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redshiftrp2019-08-21 03:37 pm
treadswater) wrote in redshiftrp2019-08-21 03:37 pm
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[ Not seen: how long this video has taken to make. There's been multiple attempts. Annie doesn't have the best experience with screens, or broadcasting, or with making announcements to strangers. And at least for her past appearances as a victor, she'd been able to have some wickedly sharp eyeliner. Here, her bare face is feeling very bare.
(She's taken the time to braid her hair. It's all she can do. It's made her feel a little better.) ]
So. Um. Hi.
[ Then she stops because her voice was a tiny squeak and she's not doing this again, this is ridiculous. She could ask Finnick to do this, but she can do it. She can. ]
Hi. So, uh. I'm Annie. Finnick and I, we're from District Four. Panem? Panem. But no one else has, or, or um, seems to have heard of it. So.
Where's everyone from?
(She's taken the time to braid her hair. It's all she can do. It's made her feel a little better.) ]
So. Um. Hi.
[ Then she stops because her voice was a tiny squeak and she's not doing this again, this is ridiculous. She could ask Finnick to do this, but she can do it. She can. ]
Hi. So, uh. I'm Annie. Finnick and I, we're from District Four. Panem? Panem. But no one else has, or, or um, seems to have heard of it. So.
Where's everyone from?
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It is 75 ADD, or After The Dark Days. And I think everything started going terrible a few centuries before that but I actually don't really know.
[ Panem: Not Actually Great On Teaching History. ]
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hmm yeah for me it was 2018 AD
(with AD standing for Anno Domini, not After Death which is a common misconception)
I'm not sure how that would translate into Dark Days
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& honestly I don't know either. So I guess you are from before me? I don't know if that makes sense either.
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either that or its an alternate timeline?
or both perhaps
I don't know how we would figure that out for sure though
and it's sort of immaterial isn't it?
we're here now
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We all kind of bring our district - our home or where we came from - with us, don't we? And it's pretty confusing turning up a place where no one knows what you are talking about and you don't know what they are talking about.
Can you explain what an alternate timeline is?
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it's sort of a scifi concept but everything here is scifi so I figured it's plausible
but basically
a timeline is just a sequence of all the events that happen in reality
or reality as we know it anyway!
whereas an alternate timeline is sort of a "what if" scenario
for instance, what if I had eaten toast for breakfast instead of eggs?
what if I had asked the cute boy out instead of being shy?
and then you extrapolate the ensuing events based on whatever thing happens differently
if that makes sense
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A) What is 'scifi'? And how do you say it?
B) Oh. I'm not sure if that makes sense or not. Do we share these 'realities' with other people? Like if I did one thing and my husband does something else that he didn't do in my memory?
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A) scifi is short for "science fiction"
it's pronounced with long I's, both syllables rhyme with "dye"
anyway it is a genre of fiction that (generally) speculates about the future
technologies that don't exist yet, unproven science theories, etc.
B) yeah a timeline refers to all events that happened everywhere
even the ones you did not experience personally
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Are there any scifi stories here in all the books?
B) Okay. That must get awfully cluttered though. And how localized are the alterations to reality? It sounds very extravagant to have a whole reality devoted to breakfast choices.
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I haven't been over the library with a fine toothed comb or anything
but there's quite a lot in there so chances are good!
a lot of times you'll know it's scifi when the cover art involves stars, planets, and/or spaceships
or weird looking guns, there are also a lot of those
[ she's not really sure how to ask about the "forbidden in my country" thing though soooo back burner! ]
B) well like I said this is all speculative
so anything I say about it should not be taken as fact
the details can vary dramatically depending on the story!
I think generally though
the idea is that there's an infinite number of these realities
and therefore it's not extravagant at all,
because there is no limit to how many of them there can be
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Sorry, that's supposed to be A).
B) Oh I see. I think, anyway. Do these timelines converge again? Like ripples on water? Or are they separate forever?
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A) yes they are real!
and yes they do fly above the sky
there are a lot of different kinds and they all look different
I don't think my meager artistic skills would be much help in that department sadly
but if you find an encyclopedia or a book about space
look up things like the apollo program and the space shuttle!
they will for sure have pictures
you could also look under astronauts/cosmonauts
as that is what space sailors are called
B) again that one depends on the story
I could see it going either way I guess
they could be separate forever even if some of them are virtually indistinguishable
or they could converge again after breakfast, such that the rest of the day goes exactly the same
since what to have for breakfast is kind of an insignificant decision in the big scheme of things
then again where do you draw the line?
in some cases it could have a very big impact
like if you're allergic to eggs, that breakfast choice could ruin your whole day!
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A) That sounds amazing. The ocean must be so beautiful from that far up. I will try to look for those books.
B) So if we link it back to where we come from, we might come from different realities that are set off from a different choice someone made?
And I guess logically those different ripples can build on top of each other? Is that right?
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its really neat
obviously national boundaries don't show up like they would on a map
so all you can see is one big earth
full of humans who really are not all that different from each other
in the ways that matter :)
B) sorry I'm not sure what you mean
are you talking about like
traveling back and forth between alternate timelines?
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But seeing the ocean and the clouds, wow that'd be nice.
B) No, but we'll get back to that. It's like I take a run in the morning, I can go north or south. I choose south and come to another crossroad where I could go east or west. Then if I chose east, I might meet a friend, or if I chose west I might see a bird. But if I'd chosen north, then the latter choices wouldn't be available. Is that how it works?
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B) yes that sounds about right
each choice builds on the ones before it
as well as everyone elses choices
in this way the timelines branch and diverge