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[Souji is, surprise surprise, in the di-- Actually, this time he's in the kitchen. For a change of pace. He's got the device propped up on something so that he can talk at it hands free. Sitting in front of him is a piece of the rainbowiest rainbow cake a person could possibly make.]

Today is my sixth anniversary.

[He nudges the cake a little toward the camera.]

So I made cake. There's plenty of it, so I'll leave it here in the kitchen in case any one wants to have some.

[With a smile that seems quite tired, he shifts the cake to one side, and glances after it. With his gaze still cast away from the camera, he asks:]

How long have you been here? Do you want to go home? [He looks back at the camera again, his expression more thoughtful than tired now.] I'm kind of...doubting myself in that regard.

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Oh my. Six years. I know many talk of years, but I hadn't truly thought about how long. Are you the longest stay here in Wonderland then? Do you know?

[He can't help but to be curious.]

It's only been about six months for me, but honestly I don't mind being here knowing that my life is waiting for me. If I can help here for a time, then so be it.

There's one person here who's been here as long as me. I'm not sure which of us arrived first, but I think we came pretty close together.

[He pokes his cake with his fork, but doesn't take a bite.]

Do you know what's going to happen in the future at home? Or do you mean life in general?

But we have no idea why some stay for years and others barely months. Interesting. I wonder if anyone has tried to do a chart to try and track why some and not others.

Not that I think we'll find out but curious nonetheless.

In general for the most part. I left creatures behind I worry for. As for the future though, I've learned a bit about my own and it's fairly promising.

I think a chart like that would only be useful is the person who made it never left. [He's thinking out loud.] Or if a string of people passed it on to one another...

[But, matter at hand.]

That's good. But how did you find out about it?

Do items leave when a person does? Otherwise it could be left or even made in an open room or a public one and then left for others. Unless, of course, items generated by a person leaves when they do.

[At least it's something to think about.]

There have been some here from my world who have the book I'm writing now as a textbook in their school.

Peoples' things usually do go, I think, unless they're coming back soon.

[Now that's an interesting thing.]

Really? Who?

So then, maybe, we would make it something for the general populous and not belonging to any one person. Perhaps then, no matter what, it might stay.

[It certainly couldn't hurt, not if it might help those in the future that found themselves in Wonderland.]

The people that told me where James Potter and Remus Lupin. My name is Newt Scamander, and apparently eventually I publish a book about magical beasts.

We should suggest it to everyone. We could have it posted and keep it updated with everyone's names and they dates when we come and go.

[It's a good idea. Souji thinks they should carry through on it. It might be a complicated task, but it was doable.

Hearing those names surprises him.]

James was a good friend of mine while he was here.

[Manners, though.]

It's nice to meet you. My name is Souji.

I believe in documentation being a key to learning how things work. Not to mention allowing others to learn as well. Perhaps it can work in this world as well as I hope to make it work in mine.

[That makes Newt smile brightly.]

It's a pleasure to meet you, Souji. James' world is my own, and he truly seemed to have enjoyed his time here. Some have told me that there are books that talk about a time beyond James and Remus' but I've yet to look for them.

[He has to agree with the need for documentation, even if he hasn't exactly been the poster child for making it happen. So far he's just settled for taking Polaroids of people who come into the diner.]

I've heard of the books--they exist in my world--but I've never read them.

Some have told me I should try asking the closet for them. I'm not sure I feel comfortable with that. How much of the future of your own life should a person know?

[He isn't sure that is healthy for anyone's well being.]

I couldn't tell you,but I don't really want to know about mine. Being told I'm a video game character was enough for me.

[That definitely stuns Newt. No one has truly talked to him about this sort of thing beyond the books existing, and he thought of them like biographies so far.]

I am uncertain about what video games are entirely, but how could someone turn your life into a game?

[He shakes his head a little, completely ignorant on that one.]

I guess it's like...almost like someone had a window into my world and watched what we were doing.

[Okay, he's never put that into actual words before, but it's a little unsettling to think about.]

Oh. Well. I... That's not even right. I hadn't thought about the books I was told about that included James' world, but now I do have to wonder. I just assumed they were like the one they told me I published but...

[He shakes his head, actually bothered by the very idea, for both James' sake as well as Souji's.]

I've never read the books, but in my world they're definitely considered fiction.

[He uses that stress in the sentence because it's clear that it isn't fiction for James or Newt.]

So ... I mean is it possible that someone from this world, from Wonderland, are writing our stories out and publishing them in other worlds?

It makes sense, but that doesn't mean I think it's acceptable. Or even logical but then Wonderland rarely is.

I'd never thought of Wonderland being the common factor.

[The thought reframes what Wonderland actually is. If it's got that much agency, then it's like a hub with other worlds radiating off of it. Under that understanding, Wonderland becomes the literal center of the universe.]

Do you... Do you think that's really possible?

[The thought is a little disturbing. At least a little.]

To be utterly honest with you? I'm not sure I consider anything to be impossible anymore. Even coming from the world I do, I see so much that is part of Wonderland that I couldn't imagine before.

Though when speaking of things such as the books and this game you spoke of, I have to wonder. If they have access to our separate worlds, why not access to release such things?

[Souji can certainly relate. He'd seen some pretty amazing things at home, but Wonderland has repeatedly raised the bar for impossibility.

He frowns slightly, head canted to one side.]

What do you mean?

Merely thinking out loud. Just considering that if whoever is behind this place can take our memories, why not take them and then turn them into books and video games in other worlds?

[This conversation keeps getting more disturbing. Souji is pretty sure that's not how it works, but it's not a nice thought regardless, and it plays on the small doubts he still has.]

I'd like to think it's not that powerful.

I am most certainly with you on that. I tend to spend time out in the gardens and woods, exploring and so I thinking about these things.

Not sure I'm certain any of them are real, but the thoughts come.

I understand. There's a lot of time to do nothing but think here, and sometimes that leads to strange things.

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