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ataraxion2012-04-19 06:26 pm
edle_gestalt) wrote in ataraxion2012-04-19 06:26 pm
[004] video
[Video message coming in. Someone's gotten over being a hermit. And looking about a year older, physically. Perhaps also a bit less uptight. Unfortunately, no love-gash on his lip this time around. He's placed the device on a desk and is sitting down to address it, mouth leaning on clasped hands, before he speaks.]
Tranquility. Ah -- I believe I have some interesting developments. It's a little bit difficult to explain, so if you'll bear with me. I apologize to those with whom I have already spoken regarding this subject.
[Deep breath.] This past jump, I seem to have woken up nearly sixty years older. I now possess memories from the end of 1955 up until early 2012. I recall being accused of having amnesia earlier on, when most of my colleagues had claimed to be from the years 2011 or 2012. I had considered the possibility that this was true, and that when I woke up, my amnesia had been cured.
This is however not the case. I am physically older, and a few scars on my skin from the last war have faded. Time has passed, despite my feeling as if I only slept for a brief while during the jump.
[His brow furrows.] ...What I find more puzzling is that I recall arriving here late October, 1955. The time that passed on this ship, from my perspective, would have lasted until approximately February, 1956. The fact is that I have very clear memories of this time period back on Earth. Not only that, to those of my colleagues who were here these past few months: you were also back on Earth. I am certain of it. [His voice tenses a bit at that last sentence. He wants to be certain. He is almost certain. There's a special someone, however, whose absence is making him think he may be rationalizing. More than anything, he wants Hungary to be safe. At home. The knowledge of this desire is devaluing any logic he may have used to come to the following conclusion.]
...To make a long story short, I believe it is possible that all of us are existing in two places at once. How this is possible is beyond my comprehension, but my new memories of time on Earth have made absolutely no mention of any disappearances. I am fairly sure that each and every one of us has split from our original consciousness.
[A bit of a hopeless laugh.] Now I'm not quite sure what significance this conclusion holds, but I was hoping that perhaps someone might have a better idea.
Tranquility. Ah -- I believe I have some interesting developments. It's a little bit difficult to explain, so if you'll bear with me. I apologize to those with whom I have already spoken regarding this subject.
[Deep breath.] This past jump, I seem to have woken up nearly sixty years older. I now possess memories from the end of 1955 up until early 2012. I recall being accused of having amnesia earlier on, when most of my colleagues had claimed to be from the years 2011 or 2012. I had considered the possibility that this was true, and that when I woke up, my amnesia had been cured.
This is however not the case. I am physically older, and a few scars on my skin from the last war have faded. Time has passed, despite my feeling as if I only slept for a brief while during the jump.
[His brow furrows.] ...What I find more puzzling is that I recall arriving here late October, 1955. The time that passed on this ship, from my perspective, would have lasted until approximately February, 1956. The fact is that I have very clear memories of this time period back on Earth. Not only that, to those of my colleagues who were here these past few months: you were also back on Earth. I am certain of it. [His voice tenses a bit at that last sentence. He wants to be certain. He is almost certain. There's a special someone, however, whose absence is making him think he may be rationalizing. More than anything, he wants Hungary to be safe. At home. The knowledge of this desire is devaluing any logic he may have used to come to the following conclusion.]
...To make a long story short, I believe it is possible that all of us are existing in two places at once. How this is possible is beyond my comprehension, but my new memories of time on Earth have made absolutely no mention of any disappearances. I am fairly sure that each and every one of us has split from our original consciousness.
[A bit of a hopeless laugh.] Now I'm not quite sure what significance this conclusion holds, but I was hoping that perhaps someone might have a better idea.
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[ To Erik at least but he isn't going to concede that; it's a vulnerability he doesn't need to exploit just yet. ]
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Let's just say I remember something a colleague of mine doesn't. [ Not necessarily a colleague either, close of a friend as she is, but nevertheless. ] Seeing as this ship is hardly from my world, I wouldn't be surprised if such is the case.
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Though I have to admit, the thought of multiple consciousness is distressing to say the least.
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You mean... I'm also back on my world with my sons?
That's good. At least I'm the only one there missing people. [His sons still having him? Very good. Relief is visible on Stats's face.]
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[Good thing there are scientists onboard.]
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How old are you?
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A-ah. Well, most people will go by 1,015, but I tend to count from earlier on, so I always consider myself 1,035. [It's the difference between the earliest recorded instance of a form of the name Austria and when he became a cohesive nation.] I... understand that in most other realities, there are no human entities corresponding to nations. In my reality, there are. My life is inextricably linked to the nation of Austria. There are others like me, one for every nation.
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[ Allow him to pause. ]
You're the nation of Austria.
audio, pardon me while I continue picking icons that make this like looking in a mirror
I know, I've been told it's surreal by nearly everyone who isn't from my... my 'world,' if you will. Surely you've seen stranger things on this ship?
audio - it's so perfect
[ A beat-- ] So the loud one is actually America? It's not a nickname?
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...Yes, he is the nation. Our human names are more of nicknames for us. I'm perfectly fine being addressed as Roderich if people find it strange.
[...And preferable during certain interactions that are quintessentially human, but he's not about to get into that.]
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Do you think it's possible that to become merged with our other selves that are living out our lives for us in the places we originally came from, and that our captors copy and retrieve us once again to return us to this ship for whatever purposes lay in store?
Though I'm not necessarily debating this hypothesis,
It sounds like a deal of effort is required for this endeavor.
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I hope it's not an experiment.
text; SWEET because text is totes the way. XD
It could be a social experiment, or perhaps it's something scientific involving the collection and observation of vastly varied subjects and samples from a multitude of different spaces and times.
Your guess is as good as mine, but I'm under the impression that it's the latter.
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So by your theory and your experience, if coming here meant I left someone behind - someone who needed me - there's another version of me still with her?
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