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[anewhope]

How familiar are people with the multiverse?

Any tips to spare?

Comments

[westcoasts]

curious about whether it was the name, the archery, or the carnival that made you go with that.

[anewhope]

The latter two. I didn't want to make assumptions on the name so quickly.

[westcoasts]

yeah, i guess there's a chance i could just be really fond of that fancy camera kit they use in tennis.

[anewhope]

You never know and I'm not one to judge.

[westcoasts]

although i did have the name first...

[anewhope]

Did you? Impressive.

[westcoasts]

( he is, but— )

i might have dropped out of school, kent, but i think it works out to a numbers and age thing.
so it's not the most impressive thing about me.

[anewhope]

I'm sure there's plenty more yet to be seen.

[westcoasts]

well, we both just got here, buddy.

[anewhope]

You're right. Let's give it time.

[westcoasts]

plenty of that to go around while we're talking to each other about home and all that.

so have you managed to understand much about the multiverse yet, kent?

[anewhope]

So far it seems best not to draw extreme conclusions. To be aware of potential versions of myself. And diverting timelines.

Close enough?

[westcoasts]

any of that anything you couldn't have gotten from star trek?

( "close enough." )

or the butterfly effect, actually...

[anewhope]

It helps to get some actual confirmation beyond Star Trek.

[westcoasts]

gene rodenberry was ahead of his time.

but if i'm being serious, i've done this a few times.
no two experiences are ever the same.
the only reason people focus on warning about alternate yous is because everyone ends up looking for what's familiar.
i wasn't being facetious when i said worry less about the multiverse and more about here, cause figuring out here's what's going to let us get home.

[anewhope]

Thank you. It is greatly appreciated.

Have you figured anything out about this place yet?

[westcoasts]

besides the fact that they're playing fast and loose with "there can only be one from each earth" or whatever?
nah.
it's only been a couple of days and i mostly shoot things with pointy sticks.
i'm good but not that good.

[anewhope]

Yeah, I thought that might be a lie.

But I couldn't find a correlation between all the people summoned here.

[westcoasts]

one teammate.
one ex-wife.
one person from a completely different earth with a really similar thing going on to the ex-wife.

if i didn't know any better, i'd be taking it personal.

[anewhope]

I think you're allowed. That's quite a lot to deal with.

[westcoasts]

( it's a lot in the sense that he's still very much in love with his ex-wife, yes. so completely ignoring both that and clark's response— )

between the two of them, they probably have our earth covered between them if there's even the smallest chance that this isn't a load of bull.

[anewhope]

[ does this world need him?

does any? ]

Right. The amount of people seems odds. Some also seem a little too young.

[westcoasts]

the "flying toddler" newspaper headline was based on reality?

[anewhope]

I must have missed that one.

I meant some of the people here.

[westcoasts]

i picked up a few newspapers from the kwik-trip.
there were a couple from home - stories and headlines i remember, a couple that i could excuse away as me maybe being concussed at the time or just plain bad journalism (no offence), and then a couple that didn't make any sense at all.
dates were wrong, nonsensical etc

but also there was something about a flying todder which i thought was maybe just
( ... )
bringing a whole new meaning to ai-generated clickbait.

( regardless, give clint a FEW MOMENTS and he'll send across a photo of a couple of newspapers. )

daily bugle's from my world.
(or my world-adjacent.)
herald-star, too.