[audio]

[mentore]

[So it seems that this one has finally taken the initiative to actually use the network for his own purposes, aside from actually listening to others speak of their problems and their questions.

Mainly, because he has one of his own.]

It would seem many of us from a very different time find ourselves here in the city. Almost two thousand years, for some, or perhaps a little less. For those of us blessed with such a time difference, what is it that you remember? How was it in your time, before all of this, before all of these devices and these machines?

[He just wants to keep tabs on everyone from around his time alright?]

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[getoffmyearth]

In my time? The universe was being invaded by mutated xenomorphs from a cancerverse through a giant rip in the fabric of the universe.

[He wishes he were making that up.]

[mentore]

[Literally none of that made sense.]

What.

[have_hat_will_travel]

My home country was being invaded by Orcish hordes when my story began. Three years fighting them with the power of Bardic Music and Arcane Magic... And even with their emperor dead, I don't know if I've begun truly stopping them.

In a way, this place is better.

[mentore]

You are not from this world, then.

audio

[vaccination]

It's 2033 where I'm from, but we don't have a lot of stuff like this anymore.

... this being the tablets.

audio

[mentore]

I have heard most others closer to this time say otherwise.

video

[hyanaimne]

There were quite a bit more forests.

video

[mentore]

I believe many would agree with you, bella.

[voice]

[legal_eagle]

"Blessed"?

[voice]

[mentore]

Would you rather have me say "cursed," then?

[audio]

[deadlybanker]

Blessed is a unique way to put it.

[But being a thoughtful man he paused and gave the wording the consideration it deserved. ]

I remember a young boy so full of mischief his mother and I wondered if he would ever settle down, but blessed with the time difference I have been fortunate enough to meet the man he becomes.

[Being away from home for so long and having seen so much pain and suffering, especially that of the children who had been pulled away from their parents due to the war, it was only natural to feel nostalgic. He could not resist given into it, at least long enough to make sure his son knew that he cared. It was far too easy to forget to say these things.]

I am very proud of him.

[audio]

[mentore]

Father.

[It's still not easy having his father alive and well, when the years say otherwise.]

I should only this boy lived to make his father proud.

[beardedflannel]

[ He'll echo what Ellie's said. ]

Year's 2033 back home. The device's we had, had plenty of them where technology was concerned. Ain't much around now.

[mentore]

You seem to be unique compared to most others.

permatext;

[skennen]

i remember it raining less.

[A lackluster attempt at acknowledging the actual content of Ezio's message.]

etiio.
have you met any of the people who have taken altier's place in the appartmint since he left /
- connor

[... And yet, a strangely neutral message given the circumstances. Perhaps made more strange by how rarely he himself visits the apartment these days. Maybe he just wants to show off his "fancy" new texting abilities.]

permatext;

[mentore]

[He's noted the particular absence, but Ezio himself only goes to the apartment when he needs to. A habit of back home, really.]

Not well.

[Not that Ezio's texting is any better, but he keeps his phrases short for a reason. Technology.]

audio;

[lucency]

It wasn't like this. This kind of technology's beyond anything I've ever seen, really. We're not used to it.

Then again, I recall horses and carriages and castles, so I think that's to be expected.

audio;

[mentore]

You know of both?

( video )

[disheartening]

More peaceful, to start.

[ she will speak only of Storybrooke because as far as her pretense goes, there was nothing before that; or perhaps, nothing she will speak of. ]

It is similar to this one; though not as advanced and less infested with war.

( video )

[mentore]

This place is war, signora. Peace is a luxury.

video;

[diedahero]

I don't like this place. I miss the forest. There wasn't anything weird like "sidewalks" and dirty houses and electricity stuff.

video;

[mentore]

[How frank.]

Such is the price of commodity and progress.

audio;

[taijiya]

If there's one thing this place has made me realize, it's how beautiful my home was. I guess that's just because it's very far in the past; there are none of these machines or devices, and there are no buildings that touch the sky or such vast swaths of land with not a speck of green in sight.

audio;

[mentore]

And so we fight to keep our homes as they were, so they say.

video;

[bittertears]

The year was 1875 for me, and as you can imagine, the level of technology was nowhere close what I've been exposed to here.

video;

[mentore]

You are still closer to this time than some others I have met.

video;

[collectedloot]

It's a little bit similar, actually. The city I was living in had a lot going on, and it was a really dangerous place.

video;

[mentore]

You are more prepared than others.

[voice]

[anotheryosuke]

... I'm gonna guess you're another guy from the Middle Ages or something?

[Well, it's kind of cool (really cool) running into all these probably-not-all-cosplayers, but there's a limit to everything. After a while it stops being cool and just starts being a little overwhelming.

That being said--]

Honestly, though, we didn't have a ton of this stuff where I come from, either. I mean, we evolved out of tape players and landlines a bit, but this stuff? This is right out of a movie. So're you guys. No offense, I mean, it's pretty cool, but... yeah.

[voice]

[mentore]

[Hrmph.]

I have heard as such before.