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[warfares]

[ Initially, he'd intended to follow up on the information Hux had gathered during his own network post. Hearing the Empire's name bandied about with such casual familiarity was a cause for concern, however over the course of his investigations he'd uncovered something far more disturbing. ]

Question: has anyone ever been returned to their worlds, only to be drawn back at a later stage? If so, what state where they in upon their return.

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[bekommen]

Yeah ... I got sent home and then brought back twice. The state I was in both times I came back here was pissed, though more pissed the first time than the second. After the first time ending up back here, I kinda figured it was bound to happen again.

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[warfares]

I imagine that after the first time it's easier to see the possibility of a second, or even a third.

[ Here's hoping this doesn't become a pattern. ]

Do you remember how it happened? [ Stupid as it sounds, he's trying to figure out if the supposed "Door" is a physical construct of some sort, or something a little more complicated. ]

[bekommen]

Yeah ... the whole time I was back the second time, it just felt like I was waiting to land here again. Don't remember how it happened, though - just fell asleep in one place and woke up in another. Time's all fucked up, too. I was here for ... prob'ly about a year, at first, but back home, it was seven. Six months there, but it'd only been a week or so here when I came back.

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[angelofnaboo]

[Now there is a possibility she hadn't considered. Going back to a different time frame. It wouldn't matter for her, of course, because she was already dead. However, the same could not be said about Anakin. Or Luke.

And it's not something she'd come across in anyone she'd spoken to before now.]

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to hear that that is another phenomenon that this world and it's turbulent "gods" are capable of. Is it something you've heard of happening from more than one corner?

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[warfares]

[ To say that he's dubious about the supposed divinity of these creatures is an understatement, for all that their whimsical and inconstant natures seem to fit the role decently enough. ]

It does seem like "expect the unexpected" is the motto of this place.

[ He threads his lower lip between his teeth, worrying at it as he debates how much to give away. ]

Several times, now. Some remember their time spent here, some don't. It seems that it follows no particular rhyme or reason.

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[angelofnaboo]

[He's not going to find her fighting him about the whole "god" thing. She doesn't care how capricious and whimsical they might be.]

That is wise anyway. When people become complacent, they forget that bad things can happen and are always unprepared for when they do.

That is interesting to know. That the illogical nature of this world is limited to our time here. There is one true constant here it would seem—nothing is constant.

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[wormintheglass]

I don't have a world. But I have been abruptly removed from this one, only to fall into its orbit again.

I wasn't injured or otherwise discombobulated by my return, unless you count my forcible separation from my ship.

[It's plain from Bianca's tone that she, personally, found that part very discombobulating indeed.]

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[warfares]

I think that that would more than qualify as unnerving. [ Dig deep enough into your Galactic history and you're bound to encounter the Rakata and their Infinite Empire ㅡ the Empire had fallen, as Empires tend to do, but not before having built devices that were said to be able to transport people over great distances. Teleporters.

Of course, the devices had been lost to time but it's enough to have him wondering if there isn't some way to track the Door back to whatever passes for its central hub. ]

And you remembered the previous time you had been here?

[still video because Bianca]

[wormintheglass]

Not until I returned. I'm not sure if that's a natural side effect of the Door or our hosts ensuring none of us lead their enemies back here. I was only away for five years. The memory alteration might have worn off, with time.

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[restinglichface]

yep
happened to me a few months back
popped home for about sixty years
and then popped back here

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[warfares]

And you remembered having been here before?

[restinglichface]

while i was back home
i didnt remember a damn thing
but the second i popped back in here
it all came back

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[ex_matricide319]

idk if it's true but someone told me it's possible to go home and then get brought back here. that's how we know that time is "stopped" at home while we're here

so i guess maybe someone could go home, stay there for a long while and THEN come back?

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[warfares]

Interesting.

[ Comforting and worrying by turns, since if time stops then there is no way for anyone to know he is missing.

Of course, there is still the possibility that his Master, powerful as he is, had sensed whatever disturbance the Door had created and knows anyway, but he knows better than count on that. ]

The question then becomes why they were sent back if only to return later. Whether or not it was done deliberately.

[ex_matricide319]

who the hell knows... nothing here makes any sense anyway so your guess is as good as mine.

lance is the guy who told me about the time stopping thing if you wanna ask him for the details

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[invariances]

don't tell me that we can actually get sucked back into this place, even if we do manage to somehow escape.

[ She might have a vested interest in asking this for her own benefit; she hasn't considered the possibility that if she does make it back, that she wouldn't be able to stay long.

She needs to stay, to steal a ship off Starkiller and back to the Resistance, and warn them of what's coming before it's too late. ]

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[warfares]

As I understand the preferred approach is to roll over and accept this as your new lot in life.

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[invariances]

[ 'socorro' is a curious word; she wonders at the origin of it before smirking at the message when it appears. ]

i'm not one for the preferred approach, then.

what's your plan of action?

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[multivitamins]

[ Just thinking about going home and then being brought back is the worst.]

How shit would that be to get to go home then get dragged back here again? It's like we're the food and they're just playing with us before they eat us.

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[warfares]

You answered your own question.

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[multivitamins]

[ Yes.

But.

It's all rhetorical right?]

Just throwing in my opinion cause if you didn't want it you wouldn't have asked on the network, right? You new or something?

[Voice]

[elegant_and_proud]

Some remember their time here. Others do not. Apparently, you are among those who do not.

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[warfares]

I suppose I've not been at all subtle in my line of questioning.

Good to know they're at least consistent in their lack of consistence. [ the sneer is audible. ]

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[trashmouths]

[ Have an overly excited 13 year old with huge, thick glasses grinning. ]

If that does happen, when I come back I'm going to make sure I have a fucking gun or something, or at least my bike.

You've come back before? What state are you in?

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[warfares]

[ Stares at this small, vibrating boy child. Stares some more. ]

Mildly less equipped to handle the climate here than the caves.

[ All those layers and layers of black aren't exactly sunshine friendly, and this doesn't even cover the mask, which he has kept but not worn since arriving. ]

You were here during the attack?