4th moon [written]

[vibrafinal]

[Written with a quill:]

Which writing instruments do you generally favor?

[Written with a ball-point pen:]

Are they the same you could find in your worlds?

[Written with a graphite pencil:]

Also, what are all of these named?



[Written with an ink brush:]

Rydia, I'll need to speak to you.

Comments

[Written]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

Well, they've created those New Feather stations, and people like Rydia have done much for the Welcome Center, informing newcomers of what to expect...

[Written]

[paladinlost]

The earliest arrivals must have had little comfort, without either of those.

[Written]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

Or those who are returned from experiments.

[Written]

[paladinlost]

They seem to have little comfort, even now.

[Written]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

All too true, unfortunately.

[Written]

[paladinlost]

Has anyone lived here for years without a single kidnapping?

[Written]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

If they have, I've not heard of it. Most people are taken at least once in a while...

[Written]

[paladinlost]

I'd certainly not mind waiting a few months or years, truly.

[Written]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

I don't blame you.

[It was part of why he'd waited so long to get that first penalty removed, he hates the idea of being captive directly in their hands.]

[Written]

[paladinlost]

Of course, I would rather be home before months or years have gone by, but I suspect the chances of that are rather low.

[Written]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

Considering how Rydia and I have fared... unlikely. Even Golbez has been here longer than we have.

[Written]

[paladinlost]

Yet there are those who arrived when I did but have already left, somehow.

[Written]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

I know... I don't entirely understand how they decide upon when they send people back.

[Written]

[paladinlost]

No one has found a pattern?

[Written]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

The pattern really does appear to be... No pattern whatsoever. At times, there can be waves of people from the same world... but... not in any predictable way.

[Written]

[paladinlost]

Are certain people brought back more often than others?

[Written]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

Sometimes. You, for instance, were sent away and returned a few times.

[Written]

[paladinlost]

A few times? Everyone only mentioned one previous stay.

[Written]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

You were here before I arrived, then left, and then were here for a longer stretch of time... a year or so... and then left again, only to return briefly and leave... and now here you are.

[Written]

[paladinlost]

[That's... many past stays he cannot remember. Many friends he's forgotten, many memories he cannot recall... Who would even remember all of those, now?]

...Four times. I must be quite popular, to be brought back so often.

[Written]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

You are, apparently. They cannot seem to let you go for too long. This is the first time you've ever arrived from a different point in time, though.

[Written]

[paladinlost]

All the previous mes... came from your time, then?

[Written]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

They did. I don't know why they changed that. Although... Palom and Porom, when they were here, were also from your time. And there's also Ceodore...

[Written]

[paladinlost]

Ceodore is from before my time. So were the twins, from what he's said. I guess this makes me the oldest of us all at the moment.

[Written]

[dragoon-pride.livejournal.com]

Ah, all right... Then you truly are from the farthest time in the future that we've ever had.

Without telling me specifics, everyone is all right, in your time?