audio; un: nenonen

[essenceborn]

[ the audio recording opens up with someone breathing heavily. Not the kind of panting that follows physical exercise, but an uneven, stuttered sort that belies disbelief. shock. ]


...It's tomorrow. It's tomorrow. Ohhh dip, oh dip, oh--heck. Dip. Dip dip diiip, it's really here. Ahahaha...ha...haha...ahhh... It didn't end. It didn't end and it didn't start over and the sky didn't melt and it's tomorrow...!

Please tell me you guys noticed--it's not just me noticing this right?? Someone answer me and tell me you noticed!


[ this may seem like a bit of an odd thing to post on the network but L I S T E N. When you've been trapped in a 13-day time loop for 186.604 years, Tomorrow^TM really matters. Nenonen's, like, ready to hyperventilate here SOMEONE CONFIRM THIS IS TOMORROW PLS?? ]

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[essenceborn]

[ OH WEH.... flopped out across the bed on their stomach, Nen stares at Vash's replies for a long time. Their fingers are probably pressing into the device too hard for it to be good, but.

Nen slowly types a reply. ]

And don't forget me. Okay?

text; un: philosophy

[egomitochdavar]

The dawn of a new day goes unnoticed by those accustomed to its arrival.
Congratulations are in order. Or perhaps condolences for what awaits you now.

[roundandaround]

Uh-huh? Otherwise, it'd just always be the same day all the time, and that sounds kind of scary. What if you had something you were really looking forward to and it just wouldn't come?

audio; un: spinjockey

[nugrass]

Toldja.

[kaientai]

Well, that depends. Time might be "broken" for you in a different way. Powerful magical anomalies could pop up for one reason or another and create pockets of weird space and time called Singularities. Usually, once that anomaly's cleared up, things return to normal, and I end up wherever I end up.

And yeah, I always remember.

[bountyfull]

Never. Promise.

[He wonders to himself why the remembering is so important. Maybe he'd ask, maybe he won't. He doesn't tend to pry. That said, the promise is the truth. In this weird place, with it's strange people and oddly violent broken places and tripped-out city, Nen has at least left a strong first impression. He could wind up back on Gunsmoke tomorrow, he'd still remember them.]

[essenceborn]

Magic again huh.
What about time being messed up when there isn't magic?

[essenceborn]

That's the reason I'm asking if it's tomorrow. It's never been tomorrow before.

[kaientai]

Hmmm... I suppose there's probably another way to do it. With technology, maybe? But I wouldn't know the first thing about any of that. Is that what happened in your world?

[essenceborn]

This is the first time this has happened I don't know what to do
What if everything starts repeating again?

permaudio

[essenceborn]

Chipp...! Time is moving, days are actually happening!

[ NEN HEARD BUT DIDN'T BELIEVE UNTIL NOW... ]

It's Day Fourteen. It didn't start over!

[nugrass]

Right? I toldja it wouldn't.

[His tone's fairly flat - pretty easy to guess he's not wearing his helmet.
But he doesn't mean what he's said in a rude way or anything, just a statement of fact.]

You believe me now, don'tcha, Nenette? Your world's stuck back in your world.
Ain't gotta worry 'bout that here. I promise.

[essenceborn]

Yeah. Everything happens for thirteen days, then the world goes black and everything starts over from the first day again.

[egomitochdavar]

Would it truly matter?
Knowing that one day, hell will find you once more-
Would it bring you peace?

You have been given a moment's reprieve. Perhaps you should savor your first uncertain breath.

[kaientai]

Any chance you got transported into a simulation or something? I've seen that happen before.

In any case, congratulations! It's the future!

[roundandaround]

I don't get it. How can time just not pass?

[essenceborn]

Definitely not a simulation. Very sure.

[ Nen's world doesn't have VR/holographic technology, so the sort of simulation needed to recreate the end of the world would involve a lot of turning actual people into goop, cloning them, then gooping them again.

Nen is pretty sure that is not what happened.

Still, though... ]

The future.

[essenceborn]

According to the person who replied above, magic does it. And maybe technology. My world didn't have magic so it'd have to be technology. But I don't know how that would work...

[essenceborn]

I don't know what hell is but I'd rather anything than go back to repeating everything! I don't want to go back EVER.

[essenceborn]

[ Nen understand♥ Chipp's a lot like them in that regard. What are the nuances of insult? ]

Yeah... I've never been so glad to be wrong.

[ For real. Nenonen's not entirely sure what they're even going to do, now. Time is different. They don't have to go back! They can move forward.

Also: ]

My name's Nenonen.

[ who is this 'Nenette' ]

[roundandaround]

That's kind of scary. Was it just stuck like that your whole life? Wait, you wouldn't have gotten any older then, huh?

[egomitochdavar]

That is the hell of which I speak. An unending torment. One's eyes held open, unable to look away from the onrushing torrent. The knowledge that tomorrow will not come, regardless of your struggle.

Breathe, child. For now, a new morning dawns.

[essenceborn]

Nope, I'm the same as when it started. Even my clothes change when time goes back.

[essenceborn]

...Thanks.

[ Really though, as odd as this whole thing is...Nenonen means that. ]

Any tips on moving forward in time instead of backwards?

[egomitochdavar]

The world will change around you. I could not say whether you or I have grown older in our own respective hells. But at my age, having paid my penance long ago, I choose to watch as life moves forth.

[ a pause, just long enough for a sip of tea. and then a second message: ]

You may have to get used to eating new foods again. Try not to forget it for too long.