So I've been thinking about the concept of immortality, and I figure the energy required to keep a person alive forever would be immense, even if helped along by magic.
I thought, what better source of energy than the life-force of another person?
So, the point - say you meet a warlock who can give you eternal life. You won't be indestructible, but you will never age or get sick. You'll still need oxygen, blood, food and water, and not getting blown up to function, but you'll stay as young as you were at age 21 and you'll be completely immune to any and all afflictions, diseases, cancers and mutations.
But here's the price - the lives of five people who mean something to you, and you mean something to them in return. The spell requires the lives/souls of people you have a positive emotional connection to, specifically family and friends.
You have to round up the five and bring them to the warlock, so when it comes time for the spell, they know exactly what's happening. Their death is instant, and painless. Their corpses are completely vaporized, their lives snuffed in a heartbeat.
The spell only needs to be cast once to set you for eternity, and the strength of the connection doesn't matter - but they must be people you will miss and mourn.
Again, you must also matter to them. A mutual connection. You can't fake your feelings, and they can't fake theirs - otherwise the spell will fail. They're dead, you're mortal and the warlock is really unhappy for having his time wasted.
So, could you do it? Are there five important people in your life you would willingly sacrifice for your own immortality?
Personally, yes. I argue that the things you could do in the next few thousand years could make up for taking their lives, and that using old people for the spell would offset some of the negativity of taking their lives. I have three grandparents, two of which are relatively healthy for their age and one is on death's door. I'm not sure about the other two people I'd need.
Bonus: What about ten people and you get the whole package - immortality and indestructibility. Nothing can ever kill you. I'd be more liberal with who I choose to die then, because the possibilities for doing good in the world to make up for their deaths would be endless.
Bonus: What if they didn't know it was you, and the warlock could take their lives remotely? Would that change your mind?
Bonus: Negative energy, but is weaker - 20 and 50 people who you hate, and hate you. I'd find this harder to achieve really - I can't think of five people who fit this criteria.
I thought, what better source of energy than the life-force of another person?
So, the point - say you meet a warlock who can give you eternal life. You won't be indestructible, but you will never age or get sick. You'll still need oxygen, blood, food and water, and not getting blown up to function, but you'll stay as young as you were at age 21 and you'll be completely immune to any and all afflictions, diseases, cancers and mutations.
But here's the price - the lives of five people who mean something to you, and you mean something to them in return. The spell requires the lives/souls of people you have a positive emotional connection to, specifically family and friends.
You have to round up the five and bring them to the warlock, so when it comes time for the spell, they know exactly what's happening. Their death is instant, and painless. Their corpses are completely vaporized, their lives snuffed in a heartbeat.
The spell only needs to be cast once to set you for eternity, and the strength of the connection doesn't matter - but they must be people you will miss and mourn.
Again, you must also matter to them. A mutual connection. You can't fake your feelings, and they can't fake theirs - otherwise the spell will fail. They're dead, you're mortal and the warlock is really unhappy for having his time wasted.
So, could you do it? Are there five important people in your life you would willingly sacrifice for your own immortality?
Personally, yes. I argue that the things you could do in the next few thousand years could make up for taking their lives, and that using old people for the spell would offset some of the negativity of taking their lives. I have three grandparents, two of which are relatively healthy for their age and one is on death's door. I'm not sure about the other two people I'd need.
Bonus: What about ten people and you get the whole package - immortality and indestructibility. Nothing can ever kill you. I'd be more liberal with who I choose to die then, because the possibilities for doing good in the world to make up for their deaths would be endless.
Bonus: What if they didn't know it was you, and the warlock could take their lives remotely? Would that change your mind?
Bonus: Negative energy, but is weaker - 20 and 50 people who you hate, and hate you. I'd find this harder to achieve really - I can't think of five people who fit this criteria.
