OOC: If this doesn't make sense, fine thing. It just popped into my head with the whole "I see dead people" post up there and the co-existing fandoms everywhere else :) Came out a bit long but..
Now that he had an idea of where the ghost was, Jon couldn't resist this new form of entertainment. He ambled into that general area, hands in his pockets as tried to find any strange sources of cold or resistance.
"He's a ghost," George pointed out sarcastically, earning herself a 'who, me?' look of innocence before rolling her eyes. "Oh no, you're not obvious at all. And you're nowhere near him, either."
"Saw me coming, huh?"
"Just possibly."
"Damn." Jon shrugged and went back to his post. There were a couple of questions hanging over his head about her version of the afterlife. "So how does this Reaper thing work? You die, but you don't.. move on?"
She grimaced, muttering something about the value of keeping mouths shut. "Something like that. And it's a light. You get Reaped, then you walk into the light."
Jon stared incredulously. "I hate clichés. Don't make them real!"
"Yeah, well maybe yours will be a black hole," George replied bluntly.
"I'll take the light," he deferred quickly: black holes were just a little too much like déjà vu. Oh yeh, like walking into a light isn't! That wasn't the point of query though. She'd explained about people being trapped before, and the fact that Vermin wasn't going anywhere until he was ready, which left: "What if you die but you're not permanently dead?"
"CPR doesn't count. If you're meant to die die, you'd be on a list and someone would Reap your soul beforehand -" George glanced sharply to her right. "That wasn't my fault!"
Ok, ghostly grudge issues, but still not what he was angling at. The CPR answer probably covered anything to do with sarcophagusses.. sarcophagoi.. sarcophagi!.. anyway, that part Jon could deal with, but what about the whole Ascension deal? "Ever seen anyone come back from the light?"
"Jon.." Daniel warned.
"Simple question!" Jon protested helplessly.
George looked between the two of them intently. "If you're truly dead, you've walked into the light and there's no way back - not that I know of - and no, I don't know what comes next. If you're undead, you find out about it PDQ. If you're neither dead nor undead, the paramedics will work their magic shortly. And finally, if you're dead and haven't been Reaped, you're stuck in a nasty rotting corpse until someone like me comes along. That clear enough for ya?"
Blinking from the onslaught, Jon ran the words through his head a couple more times. There was a loophole in there, he knew it: the whole "trapped in body" aspect. Daniel's Ascension hadn't left a body behind, so he wasn't trapped in it - kinda - and the rest - so none of SG1 had ever really died? Sweet, but my head hurts..
Suddenly Jon wished that he'd never asked, because it only brought out more questions. If Jack's soul got Reaped, would he be dragged along for the ride by default? That would suck, and what about the other way round? What about all the servicemen and women killed in the middle of nowhere, or off-planet? Souls got got left behind now and then, that was clear enough from the hike to Faith's plane! Worse - what did Charlie see before walking into the light? Himself, dead? Please, no..
"Yeah. I think. Thanks," he replied dully.
Ignoring his juggling stones, Jon sat down on the concrete and began his own form of meditation: dismantling and reassembling the gun. Next time he'd keep his questions to himself.
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[Jon] Curious (open tag)
Date: 2006-07-13 09:07 am (UTC)Now that he had an idea of where the ghost was, Jon couldn't resist this new form of entertainment. He ambled into that general area, hands in his pockets as tried to find any strange sources of cold or resistance.
"He's a ghost," George pointed out sarcastically, earning herself a 'who, me?' look of innocence before rolling her eyes. "Oh no, you're not obvious at all. And you're nowhere near him, either."
"Saw me coming, huh?"
"Just possibly."
"Damn." Jon shrugged and went back to his post. There were a couple of questions hanging over his head about her version of the afterlife. "So how does this Reaper thing work? You die, but you don't.. move on?"
She grimaced, muttering something about the value of keeping mouths shut. "Something like that. And it's a light. You get Reaped, then you walk into the light."
Jon stared incredulously. "I hate clichés. Don't make them real!"
"Yeah, well maybe yours will be a black hole," George replied bluntly.
"I'll take the light," he deferred quickly: black holes were just a little too much like déjà vu. Oh yeh, like walking into a light isn't! That wasn't the point of query though. She'd explained about people being trapped before, and the fact that Vermin wasn't going anywhere until he was ready, which left: "What if you die but you're not permanently dead?"
"CPR doesn't count. If you're meant to die die, you'd be on a list and someone would Reap your soul beforehand -" George glanced sharply to her right. "That wasn't my fault!"
Ok, ghostly grudge issues, but still not what he was angling at. The CPR answer probably covered anything to do with sarcophagusses.. sarcophagoi.. sarcophagi!.. anyway, that part Jon could deal with, but what about the whole Ascension deal? "Ever seen anyone come back from the light?"
"Jon.." Daniel warned.
"Simple question!" Jon protested helplessly.
George looked between the two of them intently. "If you're truly dead, you've walked into the light and there's no way back - not that I know of - and no, I don't know what comes next. If you're undead, you find out about it PDQ. If you're neither dead nor undead, the paramedics will work their magic shortly. And finally, if you're dead and haven't been Reaped, you're stuck in a nasty rotting corpse until someone like me comes along. That clear enough for ya?"
Blinking from the onslaught, Jon ran the words through his head a couple more times. There was a loophole in there, he knew it: the whole "trapped in body" aspect. Daniel's Ascension hadn't left a body behind, so he wasn't trapped in it - kinda - and the rest - so none of SG1 had ever really died? Sweet, but my head hurts..
Suddenly Jon wished that he'd never asked, because it only brought out more questions. If Jack's soul got Reaped, would he be dragged along for the ride by default? That would suck, and what about the other way round? What about all the servicemen and women killed in the middle of nowhere, or off-planet? Souls got got left behind now and then, that was clear enough from the hike to Faith's plane! Worse - what did Charlie see before walking into the light? Himself, dead? Please, no..
"Yeah. I think. Thanks," he replied dully.
Ignoring his juggling stones, Jon sat down on the concrete and began his own form of meditation: dismantling and reassembling the gun. Next time he'd keep his questions to himself.