Day 4 | Video | "Just Because" Day is a real thing I swear

[exceptfebruary]

August 26, 2016. Just because. [ He doesn't elaborate on what that means.

Calendar Man is standing his loosely fitted civvies in his place, the only thing visible is a large wall covered with several hand-drawn calendars, each year a long column with the months as the rows. Julian is standing in front of 2016, the last one, to his left is 2015, then 2014 and so on. Several dates are marked upon it, alongside names of imPorts who have told him which day they were imported. ]

I am working on a project with Dr. Hermann Gottlieb. We're looking for patterns in port-in dates.

[ He is careful to mention the mathematician because there is one thing that man can do for him: credibility. Certain people (cough, Spider-Man, cough cough) have refused to give him the data he wants based on the mere fact that he is a supervillain. Julian can't stand that.

He's hoping to make a good impression on his parole officer as well. She can be tricky. ]

I need all of you to tell me the exact date you were imported. Day, Month, Year. If necessary, an approximation will do. [ The face he makes indicates this is not the preferred option. ] But tell me if it is. Additionally, any dates in which you were ported out and later returned. Particularly if there was a significant jump in time.

[ He pauses. This next bit doesn't have to do with the project so much as his personal interest. ] The date it was in your world when you left would also be helpful. Even if your calendar doesn't match this one.

Finally. If you are interested in assisting with the project, do tell. We're looking for more.

That is all. Good day.

(( OOC: if you don't feel like threading at the moment but feel your character would give said date feel free to leave it in the comments and let me know in the header! ))

Comments

private video

[catchacold]

I was in the time stream when I got here, how helpful is that?

[He is hoping: Not at all.]

perma both those

[exceptfebruary]

[ He frowns, not amused. ]

Then the day you arrived here will do.

[ His curiosity gets the better of him, however. ] The time stream. Time travel or accident? Do expand.

video

[quaerit]

[ This sounds interesting. Deciding to bite, Gansey checks back through his records. The first entry in his journal for this place notes the date very clearly. ]

It was September 13th, last year, when I arrived. So did Blue Sargent, Ronan Lynch, Adam Parrish and Noah Czerny, for the first time, anyway. It had been a few weeks earlier at home.

Recently I was at home for a few weeks more, but only a week passed here. I came back on June 7th. Does that help you at all?

Permavid

[exceptfebruary]

Sunday, September 13th, 2015. 9/13/15. No major holidays. New moon. [ He dutifully makes a mark on the particular calendar on the wall. ]

June 7th, 2016. One week. May 31st? [ He makes another smaller note. ]

You are very helpful. These other names –– people you met here or from your world?

voice;

[slightlyoffchilt]

Are you limiting your data to this universe? What about the one before this one?

Permavoice;

[exceptfebruary]

Before this one. The City. January 14th, 2014. [ The date Kanaya gave him for its end. He says it reflexively. ] If you were there as well, I'll gladly take note of those dates too.

text;

[deciphered]

First arrival - Local calendar: October 7th, 2015. Home calendar: August 20th, 2012.
Ported out - Local calendar: January 17th, 2016. Home calendar: No data.
Ported in - Local calendar: January 18th, 2016. Home calendar: No data.
Ported out - Local calendar: May 1st, 2016. Home calendar: August 20th, 2012.
Ported in - Local calendar: May 8th, 2016. Home calendar: September 25th, 2012.

Will the entire study be using self-reported data?

permatext;

[exceptfebruary]

All noted. Very diligent.

Barely over a month regained in your own universe in exchange for a week. Interesting.

Difficult to do otherwise. I will take into account observational data, as well as my own research. But I doubt the government will assist with their "official" records.

audio;

[112ounces]

[ Well, that's all said and good and Carl would be more than happy to help but . . . ]

Aren't you the guy that Daryl shot in the butt?

permavoice

[exceptfebruary]

July 4th. Yes.

[ His voice couldn't be any more sour. ]

text; ID reads 'Sumeragi'

[resoundingpledge]

Jan. 6, 2016. Around 10:47 AM, EST.

Two other people from home ported in on the same day, a little earlier than I did. All of us landed in the Cape Canaveral porter, too.

Permatext;

[exceptfebruary]

The same day I was. 1/6/16. Epiphany.

And with others from your world. Three of you in one day. Fascinating.

Video; ID: Blue Beetle

[deadkord]

[ He takes a minute to Google something before he turns his comm on. ]

Happy Women's Equality Day, first of all.

permavid

[exceptfebruary]

Very good. Though it misses its mark between the two of us.

voice; ID reads Robin

[performance]

[ Ah. This guy. Robin's been keeping an eye on Calendar Man on the network as best he can, even if they've only spoken in person once; after the July 4th incident, he's on alert. He can appreciate the scientific interest, of course, but people from Gotham and scientific interest don't always mix. To say the least. ]

Port-ins, but not permanent port-outs?

permavoice;

[exceptfebruary]

[ A wild Robin appears. Julian wonders which little bird it is. ]

Seemingly permanent port-outs. You never know.

But if you wish to volunteer those as well, I will take note.

Voice

[dirtyredneck]

[Hey, look, it's the guy Daryl shot in the ass.]

Around the start of May, this year. Ain't sure exactly when. Didn't keep track. Don't know when it was in my world, neither. Stopped counting the days a long time ago.

[Dates weren't exactly the most important thing in his world and he'd fallen out of the habit.]

Permavoice;

[exceptfebruary]

[ Julian recognizes this voice. It's hard to forget the voice of a man who shot him with a crossbow. All those years of managing to avoid Huntress… And he gets this guy. ]


You don't bother to keep track of dates. Count me surprised.

[ The sarcasm couldn't drip from his voice any thicker. ]

[fastballspeciaaaaal]

March 2015! It was... either the first or the second, I don't remember for sure.

And it was really weird cause I missed like, a whole year cause it was summer of 2014 back home. Sometime in July probably, but I dunno, I was at summer camp so I wasn't really paying attention to the date.

[exceptfebruary]

It's unfortunate you can't remember either date exactly.

[ Julian don't get on little girls' cases for not paying attention to the calendar. ]

So he's been here for about a year and five months.

[ video ]

[hostage]

The first time was February 26, 2014. I was killed on December 14, 2015, spent a year back home, then ported in again on the first day of January.

permavid

[exceptfebruary]

[ He marks the dates on the wall. ]

12/14/15. Last day of Hanukkah. Not a very good gift. And then New Year's Day. A new life for a year.

video;

[wizzardly]

Are you then going to use all these dates to do something truly terrible again? Here, you haven't tried baking holiday cakes which try to eat people yet, have you? There's an idea that sounds up your rather destructive alley.

[exceptfebruary]

Cake Day is on November 26. I could bake something up. But I won't.

Rest assured this isn't for anything nefarious.

[voice]

[oddbod]

I ported in on the 3rd of October, last year. I believe it was mid-September back home. Then I ported back out at the end of November, right near the American Thanksgiving, and came back on the 7th of December. Can't give you a date for home that time, I'm afraid. I'm a bit of a traveler.

[exceptfebruary]

10/3/15. November. 12/7/15. [ There's a sound of pencil on wall as he marks the dates down. ]

A bit of a traveller?

text; anonymous

[nastygram]

ok i'm going to be helpful: AUGUST 1 of wtf ever year this is


now your turn: are you seriously doing manual one on ones for this
please tell me you dicks have something more sophisticated planned and this interview process is just ~for fun~

permatext

[exceptfebruary]

8/1/2016, for the record. Not even an alias for my notes?

And what would you suggest?

video.

[glowsferatu]

I was outside of standard time when I was last at home. Though according to the humans I was with, both then and originally, it was in the middle of April. I didn't really have any other standard to compare to, I don't know if there was any sort of chronal desynchronization between our universes.

[ Because hey, he said it doesn't matter if the calendars don't match, but she can't imagine how it wouldn't. More to the point, though... ]

Do you know what day it was last Tuesday, Julian?

permavid

[exceptfebruary]

[ Julian takes notes on the time from her world. He wasn't expecting even that much from her; he knew trolls had a different way of measuring time.

As for the second question, his expression changes. ]

Virgo is in session. What shall you do with it?

video; i lost this tag and then found it again so you're getting it

[shutterbugged]

Has Dr. Gottlieb read your CV? Or for that matter, poked his head out from underneath that rock he's clearly been living under?

[ Spider-Man is SO skeptical about this. But there's not a lot Julian can do with this particular piece of knowledge, especially since he might know it already: ]

January 15th, 2014. Or maybe it was the 14th, still. I wasn't exactly checking my watch.