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[werethatgood]

[ Here is a blonde teenager, her hair in a loose ponytail, and her blue eyes curious. She's settled a bit, so. Here she is again. ]

Hey, guys!

First, I want to apologize for my previous post. I promise, I've now learned about the use the inboxes, and it won't happen again. Anyway! My name's Cassie, and I have a question. Sadly, it's probably not a very. important. question that might help resolve the situation, here, just something I'm curious about.

I know people here come from different times... I mean, people who know each other and come from the same world. So, that means that some of us come from other people's futures.

If a friend - or enemy, I suppose - comes in, would you want them to tell you what your future holds? What happens to you or your friends?

Or would you rather let it be?

I mean, not like - going to the Emperor to be shown. Just - being told. By friends.

I hope it makes sense?

[ She gives a wave and then ... sits back a bit, the good cheer easing up. ]

Oh, and I've heard about the people who've suddenly gone. I'm sorry to everyone missing people, um. I hope they turn up all right.

Comments

video; anon location

[shorttempered]

Well I meant that everyone's going to have their own feelings on the matter.

[How about like your girlfriend was pregnant while you were gone.]

perma video; perma not-anon on her end for easier subjects...

[werethatgood]

Yeah! Exactly.

[But pregnant is a good thing! ... unless it's from somebody else, in which case it's a mostly good thing.]

I mean, my point was to ask people which way they prefer. So if their friends are wondering but don't want to tip them off? They can know, and, you know. Not worry about whether to do it or not.

Does that make sense?

[shorttempered]

[Yeah, but not when she decides not to keep it since, again, you were gone and she wasn't sure you were coming back.]

Yeah. I take it you got spoiled by someone?

[werethatgood]

[... oh. Ouch. Sorry, Mark.]

Me? No, not really. [Yes, yes she did, but it's not the same. Because she's dead, and that wasn't the spoiler.] But I might have spoilers for other people.

[shorttempered]

[Nothing he can do.]

You could always start off by asking when someone's from? Like "what's the last thing you remember"? And go from there.

[werethatgood]

[Sob.]

Yeah, I've got this one covered. Comes from [dating] knowing a time traveler.

[shorttempered]

You know a time traveler?

[werethatgood]

Well. Yeah. It's kinda complicated. He's from the future, and he came to us - to our time, I mean - to try and prevent something from happening to him in his future.

That... kinda didn't work out, though.

[shorttempered]

Did something like the butterfly effect happen?

[werethatgood]

... is it butterfly effect if it gets... fixed again? I'm not sure of the terminology.

[And it's more complicated than that, since Nate was Nate still, after that, but.]

[shorttempered]

I... don't think so? My extent of time travel is what I've seen or read in Sci-Fi...

[werethatgood]

Yeah, I... haven't seen or read much of sci-fi, so you might know more than me!

[Sort of. Kind of.]

Anyway. When the friend stopped outright refusing to do what he was supposed to do, things went back to normal. I... it was really a hard call, for him.

[shorttempered]

...I can only imagine.

[werethatgood]

[ Right. And she can't even say 'it's okay' on this one. ]

Um. Yeah. So, time travel and spoilers are kind of a... thing, you know?

[shorttempered]

[Nods.] I have superheroes where I'm from, so I'm used to some stuff, but not like that.

[werethatgood]

I think that was sort of an exception for where I come from, too.

[ Mostly. Kind of. ... well, not really. But still. ]

[shorttempered]

[Mark nods. He can't say he's really had much experience with time travel, other than that one time after his fight with Levy.]

So you said you know people here? Which is why you were asking about spoilers?

[werethatgood]

[ Sob. It starts with one time... ]

Well, the point was so that people can know what others want, not just about my friend...s.

[shorttempered]

Hey you just got here, right? It's totally cool to make this about your friends. I'm kind of jealous you even have friends here. I mean, I have friends here, but rather friends from home.

[werethatgood]

That's true. And... yeah, I didn't really expect that, and.

Do you feel homesick? If you ever do, and need somebody to just tell silly stories about home or something like that, I could listen.

[ Because that might help, right? Possibly maybe? It's all she can think of. ]

[shorttempered]

I didn't mean it like that, but thanks. And to be honest, I think everyone here gets homesick, even if they like it here.

[werethatgood]

Um... probably, I guess. I suppose I just haven't, yet.

[shorttempered]

Well you've been here, what, three minutes? I meant more the people that have been here a while.

[werethatgood]

[ Open mouth. Close it. Look sheepish: Cassie Lang. ]

I guess that's true, isn't it. Sorry.

[shorttempered]

Don't worry about it. I'll somehow survive. [Smiles to show he's kidding.]