reach the residents

[ximilian]

● ● ● REACH THE RESIDENTS

For any questions you want to ask Viveca or Degar and receive an IC response, please direct them here. Please indicate in the subject line who you are trying to contact.

// VIVECA

Hi, what can I help you with?

// DEGAR

Today was gonna be the day, but they'll never throw it back to you. And by now, you should've somehow realized what you're not to do.

▶ NAV

Comments

lmao I'M SORRY ABOUT THE TURN THIS HAS TAKEN

[locumstudentesquire]

[HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS GETTING INTO?? He is never answering a question in a dream EVER again!]

That's... No!

[There's obvious panic rising in his tone.]

You... You can send us back, can't you?! My regret, it isn't worth condemning her to that!

[OK, he maybe needs to calm down just a little bit.]

please never be sorry!

[vivecai]

I can, yes. But Ryunosuke, you misunderstand — even though you and Professor Mikotoba have similar experiences, you are from two different timelines.

[ a pause. she hopes he's listening instead of panicking. ]

That means in your timeline, he is still there with his daughter — and similarly, in his timeline, you're still there. She's not alone.

[locumstudentesquire]

[He's listening, and he's also... Grappling. AND panicking. He's a multi-talented guy like that. There's a long pause before he manages to find his voice once more.]

I... I don't understand. Are you telling me that... The Professor Mikotoba who is here on the station with me right now. He isn't the same Mikotoba that I know? He's some kind of duplicate?

[vivecai]

Well — yes, and no. In every way, he is exactly the same person you know. He has been through every single thing you have, too. He has all the same memories, all the same experiences.

[ she sighs. ] There are countless of timelines, all running parallel to one another. It may be that the life of someone you have never met is completely different in two timelines, yet everything that touches you and your life remains the same.

[ quieter, almost as though she's remarking this to herself and doesn't quite cut the comms early enough, ]

Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned any of that... it may be too much to take in.

[locumstudentesquire]

[She might actually be right about that. This would be a lot for a dude from his time period to get his head around, even if he were scientifically inclined. Which, of course, he isn't...

It occurs to him then that, even if Viveca did let them attempt to contact Susato... They would all have to write messages to different Susatos, wouldn't they? Ooogh...]

I think I might... Need to go lie down for a minute. [...] Thank you. For... All of your help.