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Well, that was definitely an interesting way to start off our stay...

[ It's been a couple of days and everyone's hopefully had some time to process and recover, so now is probably as good a time as any to pose this question, get people's minds off of what all just happened. It's being shot from an apartment living room with a view of the city from a window in the background. ]

My name is Serah Farron, and I have a question for the other... moon blessed here. [ She says a bit unsure, no air-quotes, but they're implied. ]

If it's not too personal to ask, I'm curious what kind of backgrounds and worlds other people come from. Was it very different from this one, or is it sort of the same?

I used to be a time traveler, and I enjoy learning about history, besides. I'd appreciate any answers, thanks!

[ With a welcoming smile the feed ends. Serah will be matching whatever format people choose to respond with. ]

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In some ways it's different, in some ways it's the same. To be honest with you, the town reminds me of something out of a science fiction fantasy movie so it's sort of familiar.

Brightly lit towns aren't exactly rare where I'm from either though.

[ Open communication? Sure, she'll bite. It takes her a moment after Serah's message for Echo to respond back, but when she does, it's a shaky video angled upward that's being held in her hand as she wanders about. ]

Hey, Serah. I'm Echo. It's... wild to me that you time traveled. I have so many questions about how that works.

But, yeah. Uh, my world has its own unique forms of technology. I guess 'unique' is a way to put it.

[ She sighs enough for her cheeks to puff out as she thinks up a way to explain it. ]

People "voluntarily" sign contracts to what's called a 'Dollhouse' where they live for however many years as blank slates. Personalities get uploaded into some sort of memory drive before being wiped out completely, which leaves room for other personalities to be imprinted into that blank slate of a body.

It's a booming business, as you can imagine.

[Engineer's still learning how their personal devices work. The video turns out with a shaky start - literally - as a stocky Texan man props his device up in a hurry, because he really, really wants to ask something.]

D'you say time travel?

[wow buddy way to not answer her question.]

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[This is a novel way to communicate. Fish is familiar with magical messages, but this device from the government had been completely novel to them. Today, after their interest was piqued by this girl's question (and her looks! How adorable!) they decided to give this thing a go.

The video seems to be at a weird angle, from atop a table, pointed up to a violet fish-person with red fins adorning their ears, shoulders, and forearms. They have nothing but a sleeveless deep green floral printed robe on.]

You travel through time, huh? That's really interesting.

Actually, I've never encountered technology like this before. Where I'm from, there isn't any gadgetry. I know some lands in the world have harnessed the power of steam but... I haven't seen it with my own two eyes yet. I think the closest thing I have seen to compare to it is just magic.

Mine is quite different. We don't have technology or access to magic anywhere near the extent of this place.

How did you time travel?

[You'll have to excuse the shaky camera. It's going to take a while for Ed to get a good grasp on the technology around here, considering the most advanced piece of tech he's come across in his world is a radio. His eyes dart around a bit, not knowing what to focus on.]

What's this about time travelling?

[He's skeptical, but open to an explanation.]

I'm from Earth, in 2018. American. I'm a mechanical engineer and have made war machines, and run an NGO to get rid of my mess.

I'm more interested in the time travel.

[What had drawn him into the main room first was the sound of her speaking. It had admittedly taken far too long to figure out what she was doing. But he remained just off camera until she was finished.

At which point he promptly came over to sit next to her, intent on peering over her shoulder to see what sort of responses she got.]

Look at you, making friends already.

[...yeah, this is all new to Tarrlok. Like, he knows phones, but moving pictures? That’s next season, baby! Not to mention the combination of the two. He at least tries to look photogenic before responding, because it never actually hurts.

BUT UHHHHH.... THAT’S A LOT EVEN IF HE PREPPED??]

Well, I can’t say I’ve ever time traveled before, so that’s new... along with plenty of other things here. This world’s definitely much more technologically advanced than my own, but... I suppose we’ll get there at some point. We have hit a fairly decent pace in terms of industrialization and technological progress, but we have a way to go.

[He's never seen communication work like this, so it might take an extra moment or two to get the camera just right and the sound working. But then!

He looks way more interested in answering the communication than how it actually works. That's Mutsunokami's area, not his.]

Ah, you've traveled through time too! Did you work for the Time Government?

[His face is a bit shocked when the video feed turns on. What she just said was troubling, at the very least.]

Forgive me for being rude, but in my universe and all other universes adjacent to it, time travel is strictly prohibited!

[Okay. hello. Cute girl, pink hair. That's enough of a draw...but time travel? Hold the kriffing phone.]

I'll start by saying wow? Time travel's a new one on me. But as you've clearly gotten responses related to that, I'll answer your question first and we can circle back.

My name's Kerra Holt, and I'm from a planet called Aquilaris. It's a water world, with a few medium sized land masses. I'm also a Jedi Knight, a sort of peacekeeper in my world.

Does your world have anything like a warrior monk? That might be the easiest way to contextualize it.

Hello, Serah Farron, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. I see that you're already speaking to Yamatonokami Yasusada; he and I are from the same world and time. [ time government and all. ] I admit that I'm curious about your reasons for time-traveling, if you don't mind talking about it.

[ he hasn't listened in on the other conversations, though he's taken note of them. it seems more polite to just.. ask. ]

Technology-wise, it's not completely dissimilar to home, I would say. There are of course variations between the two places.

I'm from Tokyo, Japan, late 2016, a largely mundane variation of Earth. I say 'largely mundane' because there are supernatural elements at play, and they run far deeper than I realised from the outside. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about them to properly explain. A friend of mine is here as well, from a while after I arrived.

_{[ Sorry. America is just going to hone in on one specific thing here. In an enthusiastic voice, he'll express his excitement: ]}

HOLY SHIT, DUDE!!! You used to be a time traveler? Like Marty McFly kind of crap fo' reals!? That's so wicked awesome!!

_{[ Yeah, uhhhh. The question goes right out the other ear. You might need to repeat that. ]}

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