ƒ 004 [voice/action] open } { i can’t promise to obey you, i can’t swear i won’t betray you

[deathlessness]

[The ambient sounds of Lux Deux is prominent in the background as the feed starts up again, and for a long time it is the only sound aside from the clink of the glass being moved against the bar while Freya tries to get her words in order. She’s ascertained from her siblings at this point that she’s been gone far longer than would be considered “normal” for Wonderland – if there ever was such a thing.

She could simply announce that she’s returned and leave it at that, let those who wish to seek her out come find her, but that has never been her way, and while she doesn’t wish to talk about herself, she’s curious about something else.]

A question for you, Wonderland, though it is a rather specific one.

[Her words are slow and deliberate, likely indicating the amount she’s had to drink at this point – enough to dull the events of the last few months spent home, but not enough to make her sloppy – and the sound of her placing the glass back down on the bar can be heard before she continues.]

At this point, I’m sure we’re all aware of the … complications, involving those of us arriving from different points in the same timeline. For those of us who have come here and then learned of our future before actually going home to live through it, what do you think was worse? The speculation of what was to come, or the events themselves?

[There’s a small scrape as the glass is lifted again.]

Would you prefer to have remained ignorant, or do you feel at peace having lived the truth for yourself?

[And she’ll have the device with her to answer replies, though if you would prefer to visit her in person, she would not say no to company either. She’s probably going to be at the bar for a while.]

Comments

[walkingheroin]

And all their great-great-grandchildren get to take a magical hit off it? Interesting.

[His brows are furrowed as he tries to make sense of that.]

The universe is a bit complicated where you're from, I take it.

[deathlessness]

[She nods because there is nothing about it that isn't complicated.]

My mother is the witch that created vampires, a thousand years ago. But even she wasn't the first magical revolution, so to speak. Never mind the fact that magic functions a bit like religion - in the end, it all comes from the same place, people simply prefer to practice in different ways.

[She's been around long enough to see the rise of some of the major religions of the world, and it's never escaped her how ... similar they all can be.]

[walkingheroin]

So it's simply a matter of how the energy is harnessed and wielded as opposed to its composition?

[He seems to roll that over a bit in his mind.]

Before I came here, I thought I had seen most of what there was to see outside of the realm of humanity's complexities. Wonderland continues to prove to me how wrong I am about that.

[deathlessness]

[She smirks a bit at that before nodding.]

Apparently the multiverse is an ever changing, ever growing place.

[walkingheroin]

I preferred it when I only had to deal with enough to count on one hand.

[After all, Heaven and Hell could be considered different dimensions on their own. Wrapping his mind around others isn't too terribly difficult, but more annoying than anything else.]

[deathlessness]

[She smirks a bit.]

I think most would. But the world always strives to be a more complicated place.

[walkingheroin]

I still have to wonder if my Father knows about all this.

[deathlessness]

[It's so weird to hear someone talk about God on such colloquial terms, and she tips her head to the side curiously.]

Isn't that his ... reputation? Being all-knowing and all-seeing?

[walkingheroin]

In my experience, yes. I've never heard of anything like this however. It does make me wonder...after all, if there is more than one of me across time and space, why not another Him?

[The thought nearly makes him shudder.]

[deathlessness]

Probably.

[Though now the narration almost wishes Chuck would show up - equally terrible dad, but at least slightly charming?]

Though that sounds ... incredibly complicated. And makes me wonder if Wonderland is powerful enough to bring even one of them here.

[walkingheroin]

Everything about this is incredibly complicated. I can't suss out the details and it's incredibly concerning.

[He tries not to think about it too much.]

For everyone's sake, let's hope that's not the case.

[deathlessness]

I'll keep my fingers crossed.

[Though her hopes are not high. But regardless, he seems to dislike his God enough to not want him around, and Freya can respect that. There are people from his world she doesn't want here either.]