Yes. That is the theory that all of the worlds are facing a tragic end and that the City exists to shelter us as our homeworlds meet destruction. The deities have been known to suggest this may be the case.
According to the theory, the clock is counting down to the end of the external megaverse. However, I am told that the clock has been rewound before which means that the time of this "End" is not set in stone.
So to put that with your theory that the first three months are a trial period, it would be like the city was picking who from each place was most worthy of outliving their own world.
But that wouldn't make sense. There are Gods and... other things from my world here already, and a million better people than me who're still at home.
I don't know. I can't pretend to understand, but I think we're more here to serve the city's purposes than the other way round.
Do not misunderstand, I do not believe in the Ark theory myself. But if it were true it could very well be the City's governing power that is choosing to end our worlds. If the clock can truly determine when they end...And if it can be rewound...then that means the ending of the external megaverse could occur at the governing power's whim...
I don't believe that, either. Why would someone, something with that level of power only want to use it to destroy? There'd be no sense being a megalomaniac if you really were all powerful, and from what I'm told, the whole Destruction gig isn't all it's cracked up to be.
The individual worlds, my world at least, have guardians keeping them alive. I know, I nearly destroyed mine once.
I'm not saying that we aren't just dolls, or puppets, or pawns to something much older and greater than us. I'd just think that kind of being might be above whimsy. I'd hope that it might.
Do not get me wrong, I do not pretend to comprehend the true nature of this place and what I state as theories are merely that: Theories. Nobody knows what the City is for or who created it. Even the deities may not truly know.
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But whatever it is...It has demanded sacrifices from the City before and has also summoned the Biblical plagues upon it. With that in mind we could assume the being may not be a benevolent one.
...Ah...the more I learn the more my own theories change. It would be unwise for me to state my own feelings on the matter at this point in time. It would not be fact anyway. Therefor, it would be irrelevant.
The God who originally came up with those biblical plagues tends to be considered benevolent, these days. I guess it's a matter of perspective, or maybe just lip service. Nobody really wants another flood.
Opinions are relevant, they're facts about feelings. They might not be true, or change anything, but they're relevant. They're what makes you you.
The impression I got was that the plagues were brought to the City out of anger. And the sacrifices were to appease this overlord power. The deities demanded it. The sacrifices were because of THEIR error. Not ours.
.......But I was not here for said events so I could not tell you with certainty what happened. I can only relate what I have heard.
And since I got here I've been hung, I've seen the dead walk, had friends try to kill me and each other, and I've buried a baby. That makes me pretty angry.
So whatever. Whether we're waiting it out until the world ends or somebody here resets the rules so we can actually die during the next set of plagues, whatever. I'm in the 'less than a month' category above, and I'm already tired of being frightened.
Unwise. Statistically speaking those who seek to go home are less likely to be sent back then those who simply choose to make the most of their stay. Another way the City upsets us.
So there's a three in four chance of getting home sooner. Those should feel like better odds, to me.
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But if the Ark theory is true then that is a problem. My current hypothesis is that it is not true. But it is not an impossibility.
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According to the theory, the clock is counting down to the end of the external megaverse. However, I am told that the clock has been rewound before which means that the time of this "End" is not set in stone.
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But that wouldn't make sense. There are Gods and... other things from my world here already, and a million better people than me who're still at home.
I don't know. I can't pretend to understand, but I think we're more here to serve the city's purposes than the other way round.
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The individual worlds, my world at least, have guardians keeping them alive. I know, I nearly destroyed mine once.
I'm not saying that we aren't just dolls, or puppets, or pawns to something much older and greater than us. I'd just think that kind of being might be above whimsy. I'd hope that it might.
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Do not get me wrong, I do not pretend to comprehend the true nature of this place and what I state as theories are merely that: Theories. Nobody knows what the City is for or who created it. Even the deities may not truly know.
[Filtered away from the Deities]
But whatever it is...It has demanded sacrifices from the City before and has also summoned the Biblical plagues upon it. With that in mind we could assume the being may not be a benevolent one.
...Ah...the more I learn the more my own theories change. It would be unwise for me to state my own feelings on the matter at this point in time. It would not be fact anyway. Therefor, it would be irrelevant.
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Opinions are relevant, they're facts about feelings. They might not be true, or change anything, but they're relevant. They're what makes you you.
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.......But I was not here for said events so I could not tell you with certainty what happened. I can only relate what I have heard.
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So whatever. Whether we're waiting it out until the world ends or somebody here resets the rules so we can actually die during the next set of plagues, whatever. I'm in the 'less than a month' category above, and I'm already tired of being frightened.
Are you still hoping to go home?
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And....I....hope to go home someday but it is a distant hope. For now, I have no place else to be other than here.
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And I've got places to be. At least, in eight months time I do. I guess I'm aiming to be one of that 74.5 percent.
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