text;

[mathemagier]

Those of you from an alternate Earth, what similarities or differences have you noticed between this world and yours? Specifically, I'm looking to pinpoint where a great deal of our common ground lies, and if there's a trend where most timelines appear to diverge. Discussion encouraged.


As well, if there are any research institutions with room for a theoretical physicist and biologist interested in solving the mysteries of this world, please do get in touch.

Comments

[indocile]

( literally what's happening, except your grandmother is a twenty-one year old babin' elf. )

Everything else follows after safe.

[mathemagier]

[Her cheekbones could stand to chill a bit. Such competition and he's nowhere near as beautiful. V rude]

Well I appreciate your response.

[indocile]

( ♪ )

It's good to practise the typing and I like reading a lot since I learned. Thank you for being patient. I'm Margaux! If you ever would like to talk again. I don't know what the research you talked about is but I'm interested in learning about mysteries.

:)

[mathemagier]

Doctor Hermann Gottlieb. Nice to meet you.

I'm not testing any particular theory at the moment, but this world does lend itself to a great deal of mysteries.

[indocile]

I'm still very new to it, so it's all mystery to me. But I like it. Everything's so clean??

[mathemagier]

[At first he thinks maybe she's got the wrong word; nothing is especially clean to his standards. But then he remembers the ruined cities bit]

Yes.. We generally prefer to keep it that way.

Well, I'm not an expert on this world in particular, but I've been here for over a year now. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

[indocile]

Thank you! I will take you up on that.

( she might, like, leave him some voice mails, though. or take a typewriting class. )

Before I forget, though, I think that the place where my world stopped looking like this one would be sort of the equivalent of now. Except some of the broken things look different even from being broken? The vehicles here are different than the ones left in the cities.

[mathemagier]

A different aesthetic. More modern worlds tend to prefer slimmer, sleeker models of cars and technology. This Cold War era hasn't caught onto that yet, and seems firmly rooted in itself.

[indocile]

Can you tell me more about the Cold War?

[mathemagier]

Only if you'd like a novel-length explanation. I'm German, and Germany was center stage during the Cold War, which followed in the wake of World War II, where again, the country played a major part.

Or if you'd prefer, we could discuss it in person to allow you time for questions and such.

I can attempt a summary if you're not interested in a detailed history lesson, but I can't promise anything there.

[indocile]

I would like the history lesson please.

:)

What would be convenient for you? I have a very open schedule all of a sudden due to not being in France any more.

[mathemagier]

[Well he's technically unemployed right now, what with the whole Starktech thing.]

Any reasonable time will work. It's easiest for me to get around De Chima, but I can use the porters if necessary.

Also to note, I'm not incredibly familiar with how this world's version of the war has progressed. With imports and different technologies, it's certainly off track of the one most seem to be familiar with. But I can tell you what I've observed of it of course.

[indocile]

I am also in De Chima! I can come to you, if you like, I would like to explore a bit.

Of course. I appreciate the time and getting your perspective.

[mathemagier]

If you're familiar with the location of the apartment complex, there's a nice cafe on the corner. Say perhaps 2 in the afternoon or so? On a day of your choosing.

[indocile]

That sounds ideal. Tomorrow?

( aw yeah she's nailing this meet new people thing. and they all so far smell ok, which is great. )

is this something you wanna log?

[mathemagier]

[Hermann usually smells like chalk]

Yes all right, I'll meet you there then. If you're looking for me, I'll have a slim laptop on the table.

[The telltale sign of a modern import- sleek tech]

yes please! i can set up a log ?

[indocile]

Great. You won't be able to miss me.

( this is a fact. )

go for it!

[mathemagier]

Fair enough, I'll see you tomorrow then.