how many times have you died (rika furude)

[malewife]

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[syndromed]

It was mostly nonsense.

... But at the end, there was a note. "These windows between our worlds, opened with greedy hands, have so foolishly been left open - and so we are all punished for that hubris, as the spectres take all that we are."

[malewife]

… An interesting note. I had thought the spectres were a natural predator in this world, not part of a consequence.

[syndromed]

Then do the windows between worlds need to be closed again?

[malewife]

I would believe so. Worlds are separated for reasons... And, in my experience, when they are opened? It's a sign of the apocalypse coming to that world.

[syndromed]

My experience has been different... But it's true that traveling between shards is something I've only done in the face of tragedy.

[malewife]

... So your method is also moving to different worlds at different timelines.

[ He wasn't sure if she like went into the actual past or something. Anyway. ]

The doors they opened must be different than what we do, hence the catastrophic consequence.

[syndromed]

[ she just gives a terse little nod to that, but frowns. ]

But why should we have to clean up their mess?

[malewife]

... Because we are given threats or promises.

[ That doesn't mean he likes it or wants to? ]

[syndromed]

I don't care about either.

[malewife]

[ To be honest, relatable. ]

Will you be fighting against the game they will be forcing us to play? With these two assigned groups?

[syndromed]

It may be pointless to try to fight back against the rules of the gameboard. But to go along with them...

[ well, she doesn't like either option. ]

[malewife]

It is not an uncommon sentiment. It seems that many of us don't want to abide.

There could be another way.

[syndromed]

Is that just a hope, or something you have evidence of?

[malewife]

... Hope.

[syndromed]

[ she looks unimpressed... ]

[malewife]

[ also relatable. ]

You don't have any left, do you.

[syndromed]

... I didn't.

[malewife]

... Maybe something will remind you what it felt like.

[syndromed]

Perhaps.

[malewife]

How would you describe your relationship with time?

[syndromed]

[ ??????? ]

It seems we have something in common. That's as much as I know.

[malewife]

[ why the ???? ]

I am just curious to know if you have a sense of time.

[syndromed]

[ oh i misread the question OH WELL this still works ]

Things were becoming strange just before we were brought here. But it was a recent collapse.

[malewife]

[ after discussion with cola in the discord ]

I’ve found that when you find hope, time ticks forward again.

[ He checks the time on his pocket watch. ]

You should run along to where you want to go before the barriers come up.

[syndromed]

... I wonder about that. But time does make more sense, here.

[ but, she nods - and will head off to curfew. ]