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Date: 2017-11-16 03:14 am (UTC)Busy, kind of? I mean, things have happened...but I shouldn't complain.
My friends, the ones from my world, they're here. It's good and bad? But, they're here Cisco. They're actually here!
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Date: 2017-11-16 05:13 am (UTC)it's not code for anything
i've got this program running that's doing some automated calculations and i just need to make sure it gets through the whole sequence without breaking
basically i just gotta sit here and wait to see if it breaks halfway through and it's taking ages
oh holy shit, that's awesome
wait, friendS
so more than one of them showed up?
who are they, people you knew on jakku, or after?
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Date: 2017-11-16 05:23 am (UTC)What are you calculating exactly? A new invention? Or something else?
Please don't tell me it's the odds of you being scarred by a fat raccoon.
Yes, more than one of them--hence the good and bad parts of it. They're from after Jakku. One of them is Finn, he's one of the reasons I left Jakku, and the other is Poe. Poe's a pilot...and both of them aren't needed here. They're needed back home.
You can understand my dilemma here...right?
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Date: 2017-11-17 12:17 am (UTC)this is probably gonna sound crazy but
i'm trying to set up an early detection system for when strange stuff is happening around here
like the whole thing with people seeing each other's memories
and i think this was before you got here but there were these fireflies that made people feel certain emotions
and killer plants
and all sorts of stuff.
i want to see if there's a pattern.
needed? for what?
i'm not entirely sure i do.
why is them being here good and bad, and not just good?
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Date: 2017-11-17 12:45 am (UTC)There were insects that made people feel certain emotions? Like...rage? Or happiness?
[...Well, she didn't want to tell him this, but she trusts him so...]
Promise you won't say anything? To Eddie or anyone else?
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Date: 2017-11-17 01:17 am (UTC)yeah, there were different colors and their bite had venom or magic or something
that would make you all angry or honest or scared.
[ Eddie had gotten bitten by the honesty one, and Cisco by the fear one. That had been... an interesting day. One of the first real steps towards them becoming good friends and then later more, now that he looks back on it. He'd had a panic attack and been a complete mess, and Eddie had looked after him. ]
as long as not-saying it to him won't put him in any danger, then sure.
[ Cisco is going to be upfront about it, but he does have his priorities. He's not going to hide anything from Eddie that might put him in harm's way. Not even for Rey. ]
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Date: 2017-11-17 05:11 am (UTC)[And more importantly, would that ever come back? If so, should she look for ways to repel those types of insects?
Well...now she has to really come clean. She doesn't want to freak Cisco out, but she doesn't want to put him or Eddie in any danger. However, she has to come face to face with reality; if Poe and Finn could be brought here, so could anyone from the First Order. Better to prepare him and Eddie now rather than have something happen.]
Then...I'm going to have to trust Eddie too. In my world, there's a war in the galaxy between the Resistance and the First Order. The First Order wants, order, throughout the Galaxy. Total regime order. The Resistance, is against that and have been fighting them.
Poe and Finn are part of the Resistance. They're needed back home to stop the First Order. As happy as I am to see them here, it makes me worried about the war going on.
And, if you or Eddie ever come across someone by the name Kylo Ren, just stay away and let me deal with him.
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Date: 2017-11-17 12:36 pm (UTC)all the stuff that happened last month was way worse if u ask me
okay. and you can trust eddie, for what it's worth. i do. more than anybody.
[ It's much less sordid than Cisco had been expecting. Anything that called itself 'The First Order' sounded pretty shady already, and what Rey says about it being an aggressive regime that wants to control the whole galaxy confirms that. So it's some kind of militaristic, imperialist, fascist space bullies, and Rey's worried for entirely understandable reasons. ]
the war isn't going to go on without them. or without you if you decide to go back.
the people in charge of the portal say they can put people back at the same point in the timeline when they left.
once they actually pinpoint your universe amongst all the others, they can return you there at the second you left.
the reason it takes them so long is there are so many different universes, each one slightly different from the rest
they wouldn't want to put people in the wrong one.
anyway my point is, you don't gotta worry about the war going on without them
think about all that stuff like it's on pause. as long as they don't die here or anything, they can be returned and can do their duty and all that.
[ Of course, even though all those things are true, he can't give the same reassurance that Rey shouldn't worry about the war coming to them. He takes special note of the name and thinks for a few seconds before he responds: ]
got it. i'll pass along the warning.
though if you're gonna fight him you should have backup
even if it's dangerous.
and while we're at it, if you hear of anybody named eobard thawne or harrison wells, don't go anywhere near them
[ Cisco's world might now have an interstellar war going on, but there are still bad and dangerous people. ]
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Date: 2017-11-17 04:17 pm (UTC)[Okay, that does bring some small comfort to Rey, but it leaves a whole variety of things unanswered...and he's about to learn more than she thought she'd tell anyone. Also, going to ignore the whole 'If you decide to leave' part.]
And what about those that have been here before and have returned? That's exactly what happened to Poe. He was here when I got here, and then after a few weeks he was gone, now he's back no memory of this place...
Just like me.
[She rereads those names again and again until they're in her mind.]
I wouldn't want anyone to come near Kylo Ren, he's the one who..entered my mind. He's also the one I left nearly for dead. He nearly killed Finn, I'm not going to have anyone else be harmed by him.
Noted, severely noted.
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Date: 2017-11-17 08:15 pm (UTC)well i can't answer that with certainty but i have a few theories
one possibility is that they returned poe home and removed his memories of this place when they did so, and then there was some kind of mix-up and he got brought through the portal a second time. if that's the case, the people working on that portal are total idiots.
what seems more likely to me is that it was a different poe, from a very slightly different universe. i'm working on a device that'll be able to sense if people come from the same versions of reality. the poe you knew before and the poe who is here now might be different people.
[ Not the most reassuring thought, but it's his best guess. ]
wow this kyle dude sounds like a real fucking piece of work
i understand. and i'll keep an ear out.
if you want i can build a program that'll send me an alert if his name comes up on the network?
i can throw in the words 'first order' too if you'd like?
those are two names for the same person
he's really called eobard, the other is just a name he stole from someone he killed
he hurt eddie a lot.
[ Cisco could leave it there, but, well. Rey's being honest with him, so, he can at least say: ]
and he hurt me a lot, too.
so if you meet anyone calling themselves that name, don't confront him or anything just
get outta there and let me know.
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Date: 2017-11-17 11:43 pm (UTC)Which is why I'm wary of any solution they think will solve the answer. It could all be one big loop, bring us here then make us leave, forget everything, and then come back.
[She nearly laughs reading that typo. Kylo Ren as Kyle...no..that didn't sound right.
His code name should really be Matt.]If you could, I would be grateful. Take it out of my pay if you want. Or, I could bring you candy in exchange. If you could add in the name 'Snoke' that would be helpful too.
If you're planning on facing this person..I could help.
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Date: 2017-11-19 05:49 am (UTC)that's a head trip right there.
you were here before?
i wonder if it was really you...
[ He hasn't heard of anyone leaving and coming back again, but evidently it is common enough. Or is it? Could it be something about Rey's universe in particular? Her set of friends? Cisco is going to have to investigate more thoroughly, now that he has cause to. Before his theories had only been idle speculation to pass the time; it hadn't mattered to him all that much since he never intends to leave. But if this is something that concerns Rey... ]
well at least as far as i know, they don't MAKE anyone leave
they want people here helping to rebuild after all
wouldn't make any sense.
[ The Kyle thing had been fully intentional and not a typo, thanks very much. Cisco can't give a guy a villain nickname yet because he knows nothing about him, but he can still be mocking. ]
i'm not gonna take it out of your pay and you don't need to give me candy
i wasn't gonna charge you
i'm happy to do it. i'll throw snoke on the list, too. if you think of anything more you wanna add, just let me know.
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i'm not planning anything.
i hope he never shows up here.
i'm just making contingency plans for the worst case scenario.
he's dead anyway.
the only way he could show up would be if he came from earlier in the timeline than me and eddie.
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Date: 2017-11-19 06:15 am (UTC)But either way, it's weird. I don't know how much trust I can put into these people who want us to help them, but haven't given us much information. Or, they haven't provided me with much information.
[They don't make anyone leave...but then why bring the same people back to this place? Especially when they have no knowledge of ever being here in the first place? One question only leads to another, and another...]
Are you sure? You're doing a lot for me, and I feel like I haven't done enough in exchange.
Understandable. It never hurts to have a contingency plan or two, or three.
But, if there is someone from your world that is dangerous and you need help, let me know.
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Date: 2017-11-19 07:46 pm (UTC)[ Cisco you are not going to make Rey feel any better, telling her shit like that. But, well, it's true. Eobard hadn't just stolen Dr. Wells's life - he'd literally transformed his body to look and sound just like him. ]
have you tried asking?
about the memories or multiple versions or whatever?
i've always found them really helpful.
[ He knows Rey a little by now, and that a direct approach like that might not have occurred to her, because she's used to keeping secrets and trying not to create waves. But Cisco's not seen any sign of a big conspiracy, and he's been here a lot longer than her. ]
i'm sure
it'll be easy to whip up the code
besides i'm a nerd, i like doing this shit for fun.
i will.
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Date: 2017-11-19 08:25 pm (UTC)You mean like a clone?
[ Shit, the only people she could think of that would e used clones were the First Order. Now she needs to rethink everything. ]
I havenât tried asking around. I didnât want to freak anyone out. I tried asking Obi Wan, but to him it was a matter of The Force bringing me back here again. The will of the Force...which is frustrating at times.
[ Give her a moment as she tries to process that ânerdâ word. ]
why would you think youâre a nerf?
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Date: 2017-11-19 09:45 pm (UTC)there was someone in my world who had a machine that let him change how he looked
so he stole another man's appearance. changed his whole body so he looked and sounded exactly like the other man.
but it was just a very good disguise.
[ Clones were a possibility he hadn't considered. Doppelgangers and shapeshifters, yes. Clones, no. That's a whole other can of worms, isn't it? ]
well, if you'd like, we can always go asking around together
i can pretend to be the one with all the questions and you can listen
so the force is sort of sentient?
[ Sometimes the way she speaks about it sounds a little bit like someone talking about their religion, or like Eobard when he spoke about the Speed Force. Cisco wonders if there's a connection ]
no, a NERD. with a 'd'
it means someone who enjoys really brainy stuff, like puzzles and coding, or i guess certain kinds of movies......
it's actually really hard to explain now that i think about it
what's a NERF???
that's just a kind of toy gun that shoots little foam things where i'm from.
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Date: 2017-11-19 10:58 pm (UTC)[She was one Starkiller Base for...she didn't know how long. But it wasn't long enough to know if they used clones or not. Maybe it's something she could ask Finn, since he knows more about the First Order than she does.]
Maybe..I still need to let Poe know that he was here before, and that I was too. And Finn too. Let me tell them first and we can see where we go from there.
The Force...isn't sentient, at least I don't think it is? I know it moves through the Galaxy, and more is less like an energy field? It basically connects all living things.
[Can he tell her knowledge is very limited? And her training with Obi Wan didn't last that long.]
Why would 'brainy' stuff make you a nerd? I've had to fix things, rebuild things, and learn different languages. Would that make me a nerd?
A nerf is an animal that's used for its milk meat and hide. They don't smell very good, at least from what I've heard of them. So when I thought you made that mistake, I was wondering why you thought you were one of those furry animals.
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Date: 2017-11-20 03:06 pm (UTC)but you said it has a will?
or is that kind of another way to talk about fate, just as "the Force's will"?
you're definitely not a nerd
just being smart and knowing how to do stuff doesn't make you a nerd
i guess it's kind of a cultural thing?
i'm having a real hard time explaining here sorry.
so a nerf is basically a cow?
...I'm trying not to laugh rn
Date: 2017-11-20 04:52 pm (UTC)Something to that effect. The Force itself is an energy that connects all living things together. It might have a will..or it could be as you said, something similar to fate and how that might have a will itself.
It's okay, but you make it sound like a nerd is a bad thing. Or, I could be misreading your texts.
I suppose? It depends, what does a cow look like?
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Date: 2017-11-20 11:22 pm (UTC)[ He definitely has not got it but he's got a feeling that texting is not the best way to figure out the nuances of this belief system. It's certainly very different conceptually from the religion he'd been raised with, but he's confident he's getting closer to understanding, at least. ]
you're not misreading it's just complicated.
i'm a nerd and i like being one. wouldn't trade it for the world.
but it got me bullied a lot when i was a kid. you know, other kids making fun of me or beating me up.
it's seen as weird, to be too into school or too enthusiastic about certain stuff
there's all sorts of expectations about what guys are supposed to be interested in and act like
and i never fit in with those.
like i said: complicated.
đ like this!
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Date: 2017-11-20 11:34 pm (UTC)Oh, expectations...very stupid expectations then.
I do like you as you are. Nerd, friend, everything. [And whoever tries to bully him or harm her friend...they'll have to face her. She doesn't seem like much of a threat, but she can be a great one.]
Can't you be your own category to fit in? You're an inventor, kind, smart, a nerd, talkative, easy going, helpful, understanding....patient. An expert on candy.
[She's being very sincere with those words, and looking at the cow emoji...]
Sort of...but more hairy and a darker color.
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Date: 2017-11-21 04:55 am (UTC)[ Doubtless there are in Rey's universe, too. Maybe she's just not as aware of them, or perhaps they weren't as foregrounded when so much of her concern was basic survival and not the social hierarchy of a high school, etcetera. Cisco makes a mental note to maybe just get Eddie to explain some of that stuff to her, sometime. He's better at articulating that kind of thing than Cisco is. Just a detective thing. Gotta be aware of those nuances.
All of Rey's compliments leave Cisco somewhat at a loss for what to say. They're all things he wants to be, tries to be. But hearing (or, well, reading) Rey calling him them makes him happy and embarrassed and uncomfortable all at once. Cisco is bad at accepting compliments. ]
categories are pretty restrictive, for most people
things never work out as neatly as we want them to
you can't put people in neat boxes. that's just not how people work.
(and... thank you)
i wonder if there are any nerfs on this moon?
i kind want to see one now.
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Date: 2017-11-21 05:25 am (UTC)[ To have so many expectations of someone, putting limits on them...it would be more of a headache than anything. ]
No, you canât put a person on a box. It doesnât do anyone any good, and limits them greatly.
(Youâre welcome)
I donât think so, but I could try to draw one for you?
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Date: 2017-11-22 02:34 pm (UTC)but it's all good
i said screw it to all that a long time ago
no point pretending to be somebody else
and anybody who doesn't like it can just fuck off.
i mean you don't HAVE to
but i would definitely love that
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Date: 2017-11-22 05:48 pm (UTC)I could try? I think I still need to draw a picture of an X-Wing for Jim. He was interested in what sort of ships are in my world.
Though with Poe here..sure he could explain it better.
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