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Dr. Amanda Perry (miss_brilliant) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-04-14 13:20:00

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Hello everyone. I've been here nearly a week now, and while I've come up with all sorts of things I'd like to know, I thought maybe since none of us seem to really have much idea how the island itself does...whatever it does, I'd start with something that might be a bit easier to answer.

I know there's a great many people who have experienced changes in their bodies after going near the Spire. However, I was curious if anyone else has had their body change before that, when they arrived? Of course, no one is obligated to answer if it's too personal or anything, but I'd like to know if I'm something of anomaly or not.

Thank you in advance.

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	fuckitybye 2013-04-14 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, that kind of shit happens a lot. You all right? (Reply to this) (Thread)

miss_brilliant
2013-04-14 07:42 pm UTC (link)

I'm fine. Actually, given the tricks this place seems to play, what happened to me seems outright benevolent.

I was sort of--not quite dead, but I'd lost my body before I arrived here. And now I've got one that's in a lot better shape than the first one I had. I'm just curious to know if my rather unique circumstances back home played in to things or if it's just another random happenstance of this place.

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	cover_story 2013-04-14 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	...That DOES sound rather benevolent of it, rather...! I mean, I arrived here on a filthy, great sandy beach, and I was wounded - mortally, so I thought, but... the Doctor Watson patched me up just fine...! I mean, it's a bloody miracle, really, that I didn't DIE of sepsis, or summat...! Heh! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

miss_brilliant
2013-04-14 09:02 pm UTC (link)

I wonder how many of us have come here like that--dead or close to it, and why it takes those kinds of people. Maybe it figures we'll be more willing subjects for whatever it has in mind out of some kind of gratitude.

Or it could be completely random and we're just spectacularly lucky. But that seems like one hell of a coincidence, and I generally don't believe in those. I'd like to think there's some reason behind the selection process.

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	fuckitybye 2013-04-14 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	Well, fuck! That's brilliant! Yeah, I've heard of the island doing that kind of thing- there are a few people who remember dying, but here they are alive and well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	miss_brilliant 2013-04-14 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	Yes it--certainly is. Strange, but I'll take it. That's fascinating. If it weren't for the fact that it seems to be taking people completely randomly, I'd be wondering what all those people have in common that make them--well, worthy for lack of a better word, of getting a fresh start. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fuckitybye 2013-04-15 01:37 pm UTC (link)
	I know what you mean. I've tried to figure out a common link before, but I've always come up blank. I will say that a lot of us seem to have come from times of high stress- but not everyone, I don't think. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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