[ WP ] At the age of 18 , everyone picks an unlikely life event . They will be reborn at 18 every time they die until that event happens . After that , death is permanent .

Immortality is not the right word for what happens. People die, horribly so. They just happen to become alive again. I chose my Catch to be `` dying while truly happy''. My buddy chose his Catch as `` spontaneously healing a mortal injury''. He was a doctor and a Catholic, and did not want to diehard before performing a miracle. Diehard, as opposed to diesoft, the death that returns. There were entire legions of people who would not diehard until they had secured world peace, an admirable goal. Thousands of times more chose selfish goals like winning the lottery or becoming president. These were the ones that bothered me, since the rebirthing pool was always crowded with people who had no desires other than self advancement. And do you know what? None of them were ever happy. They never would be, since their lives were not being spent usefully. Many were trying desperately to die. I never did get to that point, so I guess I died happy.
