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[This has been something that's been plaguing Alex for a while. Things had been different, in Promenade, when he had been the one being given new information. Now that he is the keeper of certain...info, he wants some advice. Charles seems to have some pieces too, but as usual, he hasn't directly inquired with the telepath, rather wanting to strike out on his own, first.]

Let's say you know the future of some people here. Maybe not their future, but a future. One that might end up theirs--or might not.

[Alex sighs; the way he's describing it, he could see why people might say it doesn't matter, but--]

I guess what I'm saying is that if you know what someone might do in the future--or you've learned things that tell you about their past...

...do you tell them?

Or is it better just to kinda.... [He goes silent for a moment, before speaking again] keep that shit to yourself.

You know, avoid messing with the time space continuum.

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[Now onto something that covers up for his random question. Something that his team mates can answer, too.]

Is anyone else starting to go a bit stir crazy?

[Alex spent almost a year sitting in solitary. The windowless rooms here remind him too much of his own cell--yeah he can get out, do things around here, but he's still sleeping in a place that makes him wake up and remember times he had tried to put behind him.]

Can't imagine how some of you six month-ers feel.

[A beat.]

We don't have a basketball court in this weird place, do we?

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[jurisimpudent]

I cannot think it would possibly interfere with the time-space continuum.

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[redhotsummers]

[Alex raises an eyebrow.]

Really? I can think of a few ways it could.

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[insufferableprick]

for once what the anal retentive lawyer dude up there is saying is legit
i know im a time god
managing the time-space continuum is my job

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[redhotsummers]

You're a what?

[Let's just go with that. He doesn't see how it couldn't. First off, if someone knows their future, and they change it, things get pretty damn out of whack. Secondly, Alex knows that in some world he's a damn gateway into other dimensions. If that isn't messing with time and space, he doesn't know what else it is.]

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[swagneto]

Haven't been able to sleep properly.

[ Erik's way of saying yes, that he is feeling a bit restless over these few months. He's been there longer than Alex, but while there's freedom, and a bit more luxury than he's afforded, there's still a bit of restlessness to him that has Erik wanting to constantly move. ]

You played basketball?

[ He asks with a genuine curiosity, because it's a little surprising to hear that Alex, who had spent enough time in solitary would want to play that. ]

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[redhotsummers]

Yeah--time gets kinda screwed around, here.

[Alex shrugs.]

One of the foster homes had a hoop set up.

...before I got sent to solitary, we used to play it in the yard, too.

[There had been a few older inmates that had been kind enough to take him under their wing, bring them onto their makeshift teams. It had been nice, to feel like he belonged--even if it was for a short while, with convicts. But that had always been the way with things. Foster homes--prison--the team they had originally founded--Promenade.

Everything ended up transitory. Nothing stuck.]

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[starked]

I'd say that it depends on who you're telling. Personally, I like to know those things, because hey, if I'm going to die because of something really dumb that could have been avoided, I kind of want to know.

[ There's a shrug, because this question just slightly bothers him with how Bruce hadn't told any of their team about the random alien invasion or hey we all know each other back at home. Whatever, though. ] Personal preference and all that though. Some people like not knowing and shit. I'm going take a wild stab in the dark and say that you know something your- things don't.

[ He won't call them teammates, but right now Tony can't bother finding another word for them. ]

And unrelated to the original question, holodecks can probably give you one if there isn't actually one.

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[redhotsummers]

Well luckily I don't know anything that shitty.

[At least, he's pretty sure. He's still unsure about the implications of his brother's wife not knowing who the hell he was.

But well, there are other things that are more minor, and easier to deal with.]

Yeah--I know a lot, actually. Few of the kids in Promenade came from the future, and gave me more than a few information dumps I didn't exactly...ask for.

[He gives a slight nod.]

I haven't really gotten the hang of those--but I'll figure it out.

[A beat, and a slight smile.]

You're looking less dead.

[His way of saying hey, glad to see you're okay.]

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[ringbearer]

It's strange but..it's not something I've much discussed with my companions. I think one speaks to me of my future as a way of reassurance, but he is also one not to lie.
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The future is hard for me to see, on my part. Though if it should be as he's said, then I'd be glad for it, though I find trouble having full faith in that.

[ a thoughtful glance ]
How well do you know these people?
[ might depend on how much his word is taken ]

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[redhotsummers]

...that bad, huh.

[He knows that tone of skepticism.]

Pretty damn well, I think.

Especially considering one of them is another version of me.

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[backwordscompatible]

[Oh, look. Something Zatanna can empathize with a little too well.]

It depends.

Some of my friends specifically told me not to say anything. They didn't even want to know.

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[redhotsummers]

...really?

[Hey Zatanna. Glad to see you looking alive.]

Well, that solves your problem, doesn't it? My problem is the other Alex keeps getting nosy.

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[realslimstrider]

dont worry about the space time continuum
any shifts to a specific timeline is just a divergence that as time god me said
creates an alpha and beta line
the time line to continue is going to keep going regardless of what you do
your interference in the matters could possibly be what was set to happen all along
its tricky like that
basically you do what youre going to do and hope you dont do something stupid to create an off shoot

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[redhotsummers]

So you're an alternate of the god guy?

[These guys are a bit weird, but he'll roll with it. He's experienced weirder.]

Considering there is a version of me that is a portal to other dimensions?

I think I can't do any worse than he does.

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[puppydogeyes]

You think they'd want to know whatever?
Really want it.
Stir crazy's a fucking understatement.

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[redhotsummers]

One seems to think he does--but I don't know.

I reacted badly to some of the information, and I don't know how well he would do to know it. [Since the other Alex is less mature than he is, at this point.]

You actually do anything to alleviate it?

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[disparage]

Do you think telling them will help them avoid that future?

[ caroline is in a similar boat. does she tell tyler he becomes klaus' bitch, or does she pretend it doesn't happen? she's very good at the latter. but it's tyler. 8| what a pickle these blonde idiots are in. ]

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[redhotsummers]

If we forget everything when we go back home?

[Like they had in the last place...]

Probably not. Even if we do, it might be something like...if you tell them, it just makes the next future worse.

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[stimulations]

It would depend on the information, I think. Though considering your concern I imagine it's got some weight to it.

[A pause, thinking for a moment.]

I would almost certainly tell them that I knew about their past, though. That's the kind of thing that has the chance of cropping up and making a mess if kept locked up.

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[redhotsummers]

It does--um Charles Xavier has some of the information too, but I don't know how well ours lines up. He was stuck in another place before coming here, as well.

[Though not the same place he is from. Alternate universes get so damn complicated.]

Yeah--I mean I guess it could cause some problems if Alex and I's brothers showed up.

[Especially if Gabriel did. Alternate brothers or not, they do not need Vulcan around.]

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[target]

there's two versions of you here. don't think you can fuck up the time space continuum any more than that

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[redhotsummers]

Considering I know of at least one more version of myself, plus at least two different versions of a supposed brother?

Yeah, it could get more fucked.

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[purrfectlycute]

Well fur starters, time isn't exactly a straight purrgression from start to finish that is entirely predetermined. It's sorta like a tree! The Alpha timeline--that is, the things that need to happen fur the best pawsible outcome fur a universe--is like the trunk. It grows big and strong and keeps the whole system alive. Then little events happen that change things, and those are like the branches. They're based off of the original "tree," so they're not something entirely new, but they do end at some point. That's why they're called doomed timelines.

So you purrobably won't disrupt space and time by telling them. Back in my universe, we could communicate with our past and future selves through a chat client, and aside from sending Karkitty into a rage every time he talked to another version of himself, it never really did any harm.

Now, as fur whether or not you should tell them... that's much trickier. Sometimes the things that are said are unbelievable, even if they're true and even if they're meant to happen. It gets even trickier beclaws you have to wonder if that's what's suppawsed to happen in your timeline. Who knows? Maybe such events will happen in a doomed timeline! In which case there's no need to worry a furiend.

Though in the end, I think you should do what you think is right. If telling them might somehow benefit the future even if it gives them some trouble in the purresent, you might want to consider telling them.

...Whew! Sorry fur the long rambling. This is just one of the few complicated topics I can actually give some purrspective on! Anyway, I keep having fun by playing in the gardens and meeting all the new people on board.

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[redhotsummers]

[Alex is silent for a moment--not only because of what has been said, but also the strange way of talking. Such cat-sounds...it's not what he's used to.]

...you from the same place as the Time God?

[They have to be--there are...three of them, he thinks, that have responded, all from the same place.]

We don't usually think of things like this where I come from--at least not yet. I experienced a lot of things, learned a lot in another place, that sort of changed my perspective on timelines, alternative universes...stuff like that.

I appreciate the advice.

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[excessivehubris]

[Charles had a gentle smile on his features, papers strewn around his hands as he toggled on his device to respond to Alex's inquiry.]

I can not say that I am, going stir crazy quite yet. There seems to be a great deal to be done on this ship, though perhaps not overly physically active I suppose.

Are you feeling restless, Alex?

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[redhotsummers]

Yeah.

[He shrugs.]

Just starting to feel a bit...solitary.

[If you catch his drift.]

[agent_k]

Yeah. It's a little slow.

[He's used to crises every day. This is slow as hell. Who is he joking?]

You probably shouldn't fill someone in on their future. Time seems like a risky thing and the guys in charge of this boat are already pretty fickle with it.

[redhotsummers]

...used to more action, hm?

[Alex is too, for better or worse. Though the Manticores were a bit too much like the olden days for his liking.]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. Still kinda feel bad for the people who aren't used to technology.

[He hadn't been, himself, but his four months in another technological advanced place had fixed some of that.]

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[anthropos]

While it is imperative under most circumstances that the space time continuum is not disrupted, my observations suggest that information shared here does not trickle back into the past; it cannot.

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[redhotsummers]

[Alex raises an eyebrow.]

And how do you know that, exactly?

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[cargojet]

Let me tell you something about the future. The harder you run away from it, the faster it comes crashing in on you anyway. I've died and had that future changed right from under me, people coming back with the foresight to make sure it doesn't happen, but there's still a point where if I hadn't known about those things, they wouldn't have been happening in the first place.

But as someone who knows what it feels like to have someone come back and tell you what a dick you're gonna be, or how your whole world's gonna fall apart, I can tell you it's a crap shoot. Either you tell them and they're gonna have to deal with what they've not even done yet, earn forgiveness for months of their life that they haven't even thought about let alone lived through, or you don't, in which case you're gonna have to live with the fact that they're bright eyed and innocent and keep catching you looking at 'em like they've been strangling babies in the night, waiting on tenterhooks for that moment where they change and become what you know they're gonna be.

Either way you're fucked.

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[redhotsummers]

[Alex raises an eyebrow; he knows he asked for advice, but this guy is just spilling out a lot of information.

But fair enough, he'll pick through it--guy seems passionate about the subject, at least.]

--sounds like you've had a rough time.

[Meaning he gets it. His whole situation with one version of his brother's girlfriend, wife, whatever--that had not gone well.]

[megamind]

I want to say keep it to yourself, but... [Man that's complicated] Let's put it this way. Tell them everything, or tell them nothing. Because halfway is just a terrible place to be. You don't know enough but you've got enough to question everything ever.

Trust me on this.

[redhotsummers]

Yeah? And how do you know?

I don't trust anyone on their word alone.

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[cheerioless]

I think it depends on what the future is. If something really bad happens, maybe it is the best they know. I'm not exactly sure how going home works, but ...they might remember?

I'm pretty sure the time space continuum is messed up enough with all of us being here period.

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[redhotsummers]

What if it's something that has to happen, even if it's bad for them?

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[therangerking]

[ There's a pause and a brief static before the voice comes on, and when it does, it's a slow, heavy thing. He's considering his words carefully. ]

I do not.

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[redhotsummers]

You don't what?

[You'll have to be more specific, Mr. Aragorn.]