Video

[schrodingersghost]

WHO: Danny and Anyone
WHERE: Libra App
WHEN: Now
WHAT: Danny has questions. So many questions
WARNINGS: Puns?

Uh, explanations please? First this weird app showed up on my phone. And then I was setting up my telescope and what just happened to the sky? Because I'm pretty sure I would have noticed if it looked like that before.

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[droptheious]

Star maps are useful! Those are extremely helpful navigation tools!!

[Oh god. He pauses as he tried to think up a way to sum up his world that doesn't use the word batshit.]

It's...colourful. A lot of very weird magical occurrences happen there. Like my friend, up until recently, had seventy-foot of indestructible hair. That could raise the dead.

[schrodingersghost]

In that case you're welcome to anything I have.

...Seriously? Wouldn't that get in the way. Like a lot?

[He wasn't touching the part about raising the dead. ]

[droptheious]

Thanks, it'll give me a good idea about where we are in relation to the heavens if nothing else.

[He makes a vague, waves gesture with his hands above his head.]

She got really good at braiding hair - she could get it up and out of the way in ten seconds flat if she needed to.

[schrodingersghost]

Impressive. You think shes going to show up here too?

[droptheious]

I hope not! She's the heir to the throne, she needs to stay where she is or who knows what chaos the kingdom will fall to.

[The last time she left, a bunch of psychos took over and ran it like a slave state- he should know, he was one of those psychos.]

No, no-no. I'm gonna figure out how to get back to her.

[schrodingersghost]

Well, good luck with that. I guess.

[Danny still had very little idea of what was going on, but he suspected that world travel would be difficult. ]

[droptheious]

I don't need luck, I've got science! That means I have math and careful research on my side.

[It's gonna end so badly, Danny. So, so badly.]

[schrodingersghost]

Hey, science rules! But what kind of math do you need to cross dimensions?

[droptheious]

Science does rule, thanks for noticing! So many people are all about magic and they miss out on how good science is because of it.

[Oh, Danny, you've asked it now.]

OH! Hang on, let me write it down for you!

[And lo he switches to text and adds a lot of insane, complicated math that goes on and on and on and on.

You might be here for a while, Fenton. ]

[schrodingersghost]

Not me. Until today I didn't even think magic was real.

[Danny takes a moment to try and take all of that in.]

Uh... I think this might be a little beyond me at the moment.

[droptheious]

Lucky! Magic is nothing but a pain back home, I wish I could live my life without it.

[It would be so much easier, wow!]

Oh. Well- that-that's okay! It's a work in progress anyway. I don't have it all figured out on how to leave this world yet.

[schrodingersghost]

Its only been a day, and I'm already regretting that its a thing now.

Hey, I'm totally interested if you did manage to get it to work. It must be so cool to see other worlds.

[And then Danny winces, as a strange memory comes into his head.

He was walking into a dark place, with wires and cords under his feet. With the one hand held out for balance he could feel a cool metal surface.

"You know what?," he was saying aloud. "You're right. Who knows what amazing, super-cool things exist on the other side of that portal?"]

[droptheious]

Thaaaat's about the right attitude to take!

[Screw magic, screw it so very much.]

Sure thing! It might be a one-trip kinda thing but who knows, I might be able to stabilise it to allow inter-world travelling.

[Well, that's sure concerning! He stares as Danny starts wincing and looking...not great.]

Um- you okay there?

[schrodingersghost]

[Danny rubs at his forehead a confused expression on his face.]

Do you still call it deja vu if you remember something you're pretty sure never happed?

[droptheious]

I think most people call that daydreaming.

[There's a pause.]

But apparently, there are people here whose memories...aren't right? Maybe it's...that? Was anything familiar about it at all?

[schrodingersghost]

Not really? I think I was in some kind of high tech tunnel? And I was saying something about a portal. I'm pretty sure I've never seen anything like that in real life.

[droptheious]

Huh. Are you sure? Because portals are a pretty specific thing? Or maybe it was a dream you had once that you're suddenly remembering?

[schrodingersghost]

I was definitely talking about a portal. Something about exploring what was on the other side?

[Which was... Actually that sounded like something he would do. If something like that was real.]

I don't remember ever dreaming about something like that before? And it felt weirdly real. Like it meant something.

[droptheious]

That's definitely something you do with portals, yep.

[It's something he'd do too, every time. It's like a closed door, you've just GOTTA see what's behind it!]

Hrmmm. Have you ever felt like you had a gap in your memory before? I know that...happens here. People remembering things wrong. Or not at all. Maybe it's...filling in the gaps?

[schrodingersghost]

I don't think I've ever noticed one? But if I did, how would I know if there's something I don't remember?

[droptheious]

Good point. I've never lost my own memory before but I-

[He hesitates and chews his lip as he considers how much he wants to go into this.]

I knew people...back home who lost their memories. They kinda just...came back, slowly? Like they suddenly realised they'd always known a thing they'd forgotten not too long back.

[schrodingersghost]

Well, this thing with the portal did kind of just come into my mind. But I can't think of where I could have seen something like that. I couldn't see much of it, but it felt super high tech.

[droptheious]

Huh, well- maybe more memories will come back to you as time goes on? You're welcome to help me build mine, if you think it might...jog stuff.

[schrodingersghost]

Seriously? I don't know about the memory thing, but I'd love to help out.

[droptheious]

Sure! I can use all the help I can get. I managed to put one together back home, but I'll definitely need help getting one up and running here. Then anyone who wants to leave just...can.