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[bestever]

Christ, I can't believe our stupid shitty lives managed to get more complicated.

[he clears his throat, for whatever. reason.] Alright, listen up. I can barely keep track of idiots that aren't also paranoid spies, so at this point, I... Kind of have no idea how many agents are bouncing around this trash heap. So, here's what we're going to do. If the words Project Freelancer mean anything to you, or Covenant, or MJOLNIR, or anything like that? I want you to chip in.

And when you do, you're gonna tell me about the last thing you remember happening. I don't care what planet it was on, or... Not on.

Oh, and I reserve the right to make these little reports private. The last thing that happened to you might just so happen to be, uh. Sensitive information.

[a long exhale, and an rhythmless tapping.] Phew. Alright. If none of that applies to you, you might still be useful. I need as much information as I can get on discrepancies in... Time? God, this is such bullshit. Look, I just need to know about people from the same reality or whatever, but different points in time. Like, is that the norm? There's got to be some kind of pattern to it.

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[maime]

You sure complain a lot for an AI

[I'm sorry, were you expecting someone helpful?]

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[bestever]

[there's more tapping as he drums his fingertips in irritation.] You sure don't know how to answer a simple fuckin' question.

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[misterintegrity]

Do you want a full debrief or just the general idea?

[His tone is neutral leaning toward amused.]

audio; he notes that and leaves it because yeah count on north to be smart about something.

[bestever]

General idea should be fine. I know what went down, I just need to know what... Everybody else knows.

You know.

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[bestsword]

Oh my god why are you calling them to you.

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[bestever]

[he groans. and here comes one of the major reasons he needs to keep track of all this shit. right.] I don't need you to check in, Tucker, you already told me when you're from.

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[worstever]

What happened last for you?

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[bestever]

Oh, you know, not much. Just a whole bunch of bullshit that now I have to keep my mouth shut about, thanks to somebody.

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[112ounces]

My dad is from my future, about a few weeks to a month ahead, I think.

I've also had someone who is my future, but I haven't met her before. It's weird.

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[bestever]

Yeah, that's kind of one of the problems I keep running into, here. I mean, it's also complicated because it's us, and I guess I'm just cursed or something.

[wasnever]

Never really asked about that, actually. But some of us have details different, yeah? I know an Inquisitor who's a big horned woman. In comes some elf bloke here who says he knows me, that he's the Inquisitor.

And someone I met once is here, but a girl instead of a boy. Weird shit.

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[bestever]

You know a what who's a what?

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[pushtheboundaries]

[colorful language aside...]

It's fairly common. My current theory involves concurrent timelines, just progressing at different speeds. For all intents and purposes they're the same reality, as you said.

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[bestever]

Aaaaaaugh. It figures. My life is already a shitty scifi movie, why not make it a shitty scifi movie that doesn't make any goddam sense!

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[logicunlocked]

You've kind of not given me any reason to trust that telling you any of that is a good idea, okay. Only reason I'm answering at all is because...someone, thinks it's worth giving you the chance to say why you think I should.

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[bestever]

[oh, great. it's THIS guy.] Oh, what! And I have a reason to trust you? The fuck did I do to get this kind of response, agent New York? [his voice goes all deadpan and venomous when he spits his codename. he's just lucky carolina isn't around to give him a concrete reason to be pissy at him. well, more concrete. don'T MAKE EYES AT MY GIRL!!]

permavoice

[fuckai]

[He's really just here to see how much you're going to end up pissing Tucker off. Because apparently he gets in shit for that, too.

... But while he's here, might as well answer.

Over the network.

Instead of in person.

Because he's just that much of a stubborn asshole.]

Do you need to know for me, or did Wash already tell you?

[... did Alpha tell Washington? Shit, he can't remember. He just kind of assumed Wash knew everything like the creep he is. He kind of remembers saying something about charging the Meta, though. Maybe.

God he hopes he can just leave the conversation at this and-- ugh. Why is he responding to this call out, again?]

permavoice;

[bestever]

Are you seriously-- oh my god. [he is. epsilon squints irritably towards the living quarters where alpha is pointedly ignoring him, suppressing the urge to go over and barge into his room.] I can't believe you. Actually? I can. This is exactly like you.

Might as well make it official, since you're already wasting my time.

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[tadeadshi]

[Ah this must mean more people from their world showed up. So surely Epsilon can have someone more familiar do his maintenance now right?]

It's more common than you'd think. Everyone from my world is about eight months ahead of me here, give or take an extra month for some.

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[bestever]

Aw, shit, man. Sucks to be you. Is it just as fuckin' annoying on the other end of the anomaly?

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[animalage]

Time weirdness is pretty normal I think. There's three people here that I know from home who are from a whole five years in my past.

It's kinda really weird.

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[bestever]

Huh. Yeah, alright, that's sounding a little more familiar. The hell do you even do about that?

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[ursawhiner]

My sister was here for nine months and I didn't even notice. So yeah, time is pretty strange here.

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[bestever]

Nine mo-- Jesus christ! That's enough time to have another sister!

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[moneylogues]

Having fun with the info fishing? How's that going, huh?

[Did you expect this asshole to not butt in?.]

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[bestever]

[kind of relying on it, actually.] As fine as it ever goes when the fish are idiots. [church, that's... what? that's not what that saying means?]

As for you... You know I exist and hate my holographic guts, so I'm gonna go ahead and assume that you're from after our little broadcast.

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[exsithstential]

I'm afraid I don't have knowledge of anything you've just listed. But I am curious. You mentioned time discrepancies? And I assume your comment about multiple planets would suggest your from a universe with interstellar travel?

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[bestever]

Well, yeah. Where I'm from, we started branching out from earth ages ago, dude. Little weird to get back planetside and find out that there aren't any other options anymore, even.