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[tuxedosmask]

[ Mamoru hasn't been here as long as many of the others he's come across and seen and yet, this has been something that has been on his mind ever since learning certain... things. Rather than bring any sort of concern or worry to anyone, yet needing to get this off his chest at the same time, he decides to reach out with this amulet... but keeps it anonymous. For now. ]

For any of you who have wound up here and found others from wherever it is you might be from... people that you know and care about... but find yourself to be from a different point in time than they are... how exactly did you handle that?

(( Mamoru's replies will all be considered anonymous unless otherwise stated. ♥ ))

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[heartofalioness]

That can depend. If I may ask, are your from a timepoint in their past or their future?

[tuxedosmask]

From their past it seems.

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[misplacesfriends]

I think the majority of the folks from my...current time are from ahead of where I am. So far I've asked them not to really tell me anything, just making sure that they're all fine and safe. [Then again, Finn doesn't really want to know about his own condition. And there are a few here that are way younger than his timeline.] But I guess it depends on what type of situation either you or them came from.

[tuxedosmask]

It's the same for me. They're from my future. I suppose it's just strange to think that I'm not the person from their point in time. Maybe I'm not what they were hoping for to see here.

[justpastdawn]

[Ah.

Usually, even when people are sending images of words through the amulets, Kevin doesn't bother to conjure up his own and replies with his voice instead. This subject is terribly relevant to him, though, so this time, he'll make the effort.]

May I ask how wide the gap is, between you and your people?

[tuxedosmask]

A couple years.

[ Which, saying it, it doesn't seem like a lot. ]

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[schmisse]

Not well.

When your supposed friends think that everything is still sunshine and flowers when it's clearly not anymore is really annoying. I know they're having a difficult time understanding what's going to happen in their future, too, but they shouldn't think that everything can go back to how it used to be.

[tuxedosmask]

Were you able to resolve any of that with them?

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[regisrex]

[ It's an elegant, slightly loopy script, but no identification. ]

All from my world, save one, are from a later time than me. It is ... more difficult for them than for me, honestly.

Which aspect of 'handle' were you thinking of? How to cope with what you feel about it, or what to do?

[tuxedosmask]

A bit of both. I'm from their past, they're from my future. I care deeply for one of them and they in return for me but... knowing there's another version of me in their point in time and they in mine... I guess it can mess with your head just a bit.

[bailedontheempire]

It's complicated. It's been strange adjusting to my little girl being a grown woman. But I've tried to appreciate the stolen time with those from before and the chance to know those who are ahead of me.

[tuxedosmask]

[ That... oh. That's certainly something as well. ]

I've had... a similar experience but not quite the same in that way exactly. But to see your child and how they turn out to be... that must be something to experience.

[hundredspells]

I struggled a little, because I didn't know if I had the right to talk to them or not. In my case, I was no longer alive so time never could go forward for myself, compared to those that I know.

[tuxedosmask]

I can't imagine how that must be to deal with when being brought here... did you just come to accept the time you have here with them?

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[laodicean]

That is difficult. I know for me I seem to not remember nearly so much as the others back home. I've mostly tried not to hear too much on what happens, but I'm not really sure how to deal with it otherwise. It's strange.

[tuxedosmask]

Strange is certainly one way to put it when you're around those who are from your future and you their past.

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[dragonsinmy]

I found myself in such a situation, and I found myself conflicted.

For me, I was from the future. With that came knowledge of just how horrible life became for that person. I could do little to change that, even without whatever laws and rules that govern how people come here. All I could do was try and make their time here as pleasant as possible.

I hope that I was not blinded by my attempts to do so.

[tuxedosmask]

It almost seems... futile, doesn't it? If we don't remember our time here, the warnings or things that we learn... it's as if fate has already decided how things are to play out back in our point of time.

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[thegreatpain]

Not only have I had that happen, but... the one I am closest with seems to have an alternate path way than myself. Where somewhere down the road, the me I am and the me I knows took two very different choices in life...

It's... difficult. Especially when your memories don't seem to match anyone else's.

[tuxedosmask]

When things haven't even happened for you or you're perhaps not the version of yourself they know just yet because of events that are still to be experienced by you.

There's a sort of... disconnect there and I guess I'm wondering when that might pass.

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[omnitrixter]

Jeez, dude, you don't need to softball all your questions.

[Why, yes, that is sarcasm. And, no, he doesn't know your actual gender. He uses "dude" for everyone.]

When my cousin and her boyfriend came, they were from farther ahead than me. We didn't really talk about it, to be honest. I guess you could say it was the elephant in the room.

[tuxedosmask]

[ Dude? Is this a child... ]

Elephant in the room is one way to look at it...

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[geophile]

I must admit, it was frustrating to deal with - especially seeing as I seem to be from the furthest point in the past. You tend to feel uninformed.

However, I've found that being upfront has made things easier. I've shared my take on events that I remember, and they in turn have informed me of what is to come. In a way, it has connected us.

[tuxedosmask]

Uninformed... that's one way to feel about all of it. I suppose it doesn't really matter much then if we all forget everything here anyways when we go back to whatever point in time we're from, right?

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[actualhumandisaster]

[ It's okay, Mamoru. You're not the only one who's been struggling with this sort of thing... ]

Personally, I'm still not sure how to handle it. I have met beings here that are from decades ahead of the future. Decades past my apparent death, even. I have met my children and my grandson when I never should have known either of them.

What really makes it difficult, is that most of them hate me and are terrified of me. Or simply want me dead. For something that will supposedly happen in the future.

[tuxedosmask]

It's strange to be judged or looked at in certain ways due to actions or events that haven't even yet happened from the point in time that you come from as opposed to them.

I think what also adds to this confusion and trying to handle all of this is the fact that we supposedly don't remember our time here when we go back. So all of this... anything that we learn that will happen... it's not as though anything can be changed when we go back from the sounds of it.

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[princesswhatshername]

Well, it was very shocking to hear at first. But since he had so much good news to give me, it's been really nice!

[tuxedosmask]

It sounds like you can see the silver lining in such situations.

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[oratorical]

More than anything, I'm thankful for the time with them here, than any confusion related to the point in time we arrived from. I wouldn't say it's something you get used to, but rather that it's less important than appreciating the opportunities provided by Verens.

[tuxedosmask]

It's a good way to look at it, especially if we're surrounded by those we might get a second chance with here where we can't back in our point in time. I guess it's just getting used to it, like you said.

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[inthecenterfold]

Didn't have much of a chance to figure it out. They left too fast.

[tuxedosmask]

I'm sorry. I've been told that's a thing that happens here...

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[boundbynaught]

I think my situation's a lot different than what you're talking about.

[He died and the other person lived on, and he didn't care about him back then yet does now.]

But anyway - I don't think there's much to 'handle' really. You're not going to stop talking to them, right?

[He did at first but again for completely different reasons.]

[tuxedosmask]

No, I would never. But I guess it's just trying to wrap your head around things that you haven't done or experienced yet that another version of yourself has with those you care about here.

[becomeashield]

It started out kind of badly? Because I came from the future of a few of them, and I had to tell them the truth about several important things. At least it's happened often enough that I've learned what to handle it better. How to delay those conversations less, to be more honest.

With the ones from the future I haven't had issues yet. Just a bit confused with someone came here a little friendlier than before, but that's about it.

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[ringabeau]

I apologized for my actions in the future and brought her cake.

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[shepherds_pie]

[Oh boy. Sorey feels that very, very much. So, he'll do his best to give some advice.]

Honestly? I treated them as I normally do. Just because we're from different points in time doesn't necessarily mean that they're different people.

I'm one of two from my world who's the furthest in our future, so...I can say that it's really hard on both ends. For me, it's hard to talk about some things for a lot of reasons. The biggest one is that I have no idea if telling them about future events will cause them to try to change them and lead to something worse happening later on.

[There's a brief pause.]

I don't know who you are, but if you need someone outside of your loved ones to talk to about this or anything, I don't mind taking the time to listen. I might not be able to help much with advice, but Gramps used to say that sometimes you just need someone to listen.

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[deathboss]

Honestly?

I'd just be happy to meet my friends one last time, any of them, from any time.

[originalryokuryuu]

Depends on what kind of different time. Talk about some things that happened but not all of them?

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[sweetjoker]

Hope that they don't come from my future, depending on how certain things goes.

[ So, if he survives the situation he was in when he first got here. Being a traitor isn't easy when you're betraying a crazy cult full of terrorists. ]

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[dragonshift]

How about I eat them for you! There, problem solved!