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[latkje]

[ This is Nash. He has a pleasant but lazy expression. ]

I don't like to live in the past. It makes me feel old. But when a thought eats at you, sometimes the only thing you can do is take a bite, right?

Anyway, a few weeks ago something the Initiative did put people in their wrong bodies. I don't mean to drudge up bad memories, but— think about it. What are we, really? Hands, feet, fingers, eyes?

We've all got bodies, but souls? [ He shakes his head. ] Not for me to say.

But if the Initiative can keep our fingers and toes and move the rest around, it means there has to be something else, right? And whatever that something else is, the Initiative can mess with it it.

[ The implications are spooky, so he takes a moment to be spooked. And then waves that all away, shrugging. ]

You ever stop to think, and not know how to start up again?

Comments

[scienceinacan]

That's right ♥

You can welcome me by telling me all you know!

[latkje]

I'm afraid that isn't much. I'm good at questions, not the answers.

But I guess you can try me.

[scienceinacan]

Your length of stay here?

[latkje]

Six months, give or take.

[scienceinacan]

How many "missions" have you gone to in that timeframe? I want to hear about those~

[latkje]

Five, maybe? Some people get sent on them more than others.

I don't know enough about this world to sort out the timeframes.

[scienceinacan]

Almost one mission per month! What kind were they?

Nevermind the timeframes for now...

[latkje]

We were on a ship once. Supposed to be pirates, I suppose.

I mostly remember getting seasick.

[scienceinacan]

Can't remember your exact goal then?

[latkje]

We had to take over the ship and steer it to another island. Another time we were meant to steal art— that was when people got all mixed up.

[scienceinacan]

So how do you go into missions, then? And are they mandatory? I think I heard someone talk about it like that...

[latkje]

Some are mandatory, some they take volunteers for, and some get sprung on you. I think they like it better when we volunteer.

[scienceinacan]

"Sprung" on?

[latkje]

You just wind up doing it.

[scienceinacan]

Mind control?!

Nah, isn't that a bit too much?

[latkje]

No, but—

How would you say you got here?

[scienceinacan]

Magic? Wormholes?

[latkje]

You weren't here, and then you were. It's like that.

[scienceinacan]

Teleportation?

[latkje]

I guess so. Except they say we're going back and forth in time, not just space.

[scienceinacan]

I'd like to experience that mission... to see if I'll "teleport" if I don't want to go...