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Martha Jones (notrosesshadow) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-05-18 18:27:00

Entry tags:

felix gaeta, lelouch vi britannia, martha jones, spike

Day 376 - Open Action
Upon waking up from the dreams, Martha's first thought was she clearly needed therapy. She elected to stay in her flat that day.

The next day she discovered she was out of tea. Perhaps it was time to get back out into the ~~world~~ dome. They were only dreams after all. It's not like anyone else experienced the same things, right?

Her day was much like any other. She started at the Coffee Bean for a quick pick-me-up, then spent some time in Trois park meditating. She did need to get some shopping done as well, both for food and clothes, so she could be found in the various sectors getting things.

Late in the evening, when she was sure Ianto would be gone, she even ventured over to the library to grab a novel or two.

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	imperious 2016-06-04 02:17 am UTC (link)
	That sounds... well -- Lelouch isn't sure he can imagine it, really, though Martha's done a good job of describing the situation. But he's very sure he would rather not experience anything of the sort. "You have prior experience with time travel?" Just, noticing that phrasing which suggests maybe she does, and... asking. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2016-06-06 12:26 am UTC (link)
	Martha nods. "More than most. Some of it good, some of it bad. Most of it weird. Rarely did I ever get sick, but I was in an excellent time machine most of the time." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	imperious 2016-06-08 12:16 am UTC (link)
	More than most seems like a not particularly-difficult bar to clear, but... Perhaps Lelouch's frame of reference is -- less typical than he'd self-centeredly presume. His lips curve up a little at the thought. He considers how best to respond to the rest of that. "Most of it weird? Weirder than you'd expect?" Trying for -- good humor. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2016-06-08 02:41 pm UTC (link)
	"I honestly didn't know what to expect. We don't have technology like that where I'm from. Nor did I expect the number of rules that can't be broken and the number of rules that can. Time is much more forgiving than most people know." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	imperious 2016-06-22 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	Lelouch is -- not entirely sure he likes that answer, really. "How did you learn the difference?" It's... the idea that some of the terrible things that have happened in his life might be mutable, if only he had access tot he right technology; or worse, immutable, because they broke some arbitrary rule. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2016-06-25 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, I traveled with an alien who does this for a living. It's also fairly obvious when rules can't be broken. Don't do things that create a paradox is probably the most important. And you can't change fixed points in time. We didn't run into any of those during our time together." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

imperious
2016-06-25 10:51 pm UTC (link)

"...Is a 'fixed point in time' exactly what it says on the tin?" Arbitrary rule it is, then. But Lelouch keeps his face carefully smooth. His childhood is not this poor woman's fault. The... alien she traveled with, on the other hand...

((ooc: reasonably speaking, Britannia is a fusion of (the) America(s) and England, so Lelouch's accent and terminology probably waver a bit between here and there...))

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	notrosesshadow 2016-06-26 04:22 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes. If you mess with those, it apparently breaks time. But fixed points aren't all that common." ((ooc: No worries. Martha may be British, but her mun is American, and while I do my best to keep her sounding authentic, I'm strictly Midwestern, and it bleeds through more often than I'd like.)) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	imperious 2016-07-01 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	Not all that common. Lelouch's smile -- doesn't precisely slip. A better word might be alters. "I suppose you've mostly seen, and heard about, terrible ones." Perhaps even... exclusively? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2016-07-02 03:00 pm UTC (link)
	Martha looks a little confused. "Terrible what? Breaks in time?" It occurs to her that there may be more he wants to know other than just simple curiosity. "Why are you asking?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	imperious 2016-07-03 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	"Terrible fixed points in time. Tragic events that cannot be prevented, rather than... innocuous ones." Lelouch hesitates more over her second question, though, his eyes lowering to the rim of his mug. The steam rising from it... He musters up a faint smile. "Don't we all have things in our pasts that we wish we could change?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notrosesshadow
2016-07-04 05:15 pm UTC (link)

Martha thinks back to the Paradox Year. Would she have done differently? What would she be like had she chosen differently? What about her family?

"An interesting quandary to be sure, and one I think on from time to time. But no, I think I much prefer where I am now, even with the points I would like to change sometimes. Regardless, there's no way for you to travel back in time here, and even if we got out of here, I don't have the proper technology."

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imperious
2016-07-05 09:45 pm UTC (link)

"No... at least, no way that's available to us." Lelouch puts it mildly, but his eyes narrow all the same. The AI wardens could, if they were so inclined...

But he should probably let it drop. Martha seems to believe pretty strongly in what she's been told about noninterference. And, taken at face value, the fixed points in time are motive enough for anyone to be... circumspect in even what they allow themselves to hope might be changeable.

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	notrosesshadow 2016-07-05 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	"Hmmm." Martha utters, not quite sure she believes him. But he's not bringing it up anymore at the moment, and she's almost done with her drink. She gives him a tight smile. "Well Lelouch, I do have to get going. It was nice meeting you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	imperious 2016-07-06 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	And Lelouch returns it, smooth and less tight despite his own misgivings. He's a very good actor, and habitually hides unease. "So it was. Enjoy the rest of your day -- is, I suppose, the thing to say." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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