voice

[harlequinofhate]

[Humorlessly]

There is no pattern to it. This whole place is nonsense don't bother trying to figure it out.

voice

[blueteamproblems]

Oh, you're the clown fetish guy.

Hi.

[Sorry, Joker. Steph has been shittalking you.]

voice

[harlequinofhate]

The Joker, yes.

Audio | @Rdua

[blessedmaiden]

No real pattern, from what I've seen, and no sponges... Leviathan knows I could use one myself.

Jokes aside, I thought it was related to the state of a body, if Admin was able to recover it or not, but after so long it seems completely casual...

[blueteamproblems]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's not the state of the body. Aren't there corpses in the morgues that are pretty intact? Thought I'd heard something like that.

[blessedmaiden]

Yes, they are... I've been in a single morgue and you can only look at them from a distance but they almost seem... asleep, ready to get up and be back outside. But, seriously, this place raises more questions than anything else...

Oh, but maybe we could make a list of how many people returned and how many times? Even if I think we probably have something like that.

@Aigis; voice

[athenashand]

I don't have a sponge. I'm sorry. I will keep an eye out for them if you want more than one.

[From the tone of her voice, she does not think this is a particularly strange request. Sponges are useful!]

Regarding death, I believe it might be because of limited resources that some of us don't...come back. [It feels strange to say that. Death is supposed to be permanent, after all; Nyx wouldn't be so scary, otherwise.] There is a file in the public data that shows the names of people the administrator tried to resuscitate, but only one was successful. It could be that she tries to resuscitate all of us, and it only works on some.

[blueteamproblems]

It'd be cool if you kept an eye out, yeah. Any that you can find.

[Finally someone who isn't asking him stupid questions he can't answer!]

...Huh. So it could just be a matter of luck. Figures.

[athenashand]

I'll contact you if I locate a sponge or a reliable source of sponges. [Truly she is an asset.]

It's possible that there are unseen factors, such as the makeup of our bodies, which make it easier to treat some people. But it could still be considered "luck," since you must be lucky enough to bear these unknown traits.