LUNAR INTERLUDE 5: VIDEO; TAZ SPOILERS?

[journalkeeper]

Hello? This device seems to be for, uh, communication -- so it seemed like it would be best to reach out, uh, on it. I need your help.

[ Lucretia isn't immediately recognizable, unless you know her very well. Her face is less lined, her voice lacks a certain amount of her gravitas, her hair is a bit more blonde than it is stark white, and she's more emotional, more expressive. That, and she looks about thirty years younger, in her early twenties. Luckily, though, she's ready to introduce yourself. ]

My name is Lucretia. I need anybody on this to listen to me, even if it's kinda weird. This is... This is really fucking important.

Has anyone seen a light fall from the sky? Or has anyone heard about a strange light that, or, uh, anything that suddenly turned up that's very powerful?

I don't know if the others are already looking for it, I think we must have gotten separated - but just in case I'm the last one left, I need to find it. I need to find it before the Hunger gets here. Please.

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[journalkeeper]

We've... met? That's not -- that's not possible. [ Is he trying to trick her or is something weird going on? She's not sure, but right now she's assuming a misunderstanding. ] I'd have remembered if I'd been to this plane before.

[darkpants_warmfeeling]

[Jacob sighs.]

It was... another version of you. Older. You can see her previous posts on the Network if you want, but I'll warn you- it can be tough to deal with.

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[journalkeeper]

What? Older? I can't get older.

[ She frowns. But she doesn't think he's lying either. ] Okay, I'll check. Hold on.

[ She disconnects, briefly. It takes her a few minutes to find a previous post but she does. And then another few minutes to wrap her head around what this means. She doesn't remember arriving her on the Starblaster - is what that other woman said about the Porter true? That there's another force here. And if she's older, what does that mean? ]

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[journalkeeper]

[ She reconnects. It's probably obvious from her face that she's shaken. She hasn't mastered her older's self's poker face yet. ]

I don't understand. This shouldn't be possible. You - you said you knew her. What do you know about her?

[darkpants_warmfeeling]

[Jacob waits patiently for her to return, and speaks softly when she does.]

That she's smart. Caring. She knows that power needs to be contained, and runs an organization dedicated to protecting people. Knows about Relics, too- like the Philosopher's Stone.

[journalkeeper]

Oh. That's... that's good.

[ She still seems troubled, though, not least because he namedropped some stuff she doesn't recognize. ]

I'm sorry but, I don't really know what you mean by Relics or - or the Philosopher's Stone. If that woman really is me than those things she knows aren't things I'm aware of yet.

[darkpants_warmfeeling]

Maybe they're still in your future, then. I don't know the whole story, but they're powerful artifacts that can affect people's minds. Like they want to be used. That doesn't ring a bell?

[journalkeeper]

I wonder... The Light of Creation wants to be, uh, wanted but that's the only thing I can think of. It's not an artifact though, I don't know anything about that.

But if she's aged so much, maybe you're right and all that is in my future, which would be wonderful.

[darkpants_warmfeeling]

Nice knowing you're going to live to be older, isn't it?

Anyway, can you tell me what the Light is? If it's something dangerous, I can try to look for it.