prismatica | text; un: D.Vel

So, it turns out that something hilarious can happen here if you decide to celebrate your birthday here based on "how long you've been alive" instead of just what the calendar date says because the month was different back home when you first got pulled into a different world.

So yep, forgot my eighteenth birthday was on Monday. Which is dumb, because I remembered last year's, but apparently I put the reminder on this thing wrong and it didn't repeat it this year.

But anyway, enough about me being dumb about my birthday, being here for two of them made me think of something.

Just how many of us who are here have actually been here for over a year? I mean, I know there's some of us, but I don't think many of us have mentioned it before.

And... well... is anyone else here not sure what they'd do if they were given a choice about going home, instead of just vanishing and showing up back there?

[She meant that last question more for those of them who have been here a while, but really there's no reason to limit it to just them. There's probably plenty of reasons that someone who just got here would want to stay rather than go home, after all. ]

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Happy belated birthday Videl!

It's a bit strange to think that in less than a week's time I'll have been here for exactly one year. It'll also be a year since we first met as well!

And, while I can understand why while some would be reluctant to leave here, or not leave at all, I believe I would still choose to go home. I've met a lot of incredible friends here but I have family back home that I want to get back to some day.

Thanks Tifa! And yeah, it is a bit weird to think about how much time as passed already. [Especially for her and counting her time in Duplicity. Meant that it was almost two years since she'd been home. ]

Yeah, I get that. I really do. My dad's probably the only reason right now I'm unsure rather than being completely sure I'd want to stay here.

... Well, that and I'm pretty sure my boyfriend would want to go home if he were given the choice. If only there were some way for us to go back and forth between here and home. That'd solve pretty much everything.

For me it's my kids. I have two children I'm looking after that I can't imagine never seeing again. The only thing that keeps me from really worrying is the hope that they won't have even noticed my absence.

It would be a nice idea if whatever force can bring us here could be used at will by all of us. It's hard to think that once we leave we'll never see each other again.

Buuut...boyfriend? I need some more information. :winky face:

Yeah. At least we already know that if you get sent back by whatever brought us here, you'll will show up right around the same time. Enough people have gone home and back to let us know about that.

That would be the best thing if it could happen, though I'm not sure how likely that's going to be. Not that there seems to have been much progress on getting us home at all from the scientists here.

... Wait, have I really not mentioned this to you yet?

That's true. But it also comes at the cost of our own memories of this place. I don't know whether that's good or not. Do never miss anyone because you don't remember them or to not remember them at all.

I guess it's more of a hopeful solution. Maybe when the scientists do figure out how to send us back, they can also find a way to make travel between worlds open to all. But again, that's just my wishful thinking.

I don't think so. I'm sure I'd remember something like that.

I don't think going back home and not remembering everything here would be worse then going home with our memories even if we can't see everyone we met here again. I won't go so far as
to say I'm a completely different person than I was back home, but I've changed a lot since I left home.

But wow, I can't believe that I haven't mentioned him to you before. Gohan and I have been together for months now.

You have a point. It's only been a year but I would be lying if I said the experiences I've had here haven't changed me in some ways. Maybe it's easier to go back home reset. Like we never left. It just seems like a waste.

Hmm. No. The name isn't familiar. But I'm happy to hear about your relationship, even if it's a little late.

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