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[mrcreamsicles]

im not trying to scare you
im trying to warn you
the same thing happened to silverpelt before and i dont want you dying unnecessarily when you just got here

[dousedflame]

I have five lives left, I can handle it.

[She has three lives left, and she knows she can't. But she doesn't like to show weakness when she's confused.]

What would... 'House' get out of tricking me into going through the tunnels?

[mrcreamsicles]

[Five lives left. Sure, why not. He's traveling with a constellation; the nine lives myth made real is even easier to accept.]

thats not how it works here bluestar
anyone twoleg or feline or anything else has the potential to revive after death
but theres no official count of how many lives you get
and no guarantee you will revive if you die
even if you do revive you come back missing something
like sight or speech or memories or emotions
house tries to recommend experiments like that in hopes up digging up info about this place and how to get out of it
but the fact is a lot of those are dangerous
and you barely understand whats going on with this place yet besides
hes taking advantage and its not cool
also im going to tell you before things get more confusing that vents arent really like tunnels for traveling through
not usually
there are tunnels for traveling here but theyre a lot bigger than the vents are
they have solid doors on them
not the metal pieces with slits in them for seeing through

[dousedflame]

[The tip of her tail is flicking. She really doesn't like the sound of any of this.]

I'll keep all of this in mind. Thank you.

[Now, what does she do with this information?]

What happened to Silverpelt when he died?

[mrcreamsicles]

i wasnt traveling with him then and i dont remember what his loss was
he revived obviously
but youd do better asking him directly
he can tell you the details more than someone who wasnt even there for the experiment

[dousedflame]

[She flicks an ear, as if to say "fair point".]

What about you, then? Have you died?

[mrcreamsicles]

more than once
wouldnt recommend it
there are these places around town called morgues where people whove died are kept until they revive
so when i wake up i figure out what morgue it is so i know where i am
plus figure out what ive lost which is sometimes more obvious than others
and then i contact people to let them know im alive again and figure out how long its been since i died
longest its been for me is a few days
shortest was literally hours
but ive heard of people taking months before they revive

[dousedflame]

Days?

[Months?

Her eyes widen a bit.]

My deaths have never taken more than a few long moments... And months- those are moons, right? What sort of death can reverse itself after that long?

[mrcreamsicles]

if what you call a moon is about 30 days then yeah
and its not predictable
nobody knows when they die if theyre going to revive quick or slow or just not revive at all
the kind of death it is doesnt change it

[dousedflame]

Well... then I suppose I'd rather not die at all, if I can help it.

[But there are bigger concerns there. What if she stays here long enough to die of old age? Will she still come back?]

[mrcreamsicles]

good choice
so for that
theres a map and if you cant figure out how to read it then you can ask people and theyll point you the right direction
the map also has places to find food since theres nothing to hunt here and most houses dont have anything else edible
your tablet which is the thing youre using to talk to me with will give you a warning every night telling you to seek shelter
which is your cue to get inside and stay inside
if you dont then youll get locked out in the snow and die from the cold overnight
and if you see any kind of weird monster coming after you then you have to run for shelter too
you cant fight them
theyll knock you out as soon as they touch you and youll die
otherwise just make sure you stay warm how you can
its always cold here