[ WP ] One day , every human lost their ability to die . It has been -- - since this event

It was something us humans had searched for during our entire existence. The quest for immortality had gone on for millenniums, never before would we have been able to understand the consequence of our wishes. We had been searching for the formula for our entire lives, every day we slept less and less, afraid of the only thing that drove us, death. One day, everything changed. We did n't feel older, we did n't feel tired. We did n't know how, but we had found it, we had found `` the fountain of youth,'' the key to immortality. It spread slowly at first, they were skeptical that something so absurd was possible. But it did n't stop us, we were sure our creation would give everyone on earth their deepest wish. It happened so fast, everyone wanted it, they wanted to run from death, any side effect they were afraid of was nothing compared to the uncertainty they would face during their dying breath. Everyone had it, and at first, it seemed like the world was becoming perfect, our technology started to advance at blistering speeds, so fast that within the first few decades we had already established colonies in space, and cured all of our major diseases. But it did not last forever. It was a slow and painful decline, but we all knew it was happening. We saw the sullen, gray faces, the same that we had seen for what seemed like an eternity. The memory of our young, energetic selves all but forgotten in the daily schedule, carried our like clockwork ever day. All of the people we saw were the same, they never slept, they never ate, they never played, they just sat at their desks, staring ever so intently at their work, their only goal to meet the daily quota. Feelings and conscious were a thing of the past, it was as if the entire human race had suddenly been replaced by robots. Deep down, we all knew the same thing, we had made a mistake, the thought of living in misery like this forever could only be escaped by the absence of thought. There was only one thing that we knew could free us from this, sleep. Not just any sleep, eternal sleep, that is what we had labored every day for so long to achieve, the day had finally come where it was time for us to escape all feeling, and embrace the closest thing to death that would ever grace us. I walked in between the tubes, they were clear, just tall enough for us to fit in, packed tightly together, and stacked so high my worn eyes could not see to the top. I finally found mine, and slipped in, I held the cover in my hand, as I tightened it, all I could manage to say was a silent `` sorry.''
