( text | un: sweetie )

[retrorsum]

Has anyone found a pod containing someone that was supposed to be dead? That they knew to be dead.

( river asks more out of curiosity than anything, out of trying to understand and gain more knowledge on the pods, on who and how they were brought here. she also can't deny that small piece of hope that comes with the question, of wanting to see someone that she couldn't (shouldn't) be able to see again )

Comments

[retrorsum]

How are they not supposed to exist?

( she has theories but is it true? )

[pullsheavendown]

I's kind of complicated. She became someone else, but the person in the pod is who she used to be.

[retrorsum]

( if you're river it's not actually that complicated. it sounds like what she did )

I found something similar.

[pullsheavendown]

[It's a form of regeneration in its way, though he doesn't know that.]

Really? Similar how?

[retrorsum]

It's a complicated story.

( in fairness he didn't give details )

[pullsheavendown]

Same here. It was...really strange to see her again. Like, I was happy to see her as herself again, but does it even count if someone's still asleep?

[retrorsum]

She'll still be that person when she wakes up.

( which is possibly going to be stranger for her. she found a very early regeneration of the doctor )

[pullsheavendown]

Not everyone wakes up. Not so far.

Do you think your friend will?

[retrorsum]

Absolutely. That's his way.

[pullsheavendown]

He take a lot of long naps and wake up when you're not expecting it?

[retrorsum]

He doesn't let something like stasis stop him.

[pullsheavendown]

Ha. He sounds like an interesting guy, if he can beat the stasis.

[retrorsum]

I'd bet on him any day.

[pullsheavendown]

I hope you're right, even if I don't know him. No one should have to sleep their life away like the people in the pods. I hope my friend wakes up, too.

[retrorsum]

They all will. As you said no one should have to experience this.

[pullsheavendown]

Thanks. I guess that sounds silly, but it helps to hear someone be sure of it.

[retrorsum]

I haven't seen a plan like this ever succeed. Something always stops it.

[pullsheavendown]

What kind of world do you come from where you've seen plans like this?!

[retrorsum]

The universe is a big place and not every species is so friendly.

[pullsheavendown]

Universe? Wait, have you been to other worlds before too? Huh. I thought we were the only ones.

[retrorsum]

Space travel is very common when I'm from.

[pullsheavendown]

Huh. Where I'm from, most people don't even know other worlds exist. We had to keep it a secret when we visited them.

[retrorsum]

It's the 52nd century, humanity has been travelling for centuries.

[pullsheavendown]

Do you use the corridors too?

[retrorsum]

Corridors?