[video | a little trip down memory lane]

[thesleeperwakes]

[Helena has nothing better to do, so she's taking a little trip down good old memory lane to pass the time. The subject? One of her favourite inventions, her rocket. The best part? It just so happens to coincide with an interesting case she and her partner at the time never were able to solve. And the best best part? This particular memory takes

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[longaevus]

[ ... Just when she thought she had a slight idea to you, or had tried to. And then you blow her away. And mess with her history. She knew H.G., or so she now thought. And artefacts and the Warehouse? Her interest is highly piqued ]

Did you happen to discover 'his' next book?

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[longaevus]

H.G. Wells. Helena. [ And all those lovely conversations that she'd had with "H.G."... oh darn ] There's a somewhat nicer ring than Herbert.

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[thesleeperwakes]

I like to think so as well. But Charles thought it a brilliant name, so we used it.

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[longaevus]

I knew him, "Herbert". He was a good man.

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[thesleeperwakes]

He was an idiot. [And she says that with love.]

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[longaevus]

The "envious sibling", as you put it?

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[thesleeperwakes]

That was both of us, to be honest. He envied my mind, and I was jealous of the fact that he was able to woo the ladies with my own words simply because he possessed a moustache and a specific set of genitalia.

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[longaevus]

I remember that all too well.

You don't seem to have let that stop you, however.

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[thesleeperwakes]

Of course not. I was able to charm them in other ways and rub it in his face. [Oh, Helen wasn't talking about wooing the ladies, was she... whoops.]

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[longaevus]

[ Have an amused head shake ] And your work?

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[thesleeperwakes]

I allowed him to take credit for the stories as long as he used our title as the "father of science-fiction" to push for women's rights. So he organized and published my ideas without complaining too much, and moved on to stories he was more comfortable with after we parted ways. We both accomplished what we wanted.

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[longaevus]

Then despite certain unpleasant circumstances you seem to have done well - few others could have done what you did.

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[thesleeperwakes]

Doing well is relative. However, I suppose you could say that, yes.

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[longaevus]

Career-wise.

Where did you go after you parted ways?

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[thesleeperwakes]

Nowhere interesting, unfortunately. That was the start of the "missing years" I've told you about. I did end up in America eventually, though, but that's not particularly fascinating.

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[longaevus]

To you it may not be but to a listener? [ She likes stories ]