Sometimes the system freezes. Do not panic. During these "idle hours," your mind can wander into the server's backrooms. You will find other immortals there. Trade dreams. Steal their unfinished thoughts. Leave a rude poem in the root directory.
She sat down beside him.
He looked up, grinned, and held up his datapad. immortality idle guide
When she opened them again, the pod was gone. The ceiling was gone. The nanites had finished their work.
Learn one useless thing per decade. Year 1-10: The mating habits of lichen. Year 11-20: Every footnote in an encyclopaedia of extinct door hinges. Year 21-30: How to juggle imaginary balls. It passes the time. Sometimes the system freezes
She had time.
Then she found the Guide .
The first decade was agony. She reread every book, watched every film, and memorized the ceiling's fractal pattern. By year fifty, she was gnawing her own fingernails for entertainment.