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Dolores Abernathy ([info]backonline) wrote in [info]somerealityweb,
@ 2020-02-07 15:02:00

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Entry tags:active: five hargreeves, active: freddy freeman, inactive: dolores abernathy, inactive: teddy flood

Excuse me I'm

Hello? What is this thing?

What is going-

Oh, I'm sorry. Things don't seem to be quite right. I believe I am lost. Very very lost.

Has anyone seen my horse?


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[info]jumps
2020-02-07 09:12 pm UTC (link)
I think the only horses here belong to the carriage ride companies that give rides around Central Park.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-07 09:59 pm UTC (link)
I have this map... but I’m afraid none of this makes any sense. All the buildings are so tall and everything is so fast and loud. What is this place?

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[info]jumps
2020-02-07 11:10 pm UTC (link)
It's a replica of a part New York City. Well, a New York City. Maybe an amalgamation of several from a specific time period. I'm not entirely sure. Do you know what the multiverse is?

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[info]backonline
2020-02-07 11:14 pm UTC (link)
I... this isn’t what I thought was back east.

Sorry, I do not understand the meaning of that word. What do you mean by time period? Is this now?

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[info]jumps
2020-02-07 11:28 pm UTC (link)
I guess it also depends on which east you're talking about. East is very big and vague, though I can make a couple guesses. No clue how accurate they'd be. But I don't think we're east or west or north or south. I think we just are.

I'm going to preface this with an apology. If I come off as if I'm speaking down to you, I'm not. Certain things make a lot more sense in my head, and I don't have the best interpersonal skills.

In essence, the multiverse is a theory that there are multiple universes (or multiple "nows") coexisting side by side at the same time. Kind of like, crudely, how you stack boxes on top of and next to each other. The contents of the boxes are universes, and the boxes themselves are next to each other. Does that make sense? It's a bit crude, but it's also a large concept that's not always the easiest to visualize. But, essentially, you got plucked from your box and put into this one, as have the rest of us.

A time period is a large chunk of time (typically years) with some kind of significance. In this context, the significance is historical. There's usually specific characteristics that mark each "period". Kind of like rings on a tree. Again, a crude example, but tree rings are a visual, physical representation of time passing, and some rings are thicker than others.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-07 11:42 pm UTC (link)
That is a very strange story. But I’m not in a box. I’m outside somewhere, but it doesn’t really look like any outside I’ve ever seen. There are no trees nor grass anywhere.

What... year is this meant to be?

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[info]jumps
2020-02-07 11:51 pm UTC (link)
It's a metaphorical box. I will say this city has quote a lot of green space, though it's got a lot of not green space, too. Do you see a street sign or any signs in windows that might help you figure out where you are?

From what people have said, 2020. It's February 7, 2020. Though whether or not this place has been around long enough to actually What year is it for you at home?

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 12:14 am UTC (link)
I don’t see anything green except some lights... Sorry, it’s all very disorienting.

That doesn’t seem right. It was 1873 this morning.

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[info]jumps
2020-02-08 12:31 am UTC (link)
It's all right. Are the lights at an intersection? If so, there should be a couple street signs.

I've had one of those days befo

Before or after the first post ca

Has The Greatest Show On Earth debuted yet

Ah, so Grant's president for you.

It may not seem right, which is something I understand, but it's what it is. Which is hard to wrap your brain around. I know. You were in one page of a book, and now you're on another page in an entirely different book and missed the plot. It's a lot to take in, and I'm sorry you got dragged into this mess.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 12:36 am UTC (link)
There’s a sign that says Lexington?

... there’s a book I read once. About a girl in a strange place called Wonderland. Except this doesn’t seem like this at all. I don’t remember falling.

You’ve been so helpful, and I haven’t even introduced myself properly. I’m Dolores.

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[info]jumps
2020-02-08 12:48 am UTC (link)
That's a good start to figuring out where you are! You can try to see if you can find it on the map to get an idea of direction. Avenues like Lexington tend to run north to south, though this place is complicated at times, and I'm happy to try to help where I can.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? It's one of my favorites. This is kind of like that. You fell down a rabbit hole even if you don't remember falling. But instead of Wonderland you've ended up in Goodland.

What?

Do you

Are

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Is it

It's very nice to meet you, Dolores. I'm Five.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 12:51 am UTC (link)
Then I really must be dreaming.

You write very well for someone so young.

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[info]jumps
2020-02-08 12:56 am UTC (link)
I think I am, too, and I want to wake up

This could all be a dream. There's no way of knowing without any doubt if it is. But it might be.

Do

If you were

You're really real, right?

Thanks. I read a lot.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 01:11 am UTC (link)
I’ve had worse dreams. But this...

What’s your name?

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[info]jumps
2020-02-08 01:14 am UTC (link)
There are worse dreams and worse realities.

My name's Number Five. Most people call me Five.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 01:19 am UTC (link)
You are five years old and your name is Five?

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[info]jumps
2020-02-08 01:23 am UTC (link)
I'm older than five years, but my name is Five. Dad wasn't overly creative.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 01:25 am UTC (link)
Oh! I’m so sorry for the misunderstanding. That is an unusual name. You must have many siblings then?

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[info]jumps
2020-02-08 01:29 am UTC (link)
It's fine. It's an understandable misunderstanding. I'm one of seven, so, yes.

You're really not her, are you?

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 01:36 am UTC (link)
I’m an only child. I think I turned out to be enough for my father. But as he gets older, I’m sure he would have preferred to have more help around the ranch...

Thank you for trying to help me, Five.

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[info]jumps
2020-02-08 01:53 am UTC (link)
What's your ranch like?

You're welcome, Dolores.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 01:58 am UTC (link)
I used to think it was big, but this place...

We have cattle. They take up a lot of land, so we’re just outside town. But there’s so much empty land around, as far as you can see in all directions. It’s beautiful, usually peaceful. There are sometimes bandits out in the hills, but my father-

My father will be looking for me. I’m not supposed to be out this far.

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[info]jumps
2020-02-08 02:25 am UTC (link)
Everything feels big when you're little. And then something makes you realize it might not be so big.

It sounds nice. I bet the sky looks nice at night with all the stars.

There's a theory that I think might hold some weight about how people at home aren't aware that you're gone because you've been duplicated here. If it's true, that you're in two places at once like straddling a border, than your father won't notice you're gone.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 08:02 am UTC (link)
Maybe big isn't the correct word for it. Expansive, maybe. Like the world goes on forever without end, that you'll never reach the edge of it. But here, everything feels so close together.

But the lights here at night look as if somebody scattered the stars all across the ground. It has its own sort of beauty, even though there's nothing natural about it.

I... Do not feel comfortable with such a thought. Does that mean I am not the real me?

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[info]jumps
2020-02-08 01:31 pm UTC (link)
It doesn’t help that we can’t leave the island. And Manhattan isn’t very big mile wise. It’s not so bad, though. They couldn’t go out so they went up.

Cities have their own beauty. Their own frenetic pulse. There’s always an underlying beat underneath the hustle and bustle. Sometimes it’s comforting.

Me, neither. And no idea. But if you don’t feel any less real, I don’t think you are. Just a different edition of a book. That’s all.

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[info]freemanspeaks
2020-02-07 11:59 pm UTC (link)
You must be new. Hi, I'm Freddy. Are you okay?

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 12:14 am UTC (link)
Hello, I am Dolores.

I think I am fine, but maybe I hit my head.

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[info]freemanspeaks
2020-02-08 12:30 am UTC (link)
I think everyone feels like that at first. It'll be okay! It is not so bad here. Bad things only happen sometimes.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 12:38 am UTC (link)
My father told me that everyone is new to the world once. I just never thought I would be the newcomer.

How long have you been here?

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[info]freemanspeaks
2020-02-08 12:55 am UTC (link)
He sounds smart!

Like eight months.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 08:03 am UTC (link)
Yes. It takes a bit of wisdom and guts to make it out where we live. Not every man is cut out to survive.

And you still haven't found your way back?

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[info]freemanspeaks
2020-02-08 11:36 am UTC (link)
What's it like where you are from?

Smart people are working on it, but no.

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[info]spotson
2020-02-08 12:42 am UTC (link)
It can be very disorienting here at first. It gets easier, though. Promise.

I'm Marinette.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 12:47 am UTC (link)
I’m still not convinced this isn’t a dream.

Like the doll?

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[info]spotson
2020-02-08 12:50 am UTC (link)
I thought it was at first too. But if it were a dream, Adrien would

Close! Those are marionettes.

Are you okay? Somewhere safe? Make sure you stay out of the street because it can be dangerous.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 12:56 am UTC (link)
I don’t even think my dreams could come up with something like this.

Oh. I see. It is a very pretty name. I am Dolores.

Yes, several people have shouted that at me already. But it’s difficult understanding when to cross. I’m okay I think, but I really don’t understand what’s happening or how to get to where I’m meant to be.

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[info]flooded
2020-02-08 01:33 am UTC (link)
Dolores? Who I was going to Sweetwater to see? Are you really here too?

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 01:37 am UTC (link)
Who is this?

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[info]flooded
2020-02-08 01:40 am UTC (link)
It's me, Dolores. Teddy.

I was on the train to Sweetwater and then I was on a very different train.

It is you, isn't it?

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 01:45 am UTC (link)
Teddy! I... you haven’t been back in years. I thought that- is this where you’ve been all this time?

Where are you? I don’t understand what’s going on.

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[info]flooded
2020-02-08 01:55 am UTC (link)
I told you I'd come back and I intended to keep that promise until I ended up here not long before you.

I've made it to the home of the ostriches. This is place is like nothing I've ever seen in all of my travels. Where are you? I sure could stand to see a familiar face as beautiful as yours right now.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 02:08 am UTC (link)
I always knew you to be a man of your word, but I... I kept waiting. Every train that came into Sweetwater, I hoped it would bring you with it. This isn’t how I imagined our reunion, but I hope I can find my way to you soon.

I’m waiting for the doctor. He said he’d come find me. There’s a map but I’m afraid I don’t understand any of this at all. There’s no landmarks and all these buildings look the same. How’d they make them so tall?

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[info]flooded
2020-02-08 02:30 am UTC (link)
Trust me when I say the only reason for the distance between us was that I needed to make sure I was a man worthy of a woman like you, Dolores.

Someone had to come and find me as well. This isn't like home. The train was underground.

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 03:02 am UTC (link)
... you know I don’t like it when you talk that way, Teddy. You’ve always been the only one for me. But one day you’re going to have to tell me what has you so troubled.

Why would anyone... how can they build anything like that under the ground? You wouldn’t believe all the things I’ve seen here. The doctor has wings.

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[info]flooded
2020-02-08 03:20 am UTC (link)
I will, Dolores, but not today. Today deserves its own reckoning.

What?

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[info]backonline
2020-02-08 03:28 am UTC (link)
If I have to be in this strange land, I am glad it is not alone. No matter what path our lives may take, mine always brings me back to you.

... perhaps he is some sort of angel.

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