[01] Permavoice

[clashingtactics]

All this information about other worlds and the floors replicated after at least some of them, it's been a real eye opener...

I already know South America exists in one version of Earth. What about the other versions?

What of the stars and the moon at night? ...Do the stars shimmer? Is the moon even there?

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[permavoice]

[mynamenotwhoiam]

Are you asking what our worlds were like?

[clashingtactics]

[He won't hesitate to explain, his tone light and friendly.]

The worlds that are replicas of the same world I'm from, called Earth. I'm mostly wondering about that.

Not that I mind hearing about other worlds too but, you see, I met someone who came from an Earth that does not have a false sky, and the incident that caused the South American continent to vanish didn't happen.

It's both strange and interesting to know a world almost exactly like mine exists...

May I ask who is speaking? I'm Li Shengshun.

[mynamenotwhoiam]

I'm Hope...

[And what Li just told him didn't make a lick of sense...]

[clashingtactics]

[The short response from this kid has Hei assess that he perhaps isn't from any world like his.]

Most of what I said just flew over you, didn't it? [A nervous chuckle] Not that I expected you to understand. It's...all incredibly complicated. Any reasons behind that are a mystery.

A-Anyway, it's nice to meet you Hope. Where do you come from? How long have you been here?

[mynamenotwhoiam]

The world I'm from is called Cocoon. I haven't been here very long, only a couple months.

/improved.

[clashingtactics]

[First words that logically come to mind are "metamorphosis", and "protective coating".] ...Is there any particular meaning behind the name?

Really? That's quite a while.

It's only been two weeks since I came through, um, Joutenheim Gate I think it's called.

[mynamenotwhoiam]

It floats in the sky, above the lower world called Pulse.

[clashingtactics]

[Outwardly he sounds surprised.] It's two worlds in one then?

[Inward reaction: That's...different. :| Cue moment of off screen staring.]

[mynamenotwhoiam]

I guess you could say that...No one really lives on Pulse, though.

[clashingtactics]

Oh? Did something happen...?

[mynamenotwhoiam]

There was a big war a long time ago.

[clashingtactics]

[He looks away from the screen. His voice then comes out a little quieter.]

I see... People on my world had fought in multiple wars.

[mynamenotwhoiam]

No one even really remembers what ours was about, but there's evidence of it just about everywhere. Vestiges of Pulse can be found all over Cocoon.

[clashingtactics]

So Pulse is inhabitable now.

[Certainly not said as a question. A certain war Hei knows of on his Earth had ended in a similar way...]

[mynamenotwhoiam]

I don't know. I've never been there.

[clashingtactics]

[There is a blend of sadness and seriousness in this Hei's next response. The understanding of such pain and suffering can be heard.] So much destruction like that goes beyond words. So many must have died...

Hope, I pray there won't be a repeat of that in Cocoon.

What you told me of Pulse reminds me of a tragedy that happened in my world.