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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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[tinglesense]

the multiverse is the only one i dont know on a scientific theoretical level bc its really new that we even realised it EXISTS back home
actually idk how many science type people even realise it yet and theres probably theory for it that is just theory? but I've had personal up close experience with it before coming here either way
the other stuff i guess its a little of both but what are you trying to do? get home?

[forasecond]

Up close and personal experience... in what ways, exactly?

Yeah. Go home, that's the plan.
Don't bother telling me it isn't possible.
It doesn't matter how long it takes. I'll do whatever I have to, to make it happen.

[Being in his teenage body again has one perk: He'll have plenty of time left to work this out.]

[tinglesense]

in the way that i encountered people from other universes back home

I don’t think it's impossible
we got here and it's hard to imagine that it's a totally one way trip

[forasecond]

Care to give me the details on how?

Most people default to it, so I figured I'd just head it off at the pass.

[tinglesense]

it was a spell
dr strange might be able to tell you how it worked but im not good enough at understanding magic yet to really get how it worked
i mean it was a spell that got out of control

fair enough! but so much wacky stuff happens here that the idea that we could theoretically get us all home doesnt seem that far out to me

[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.

[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

[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~ ]

[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.