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Tweak says, "don't mess with a valkyrie"

Keith (tempredmental) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2017-03-16 14:29:00

Current mood:	curious
Entry tags:	ianto jones, keith, neil dylandy, nico di angelo, pavel chekov (au)

Day 419 - video - open
Hey... I have a question.

Is it normal for people to show up from the same universe but different points in time in that universe?

I think it might have just happened.

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	Re: video; tempredmental 2017-03-19 12:20 am UTC (link)
	Actually, I'm the one from the future, from what we can tell. It's only a few hours, but a lot happened in that time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-03-19 01:03 am UTC (link)
	Ah... I don't know if that is the preferable position or not. Temporal discrepancies are uncomfortable for everyone involved. If you're concerned about affecting your timeline by mentioning events that have yet to happen, there is no need to be concerned, probably. It seems that memories made here stay here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tempredmental 2017-03-19 03:03 am UTC (link)
	Yeah? I feel like that's bad, too. I mean, I understand why they would do that, but not letting people remember this place feels wrong for some reason. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-03-19 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	It does, yes. [No arguments here.] The bright side of that is that no one has ever left after coming here. Even if they leave this simulation, their bodies remain behind in the real prison. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tempredmental 2017-03-19 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	... [Keith stared at Chekov.] Their... bodies? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-03-20 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	Yes. [Oh. Um. Is this new information, because he didn't mean to break anyone's brain.] Their physical bodies. This is a simulation. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tempredmental 2017-03-20 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, yeah... but, do their bodies just like... lie there or something? Or are they awake? [Keith definitely looked a little weirded out by this.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-03-21 12:18 am UTC (link)
	They are kept in stasis inside of little pods. I assume that their mental activity is suspended along with their physical activity. [Ask him more about the unsettling Real Prison. The bodies are one of the less weird things.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tempredmental 2017-03-21 12:42 am UTC (link)
	That... sounds creepy. [Keith definitely looked disturbed by this.] Have you... Has anyone seen it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-03-21 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	[He gives a little shrug. It's creepy, but sensible in it's special, creepy way.] Yes, but that was some time ago. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tempredmental 2017-03-21 10:23 pm UTC (link)
	Do you know what was there? Or, who went who saw it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-03-21 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, I do. How much detail would you like? I can also tell you who else was there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tempredmental 2017-03-22 02:58 pm UTC (link)
	Oh. [Keith looked a bit surprised.] You remember a lot of it? I mean, as much as you can, I guess. [He still had that idea map on the wall of the apartment he'd decided to claim for himself, as he tended to be a visual thinker, so anything he got was probably going to be added to that.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

candothat
2017-03-24 11:37 pm UTC (link)

I remember most of it, I think. It was on Day 296 [which feels like it was longer than 123 days ago, but time is funny here] and glowing doors opened--why or how, I don't know. Some of us went through the doors, and then we woke in pods. We left them and found everyone else in pods of their own... everyone who had chosen not to go through the doors, and everyone who has been here and left. I can only conclude that our bodies stay in that prison even after we leave the simulation.

Anyway, it was a large space, but not as comfortable as this simulation. Utilitarian, I would call it. Very technologically advanced. There were cots to sleep on and pills for food. There was what I think was a control center that none of us could reach.

No one was there other than more robots and two beings who called themselves "engineers." The one that I talked to looked like a... very large bug, maybe, or a shrimp. Eight, nine feet tall. The other was nothing but dark robes and a mask.

And then we were back here.

[ooc: Sorry this took so long! Iiii actually didn't remember much at all.]

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tempredmental
2017-03-25 07:02 pm UTC (link)

{OOC: No trouble!}

[Keith listened to the whole thing quite intently. A lot of it sounded really freaky, and he was kind of glad he didn't see it in person, to be honest. He wasn't sure how he'd handle all of it. He nodded. Not reaching the control room made sense, overall. Making it too easy to get to would be a major oversight on the part of their captors.]

So, these "engineers"... they're the ones that developed this place?

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	candothat 2017-03-25 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	So they say, and I see no reason to doubt that they played a large role in it. I also spoke with a woman named Mary who I think may be the engineer with the mask. She claimed to run the simulation. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tempredmental 2017-03-25 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	[Oh, yeah... this stuff will be getting added to his board once he's done talking with Chekov.] Mary, huh? Thanks. Do the engineers interact with the prisoners at all or is everything through the AI wardens? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-03-25 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	If Mary was being honest--and I think that she was, we had a very friendly conversation--then the engineers do interact occasionally. It seems that they use human avatars rather than the forms that we saw in the real prison so we feel more at ease. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tempredmental 2017-03-25 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	Well, it seems most of the people here are human looking, so I can see why they would go that route. [Keith's seen aliens, man. Lots of weird aliens. When Chekov described a large bug and a person in dark robes with a mask, he didn't even flinch.] Thanks for all this. I'm Keith, by the way. I don't think we've actually met. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-03-25 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	[Chekov has seen some weird aliens too, but that giant insect, man. So many eyes. So tall.] Of course, Keith, you're welcome. I'm Pavel Chekov, and yes, this is the first time we've spoken. Sorry--it was rude to start talking at you without saying hello. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tempredmental 2017-03-26 12:37 am UTC (link)
	[Seeing it in person might have gotten a different reaction, but the description didn't seem to bother him too much.] Oh, no problem. I mean, I did ask a question. [He offered Chekov a small smile.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-03-26 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	I'm pleased that I could offer an answer. You came here very recently, correct? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tempredmental 2017-03-26 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah... only a few days ago. One of my teammates arrived today. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	candothat 2017-03-26 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	Then a late welcome to you, and also my condolences on your imprisonment. It can help sometimes to have someone you know here, even if that someone is from a different moment. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)