[Bertie's been reading bad pulp fiction. The title on the spine of one of the books near him is "The Haunting of the Queen Mary." Another is "Ghosts of the Titanic."]What ho, my fellow passengers
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But does that mean that everyone who has died on the ship is a ghost now? Even though they came back? Did they just come back as highly corporeal ghosts?
Or, even having died, did they never become ghosts in the first place?
Well, being dead is, I think, a large part of it. Although that definition alone would also include all number of non-ghost states, including being simply dead and buried.
I suppose traditionally they are the disembodied souls of the deceased. Except for the Holy Ghost, of course, who was never rightly alive, I think. So the Holy Ghost is disembodied without being deceased. Which means being dead isn't necessarily part of the criteria at all.
I'm beginning to suspect that the Admiral is a ghost. That would certainly explain why we never see him, but only hear his disembodied voice. Most of the crew could be ghosts, too. Ghosts who keep the bits of the ship we can't see running at ship-shape.
Although...I honestly can't think of a single soul who, while alive, was interested in looking at people without their trousers. [Because Bertie leads a VERY SHELTERED LIFE.] So I can't imagine why a ghost would.
Ghosts don't have ghosts. No one becomes a ghost here. If you kill a ghost, it vanishes or goes to an afterlife. And if a ghost's body were to be brought back, the ghost-self would simply become the living-self. Alright?
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Excuse me, miss.
[And Bertie runs off, leaving his video still on, to go cover his large standing mirror with a sheet. Because surely thin fabric can prevent talking.]
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So... Not, then? Well, that's a relief...
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Or, even having died, did they never become ghosts in the first place?
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What do you think makes someone a ghost?
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I suppose traditionally they are the disembodied souls of the deceased. Except for the Holy Ghost, of course, who was never rightly alive, I think. So the Holy Ghost is disembodied without being deceased. Which means being dead isn't necessarily part of the criteria at all.
[Bertie frowns. This is getting quite confusing.]
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... If you have died here, how don't you know? ...Were you a ghost?
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And that ghosts aren't interested in looking at people without their trousers. But I'm not convinced.
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Although...I honestly can't think of a single soul who, while alive, was interested in looking at people without their trousers. [Because Bertie leads a VERY SHELTERED LIFE.] So I can't imagine why a ghost would.
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...Really?
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Really and truly. Indeed for certain people, even the very idea of them without their trousers makes me want to take a stiff drink.
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Might there be ghosts of souls who were here before we arrived?
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