Game 011 [Voice] - Another Year Wiser

[neverplaysfair]

Given the nature of time here in relation to our own worlds, would you say that birthdays here even have a point? You lose any time you spend here when you go home, and possibly regain it if you return, so it the end it arguably doesn't exist in any permanent capacity. But it's still time that you've lived and experience that you've gained.

Comments

[nattocat.livejournal.com]

Hey, I figure it counts just as much as Christmas or the new year would, boss. You want me to sing?

[stalkingmybro.livejournal.com]

Maybe not, but it's something close to home isn't it? I'd think people would want to celebrate it.

[headphones-nyan.livejournal.com]

Life here's hard enough without taking away reasons to celebrate.

[markofthewise]

Actually it's not the why that bothers me, it's the when. I should be 16 in just a few months, but according to the calendar here I'll have to wait almost an entire year for another one.

[pathtoseele.livejournal.com]

I'd like to think we celebrate birthdays to thank the person being born... Not that they have lived another year. So... It'd still be important to have them.

[antisilent.livejournal.com]

Even if it's forgotten, an experience has some meaning.

[epicenity.livejournal.com]

For the cake, obviously.

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

That depends. If only the memories are lost, it's worth it. You'd still have everything else you gain here.

[neverplaysfair]

But the new year has a meaning because it exists as a marker for the passage of time of this place, rather than for any one person.

And please, don't sing.

[neverplaysfair]

So as a marker there's no point, but people celebrate for nostalgia's sake anyway?

[neverplaysfair]

But would you bother saying you're a year older? Is the date alone a celebration and "age" worthless?

[nattocat.livejournal.com]

But it's another year you've been around for, no matter where you spent it. I say it counts.

And, hey, if you insist.

[neverplaysfair]

But can you even turn 16 here? Or do you wait until you return home to get older? What happens if you turn 16 here then go home, forgetting about Luceti, and turn 16 again? When you come back, are you 17?

[neverplaysfair]

Then is age meaningless here?

[markofthewise]

Yeah, I think you're kind of missing the point. Your age is how long it's been since you were born. Whether that time was spent home or here, does it matter? Even if we get reset or something, as long as we're here, I can still turn 16. There's nothing magical about getting older.

[pathtoseele.livejournal.com]

Maybe it is. It's just a number.

[neverplaysfair]

So do you have two separate ages for when you're here and when you're home? Since it seems like you favor advancing your age using the time spent here.

[neverplaysfair]

But do you get older? The time disappears once you leave.

[neverplaysfair]

What in particular do you mean which is gained?

[no-use-running.livejournal.com]

If you can't figure that out, I probably can't help you.

[neverplaysfair]

Even if you lose it, with no indicator it was ever there in the first place? Time progressing around you is one thing; time flowing independently in a cut-off world is quite another.

[neverplaysfair]

My point is that there's conflicting timeflows. If you turn 16 twice, do you never celebrate your 17th birthday here? Call it a thought experiment if you prefer.

[nattocat.livejournal.com]

But age is a way of measuring experience, right? You've grown and aged and gained experience here.

[markofthewise]

I guess it would depend on if you remember your time here when you come back. Apparently I've been here before, but I don't remember it.

[neverplaysfair]

Oddly enough, there aren't too many who are willing to admit that.