[How to lay all of this out. Start at the beginning... Right, okay, what exactly qualifies as the beginning? Well. He's got some idea for that.]
You remember when I, uh, used to be busy with a whole lot of science stuff? [Tempus should remember that part fine. Just not... who he used to work with. Even if it seemed like such a long time since he worked on all that...] One of the things w- I got involved with had to do with time. It was just one part of all the research, y'know, trying to figure out more about what makes it tick. Heh.
'Cept uh... the reports that came outta that were kinda... weird?
[He pauses for a second, trying to figure out the best way to put this simply.]
Time's got a certain way it's supposed to move. Y'know, linearly. I mean, some weird things are bound to pop up, I dunno, still a lot that's kind of a mystery, but... This wasn't like that.
Timelines were just... jumping around all over the place. Looping back around, branching off everywhere, always repeating, all kinda things that shouldn't happen. Until suddenly everything just... stops.
[Serif remembers when he first got those results. Back then, it was terrifying. Now it just sort of... was. It's amazing, the things you get used to.]
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Date: 2016-01-07 12:43 am (UTC)[How to lay all of this out. Start at the beginning... Right, okay, what exactly qualifies as the beginning? Well. He's got some idea for that.]
You remember when I, uh, used to be busy with a whole lot of science stuff? [Tempus should remember that part fine. Just not... who he used to work with. Even if it seemed like such a long time since he worked on all that...] One of the things w- I got involved with had to do with time. It was just one part of all the research, y'know, trying to figure out more about what makes it tick. Heh.
'Cept uh... the reports that came outta that were kinda... weird?
[He pauses for a second, trying to figure out the best way to put this simply.]
Time's got a certain way it's supposed to move. Y'know, linearly. I mean, some weird things are bound to pop up, I dunno, still a lot that's kind of a mystery, but... This wasn't like that.
Timelines were just... jumping around all over the place. Looping back around, branching off everywhere, always repeating, all kinda things that shouldn't happen. Until suddenly everything just... stops.
[Serif remembers when he first got those results. Back then, it was terrifying. Now it just sort of... was. It's amazing, the things you get used to.]