Wow... that's wild.

I'll take that as a compliment. ^^

It was meant as one. :>

The concept, execution, and voice of the narrator are great!

Thank you! :D

Sad and beautiful - good job.

That's all I really want, I think: for some folks to read what I write and to have an emotional reaction to it. So, thank you. ^^

Very... very odd indeed O.O

Kinda like a very warped version of Planetside.

Can you choose Suicide Bomb Dog as a class in Planetside? I never played it. >.>

No... but considering you kept re-spawning... as the same person, over and over again; well yeah.

The psychological damage of continuously dying and being reborn seems to be glossed over >.>

Psycho-whatsit damage?! We've got a war to win, son! We ain't got time for no psycho-bologic coger-tatin'! INCOMING!

I think Sliders did something similar to this once, only it was for a game. A company would take people and hook them into virtual reality systems so their mind would control the sprites in various virtual reality and hologames, specifically the tactical and shooter games. Thing is, when one of the sprites died, so did the person controlling it. For that reason the chairs had automatic defibrillators that would start their heart again so they could go out and die all over, and over, and over... Until finally they couldn't be brought back again.

Part of the explanation in the show was that the people would be at the light, ready to move on, then BAM end up back here on earth, but every time this happened, a piece of their soul was left until there's no more soul to keep them alive.

I think this is one of those things where there are sets of binary choices.

Either there is something like a soul or there isn't.

If there is, then it's either a cohesive entity that can be fractured but not completely destroyed (though scattered beyond self-re-assembly is a possibility) or it could be severed, any parts without the 'core' degrading in to wisps of random energy, while the core may/may not be able to regrow.

I don't know if I ever saw that episode, but I did like Sliders! Obviously not for the hard science, though... >.>

Very interesting concepts in there and well executed. *hugs*

*hugs back!* Thank yous. ^^

Given the style of warfare there seem to be resource or technological shortcomings to prevent truly devastating warfare at the level of atomic weapons and other harder science-fiction grade elements such as gravity weapons. I think with that much raw energy flung around even souls might get shred.

I can't help but wonder what the enemy is like. It seems that even if the people are freed from their potentially oppressive (or at least desperate) government that the prison within their minds will remain; much as we too are prisoners of our own views.

I imagine the enemy is very much like themselves. Isn't that always the way of things?

It's not always the way of things. They could have completely different approaches to technology, even inherently incompatible ones (I happen to include magic as a different route to mastering the local environment and hence a kind of technology if used as such). They could be another species, or robots, or virtually anything else at all. Or they could be the same.

I was being poignant. =p

I've always wondered what it would be like to live in a world somewhat like Unreal Tournament 3, where you have to battle the other team constantly, everytime you die, you feel all the pain of the death, being shot, passing out from blood loss etc. But as soon as you are completely dead, you would be reborn/respawn, to grab your weapon and run back out, trying to kill the other team, who also has the same technology.. The pain and the torture would be too much and drive a person mad in no time at all.. This is the closest I've seen to that being played out..

Very nicely done.

If they were all trapped, doing this alone, never having a chance to communicate with other people between deaths, then I imagine they would lose their mind. I think the camaraderie of having others suffering like you and having them to talk with between battles is what keeps so many of them "intact" enough to keep fighting. Or maybe I'm just way off...

Interesting concept as such, this story was very able to catch my interest. How would it be to live and live again, just to serve one purpose, without any will or consent. Very nice little tale, I enjoyed reading this. Good work.

I imagine it would be unpleasant, but going from thinking you only have one life to dying over and over without any consequence aside from momentary pain and a new, odd body... that's a real trip.

Best last line yet of any of these word stitches.

Everyone could use a dog! >.>

Wow! I'm a bit sad this was so short - I'd have LOVED to see what the war was about, maybe an example of him dying, how he died the first time and the shock/surprise he got when he woke back up.

Only not faving 'cuz it's so brief, I really liked this! Here's hoping you continue the story line some other day in the Prompts.

Unfortunately I had no intention of continuing this, but I'm glad to hear it engaged your imagination so much and so quickly! Thank you. ^^

no worries, I wasn't sure you were gonna continue it anyway.

And aye, it's very... darn, I forgot the word. It sucks you in almost immediately - schwoooompf! :D