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❪ event ❫ a moment in eternity
TO THERE AND BACK ![]() It has been a month of chills uncharacteristic of what you might remember as summer — cold days and even colder nights. The days are short and the nights feel eternal. With the recent disruption of the network and no sign of a resolution for the world outside of Nadril, one has to wonder what the future holds for El Nysa. What of Olympia, Wyver, and their residents? The animals you cared for - are they destined to remain as frozen as wretched Ysverai forever? What will become of the sleeping ones in Thesa when there is nowhere else to go but this icy city? Yet not all hope is lost just yet. The woman that appeared at the start of the network errors finally shows up again in another network post. Nurray has a point: refugees have not been given a chance to see the outside. The frequent snowstorm barrier of Nadril has made it impossible to see what it's like beyond the colony. Soon after the network post, as though the snow has been "turned off," clouds will clear. With the barrier created by the snow gone, the red sun shines brightly upon the dreary city with its warmth. You can see a purple haze on the south horizon, a indication that Yservai wasn’t all just a dream. He's still there, so far away, yet so close anyway. Near the entrance, a mound of snow melts, revealing steps leading towards the underground. It seems to be a part of the subway station you might have found earlier during your exploration of the colony — this time, the station has been powered on. Two trains lie in wait — their destinations read: Olympia and Wyver. — El Nysa is waiting. FREEZE FRAME ![]() The technology found in the subway station of Nadril is truly out of this world. The combined efforts of Natha technology and alien minds have truly created state-of-the-art transportation never before seen by the typical Nysan. It takes no longer than one hour for the intercoms to announce their arrival to the outskirts of the Dranbu Kingdom — though, even with the platform available, the train never stops; it instead continues for another half hour for it to reach the North Gate of the Olympian Empire, where it sits until it's time to return to the tundra. All in all, it takes a mere hour and a half for this high-speed subway travel from Nadril to Olympia. The second train does make a quick stop at the Olympian Station, but it will be another painless hour and a half until it reaches the jungle of the Wyver Kingdom. Because Wyver is its own island, connected only by a bridge, you might notice that a small part of the travel was underwater. The trip takes only a total of three hours, but there's plenty of time for sightseeing. After all, isn't that the whole point of this trip? BE STILL MY HEART. Leaving the train, you are immediately hit with the still, warm air of the underground. It's hot, much different from the winter of the north, but perhaps a welcome change. The station is old, but it still has a fairly new smell to it, and not just because it's been unused for so long. It feels out of place compared to the rest of this world, and this is especially true when you reach the surface.It's hard to imagine where one can go from here. You might start thinking about clean-up efforts, how to achieve proper burials for the fallen ones... but with time frozen, you will find that you cannot actually move anything or anyone. It will be dusk, as Thesa's shines across the skies, when storm cloud gather before Thesa's light. And from the clouds is a familiar figure — Once again, she has descended. TIME & TIME AGAIN ![]() Darma is glowing as bright as the naked eye can perceive. Her massive, true form floats before the world she's built from dust. Her brightness dims as she says her final words — at the same time, raises her arms, palms wide, then closes her hands into a fist. In that instant, time is resumed. It's slow at first, as though time is trying to catch up with reality. It takes a several moments until the slow-motion picture before them reaches normalcy. Darma turns her attention to Yservai, whose motion is also returning, but not for long. In her true form, they are comparable in size; Darma's glow continues to dim as she draws closer to the Great Dragon, and then she coils herself around him, holding him still before assimilating into the wretched creature. By the end of it, time has completely returned to normal, and all residents were able to witness the Natha holding time still for Ysverai — The process turns the Great Dragon, as well as Darma, into stone. HIT PLAY TO REPLAY ![]() Darma has resumed time, and Ysverai is no longer a threat. However, it comes with a hefty price for the Natha. The massive, stone statue of Darma embracing Ysverai looms in the valley between the cities of Olympia and Wyver. It's no doubt an intimidating addition to the world, but there is some peace in knowing it's all over. When civilians finally come to, they can't help but look upon the statue in awe — and their respective cities. It's much to take in all at once. Much destruction has been wrought— buildings lay in ruin, and of the citizens still alive, many look to be in poor physical condition. 1. I. The Sanctuary has sustained much damage, and with the high demand of medical care, cannot serve as the central healing place for those in need. Instead, it is up to individual citizens to find resources and establish places of care. Those with a medical inclination or healing powers may set up medical tents, or work out of their homes. Not everything has been destroyed, and it is still possible to obtain supplies from the market or request them from The Sanctuary.Time has resumed, yes, but the magic that Darma employs isn't flawless. As powerful of an entity as she may be, to tamper with time is difficult. Some would say it defies the laws of nature. Nature seems to agree, and in the next few weeks, El Nysa will be facing a few hiccups as it finds its equilibrium once more and citizens try to return to normalcy. Strangely enough, El Nysa natives are not disturbed by the occurrence of these events. III. Characters may find that they occasionally (or frequently) suffer from lapses in memory. These difficulties with memory may range from light to severe, although they are thankfully not permanent. Within the span of a few minutes to a few hours, difficulties in remembering people and events are resolved. That isn't to say a similar problem won’t happen again tomorrow…But these phenomena does draw to a close — and with it, you may wonder what will happen now to those sleeping ones in Thesa now that Darma has turned to stone. After all, it will be near the time of which more refugees should wake... Repairs to Thesa Station should remain ongoing so long as parts can be salvaged from Nadril, at least. And with speed travel via subway possible, it should make travel far easier than ever before. Even with Darma gone, you will have to move forward. There is still much to be done. FINAL OOC NOTES
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Torn between insisting she go herself and being gracious and giving in, TJ does the latter simply because it's easier. Also, she doesn't know if she's going to have another... episode(?), and she doesn't want to risk being alone.
"Thank you, Colonel."
Contrary to her reaction, his presence does make her feel better and she starts in the direction she was going. "No one knows. About the diagnosis. Not here."
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Still.
"I know," he says lightly -- shoving his hands into his pockets as he falls into step with her. "So that's one person who does -- and... I would probably recommend telling Claire when we get there. So, that'll be two."
Two people who know and, thus, two people she can talk to. If she wants to talk, you know. John may not be brilliant at the talking bit himself but he can... listen. Provide cheesy fries and a drink, nod in all the right places and awkwardly try to say the right thing. That counts for something, right?
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"You're not wrong," she admits and it's clearly not easy to admit it. "I'll tell her when I get a chance." He gets a quick smile, then she's focusing on her thoughts again, her words absent as she says them. "I've seen how it happens, what happens. Or, I thought I had. If Destiny had been allowed to continue, I mean, not." A pause as she looks around. "This. Now, I just don't know."
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Maybe it looks like your city will be destroyed, but actually it won't. Maybe you die in an alternate reality, but live in this one. Maybe you're a washed out, dishonourably discharged Detective deep in debt in some version of things. Maybe somewhere you don't get a divorce, even.
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"It wasn't a flash of insight," she explains as she walks. "Destiny came across our descendants. People from the future, our future. They had video we'd stored, our history, from when we'd decided to colonize this planet and. Well, the video was pretty definitive." She shrugs. "I did tests when we got back to the ship. Looked for markers."
Flashing him a smile, she shrugs and shakes her head, a smile playing around her lips. "Maybe this was just a ten minute glimpse into the future I'm gonna have."
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John scrunches his face, gives a half shrug.
"I mean maybe it was, but they weren't on a Natha ship when you met your descendants something changed, or else maybe somehow you travel back. Did they mention this? Your future self? I figure not, and maybe you just never told anyone about it, but who knows right? Even if your lives start the same, one choice can make a difference. Wait for back up or don't, accept help or don't, go through a gate or don't. There can be like -- split offs at any point, the whole butterfly effect thing. Maybe this... episode was insight, like you say. Maybe not! Maybe it's some Natha thing. Maybe it accelerated for a minute and now it's undone completely! The future seems like something that isn't worth betting on, no matter how much you think you know."
At least, in John Sheppard's 'professional' opinion -- and having watched Back to the Future multiple times, time travelled, fallen into parallel dimensions and befriended a so-called Prophet he's developed plenty of opinions on the whole thing.
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"You're right. We're all here now, so it seems like the future I thought I had doesn't really apply anyway," TJ responds with a lift of her shoulders, the shrug meant to imply that she's at as much of their new overlord's whim as anyone else. "Time will tell, or whatever it is they say around here."
The clinic was just a few steps ahead and TJ slowed her walk. "I'll tell Claire what happened, but I want to do it on my own. Not today." She was still weirded out. "Okay?"
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'On my own, not today' is excessively vague. If not today, when? John errs on the side of telling medical professionals as soon as possible when there's a problem, but he also breaks that rule plenty of times himself. He's gone on missions when he should have been in surgery, and he'd probably do it again if the cause was important enough.
"Sure," he says, which is his classic neutral dismissal. Sure, whatever you want, it's no big deal. Then, after a second of hesitation. "Just make sure you do. I know this kind of thing is rough, but... it's rougher if nobody knows."
Don't say you will then avoid it, TJ.
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Maybe.
And so it doesn't quite come off as an order, but it has the meaning of one and if she forgets or it slips her mind for a day or a week or something, she's sure she'll tell Claire eventually. Just not today. Or probably tomorrow. There'll come a time, though, when she does.
"You know." She says it to lighten the moment, since he'd said it first.
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Also, he's not a proper doctor. He's not an expert on TJ's condition. He gives a one shouldered shrug, flashes her an easy smile.
"Claire definitely counts. So, make sure you tell her okay? Because I am bad at keeping secrets."
Partially true, it's not like he'd gossip about something like this but it's not a lie that John is gossipy. He can't help it, he's nosy and he wants to know everything!
"Gonna be alright?" he prompts, because he can hang out if she wants -- or he can let her just go. TJ's choice, he's not wildly busy or anything.
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He can be as nosy as he wants, but she’s the doctor so he’s the one that’s supposed to tell her everything. That’s what being the medical professional means.
“Also, if I find out you told Claire before I did, I’ll—” She squints a moment as if she’s thinking of terrible things. “I’ll find something.”