( text | un: sweetie )

[retrorsum]

Has anyone found a pod containing someone that was supposed to be dead? That they knew to be dead.

( river asks more out of curiosity than anything, out of trying to understand and gain more knowledge on the pods, on who and how they were brought here. she also can't deny that small piece of hope that comes with the question, of wanting to see someone that she couldn't (shouldn't) be able to see again )

Comments

[retrorsum]

Time loops yes. I mean the natural flow of time. You've obviously experienced life in a linear fashion and yet not everyone here it from the same place and point in time.

[beatupgrass]

Shit.

I thought that was just some weird alternate universe crap. Man, this is way heavier than I thought it was.

[retrorsum]

It's probably about to continue that way.

What year were you from?

[beatupgrass]

Y'know they measure time a lot differently depending on what planet you're on in my galaxy, right? I think Quill guessed it was 2014 on Earth.

[retrorsum]

They do on many planets across the universe.

In Earth standards, I'm from the 52nd century.

[beatupgrass]

Yeah, that feels a little farther than we are. Probably.

So what you're trying to tell me right now is that the Storm isn't just eating planets and galaxies, it's basically destroying time? Am I getting this right?

[retrorsum]

Oh, I actually don't believe that there was a storm.

[beatupgrass]

And now you officially have my full attention.

[retrorsum]

Considering the different time zones everyone is from... it's very improbable.

[beatupgrass]

So the Storm is crap. We've been lied to this whole time? Is that what you're saying?

[retrorsum]

That's my belief. I'm looking for evidence either way.

[beatupgrass]

A year ago I would've believed you, but we've seen bits of the Storm right here. We have a good idea of what it does in a theoretical sense.

[retrorsum]

Theoretically. What's the proof?

[beatupgrass]

A sliver of it hit the planet several months back. It traps you in old memories, and you just keep hopping through them- yours and everyone else's. So it eating time tracks.

[retrorsum]

Is it? I could think of other explanations.

[beatupgrass]

You're really full of explanations, aren't you?

[retrorsum]

I know the universe. Something telepathic could draw up our memories, sharing them with others. I know a few things capable.

[beatupgrass]

And do those things match the description of the Natha? 'Cause if this is all some big ruse, then they're behind it. Nobody else can be.

[retrorsum]

They could be used by the Natha. It's technology that isn't limited to one species, particularly not if they're capable of transporting vast quantities of us here from various points in our timestreams.

[beatupgrass]

You know, it's really weird to see someone more paranoid than I am.

But you're not making any bad points.

[retrorsum]

I've seen enough in the universe for my suspicions to usually be right.

( she prefers realistic )