in_praetego | .006 | video | Plus points for effort?

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.006 | video | Plus points for effort?

[ This one has Yukio settled under a tree today. His attention is focused on a brand new badge which he holds up to the sunlight -- his second so far. It took a while to get but here it was and it seemed to be worth it. In the background, his houndoom's taking a nap in the sun with his Happiny curled up next to him. ]

Everyone's more or less started going after badges at least once during their stay here, right? I'm just a little curious as to why. Personal reasons? Motivation?

[ He'll just take a while to polish off that badge before settling back down against the tree trunk. Pardon him. Someone's feeling a bit philosophical today. ]

Also, I'd like to know if there's any place to get somewhere to put these badges. If anyone's making them, I'd like to go about ordering one.

[ Argh, these little blips he makes on the network. So hard to end them so... have a hasty little awkward smile. ]

Right, uh... thanks for your time.

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It's a been a while, but I do get vision of back home sometimes so I'm not totally out of the loop.

I didn't even know that happened around here.

[ Have a thoughtful pause. ]

But what exactly do you mean when you say "visions"?

Sometimes you can get visions or memories of what currently going on in your world. If you hear about people passing out in this place, that's normally what happening to them.

I see...

[ And a quiet hum at that. That would be terrible. His father must be so worried. ]

So... I suppose we're free to assume that time passes in our homeworlds while we're here?

Yes, but here is the interesting thing about it. It doesn't pass as if you weren't there, it passes as you experience it.

It's more like you're in two places at once. Here in this world and back in your world.

[ Now that's even weirder. ]

And when we get to go home both voluntarily or otherwise, there's a slim chance we might be brought back here with our memories in tact?

This place is much more complicated than I thought.

Maybe, maybe not. That's the only thing I'm not sure of.

This place is a mess of twisted logic is what you should be thinking.

No kidding.

[ Give him a minute to ruffle his hair. ]

As much as I'd like to get down to the bottom of this, something tells me I'm going to end up with more questions than answers.