Una Persson, temporal adventuress (
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Entry tags:
Time travel and lousy life choices
Who: Una Persson and OPEN (with threads for Niko and Niles)
What: Life in Blackstaff
Where: Various places; see threadstarters, or feel free to start your own
When: In the week or so after the witch den expeditions and Una's punitive assignment
Warnings: TBD
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"But it's possible. And that's all I need to know. I can be very patient. Even if it takes years, or longer, I can wait."
He'd been following Connor Lang since Niles was fifteen years old. Even if it took another twenty five years to save him, it would be worth it. Anything for the opportunity for him to tell Connor "It'll be all right." And then Connor will love him. And Amanda will love him, too, for saving Connor.
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Had she quite known the extent of Niles's madness, she might not have even granted him that much of a glimmer. Hope can be a fine thing, but sometimes it can be positively dangerous.
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He appreciated someone who, presented with a question on something that was very difficult and, perhaps, shouldn't be done (at least not without a great deal of thought and preparation and skill before hand) nevertheless didn't opt to take the easy way out and say that it couldn't be done.
"So, on a somewhat more lighthearted subject, tell me about the most exciting place you've ever travelled."
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He put a finger to his lips as he thought about the era she mentioned.
"Old empires falling, new empires rising. Boundaries redrawn. Yes, I can see how that would be very interesting to witness. But what's this about the End of Time? I didn't think time had an end."
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"Technically, no, Time doesn't end. But worlds do, and universes. They call it the End of Time because—well, it's the end of their Time, a little last burst of creativity right before the heat death of the universe—of that one universe. There aren't that many people left on Earth then, and those who are left draw on the power of the Earth's cities to fuel their creations—they live for art and sensation. You might call them decadent and I suppose they are, but I rather like them."
with the right journal this time
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