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helen magnus, m.d. d.t.c.x.b. (lifelines) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-07-03 17:07:00

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dirk strider, euphemia li britannia, helen magnus, martha jones, nikola tesla, rose, tieria erde

day 226 video; / action;
I was thinking back to the handful of days I've spent here and how I've been spending them. It got me to wondering. I've been keeping track of the days, how long I've spent here and I wanted to know if there's anyone else here who keeps track of the day it would be back home. This is, of course, assuming that the way the wardens keep track of time is the exact same as in your home worlds.

[ She looks thoughtful. ] This place seems to operate on exactly the same number of hours and minutes, though the days don't seem to be much different. No weekends off, for instance. [ That's a joke, people. ] I was simply curious if anyone else had thought about it or if I was simply the odd man out. Today would be November 5 for me. Rather odd, having Christmas in November, though I suppose it could always be worse. We could be moved to a new location on Halloween.

[ For the record, that totally happened. They were moved to Squall on the day that would have been Halloween in her world. The irony was not lost on her.

Action: Today she'll be spending time in various places. The clinic will see her the most, but she will also take a little time to wander around the snow-covered lanes to see if she can find a handful of people among the drifts. Everyone she's met in-person will receive a small card with various good wishes written on the inside in her neat, precise handwriting. For some, she has more:

Euphemia li Britannia - "I do hope the holiday, whatever it means to you, is a good one. Perhaps in the future, you and I can become better acquainted. Until then, I should hope you remain well. Yours, as ever, Helen Magnus"

Jean-Luc Picard - "I've enjoyed our conversations so far. Perhaps the future will hold more. Helen"

Martha Jones - "Take the day off, if you weren't already planning to. Dr. Magnus"

Rebekah - A light blue scarf that will go well with her hair and a note: "I hope all is well with you. Helen"

Rose (TVD) - "The answer to your question is, 'It's a genetic mutation: longevity.' Any other questions?"

It occurs to her that she doesn't know where most of them are, but that's never deterred her before. ]

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trial_by_veda
2013-07-15 03:21 am UTC (link)

Memory differences, mostly. Like we had been from different times. And how that 'time' changed upon disappearances and reappearances. Sometimes, they would remember being here, and sometimes not. And then there were these instances where new memories were spontaneously brought on, as if the person had gone home, when in truth they had never left.

[Though, that last part, Tieria had wondered if it had been related to his attempt to hack the dimensional stabilizer, as the timing had been rather coincidental.]

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lifelines
2013-07-16 03:16 am UTC (link)

Almost as though this dimensional stabilizer relies on memory and time.

[ strange, but she isn't going to change her habits yet. she'll have to keep a closer eye on nikola, though, and likely herself. she remembers rebekah complaining of memories suddenly being implanted upon her. if that could happen to anyone, it would be something to keep in mind. ]

Something to be aware of.

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trial_by_veda
2013-07-17 03:52 am UTC (link)

That could be a possibility.

[If the current stabilizer was close enough to the previous one, he could probably diagram it out, but it was hard to verbalize what he saw. Plus, his memories of the event were still blurred from the sudden influx of two years worth of memories from home he had received during the incident. It was hard to recall some of it because it overlapped with stuff from home and Marina and there was a weird mishmosh in there.]

It is not something you can predict, though. I have heard of it happening rather suddenly to some, overnight in their dreams or even during the day and almost leaving them unconscious. Sometimes it happens during a disappearance, and they have the new memories when they return.

[He shook his head.]

I have not been able to ascertain a true pattern.

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lifelines
2013-07-18 06:48 pm UTC (link)

Either way, it isn't something to be taken lightly. [ it's like memory and time can be used against them, almost as a means of controlling them, and she isn't sure she likes that. how can they tell what's real and what isn't? ]

At any rate, this is something we should all be aware of, something to be careful of. Perhaps with more occurrences, a pattern ban be discerned. [ though, honestly, she isn't sure she wants more people to go through that just so they can find a way to stop it. ]

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trial_by_veda
2013-07-21 05:43 am UTC (link)

No. [The discomfort alone was something pretty bad.]

I had recorded several instances back in the original prison, but I no longer have that notebook. [It had been lost in the transfer.] We could start keeping track here, though I do not immediately recall any such thing happening just yet. [Well, other than Zero... but Tieria wasn't sure if he'd actually gotten any new memories. Zero hadn't been very willing to share if that had been the case.]

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	lifelines 2013-07-21 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	It might be worth looking into. I'll have to ask a few of the people I've met. Perhaps some of them can turn up something. [ she won't repeat anything particularly personal, but it can't hurt to have a basis for discerning a pattern. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trial_by_veda 2013-07-27 04:53 am UTC (link)
	[He nodded.] Some do announce it without being asked. They will be the easiest to keep track of. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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