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[coppelganger]

[ The feed starts out shaky as Sarah jostles the communicator, then evens out to reveal that she's driving. She sticks the communicator on the dashboard so that it captures a section of the steering wheel along with her face, not to mention the moderately worried expression of the passenger sitting in the back, though he seems too nervous to actually speak up. ]

So I've got two questions. First, how many of you've actually got kids waiting for you at home? I've run into a few people, but it'd be nice to get a number on it.

[ She takes one hand off the steering wheel and runs it through her hair, distractedly, looking away from the communicator and at something on the road ahead. Or maybe she just doesn't want to make eye contact with whoever's watching this, even over a video feed. ]

Second… Have you ever heard of someone showing up from home, only they're from before or after you are? Or—shit, I don't even know how to word that. From a different time, I guess. How the hell are you supposed to handle that?

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[worstever]

In my experience?

Badly. You handle it badly.

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[coppelganger]

Very helpful. Thanks.

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[112ounces]

It honestly depends on the person you know from home. I knew someone I never met, but she knew me pretty well from the future.

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[coppelganger]

So what happened? Did she tell you things?

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[governorkang]

I have children. I have also had others from my world here, from thousands of years in my past and decades in my future.

[Kang laughs wryly.]

How lucky must I be to have all three?

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[coppelganger]

[ Wow okay that sure is a dragon... thing... ]

So how'd that work out for you?

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[debauchewy]

The first well- that's such a personal question, isn't it?

And yes. Quite often has those from my world arrived from different 'times'. It's rather common here. It's even common for you yourself to leave and arrive from a different time as well.

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[coppelganger]

Right, I heard about that, but how do you deal with people not knowing what's gonna happen to them? Do you tell them, or is that going to mess shit up at home?

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[justimprobable]

I'll let you know when I figure that out. My friend's from a few months ago, and I can't tell him anything that's happened. Can't risk changing any of it, yeah?

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[coppelganger]

You think that'd happen even though we already lived through it?

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[infomodder]

No to the first, yes to the second. It's been a learning experience. You can seek advice and perhaps get something helpful, sure, but considering how personal a thing to handle it is...boils down to you and how you think it should be handled.

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[coppelganger]

i guess i'm worried about changing shit around at home if i say something wrong

[inmyothertights]

I don't have a kid but I have a twin who's probably the most kidlike thing I will ever have in my life.

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[coppelganger]

Wait, no shit? So do I. That's why I'm asking, actually.

[acclimatized]

Uhh, first question's a bit too tricky to answer and the second one sort of ties into it.

So what I'm saying is... yeah, sort of. [ a beat ] Should you be using your communicator while driving?

[coppelganger]

I'm a good driver.

[ She pauses. ]

How's that work, then?

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[enucleation]

[ he will answer the second question only, because his "child" is here ]

It can happen. In fact, it happens quite often.

And dealing with it doesn't come an instructions manual. [ you mostly suck it up. ]

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[coppelganger]

Thanks. That's helpful.

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[rathercommon]

I've dealt with that.

[ Kitty tucks her hair behind her ear. ]

And I guess, like...Well. Is the problem that they're different from the people that you know? Or is it that they know things about your future?

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[coppelganger]

The problem's that she doesn't remember half the shit I do.

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[biteouttagrimes]

Yeah. To both questions.

Got a baby daughter back home. My son's here, but he ain't from the same time as me.

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[coppelganger]

My daughter's at home too.

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[airshow]

Yes to the kid, no to the waiting for me. But either way, the way I hear it, no one even notices you're gone back home anyway.

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[coppelganger]

You know, people keep saying that, but it doesn't help much.

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[dumbfound]

I don't actually have kids... [ He looks like he's twelve, that should be obvious. ]

But... yeah. The second one is weird when it happens.

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[coppelganger]

Yeah, it is. Really weird.

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[seekingsestra]

[Good job leaving this completely public!!! Because guess who's watching.]

Where are you driving, sestra?

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[coppelganger]

[ Good thing she's locking all the really good stuff. ]

I'm working.

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[hostage]

Well, you already know the first thing.

The second thing... Yeah. Nobody so far's been from the same time as me. Mostly they're from my future.

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[coppelganger]

Do they tell you things? What's going to happen?

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[iamtetsuo]

I've heard of it. I guess.

[Well, that's sure helpful in terms of answering the actual question, isn't it...]

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[coppelganger]

You guess?

[tucky]

Are they someone you wanna talk to?

[It's a good first question to ask. The only other person here from Tiffany's world certainly isn't someone she wants to talk to very much.]

[coppelganger]

It's my sister.

[ Which, for her, is enough of an answer. ]