voice | un: RocketMan

[vrepit_no]

Hi, Camelot: this is Shiro speaking...

Ah, I'm new in the area, and I understand that I'm going to be here a while. Couple of questions I was hoping someone could help me out with.

I heard a rumor that you can get paid for going to school here: true or false?
Is there a certain process, or form I should be filling out to get housing other than the hotel?

And. [The voice hesitates a moment before carrying on at a slightly different pitch.] Is there anyone here who specializes in prosthetics?

I appreciate you listening, and I'd be grateful for any help given.

Thanks.

Shiro out.

Comments

[disasdeer]

Not personally. I have seen people talk about being places other than their home before arriving here, though. So I suppose that it would occur in instances like that.

[vrepit_no]

Yeah... Ever heard of String Theory?

[disasdeer]

I can't say that I have. Physics isn't really my area of expertise.

[vrepit_no]

No problem. It gets kind of dense for this anyway.

Alright, have you heard of the Many Worlds theory, or parallel universes? Alternate universes?

[disasdeer]

I have, but people here have asked about places not-home before getting here.

[ And at least one seemed to recognize him, he thinks. ]

[vrepit_no]

Alright, cool. Then you already know the basic principals. And it sounds like you might have had some alternate universe intersections back home, too.

This isn't my first time being pulled out of my home universe and into another one. The last time I stayed there for, what, four years? And then just as I was being sent home again, I wound up here.

The thing is, there were several of my friends there too. Our relationships... developed there. But the ones who are here don't seem to be the same versions of my friends from that other place.

So basically we're from two different alternate universes that are very, very similar, but not quite the same. I remember a lot of things from that other universe that they don't. It's a weird feeling, having to rewind and not let those relationships affect these relationships.

[disasdeer]

Ah, that makes sense to me, then. It has to be a process to get used to people not knowing things that you do. Or missing out on experiences that you have had. I'd imagine it is a grieving process. I'd be pretty disappointed personally, were I in your shoes.

But, I'd hate it if I were on the opposite end even more. It's weird to consider that someone knows more about me than I ever recall telling them about.

It's kind of -- invasive.

[vrepit_no]

Yeah, it's not great either way. But I have to at least tell them that it is that way. I don't want to keep a secret that big from them. Whether they want to know about our former relationship is up to them.

[disasdeer]

Yes. You definitely should. I'd want to know, too. It's better than a surprise later.