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Jan 01, 2011 23:46

[The following has been both posted to the camp network and printed and pinned to a bulletin board in the mess hall.]Greetings ( Read more... )

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screwfate January 2 2011, 08:12:53 UTC
*in person*

...I've been here longer than most people. I ought to be able to explain the timeline, generally.

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gamebreaker January 2 2011, 08:22:30 UTC
I would appreciate it. It certainly doesn't appear to be adhering to the timeline laws I'm accustomed to with any faith.

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screwfate January 2 2011, 08:26:42 UTC
The timeline here doesn't adhere faithfully to any laws. If you pay too much attention to it, you'll notice a great deal of strangeness.

The simplest explanation for how it interacts with our own timelines would be to say... in the end you don't miss anything, and no one misses you. Either you're taken from and returned to the same time, or you might periodically find yourself gaining memories of your own world as though you hadn't left. Those are the most common interactions.

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gamebreaker January 2 2011, 08:39:23 UTC
Interesting.
I'm no stranger to oddness about time, but the latter interaction is a new one, in its particulars.
So it's possible that our current selves are merely a projection of sorts, and our normal selves are continuing in their own history as normal, albeit perhaps feeding us memories?
Is there any evidence of the flow going the other way?

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screwfate January 2 2011, 08:44:44 UTC
To the best of my knowledge, no one has gone home and remembered this place there. However, whether they remember this place when they come back can go either way. Some do, some don't.

...The exception to that might be Christmas cards, now that I think of it. People who leave can sometimes send cards or small gifts for the holiday. That would imply they remember.

I know that a number of people have speculated that there are many of the same person, rather than one who loses or keeps their memory.

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gamebreaker January 2 2011, 08:50:03 UTC
Christmas cards?
That is certainly an interesting development.
Many alternate versions of the same person makes sense, of course.
But to my knowledge those from offshoot timelines are doomed to death.
Surviving to Christmas is promising.

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screwfate January 2 2011, 08:56:37 UTC
They live longer than that. Some of the cards come from people who have been gone for years.

Though considering what death is like here, perhaps that's a strong statement to make.

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gamebreaker January 2 2011, 08:58:58 UTC
Most universes are not so generous with their save points as this place.

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screwfate January 2 2011, 08:59:58 UTC
As I understand it, most universes don't have moogles at all.

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gamebreaker January 2 2011, 09:06:14 UTC
Precisely.
So dying shortly after leaving here is a real risk.

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screwfate January 2 2011, 09:09:50 UTC
It's possible, but then it's always possible to die outside of here.

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gamebreaker January 2 2011, 09:13:05 UTC
Really? That is the most scintillating fact I have heard yet.
I'm trying to ascertain if the risk is increased.
As would seem likely if no one is ever observed outside with memories of this place.

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screwfate January 2 2011, 09:14:12 UTC
The people who have left and returned with their memories seem to have managed as well.

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gamebreaker January 2 2011, 09:20:36 UTC
Yes, which is why I'm interesting in speaking with them as well.
The mechanics of it intrigue me.

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screwfate January 2 2011, 09:22:11 UTC
I see. I'm not entirely sure who'd be best to talk to about that anymore.

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gamebreaker January 2 2011, 09:23:57 UTC
I'll find someone.

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