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[anewhope]

How familiar are people with the multiverse?

Any tips to spare?

Comments

[anewhope]

Similarities, predicaments, experiences . . . Some things are bound to overlap.

Wouldn't that make us more informed?

[westcoasts]

i recently got visited by a celestial who told me they were going to judge me
had to prove myself against a mailbox

( that was... a thing. )

weren't any robots, but the alien did spend some time pretending to be a buddy of mine.

don't think it's related, by the way.

[anewhope]

Evil twins, evil twin friends.

I hear that's a thing.

[westcoasts]

conceptually speaking, i think that's been a thing since star trek.

[anewhope]

That's true.

Maybe we all just to watch Star Trek more often.

[westcoasts]

the original series.
couldn't really get into any of the later ones.

( anyway— )

looking for similarities and commonalities isn't really the same thing as asking for tips about the multiverse, is it?

[anewhope]

I felt it was a good place to start without getting too personal. Not everyone is comfortable sharing their stories after all.

[westcoasts]

it's one way to steer a conversation.

[anewhope]

I'm a journalist. It's an old habit.

[westcoasts]

( oh, well, that explains it. )

"not everyone's comfortable sharing their story so i'm going to rephrase my question until it gets me near the answer i'm after", yeah, i can see why you'd go into journalism.
maybe not great for winning people over though.

so, earth, right?

[anewhope]

Maybe not, but I'm used to that.

Earth. From a place called Metropolis.

[westcoasts]

was that a placeholder they forgot to go back to?

( ""metropolis"", might as well call the capital city ""CAPITAL"". )

[anewhope]

Maybe. Could be worse.

We could be Bluff, Alaska.

[westcoasts]

( ugh, fine, maybe you're not so bad, kent. )

i could do a lot with a name like 'bluff'.

[anewhope]

Other than gambling?

[westcoasts]

eventually.
not saying it's not where i'd start, the low hanging fruit exist for a reason.

[anewhope]

That's fair.

Though I'm not sure it's a town I'd like to stay for too long. A visit now and then couldn't hurt.

[westcoasts]

given it doesn't exist any more or another reason?

[anewhope]

I could never manage a good bluff. It takes real nerves.

[westcoasts]

nah, just lots of practise.
and growing up round the wrong people.

( but also, you're a journalist. he calls bullshit. )

[anewhope]

[ he'd be right. ]

Are you an expert?

[westcoasts]

nerves or bluffing?

i'm an archer and a carny kid.
nerves and bluffs make up my whole personality.

[anewhope]

That's quite the upbringing.

I'm a farm boy. There's less call for it there.

[westcoasts]

sure, i can buy that.
but less isn't none and you're a journalist.
i can read between the lines.

[anewhope]

Not for very long. And I wouldn't say I cover hard beats like warzones or violent crime.

[ save for one time. but that was . . . unique. ]