[ WP ] You live on a world full of immortal beings . For the first time in the history of the world 's existence , somebody has died .

Earth-3.2B 
 
 `` How many years in this habitat have we lived, John?'' I said `` 800? 900?'' I pressed my bare toe into the green-gold foliage that covered the land for thousands of miles. 
 
 `` My figures show that upon your arrival on the planet known as Earth-3.2B the Gregorian year-number was 3005AD. A year being a cycle around the mother-star, would put the year on this planet at 424.99 upon first contact, From the perspective of your forebears on Earth-1A the time accumulated on planet Earth-3.2B is 998 years, 12 months, 12 days of exploratory servitude, which you volunteered for. The year on Earth-1A is 4003AD. 
 
 `` Oh-'' I began, crestfallen. `` -thought I was at 999-'' 
 
 `` -Travel time to this world was 280 years, 1 month, 24 days. You were the member 3209 of the Longevity-Protocol at year-number 2643AD and trained for your mission every day until departure. You have lived a total of 1384.99 years and are the 3210 oldest individual. You are the third oldest individual on planet Earth-3.2B, your older peers are Cassandra, `` Cassy'' as you call her, who has lived 1435. 99 years, and David, who you call `` Big Dave'', is 1521.03 years of age. Both figures are in Gregorian terms and include pre-LP age.'' 
 
 `` Why did I program you to waf-'' 
 
 `` -You were born on the January the 27th, 2619AD. Your body-age is perpetually 24.00, your birthday is in 14 hours.'' 
 
 `` Old Greg is still refusing to be part of the Longevity-Protocol I take it?'' I scoffed, that geezer will never be young again. 
 
 Not much to do today, planted all fourteen thousand oxygen diodes yesterday... to be perpetually old thou- 
 
 `` -Mitch Musk, known as `` Greg'' was the oldest surviving human being by 74 years. Born on January 27, 2013, he began intermittent longevity treatment at age 72, and resided at Capital, now the least populated city in the Modern British Empire.'' 
 
 `` John, -'' I began `` -why did you say *was*''? 
 
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