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[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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[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.

[schrodingersghost]

Hey, putting one together anywhere is super impressive. And I'm totally on board with figuring out how to do it here. I mean talk about the coolest project ever.

[droptheious]

Thanks, the design was one from one of the greatest inventors who ever lived, I just figured out how to make it work a few centuries after he [transfered his consciousness into a monkey, god, no, don't say that, that sounds crazy] ...died.

But it IS pretty cool! And needed! There are so many people who have been trapped here against their free will. I want to help them.

[schrodingersghost]

Impressive.

Really? How many of you are stuck here?

[droptheious]

I try, anyway!

[He's pretty pleased with himself honestly and it's there in his tone- he's really proud of it, even if it didn't exactly work in the end.]

I'm not sure, I need to get the numbers right. Maybe about thirty?