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[siriusly]

It's weird to think that maybe this Earth could turn out like the one from my universe. Or timeline. Or however it works...
(I'm not really smart about all this, I'm sorry...)

But there's a lot that's similar. Even on the planet I lived on, and all the ones in the galaxy, we all use the same clock system, even though some days are longer or shorter depending on which planet you landed on. Same 24 hour clock. And this Earth uses one, too. And there's baseball and hovercars and the moon landing was about the same time (I think)...

So I wonder how long it will take for this Earth to leave the planet, if it will. Or maybe it won't because it won't make the same mistakes the Earth in my history did. Or maybe they WILL but they'll decide to do something differently. Maybe because people like us are here it's already changed how things will go. Maybe because I'm here the railways from my world can show, and maybe because someone else is here, something from their history will happen? IS that already happening?

It's also weird that I can think about all this without trying when I'm TRYING to study something else...

Comments

[oceanthief]

I don't think anyone can until they let someone look at the Porter. But it makes more sense that way.

[siriusly]

That still confuses me. For all the trouble that's come and gone, there's not been much collaboration to figure that Porter stuff out together, huh...

[oceanthief]

Why would they want to? They can't pretend that they're in control that way.

[siriusly]

That can't go on forever, the way things have been.

[oceanthief]

It can go on as long as they want, if no one ever figures out how to disable the nanites.

[siriusly]

Well thank goodness there's some smarter people than me here...

[oceanthief]

What makes you say that? No one's done anything the whole time I've been here.

[siriusly]

That doesn't mean things can't change, though. Change seems to be the bigger deal here...

[oceanthief]

Nothing ever changes on earth.

[siriusly]

What? Things change all the time...and that's not just the weather either.

[oceanthief]

Not in any way that matters. The big things always stay exactly the same.

[siriusly]

I don't know about that...
But it's hard to say for sure. In any case, that's incentive for me to work a little harder to make things better.

[oceanthief]

What are you going to do?

[siriusly]

Well, I'm hoping to be able to join the law enforcement here, to help and understand how that works inside and out. It's not huge, but it is something I can do.

[oceanthief]

That doesn't really sound like something that's going to be useful to anyone but the government.

[siriusly]

And whoever needs my help. I'll do what I can do from here, for both ImPorts and natural-born citizens. I know I can't shake anything up dramatically, even if I tried, but I can at least help build something better.

[oceanthief]

You'd need a lot more than an enforcer position to do that on this planet.

[siriusly]

A little work can go a long way...I know it doesn't always seem that way, but it builds up. I believe in that.

[oceanthief]

If you're human then you don't have enough time to build up much of anything.

[siriusly]

That's bleak...
I don't know if I can change your mind on that, even if I tried. I hope someone can, though. You don't sound very happy.

[oceanthief]

It doesn't really matter. What I feel isn't going to change the ways things are.

[siriusly]

Maybe not but...I hope you can find something worthwhile for you here. I mean if you didn't already, I'm just guessing from the way this all reads. And I'm not really the smartest when it comes to that anyway.

[oceanthief]

It's not worth the effort of looking; nothing here lasts long enough.

[siriusly]

Well...I hope you find something that changes your mind. It won't be any fun for you otherwise.

[oceanthief]

It's not like any of us are here to have fun.