First heard this when I was in the AF and I can safely say it is heartbreaking to see it in action. My younger brother is a combat medic in the army; I often wonder if he's had this experience yet.
Birds, cats, dogs, bears, wombats... I collected a roomba's soul last week. What's a roomba? Your psyche won't be able to handle the answer until you understand Humans better...
Jumping Jimney Cricket, its the author! I'm honored. I made the comment because of a post in an image board that shall remain anonymous; OP had posted that, during an electrical storm their Roomba had activated, and started spinning in circles. OP sat it in their lap and was stroking it to calm it down for several minutes before they realized what they were doing. Humans really will pack bond with anything.
@@James-ep2bx Prisoners of war can make incredibly valueable assets. Like information. Best case scenario, one could convince them to spy. Worst case scenario, they'll just be a humanitarian display. Most realistic expectation is to have the interrogator prod until the POW slips and spills details. One could move them and have them either serve their sentence through labor (How americans do it) or just keep them alive, release them after a certain time has passed. I might be wrong though.
Death: I’m here for… Jenkins? Medic: Too early. Death: I’m pretty su- Medic: wanna bet a paycheck? *slaps Jenkins* Jenkins: I’m up. Death: … Medic: … Go on, find somewhere else to be. *At the Therapist* Death: I just feel so… Like I got places to be and people to take, it’s a hectic job. I feel like they don’t appreciate my time.
“Please just let me die! I fought well! My ancestors will-“ (SLAP) Medic: *”YOU DON’T HAVE MY PERMISSION TO DIE! SO YOU’RE NOT GONNA DIE! NOT HERE AND NOT LIKE THIS!“* Death: “Yeah, sorry bud… he has more power than I do here.”
@@charlieyes4946 the inquisition begs to differ, The Commissariat are an most important pillar of justice and morale in the Imperial Guard, and the feared executors of those who dare to step wrongly.
Human doc: "This is a war against death, soldier: Death is merciless. Took my puppy, it took my favorite movie stars, but most importantly it made my son cry when it took his gold fish. I'm not allowing that fucker to take another life ever again". Alien merc: "HIS ENTIRE EXOSKELETON WAS RIPPED OFF AND YOU HAD SPENT AN ENTIRE DAY GRAFTING WHO KNOWS WHAT TO KEEP HIM TOGETHER!!! EVEN YOUR PEOPLE SAID IT WAS INHUMAN TO KEEP HIM IN SUCH STATE!!!" Alien crab guy: *[muffled crab screams]* Human doc: "I'm in a war against death, friend... And I am *winning* "
Death: *[traumatised PTSD flashbacks to every failed attempt to take a human soul]* _"It's not right... This isn't how it's supposed to go... I don't get it, what is this..."_
The difference between a Doctor, a Medic and a Retrievalist. A Doctor's job is to heal people and keep them from dying. A Medic's job is to help soldiers to be more comfortable... while they die. A Retrievalist's job is to run headlong into Hell, grab the injured and get them back out of danger so that Death itself will only take Soldiers while they kick and scream and claw their way back to fighting condition.
Death is a smiling face to guide the dead to their next destination. However he does not smile by choice, it is simply the only feature apparent on his skeletal face.
Death is the ultimate service industry employe. Always greet you with a smile. And while yes there are those that get ready to go before, there are dead that have to get through all the stages of grief in front of the reaper after the fact, the number of people entitled to living is staggering. So Death deal with about 56KPM (Karen per/minute) on the 6690 death an hour.
@@Biodeamon EVERY time? After all this time doing the job? #SocialAnxiety Nah he's just like a veteran company gondola driver who has a 80% Karen clientele. He knows you accommodate the client or get walloped.
I feel like paraphrasing a Sangheili line would apply to humans in a HFY scenario pretty good. "There is no honor in dying in a tent, human. My kind must fall in battle!" "There is no battlefield harsher than a medic tent" "Are you mad? You know nothing of combat!" "You fool, when I draw my weapons it is for combat with death herself. I defend you with knife and needle."
Other Medics: - "No, please don't hurt me, I'm a medic! you can't harm medics on the battlefield." - "Hold on tight, we will win this one, I know it!" Human Medics: - "I'm medically trained and that means I know all of the ways I can mess with your fucking day." - "Don't you dare fucking run from this objective, We will feeding the morgue full of these scumbags!"
"the animals dont have souls" a sentence which startet humanitys war against the grimm reapers. Cat and dog owners aligned to make deaths life a litteral hell 😂
Well, that explains the absurd amount of vengeful spirit stories in the world's folklores, despite basically each of them having an obligatory death figure(s)
Human Soul: "I'M ANGRY." Ghost Hunter: "I'll help you achieve your goals, don't be angry, i can help you find peac--" Human Soul: "I don't want peace, I WANT. *TO BE ANGRY."*
@@Volvith Ghost Hunter: "Janice, bring out the brownies with the special ingredient that is like weed for spirits. This one needs to get baked before we can get him to properly move on."
Wasn't there an old saying regarding combat medics? Something akin to not messing with (human) doc? I can only imagine how much ammo was thrown down range at the first xeno bastard who shot Doc. Humans embrace death as an old friend. He is also our oldest enemy. To learn that our Death actually enjoys his job is slightly disturbing in a sense. But it does make sense that he would enjoy the challenge regarding humanity.
The medics may not always hold a gun, but rather they hold a syringe and gauze, however they still fight in a war of their own. The war against death itself
I think the unspoken agreement was "Don't shoot at our medics and we won't shoot at yours." Which may fall apart if the other side doesn't have medics.
Straight up. When I die and there is an afterlife for souls, if I don’t see my cat, Yoda, and my dog, Loki… if hell didn’t exist, it would when I was done with the afterlife.
@@Will-mk5pj We get the Western understanding of the word "soul" from Hebrew (obvious, when you think about our Judeo-Christian heritage). The word is Nephesh, and it means the following: living being, life, creature, mind, desires, heart, appetite, persons. Any one or all of these. A cat, a dog, anything that lives and breathes, has a "soul". And we have another promise: "Eye has not seen, nor has ear heard, nor has it entered the hearts of men those things that God has in store for them that love Him." I'm expecting to see all my fur buddies lined up and waiting for me once it's my turn to take that one-way trip. I'm going to get swamped in purrs, woofs, and many snuggles, I know it. Then demands for walkies. That part... I'm not so looking forward to... I've had a LOT of dogs!
Men In Black one said it well, "most aliens consider emotions a disease and that humans are infected with it, doesn't that make you feel special?" We are so emotionally attached that even death thinks us crazy and decided to go get Mr Whiskers to not fight the shear emotional trauma humans have when they feel attached to something
Absolutely hate people that use that 'quote' because medics dos o much more. They absolutely will do anything to keep those in their care from dying. If they KNOW they cannot save you, you are a dead man walking. They let you know, and if you ask for it, they will patch you up well enough and give you the painkillers necessary so you can pick your gun back up and die fighting beside your brothers.
Congratualations on being selected for diplomatic service at the Atraxii embassy on Earth. Here is rule 1 for dealing with humans: Never tell their scientists or engineers they "cant".
I like the thought that Deaths from other worlds didn't know that nothing stops a soul from leaving the afterlife. That if we don't find our pets, we would just leave to go get them and that causes more problems, so now Death holds on to our pets for us. I like the thought that humanity is not the strongest, most powerful, or super intelligent. No, we are just the Craziest of all.
Death: "welcome, to after life, here you find peace, happiness an-" Human: "this is boring I am going go back and to become a bird." Death: "wha- what you mean go ba-" Human: "I.AM.GOING.BACK.TO.BECOME.A.BIRD" death: "yo-you can't d-" *Human turns around and walks away* "HEY stop you get back here mr" Human: "no, I am a bird, you can't tell me what to do!!" *get ready to jump back to earth* Death: "Listen here I am your Death and you do has I sa-" *Human jumps back to earth* "NOOO...damn it" Death 2: "ooo did you get a reincarnater hey, good luck finding him out of the 7 billion birds" Death: *sighs*
The Xenos do not understand. Human medics *do* have compassion... It is precisely because of their great compassion for their brothers in arms that they will so desperately do anything and everything in their power to preserve the lives of the wounded. It is because of their compassion that they will run onto a battlefield to retrieve wounded men, that they will yell at the dying warrior to keep him awake as they treat him, that they will put their own lives at risk, so that others may live. A combination of compassion, courage, selflessness and a sense of duty are required to make a good medic.
Compassion goes out the window when private nimrod forgets to drink water AGAIN and comes to bother you. One guy got so tired of it he started giving enemas to everyone that came to him suffering from dehydration, and openly warned everyone of their fate should they neglect their hydration.
@@JimmyAgent007 thank you for the wonderful story and I dislike you for the emotional gut punch though I miss all my fur siblings and hope to see them then.
Well in that case all the stuffed toys kids have got one too. Nah, that story actually presented two ways for 'animals' to get a soul, weather one wishes to notice it or not - either cause of love or because of that other religion with the reincarnation thing.
For military medical professionals the hippocratic oath becomes conditional. They will try to save everyone, not matter the uniform or lack there of. However, if you threaten those in their care, or indirectly threaten them by threatening medical personnel, they will do what ever they can to end that threat, even if it means killing someone to save others.
@@jlokison "Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life;" is in the oath. not conditional. granted the context is medical the application be it knife, medicine or bullet is all the same in the end.
The rule is do no unnecessary harm in order to save a life. If someone is threatening to kill you or your patient, well getting "creative" with your knowledge would be the correct thing to do.
quickest way to to get a U.S. Marine unit upset (ie. quickest death) is to shoot at a corpsman (U.S. Navy medics attached to every Marine unit. Even people in the U.S. Navy are NOT allowed to mess with Corpsman.
The end of the second story, now come on, we have to reincarnate some Hindu guy into a tiger,, wait, reincarnate, what? Humans, the intergalactic, interdimentional disturbing dark hilarious sitcom of a species.
Medics will go through hell to make sure as many stay alive as possible. On a side note, medics are usually armed... and will use said arms to defend their patients.
@@gmailquinn Ben Salomon, he defended his medical tent while he was the acting surgeon against a massive Japanese bonsai charge in WW2 takeoff out scores of attackers but was denied the MoH until the 2000s? Due to a misunderstanding of the rules of war.
@TheKyrix82 While technically correct, you are under the misunderstanding that medics are quickly and easily identified during battle. You further misunderstand that not all cultures share values. For some, all enemies are legitimate targets including civilians and children...ALL. You sometimes fight on the enemies' terms whether "legal" or not.
@gmailquinn Ben Solomon, a total badass, who diring the battle of saipan defended his patients from Japanese soldiers who were killing them on their stretchers. So he order a full evacuation which was carried out by the (i believe)nurses. While he took it upon himself to man, I believe either a 1919 browning 30 cal machine gun or the m2 browning 50 cal machine gun. He died protecting his patients, then in 2002 a full 58 f%ckin years because of poltical bs. Some stuff could be missing or out right wrong, I'm just writing from my memory. 😅
It is a long and almost hallowed tradition of combat medics that they treat everyone, regardless of side. Sadly, some fanatics have a problem with that. Hilarious! Human death pranking alien death! Welp, now we know we get our twisted sense of humour from daddy.
The idea of Death opting to collect the souls of a Human's beloved pet animals just to keep them staying in the afterlife, because if he doesn't the Human just breaks out of the afterlife out of spite, is ridiculously hilarious. Alien Death: "But... There's no way to leave the afterlife!" Human Death: "Oh, they'll find a way alright, _they always do."_ ... Alien Death: "But animals don't have souls!..." And thus, the souls of all humans past went to war with the Grim Reapers, and knowing humans, they'd probably win.
If this was DnD some of the Aliens would be these healer dual class. Paladin Artificers and then their are the humans their healers are. Necromancer and/or Paladin builds that specialized in percussive healing.
@@AugustoEL Barbarian healer: also known as "Did I give you permission to expire?" healers, some times referred to as "I will make you heal and make you regret being injured in the first place" type of healers. they hit you enough times that you die and get factory rested back to life.
@@413draco lol just got a video of barbarians, at the same time of your response, and yes "if you die for what they did to you I will find you, and make you regret that.
@@AugustoEL sounds like my assassin that masters healing magic why so he can cut you down and heal you up over and over again till you beg for death. or just give me the info i wanted why drag this out there is only so much blood i can clean off my shirt
I am far too much of a human. That second story was absolutely hilarious. Death warning other Death's about humanity reaching the stars. But decided to have fun with it because he had been so traumatized by trying to reap our souls.
One scifi series has aliens stumble upon a battle between two different human space empires, and after the battle is over and they pick up survivors, they only have one request for turning over the stranded humans. They require our "Universal Fixing Material." After much arguing and pondering, the main characters deduce that the aliens... are asking for duct tape. When they picked up the escape pods and dug through the wreckage of the ships, they found duct tape being used for everything from jury-rigging computer wiring to taping shut gun shots and spacesuit breaches. An advanced alien species, and they had never thought to stick glue on the back of a strip of cloth, so the humans gladly hand over a whole palette of general-issue duct tape to try and get on their good side.
Wolves used to be an existential threat to humanity. A few millennia later, we have domestic dogs that love us and consider us their pack. Humanity is jacked at getting animals to love us, and even more jacked at loving animals like they’re people-because they are.
First one, Rule number one, Doc can't save everyone Rule number two, Doc will move heaven and earth, kill, fight, and even die trying to break rule number one Had a house mate who was Doc back when he was in... and its the truth. Second story... damn onion cutting ninjas...
it is old beliefs to be honest. it is said that is how some mythological beings came into existence. especially if you look at more isolated mythos like those from asia. it is also said that those "ghost's" that have been spotted through time have had some kind of attachment to the spot or things. i guess the concept of caring for stuff, gives them meaning thus worth(soul) are as old as our race.
I didn't see combat as I was a Navy Reserve Medic attached to a Marine Reserve by Unit; but I still understand the good we do, via conversations like I had with an older vet in a wheelchair who proudly showed me the very large scars on his thighs and who told me how a doc had saved his legs by stuffing his wounds with bandages. Managed to serve 6 years despite an undiagnosed skull defect and mild scoliosis.
The other scary thing about human medics is what human soldiers will do if you injure their medic. They have little enough restraint as is, they lose all of that if Doc goes down.
@@gmailquinn It depends on where they were trained and how with the officers. In some cases it will disrupt them and prevent them from acting. However, if they have been trained to a standard similar to most North American troops then killing the officer means they might have lost coordinated leadership, but now their is no one willing to hold them back or call them off when they lash out.
also see Alien: medic are you sure this will work? Human Medic: absolutely not, but he is dead either way. Dying Man: revives Human Medic: well ill be damned. Alien: o_o
Why hasn't there been a movie about this yet? I mean imagine Death turning up and asking them to stop punching them! Or them recruiting help to find the deceased souls of their human's pet only those pets are defending their owner from Death! Then there's the soul of the departed returning from the afterlife to protect their loved one from an eldritch horror except the horror is more scared of them as being dead the horror can't stop them getting back up and attacking again!
As someone who has given his kitty a Norse funeral and still has the ashes in a sealed urn (which I occasionally pet), I very much enjoy the author's interpretation of death and the soul. The bit at the end was hilarious and yet logically followed from what we saw occur throughout the story. GG.
Well to think of it. If human Death is as you say fine with various deaths made by various religions - well one can also argue that the animals would need to get that soul from somewhere... It can't really be that humans just insist they do, that's not really how stuff is supposed to work - but then there is that religion where someone may end up reincarnating as one... And yea - I am still not sure that the writer actually wanted to make that point even it if it could be argued.
@@JimmyAgent007 it's my favorite fantasy series. It will make you laugh, cry, and think in equal measure. Pratchett was a gifted artist. Each Discworld novel has a main plot and at least 3 subplots interwoven in perfect harmony. A big plus is that you can read them in any order. Each novel may reference other novels in the series, but each stands on its own merits.
That was established in the first Discworld book that focused on Death. If I recall correctly in some realities rather than robes, a scythe, and a pale horse the human death wears overalls and drives a combine harvester.
Human Death: "If you thought that was trouble, you don't want to hear about the guy living in that desert region some couple odd thousand years ago. That guy literally kept robbing us by bringing back people after we already collected their souls." Alien Death: "What?!" Human Death: "And don't get me started on _his_ death. Let alone his death caused a ton more souls to return, but he even came back to life after three days. Honestly still don't know where he went." Alien Death: "..............Huhhhh?!?!?!" 😱
Lol that part where the alien death says to human death you could have warned me that I would get punched in the face and he's like yes but it was fucking hilarious gets me every time
Heh. The second story contains the reason behind the first. We _will_ get attached. All those nonhuman creatures we care enough to give a piece of our soul to and make it their own? We love them like our own children. And we will take on apex predators twice our size for our children. So if it's that strong for a creature that cannot speak to us... how much stronger will it be for the ones that can? A human male once killed a full-grown grizzly with a bow and arrow to save his son. And the females? They're _scarier_ .
First story wasn't really catching me, but the second one had me actually crying a few tears of laughter and wholesomeness... Also when I heard about every loved pet having a soul, I've had to imagine a Reaper that never skidded Leg Day in running clothing, and just sprinting from house to house collecting poor hamsters, (which we all know never meet a natural ending and just being replaced before noticed xD)... But yeah.... I feel very sorry for every single Reaper after Humans got... There field of work will expand quite a bit...especially after all our religions and principles are expanding FTL... XD Beautiful video as always
The medic one reminds me of something a veteran buddy of mine once said. "There's three things you should know about the Army. Butter Bars never know where they are, there is no E-4 Mafia, and Doc outranks the President."
Greetings, Mentlegent! For the Rhyhtm that is Algo Story 1: Sounds like we are the only ones who DO have compassion Story 2: This was indeed hilarious!
Here I was thinking I'd be getting a dystopian story when in reality I was being shown the determination of medics to keep wounded soldiers alive from an alien culture's Point of view
The second story made me smile, humanity's love for animals is so strong that it forced death itself to expand it's capabilities. That's amazing. I just picture a person getting to the afterlife here and seeing that thier animals aren't there and they are just like "no not happening" turning punching death in the face and being like "where is my (pet type here)." I wonder if they have to collect a list of animals since you know dogs and cats and even fish have shorter life spans then humans.
Alien Death: "You reap the souls of their cats?!!" Human Death: "Cats, Dogs, Birds, Bears, Turtles, Wombats, hell... there were several times where I had to reap the soul of a Roomba." Alien Death: "What's a Roomba?" Human Death: "It's... better you not know."
1. Good men will die in war
2. Doc can't save them all
3. DOC WILL GO THROUGH HELL TO BREAK RULES 1 AND 2.
And then Death decided to take Doc...
This.
@@zac5370
And that was when death met O'Malley
@@zac5370 I would like to refer to Fat Electrician's video about Medics and why it is extremely bad idea to go for the Doc. Nobody touches the Doc.
First heard this when I was in the AF and I can safely say it is heartbreaking to see it in action. My younger brother is a combat medic in the army; I often wonder if he's had this experience yet.
Human medics are scary but nothing is as scary as a squad of soldiers going after the one who messed with their medic
No one fucks with doc!
Nobody kills doctor.
Yup at go's from armored troops to armored wave 100 cod:waw nazi zombies
@@MsMacintosh *someone kills the doc*
Every human within 500 light years: *brings out every weapon they were NOT allowed to use out of mercy*
@@Allantitan Geneva conventions?
You mean, Geneva fun stuff list?
Birds, cats, dogs, bears, wombats... I collected a roomba's soul last week.
What's a roomba?
Your psyche won't be able to handle the answer until you understand Humans better...
I should have added the Roomba.
Jumping Jimney Cricket, its the author! I'm honored. I made the comment because of a post in an image board that shall remain anonymous; OP had posted that, during an electrical storm their Roomba had activated, and started spinning in circles. OP sat it in their lap and was stroking it to calm it down for several minutes before they realized what they were doing.
Humans really will pack bond with anything.
@@JimmyAgent007 it would have been hilarious. But not every hfy short needs a reference to stabby
@@chevtothemax Who created stabby?
@@Bluesonofman i dont recall the author. But i believe it originates from one of those, humans will pack bond with anything posts.
Medic pointing a finger at the grim reaper. "Back off. This one's mine!"
Reaper steps back. "Yes Sir."
*proceeds to surgically attach persons souls to his then revive them*
@@ryantomer4126 like medic did from tf2.
Well he attached several souls to himself, but that's besides the point.
@@hauntedmedic373 vat do you mean like? In right here!
@@ryantomer4126 ua-cam.com/video/F-pVIElMvTo/v-deo.html
Why do I feel like that’s what some top brass doc in the military would say at a graduation speech?
The thing with human medics; they're not just reducing their sides casualties, they're fighting a war on another front, against death
it's also not uncommon for a human medic to try and treat and opposing forces soldiers.
@@Nyghtking the foe death doesn't take sides so why should they
Yes
@@James-ep2bx agreed
@@James-ep2bx Prisoners of war can make incredibly valueable assets.
Like information. Best case scenario, one could convince them to spy. Worst case scenario, they'll just be a humanitarian display.
Most realistic expectation is to have the interrogator prod until the POW slips and spills details.
One could move them and have them either serve their sentence through labor (How americans do it) or just keep them alive, release them after a certain time has passed.
I might be wrong though.
Death: I’m here for… Jenkins?
Medic: Too early.
Death: I’m pretty su-
Medic: wanna bet a paycheck? *slaps Jenkins*
Jenkins: I’m up.
Death: …
Medic: … Go on, find somewhere else to be.
*At the Therapist*
Death: I just feel so… Like I got places to be and people to take, it’s a hectic job. I feel like they don’t appreciate my time.
We appreciate , when the times comes , if you go too early you get punched in the face
“Please just let me die! I fought well! My ancestors will-“ (SLAP)
Medic: *”YOU DON’T HAVE MY PERMISSION TO DIE! SO YOU’RE NOT GONNA DIE! NOT HERE AND NOT LIKE THIS!“*
Death: “Yeah, sorry bud… he has more power than I do here.”
I can just see Death sitting on a lawn chair casually reading the paper when says your reply.
Freaking drill sergeant
@@charlieyes4946
No its just the Commisar.
"I have not given you leave to die Gaurdsman!"
@@memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487 _me me me me I’m memes_the_DNA_of_the_soul coniseir…_ shut biss! Conisair got nothing in the drill sargeant!
@@charlieyes4946 the inquisition begs to differ, The Commissariat are an most important pillar of justice and morale in the Imperial Guard, and the feared executors of those who dare to step wrongly.
Human doc: "This is a war against death, soldier: Death is merciless. Took my puppy, it took my favorite movie stars, but most importantly it made my son cry when it took his gold fish. I'm not allowing that fucker to take another life ever again".
Alien merc: "HIS ENTIRE EXOSKELETON WAS RIPPED OFF AND YOU HAD SPENT AN ENTIRE DAY GRAFTING WHO KNOWS WHAT TO KEEP HIM TOGETHER!!! EVEN YOUR PEOPLE SAID IT WAS INHUMAN TO KEEP HIM IN SUCH STATE!!!"
Alien crab guy: *[muffled crab screams]*
Human doc: "I'm in a war against death, friend... And I am *winning* "
death: crying in the coner.
Death: *[traumatised PTSD flashbacks to every failed attempt to take a human soul]*
_"It's not right... This isn't how it's supposed to go... I don't get it, what is this..."_
@@PodreyJenkin138 put in some franken fran, add a bit of death note and add aliens with health problems a la monster girl doctor
@Mintleaf HEY!!!... I love that game
The difference between a Doctor, a Medic and a Retrievalist.
A Doctor's job is to heal people and keep them from dying.
A Medic's job is to help soldiers to be more comfortable... while they die.
A Retrievalist's job is to run headlong into Hell, grab the injured and get them back out of danger so that Death itself will only take Soldiers while they kick and scream and claw their way back to fighting condition.
Nah, medic job is either ease the pain for those dying or patch them up juuust enough so that they could be sent back to the doctors.
1. Good men will die i war
2. Doc can't save them all
3. DOC WILL GO THROUGH HELL TO BREAK RULES 1 AND 2.
... You wouldnt have taken the medic part from RvB, would've you
This one made me giggle
@@pedronobre9833 I heard the joke before I ever knew of RvB.
Death is a smiling face to guide the dead to their next destination. However he does not smile by choice, it is simply the only feature apparent on his skeletal face.
Death is the ultimate service industry employe. Always greet you with a smile. And while yes there are those that get ready to go before, there are dead that have to get through all the stages of grief in front of the reaper after the fact, the number of people entitled to living is staggering. So Death deal with about 56KPM (Karen per/minute) on the 6690 death an hour.
No one fears death, they fear what comes after. If the reaper really is a guide then I’d be a lot less scared.
sans
naw its a coward and is smiling because its nervous
@@Biodeamon EVERY time? After all this time doing the job? #SocialAnxiety
Nah he's just like a veteran company gondola driver who has a 80% Karen clientele. He knows you accommodate the client or get walloped.
I feel like paraphrasing a Sangheili line would apply to humans in a HFY scenario pretty good.
"There is no honor in dying in a tent, human. My kind must fall in battle!"
"There is no battlefield harsher than a medic tent"
"Are you mad? You know nothing of combat!"
"You fool, when I draw my weapons it is for combat with death herself. I defend you with knife and needle."
That is powerful.
"Now hold still, and try not to scream too loud."
Just curious, what's the original quote?
@@kidkong_1488 largely same, just without the human mention since its between 2 elites
I cant cause harm i can cause as much pain as i like
Permission to die denied private! You are ordered to stop bleeding and then report to the field hospital.
Sir, yes Sir!
Blood is sucked back into their body out of fear
Death in the corner: WHAT THE HELL this is not how its supposed to go
Their legs regrow temporarily and he walks towards the field hospital
But sir, I have no arms, half a leg, one ear and half an eye sir!!! Permission to be launched from a catapult
Other Medics:
- "No, please don't hurt me, I'm a medic! you can't harm medics on the battlefield."
- "Hold on tight, we will win this one, I know it!"
Human Medics:
- "I'm medically trained and that means I know all of the ways I can mess with your fucking day."
- "Don't you dare fucking run from this objective, We will feeding the morgue full of these scumbags!"
"The healing is not as rewarding as the hurting"
Five days later *in the morgue* _why the hell are bags and bags of stinking objects in my front yard?!_
"the animals dont have souls" a sentence which startet humanitys war against the grimm reapers. Cat and dog owners aligned to make deaths life a litteral hell 😂
I SHALL HAVE MY PACK OF LOVING DOGS!!!
Cat and dog owners were the first of the infantry, zookeeper special forces are on their way, and the calvary is being deployed.
Besides our own he just laughs
Probably steve erwins doing since he loved all animals
@@geoshark12 Steve Erwins is like rambo....
The first story was a little anti-climactic, but the second one put a bow on it.
A good punchline you could say.
Thank you!
@@admiralglenn2323 Ba dum tss
-So you know how after life work right?
-Well yeah why?
-*They don't care*
Turns out nothing was ever stopping them from leaving huh? Well, that makes the job of being a spiteful ghost easier.
ALIENS:easier? Not possible
HUMANS:I meant what I said
Well, that explains the absurd amount of vengeful spirit stories in the world's folklores, despite basically each of them having an obligatory death figure(s)
Human Soul: "I'M ANGRY."
Ghost Hunter: "I'll help you achieve your goals, don't be angry, i can help you find peac--"
Human Soul: "I don't want peace, I WANT. *TO BE ANGRY."*
@@Volvith Ghost Hunter: "Janice, bring out the brownies with the special ingredient that is like weed for spirits. This one needs to get baked before we can get him to properly move on."
Wasn't there an old saying regarding combat medics? Something akin to not messing with (human) doc? I can only imagine how much ammo was thrown down range at the first xeno bastard who shot Doc.
Humans embrace death as an old friend. He is also our oldest enemy. To learn that our Death actually enjoys his job is slightly disturbing in a sense. But it does make sense that he would enjoy the challenge regarding humanity.
The medics may not always hold a gun, but rather they hold a syringe and gauze, however they still fight in a war of their own.
The war against death itself
That would be the fat electrician in his episode doc
I think the unspoken agreement was "Don't shoot at our medics and we won't shoot at yours." Which may fall apart if the other side doesn't have medics.
If you shoot at human medics you get to start hearing the humans shooting at you sing “napalm sticks to kids” . . .
As it goes, do not frick with doc.
Death: animals don't have souls.
Humans: They do now.
Death: How the actual fuck did you do that?
Humans: Fuck you, that how, now bring me my cat.
Pretty much.
Ahahahhahahahaha
Straight up. When I die and there is an afterlife for souls, if I don’t see my cat, Yoda, and my dog, Loki… if hell didn’t exist, it would when I was done with the afterlife.
@@Will-mk5pj We get the Western understanding of the word "soul" from Hebrew (obvious, when you think about our Judeo-Christian heritage). The word is Nephesh, and it means the following: living being, life, creature, mind, desires, heart, appetite, persons. Any one or all of these.
A cat, a dog, anything that lives and breathes, has a "soul".
And we have another promise: "Eye has not seen, nor has ear heard, nor has it entered the hearts of men those things that God has in store for them that love Him."
I'm expecting to see all my fur buddies lined up and waiting for me once it's my turn to take that one-way trip. I'm going to get swamped in purrs, woofs, and many snuggles, I know it. Then demands for walkies. That part... I'm not so looking forward to...
I've had a LOT of dogs!
This is why reincarnation ended up being a thing in this world. They had to get the souls from somewhere.
Men In Black one said it well, "most aliens consider emotions a disease and that humans are infected with it, doesn't that make you feel special?"
We are so emotionally attached that even death thinks us crazy and decided to go get Mr Whiskers to not fight the shear emotional trauma humans have when they feel attached to something
Doc: I’m a medic not a doctor
Church: what’s the difference?
Doc: a doctor saves lives, a medic just make you comfortable while you die.
"A doctor saves you. A medic will just sit with you until you die.
I'm a medic."
*loads combat shotgun*
Caboose: That's not a target, that's Church!
Absolutely hate people that use that 'quote' because medics dos o much more. They absolutely will do anything to keep those in their care from dying. If they KNOW they cannot save you, you are a dead man walking. They let you know, and if you ask for it, they will patch you up well enough and give you the painkillers necessary so you can pick your gun back up and die fighting beside your brothers.
I like the human death's sense of humor. Morbid. But makes sense.
Morbid.... i mean, It's death....
Oh yeah its morbid time🧛♂️🦇
@@RadicalKattastrophe A HUMAN death.
I think that one spend too much time with the humans and it just stick with him
Leave it to humanity to say “fuck that bullshit” to how the rules of death work
Congratualations on being selected for diplomatic service at the Atraxii embassy on Earth. Here is rule 1 for dealing with humans: Never tell their scientists or engineers they "cant".
@@worldcomicsreview354They do not see it as an absolute rule, they see it as a challenge to be overcome
I like the thought that Deaths from other worlds didn't know that nothing stops a soul from leaving the afterlife. That if we don't find our pets, we would just leave to go get them and that causes more problems, so now Death holds on to our pets for us.
I like the thought that humanity is not the strongest, most powerful, or super intelligent. No, we are just the Craziest of all.
Death: "welcome, to after life, here you find peace, happiness an-"
Human: "this is boring I am going go back and to become a bird."
Death: "wha- what you mean go ba-"
Human: "I.AM.GOING.BACK.TO.BECOME.A.BIRD"
death: "yo-you can't d-" *Human turns around and walks away* "HEY stop you get back here mr"
Human: "no, I am a bird, you can't tell me what to do!!" *get ready to jump back to earth*
Death: "Listen here I am your Death and you do has I sa-" *Human jumps back to earth* "NOOO...damn it"
Death 2: "ooo did you get a reincarnater hey, good luck finding him out of the 7 billion birds"
Death: *sighs*
@@Fourtytwo4242 AND PASS THE REST OF MY DAYS SINGING: A BI BI BI BI BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD.........
Pretty much.
@@Fourtytwo4242 I like this
Florida Man,
Florida Man,
Hit in the head with a frying pan,
Lives his life in a garbage can,
Florida Man.
The second story had me in tears. A spiteful angry human looking for his/her cat.
I'm glad you cried. Thank you.
The doom slayer when he doesn't find his pet rabbit in heaven IM GOING BACK HOLD ON DIASY
@@jonahingram3496 That's a pretty solid story for the next DOOM game.
@@JimmyAgent007 oh my god... you're a genius. Write that down somewhere, so you can say you called it.
bro it straight broke me. Im crying like a little bitch
**Reaper starts walking towards an almost dead human**
Medic: YOU STAY THE FUCK BACK
The Xenos do not understand. Human medics *do* have compassion... It is precisely because of their great compassion for their brothers in arms that they will so desperately do anything and everything in their power to preserve the lives of the wounded. It is because of their compassion that they will run onto a battlefield to retrieve wounded men, that they will yell at the dying warrior to keep him awake as they treat him, that they will put their own lives at risk, so that others may live. A combination of compassion, courage, selflessness and a sense of duty are required to make a good medic.
Compassion goes out the window when private nimrod forgets to drink water AGAIN and comes to bother you.
One guy got so tired of it he started giving enemas to everyone that came to him suffering from dehydration, and openly warned everyone of their fate should they neglect their hydration.
The last story was both bittersweet and funny. Good job to the author.
Thank you!
@@JimmyAgent007 really hope you're right and my babies are waiting for me at the other side.
@@RealengoPrimordialDemon same
@@JimmyAgent007 thank you for the wonderful story and I dislike you for the emotional gut punch though I miss all my fur siblings and hope to see them then.
@@demonoftheweb You are welcome and I feel the same way.
"If a human loves it, it will have a soul." Fucking hell that hits hard.
Yeah...
Well in that case all the stuffed toys kids have got one too.
Nah, that story actually presented two ways for 'animals' to get a soul, weather one wishes to notice it or not - either cause of love or because of that other religion with the reincarnation thing.
@@lyrigageforge3259 The Velveteen Rabbit, a kid's book, covered that very topic a very long time ago.
They don’t seem to know of the Hippocratic oath , or that fact that them trying to save even the hopeless is there way of showing compassion
For military medical professionals the hippocratic oath becomes conditional. They will try to save everyone, not matter the uniform or lack there of. However, if you threaten those in their care, or indirectly threaten them by threatening medical personnel, they will do what ever they can to end that threat, even if it means killing someone to save others.
@@jlokison "Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life;" is in the oath. not conditional. granted the context is medical the application be it knife, medicine or bullet is all the same in the end.
"I'm a healer but..."
The rule is do no unnecessary harm in order to save a life. If someone is threatening to kill you or your patient, well getting "creative" with your knowledge would be the correct thing to do.
Death: Attempts retrieval
Medic: *These hands rated E For Everyone*
And the only thing scary than "Doc", is what happens when the enemy FUCKS with Doc. You do not mess with Doc.
quickest way to to get a U.S. Marine unit upset (ie. quickest death) is to shoot at a corpsman (U.S. Navy medics attached to every Marine unit. Even people in the U.S. Navy are NOT allowed to mess with Corpsman.
May God have mercy on the Enemy who attacks the Doc.
Because I sure as well won't.
I'm a combat Medic and I love the hell out of these story's.
:)
Semper Fi O7
Dude, I myself am wanting to be a combat medic. Just waiting on those ASVAB scores to come back...
and your marines love you
@Gregory Frechou I'm Army but any Joe is my Joe if they ask
The end of the second story, now come on, we have to reincarnate some Hindu guy into a tiger,, wait, reincarnate, what?
Humans, the intergalactic, interdimentional disturbing dark hilarious sitcom of a species.
I felt like we would just be so off the rails that it's easier for Death to adapt to us, than us to Death.
That one had me rolling.
I told myself "it's probably a culture clash kind of story" when I saw the first story's title.
It seems like I was correct in my assumption.
Medics will go through hell to make sure as many stay alive as possible.
On a side note, medics are usually armed... and will use said arms to defend their patients.
One dentist used a machine gun.
The other is TF2 medic
The rules of engagement for medics, as I understand it, is they're not allowed to be shot until they shoot.
@@gmailquinn Ben Salomon, he defended his medical tent while he was the acting surgeon against a massive Japanese bonsai charge in WW2 takeoff out scores of attackers but was denied the MoH until the 2000s? Due to a misunderstanding of the rules of war.
@TheKyrix82 While technically correct, you are under the misunderstanding that medics are quickly and easily identified during battle. You further misunderstand that not all cultures share values. For some, all enemies are legitimate targets including civilians and children...ALL. You sometimes fight on the enemies' terms whether "legal" or not.
@gmailquinn Ben Solomon, a total badass, who diring the battle of saipan defended his patients from Japanese soldiers who were killing them on their stretchers. So he order a full evacuation which was carried out by the (i believe)nurses. While he took it upon himself to man, I believe either a 1919 browning 30 cal machine gun or the m2 browning 50 cal machine gun. He died protecting his patients, then in 2002 a full 58 f%ckin years because of poltical bs. Some stuff could be missing or out right wrong, I'm just writing from my memory. 😅
It is a long and almost hallowed tradition of combat medics that they treat everyone, regardless of side.
Sadly, some fanatics have a problem with that.
Hilarious! Human death pranking alien death! Welp, now we know we get our twisted sense of humour from daddy.
daddy, huh? fits well enough, to be sure.
Japanese soldier on Hacksaw ridge: I'm going to join my ances-
"F**K YOU! YOU'RE GOING BACK TO YOUR WIFE AND KIDS"
I love that the Human Death is trying to help... in that way humans tend to do, at your expense.
"Gotta reincarnate some hindu guy into a tiger"
Fucking hell that made me laugh loud enough the chick in the car next to me looked at me funny
Ah good. My story had the intended effect!
Yeah that was great. Scrolled down the comments hoping to find someone else who shared my opinion.
Karma-wise, is that a downgrade or an upgrade?
@@worldcomicsreview354 Probably a downgrade, given the Hindu insistence on not eating meat.
Yea well that particular sentence also has one asking - exactly how those animals would get a soul?
"I deny your request. Now take these painkillers and allow me to treat you-you insufferable git"
More ibuprofen.
The idea of Death opting to collect the souls of a Human's beloved pet animals just to keep them staying in the afterlife, because if he doesn't the Human just breaks out of the afterlife out of spite, is ridiculously hilarious.
Alien Death: "But... There's no way to leave the afterlife!"
Human Death: "Oh, they'll find a way alright, _they always do."_
...
Alien Death: "But animals don't have souls!..."
And thus, the souls of all humans past went to war with the Grim Reapers, and knowing humans, they'd probably win.
If this was DnD
some of the Aliens would be these healer dual class.
Paladin
Artificers
and then their are the humans their healers are.
Necromancer and/or Paladin builds that specialized in percussive healing.
Ah so the barbarian casted fist to heal.
@@AugustoEL Barbarian healer: also known as "Did I give you permission to expire?" healers, some times referred to as "I will make you heal and make you regret being injured in the first place" type of healers.
they hit you enough times that you die and get factory rested back to life.
@@413draco lol just got a video of barbarians, at the same time of your response, and yes "if you die for what they did to you I will find you, and make you regret that.
Barbarian uses “Intimidation” to heal…
What? You can’t do that
Nat 20 …
…um your shouting causes the wounds to heal in fear of your rage
@@AugustoEL sounds like my assassin that masters healing magic why so he can cut you down and heal you up over and over again till you beg for death. or just give me the info i wanted why drag this out there is only so much blood i can clean off my shirt
“But it was fucking hilarious” a disgruntled soldier is exactly what I imagine a human death would be like
Humanities goal: Conquer the entire universe so alien animals get souls.
Sounds good to me. Where do I sign?
I’d join up for that.
It’s just a scratch you coward, get back in the fight! - a particularly pissed off medic
"just a flesh wound" the medic says as he sends a quadriplegic soldier back into the battlefield outfitted with cybernetics and a score to settle.
@@laurenkirby97 I see we learned something from the capulans. XD
For the Algorithm,
and for my dog Shadow. He was a good boy.
Yes my ginger was a girl too
I am far too much of a human.
That second story was absolutely hilarious.
Death warning other Death's about humanity reaching the stars. But decided to have fun with it because he had been so traumatized by trying to reap our souls.
Glad you liked it!
@@JimmyAgent007 I really liked your story about Death/Grim Reapers.
Thanks for writing and sharing it.
@@Nyet-Zdyes You are most welcome!
@@JimmyAgent007 Just out of curiosity... Do you prefer YOURS "stirred, not shaken"?
@@Nyet-Zdyes "Does it look like I give a damn?" lol
One scifi series has aliens stumble upon a battle between two different human space empires, and after the battle is over and they pick up survivors, they only have one request for turning over the stranded humans. They require our "Universal Fixing Material." After much arguing and pondering, the main characters deduce that the aliens... are asking for duct tape. When they picked up the escape pods and dug through the wreckage of the ships, they found duct tape being used for everything from jury-rigging computer wiring to taping shut gun shots and spacesuit breaches. An advanced alien species, and they had never thought to stick glue on the back of a strip of cloth, so the humans gladly hand over a whole palette of general-issue duct tape to try and get on their good side.
One thing death got wrong though. We will absolutely bond with animals that threaten our lives XD
Wolves used to be an existential threat to humanity. A few millennia later, we have domestic dogs that love us and consider us their pack. Humanity is jacked at getting animals to love us, and even more jacked at loving animals like they’re people-because they are.
First one, Rule number one, Doc can't save everyone
Rule number two, Doc will move heaven and earth, kill, fight, and even die trying to break rule number one
Had a house mate who was Doc back when he was in... and its the truth.
Second story... damn onion cutting ninjas...
I had to put my martial arts training to use somehow.
Doc is always weird.
Doc is never normal.
But nobody is loved more than Doc.
Thanks for saving me doc.
Doc: The only one who can stack and unstack bodies at the same time.
Some fine stories to nrrate. I really like the concept of "If something is cared and loved enough, they'll get a soul"
it is old beliefs to be honest. it is said that is how some mythological beings came into existence. especially if you look at more isolated mythos like those from asia. it is also said that those "ghost's" that have been spotted through time have had some kind of attachment to the spot or things.
i guess the concept of caring for stuff, gives them meaning thus worth(soul) are as old as our race.
Glad you liked it.
I didn't see combat as I was a Navy Reserve Medic attached to a Marine Reserve by Unit; but I still understand the good we do, via conversations like I had with an older vet in a wheelchair who proudly showed me the very large scars on his thighs and who told me how a doc had saved his legs by stuffing his wounds with bandages. Managed to serve 6 years despite an undiagnosed skull defect and mild scoliosis.
The other scary thing about human medics is what human soldiers will do if you injure their medic. They have little enough restraint as is, they lose all of that if Doc goes down.
Never shoot human:
Medics
Officers
Pets
Adopted parents.
If you did, well.
@@gmailquinn It depends on where they were trained and how with the officers. In some cases it will disrupt them and prevent them from acting. However, if they have been trained to a standard similar to most North American troops then killing the officer means they might have lost coordinated leadership, but now their is no one willing to hold them back or call them off when they lash out.
@@jlokison good old default aggression
@@jlokison"bad news boys! LT is dead! Who's ready to go for a walk through hell?"
yea try kill officer doc. . . taht shit gets out of hand REAL fucking quick.
Alien: Medic! Are you sure this will work?!
Human Medic: HAHAHAHA I HAVE NO IDEA!!
also see
Alien: medic are you sure this will work?
Human Medic: absolutely not, but he is dead either way.
Dying Man: revives
Human Medic: well ill be damned.
Alien: o_o
They must see human medics as if they’re necromancers, not letting the dead rest.
There's a good reason you never mess with Doc. Mess with Doc and it's about to be warcrime happy hour.
^
Read the other comments about what happens when you shoot a human medic
When the Geneva Convention becomes a checklist...
I mean, shooting a medic is already a war crime, only fair to return the favor.
Medics stare at Death in the eyes and punches him.
Soldiers: *dies*
Medic:"YOUR DUTY IS NOT DONE,BROTHERS!!!"
EVEN IN DEATH THEY STILL SERVE!
Why hasn't there been a movie about this yet?
I mean imagine Death turning up and asking them to stop punching them!
Or them recruiting help to find the deceased souls of their human's pet only those pets are defending their owner from Death!
Then there's the soul of the departed returning from the afterlife to protect their loved one from an eldritch horror except the horror is more scared of them as being dead the horror can't stop them getting back up and attacking again!
Just listened to this today, it really touched my heart. My Wife's and I's Guinea Pig pasted away this morning.
I'm sorry to hear that.
As someone who has given his kitty a Norse funeral and still has the ashes in a sealed urn (which I occasionally pet), I very much enjoy the author's interpretation of death and the soul.
The bit at the end was hilarious and yet logically followed from what we saw occur throughout the story. GG.
Thank you! Glad you liked it.
@@JimmyAgent007 Thank you for writing it.
Hella funny that Human Death himself is ok with many forms of "death" made by various religions
it helps him mixing up his outfits XD
Well to think of it. If human Death is as you say fine with various deaths made by various religions - well one can also argue that the animals would need to get that soul from somewhere... It can't really be that humans just insist they do, that's not really how stuff is supposed to work - but then there is that religion where someone may end up reincarnating as one... And yea - I am still not sure that the writer actually wanted to make that point even it if it could be argued.
They are more of what you'd call guidelines than rules
Death sets guidelines, humans make the rules.
It sounds like the Death from Terry Pratchetts Discworld has colleagues.
I really need to get into reading Discworld
@@JimmyAgent007 it's my favorite fantasy series. It will make you laugh, cry, and think in equal measure. Pratchett was a gifted artist. Each Discworld novel has a main plot and at least 3 subplots interwoven in perfect harmony. A big plus is that you can read them in any order. Each novel may reference other novels in the series, but each stands on its own merits.
That was established in the first Discworld book that focused on Death. If I recall correctly in some realities rather than robes, a scythe, and a pale horse the human death wears overalls and drives a combine harvester.
Human Death: "If you thought that was trouble, you don't want to hear about the guy living in that desert region some couple odd thousand years ago. That guy literally kept robbing us by bringing back people after we already collected their souls."
Alien Death: "What?!"
Human Death: "And don't get me started on _his_ death. Let alone his death caused a ton more souls to return, but he even came back to life after three days. Honestly still don't know where he went."
Alien Death: "..............Huhhhh?!?!?!" 😱
Me: sees BF1 medic
*sees medics score high in kills in scoreboard with also a high score*
I've never been more proud to be a Combat Medic.
Had to send this to my buddy from 10th Mountain, he's a combat medic, he also thought is was hilarious...no we need one for combat engineers
Thank you for your service and I'm glad you guys liked it.
I do feel like "you dont have permission to die" is just the VERY ANGRY version of "i wont let you die here like this."
Lol that part where the alien death says to human death you could have warned me that I would get punched in the face and he's like yes but it was fucking hilarious gets me every time
Last one was a punch in the feels. Got a couple of tears out of me for the first time in a while. Only two though.
That's what I was aiming for.
Heh. The second story contains the reason behind the first. We _will_ get attached. All those nonhuman creatures we care enough to give a piece of our soul to and make it their own? We love them like our own children. And we will take on apex predators twice our size for our children.
So if it's that strong for a creature that cannot speak to us... how much stronger will it be for the ones that can? A human male once killed a full-grown grizzly with a bow and arrow to save his son. And the females? They're _scarier_ .
Thanks for reading my story! Glad people seem to like it.
I really enjoyed it a lot too!
yeah, super good. ending with a laugh is a great touch
It was freaking awesome! Great job!
You made me cry. You asshole. It was to good.
“Doctor, are you sure this will work?”
“I HAVE NO IDEA!”
First story wasn't really catching me, but the second one had me actually crying a few tears of laughter and wholesomeness... Also when I heard about every loved pet having a soul, I've had to imagine a Reaper that never skidded Leg Day in running clothing, and just sprinting from house to house collecting poor hamsters, (which we all know never meet a natural ending and just being replaced before noticed xD)... But yeah.... I feel very sorry for every single Reaper after Humans got... There field of work will expand quite a bit...especially after all our religions and principles are expanding FTL... XD
Beautiful video as always
Thank you! There are a lot of Deaths working with humans.
That is a delightful mental image. Thank you
The medic one reminds me of something a veteran buddy of mine once said.
"There's three things you should know about the Army. Butter Bars never know where they are, there is no E-4 Mafia, and Doc outranks the President."
I love how these two stories make Humans out to be this wildcard that the universe can't handle and I love it.
I am a former Doc with a CMB and this really got in my head. Good stuff.
there is a very simple protocol to follow when engaging humans. 1: human tells you what to do. 2: you do it. end of protocol.
Greetings, Mentlegent!
For the Rhyhtm that is Algo
Story 1: Sounds like we are the only ones who DO have compassion
Story 2: This was indeed hilarious!
Thank you!
Here I was thinking I'd be getting a dystopian story when in reality I was being shown the determination of medics to keep wounded soldiers alive from an alien culture's Point of view
"I WILL SEW YOU BACK TOGETHER AND DRAG YOUR SOUL BACK FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL SO YOU CAN GET BACK TO FIGHTING" - average human medic on a tuesday.
i adore the death story
its just great to see death having fun
Being a former combat medic, I can confirm us "Docs" are the baddest mothers on the battlefield. Take a shot at one of us and see how long you live.
okay, not every HFY story gets me but this one did , then end of the second was an unexpected laugh after all of that too.
As a former combat medic I can tell you that this is probably the most heartwarming thing I have ever heard.
Just picturing a group of alien soldiers huddled together then running away screaming “Run for it, the human medic will save us all”
First story was the just right level of grim and seriousness to set you up for the hilarity of the second one!
These are amazing. I hope this author makes an anthology of short stories from this universe and publishes them.
The second story made me smile, humanity's love for animals is so strong that it forced death itself to expand it's capabilities. That's amazing. I just picture a person getting to the afterlife here and seeing that thier animals aren't there and they are just like "no not happening" turning punching death in the face and being like "where is my (pet type here)." I wonder if they have to collect a list of animals since you know dogs and cats and even fish have shorter life spans then humans.
Exactly!
Alien Death: "You reap the souls of their cats?!!"
Human Death: "Cats, Dogs, Birds, Bears, Turtles, Wombats, hell... there were several times where I had to reap the soul of a Roomba."
Alien Death: "What's a Roomba?"
Human Death: "It's... better you not know."
The first story was good, the second ... damn, showed both, well, 2 viewpoints on death, done accurately, compassionately, and humorously.
Glad you liked it!
What do we say to death?
Not today.
Second story is a tearjerker, and I'm at work listening to it.
Bro death got punched and the human still held on to his body that’s a marine right there
That second story needs to be made into a video. Animated or live action, either one.
I would appreciate that.
Those two stories fit so well together. A great listen. Thank you.
So basically for healers we have the Medic from TF2
For the bard
For Agro Squrril
For the eternal fight
For the algorithm