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saveourearth2019-02-13 07:56 pm
dragoonrouge) wrote in saveourearth2019-02-13 07:56 pm
[Open Log] A PLN in Tarwich
Date: 16th February
Characters: All members of the Network
Tarwich Community Centre was used to hosting meetings and gatherings, though none of the staff at the facility were aware of how odd the gathering going on in one their function rooms truly is going to be. All mention of said gathering that was about to start had been kept off of the Network thanks to Sadie's insistence about safety. Some of the food was provided by the community centre, however, the many plates of biscuits were all courtesy of Ben's Aunt Rosemary. Everything was finally ready for the Numbered to start turning up.
Characters: All members of the Network
Tarwich Community Centre was used to hosting meetings and gatherings, though none of the staff at the facility were aware of how odd the gathering going on in one their function rooms truly is going to be. All mention of said gathering that was about to start had been kept off of the Network thanks to Sadie's insistence about safety. Some of the food was provided by the community centre, however, the many plates of biscuits were all courtesy of Ben's Aunt Rosemary. Everything was finally ready for the Numbered to start turning up.
Even Later
"After the earthquake, I was curious. At first it was just checking the news, but then I couldn't help but wonder if there was more to be found in old newspapers. And there was." He pauses here a moment to flip open his notebook and briefly refresh his memory of what he had wanted to share here.
"There wasn't much in recent news, but when I got to the college library I found some information on a series of earthquakes that happened here a little before the Norman Conquest. There were at least two major ones. They're not sure about the exact location, but they thought the epicentre was near the south tip of Kent or in the channel." He gestures at his backpack. "I bought copies of the dissertations, if anyone wants to read them.
"As for the echoes, I don't have much to add there." He grimaces. "I wasn't here for Halloween, though I do want to learn more about what happened then. It seems like a lot of important things happened then. So far I think all I've gotten are memories. Really, really weird memories."
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His interest is piqued.
"That sounds very relevant. As for the rest... the memories tend to be the weirdest part."
Apart from, say, Stone's gray skin or similar Echoes.
"What would you say makes them weird?"
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He shakes his head. "I can't figure out any connection between them. In the first one I was a little kid, and there was someone playing the piano in a burning building. I was trying to talk her into leaving,, but she refused, and then she picked me up and threw me out the window. In the second one I was a kid again, and I think I was in an avalanche.And the third time I was talking about Holmes and wanting to be a detective."
Re: Even Later
And then Jimmy mentions being thrown out a window, and his head snaps back up.
"Awfully eventful childhood, there. That last memory is the most mundane... why Holmes?"
Re: Even Later
He makes a face.
"Is it terrible to hope that these aren't actually memories? Because if that's any kind of sample of that childhood, I'm not really looking forward to getting more.
Re: Even Later
Because - to consider his own experience - sometimes that overlap could become dangerous.
"And no, I wouldn't say that."
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Re: Even Later
Most of the things Walter could ask, would only be based on the barest of assumptions. And yet...
"And then the other memories seemed more like he was a fictional character?"
Especially because, uh, getting lobbed out a window doesn't happen to every person! Or rather, Walter most certainly hopes it doesn't.
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There was less than a full second's worth of hesitance, but it was there.
"It seemed more like fiction, compared to your own life? That does seem to be a trend among the Numbered."
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"I mean, I know the violence content in media varies by generation, but-"
He shakes his head.
"It's not something you expect someone to just live, you're right."
It's a different kind of strange from the one they're living in right now.
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"There's room for precociousness, but..."
Walter just shakes his head, eyes wide.
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