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[Things have settled down. Between experiments, amusement parks, abductions and drafts, this is the first nice calm stretch of time he's had in a while. So Mulder's hanging out in the Battle Dome. He's been coming there a lot more lately. The new features interest him, and there are places from home he can't help revisiting. Not always to fight, since it's no longer required, though he throws those scenarios in sometimes too. But mostly he's in there obsessively going back through particular scenes.]

[At the moment, Mulder can be seen sitting in the living room where Samantha disappeared from. The board game Stratego is still set up in place near him, the game left unfinished. It's exactly as the room looked all those years ago. A blinding bright light flashes somewhere in the background.]

I wonder what determines the point in time we're taken from? It appears entirely random from all that I've encountered so far. Almost like someone's throwing darts at a timeline or choosing those times out of a hat. A really ugly hat. I also wonder... why some people are brought here after death. [Jonathan. Gem. ...Sigh.] It doesn't seem fair, to grant someone a new life only to throw them back eventually anyway.

...speaking of that, I've been curious about something for a while. [And needing to expand his files, he's already delved into kidnappings, revival has always been somewhere on his list too.] If anyone who's died before, either here or at home, wouldn't mind indulging me for a couple of questions? I won't ask how it happened or anything, just... some related details on the topic. Thanks in advance.

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Pretty much. [He leans back.] Though that doesn't stop them from sending us back. They're determined and persistent, I'll give them that. Competent? Well... that part's debatable.

It's hard to tell from down here. We can't see what they're up to -- but when we invaded the kidnap lab, there were definite signs of outside controversy.

I got that impression from what I was told about it. Even then, there's still so much we don't know.

[He is so volunteering, the next time there's a chance for something like that, he's decided.]

...Is that why you're asking about dead people?

Pretty much, yeah. I'm trying to gather as much information as I can about their work.

...Getting much of a response from the unlifers?

Enough to see that there are as many different ways of coming back as there are worlds.

Ain't that the truth. Not many of them are right though.

Not right? [He's got a guess, but...] What do you mean by that?

...Sometimes? A finale is a finale. Encores can get -- well, why try and add to something that's already done?

I see what you mean... and there's presumably only so much material- to continue the comparison- only so many times a person could keep coming back before they're too exhausted to perform...

People move on. They move on after death, too. It's touch taking them back from that.

That makes a lot of sense, logically. [Mulder is giving this a great deal of consideration now, he's really into this.] I mean, it's the ghosts and poltergeists and so on who linger on in this world with unfinished business, but... the ones who actually cross over are presumably accepting or at least more at peace with it.

[ she waves a hand, trying to be casual. ]

Like, I'm sure there are a whole bunch of people who pass on to bigger and better things. Who'd want to come back from that?

[Hmm... noting the "trying" thing, but not going to push anything.]

Like... I suppose their version of heaven or eternal paradise, for those who believe in it?

No one would wanna be torn out of there.

I would imagine not, if it's as great as it's supposed to be, and hopefully not just a bunch of clouds where people stand around playing harps.

[Ok, curiosity...]

...Do you speak from some kind of experience?

What? No.

[ her protest is a little too vehement. ]

[Yes, there's definitely something to such a strong protest.]

It's ok, if you'd rather not go into detail.

[Despite him being SO CURIOUS.]

...That's pretty much preferable, Mulder.

If I could only ask one thing- it definitely exists?

[Heaven, paradise, whatever one wants to call it. Faith in that sort of area has always been more Scully's thing than his, oddly enough.]

[ her eyes drop in a way that might as well have screamed yes. ]

I'm sorry. That's not something you should have had to find out first hand.

...Hypothetically.

Though as crazy as it sounds, I'd... kind of want to see it for myself. Someday. [Yeaaah, there is a good reason they call him "Spooky."] But I guess that it'd only work if I could make it a round trip like that.

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