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[forasecond]

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How many of you are familiar with BOTH the concept and realities of time travel and the multiverse AND quantum physics?

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[forasecond]

Right. Fuck, I hate magic.

[Just… you know. On principle.]

We all got here somehow. It’s just a matter of figuring out how to reverse it.

[slidesrightoff]

Oh.

Yeah that makes sense.

Have you tried asking the native heroes? They might have access to resources and stuff.

[tinglesense]

yeah me too tbh
there was a whole magic thing here with a haunted house that also sucked
so im 2 for 2 on shitty magic experiences!

but i think youre right
i wanna help if i can

[nepotis]

that says more about your brother than it does about the general acceptability of any particular fashion choices.

[forasecond]

Who cares about what’s acceptable by arbitrarily chosen societal standards?

[chulk]

Pocket universes, alternate dimensions, stuff like that.

There's a guy who claims he can look that up. However I'm going to suggest extreme caution when dealing with him. He's from my universe and isn't known for being trustworthy. His thing is with magic which isn't my wheelhouse. The alternative is to wait and see, I'm not the only genius around there's a good chance someone might invent something.

And I can't confirm that either way. Those kinds of changes are hard to observe from the outside perspective and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference from the inside. I can only theorize.

[forasecond]

Got it.

I'm not keen on magic, as a general rule. I don't trust it.

What would you theorize, in that situation?

[Right now, he'll take theories. He'll figure out the realistic application later.]

[forasecond]

Yeah, I wasn't involved, but I remember it happening.

Well, if this makes sense to you at all, consider yourself part of the team.

[Is there really a team? No. You probably need more than 3 to be a real team. Whatever.

Here's a picture of some sections of his equations. These in particular are written in chalk on the wall in his room. Does any of it make sense, Peter? Congrats! You're in~ ]

[forasecond]

They seem pretty content with the idea of us just being stuck, if all their spiels are to be believed.

[chulk]

I'm thinking no. The dead branch remaining as part of the unique signature of the universe while the new folds itself in like it's always been there. You could argue that each universe is in itself a different branch off another one, but that's getting a little too complicated.

Ultimately the amount of energy required to form a completely new universe from a diverging timeline means it doesn't seem likely to me.

[forasecond]

[That makes sense. Actually, it makes a lot of sense, and it makes some things loosen in his chest. If it's just time that they've broken, there's a bigger chance of being able to fix it. That's a "when we get home" problem, though. This little endeavour of his right now is his main focus.]

Good. If you're right, that makes what I'm looking for a lot less complicated, suddenly.

[tinglesense]

lucky you
it was a bunch of bs but i guess were all ok so its fine

[ All's well that ends well, iguess.jpg ]

oh! oh yeah ok i see [ some super smart science time travel explanation goes here ]
theres some of it thats new to me or just seems completely theoretical but i understand the gist, yeah

[forasecond]

That does tend to be the way of it.

[He isn’t blind to the way Peter is, most likely, sweeping a whole lot of ‘Not Actually Fine’ under the rug, but Five is the last person that might bother to call him out on it.

Damn, the kid actually knows his stuff. There’s something awfully nostalgic about that for a moment.]

Impressive.
What city are you in, by the way?

[tinglesense]

I'm pretty good at math, that's all.

[ Talk about modesty, right? ]

I'm in Excelsior. Are you in Central City? Most people from the Confluences seem to be there.

[forasecond]

Don’t downplay yourself, kid. That won’t do you any favors.

Actually, I’m in Excelsior, too.

[tinglesense]

kid? come on ill take that from adults but you cant be much different in age from me!

[ He understands at least some of the time travel thing, but he can't just guess the truth about Five from that. ]

oh really? well that makes it a lot easier to meet up then

[forasecond]

Actually, I'm 58. It's a long story that pretty much involves time travel gone sideways and putting my consciousness into a suspended quantum state version of myself.

[As one does... Just another Tuesday, etc.]

It certainly does.

[tinglesense]

im sorry youre 58?????
but you did time travel and now youre younger? thats incredible
and horrifying actually

[ He has no reason to think it's a joke tbh, not with every other weird thing that has happened here and at home. ]

[forasecond]

It's terrible. I have to go through puberty again.

[tinglesense]

no one should have to go through puberty twice thats so rough

[forasecond]

It's a special kind of hell.