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[catchacold]

We're already in some magical land that makes our dreams come true - mostly the bad ones - so let's think about the impossible some more.

[Leonard may be calling it "impossible" mostly to heckle one specific Brit, given he's travelled through time himself, but maybe it will also flush out other time travellers. May be interesting.]

If you could travel to any point in history, where and when would you go, and why?

Also, if you could travel to any point in your own personal history, your lifetime... Same questions.

Would you try to change anything?

[He has experience with trying and the resulting failure too.]

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[sorryitasedyou]

I would travel to the 1800s because why not. I had fun when it happened here, might be interesting to explore a little further as long as I could get back.

Personal history, idk. Maybe back to right before I was pulled here, try to stop Jane from leaving my side at the warehouse. [ Because if she could've prevented Jane getting hit by the aether, maybe things would have been different. ]

What about you?

[catchacold]

1800s, huh? Whereabout was that here, I mean, we talking America, Europe, Asia...?

[Obviously it's Wonderland, he's just curious what area was picked for that.]

Jane's your friend? Girlfriend?

I've tried changing something. Didn't stick. Not so personal, I don't know. 1920s Chicago, could be nice.

sorry for the delay, a move and no internet got in the way - feel free to ignore

[sorryitasedyou]

I think it was Europe. Not sure, there was an Inn and a lot of grass, wood, and fog. Seemed European.

[ That's her best guess. Like an old English or Irish Inn way back when. ]

Technically, Jane's my boss. Girlfriend would deffo make Thor jealous if he were here. We're friends. IDK if you've met her around here - Dr. Jane Foster?

1920s Chicago, interesting choice. Dangerous but probs exciting depending on the area.

I saw on plurk! never you worry, I backtag forever, real life happens

[catchacold]

Oh yeah. Sounds like movie old Europe anyway.

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, you'd not wanna make someone called Thor jealous. I've run into her a while ago, she was doing science.

[This would be accompanied by a vague hand gesture in person.]

Right? Gotta level with you, it'd probably be my kinda fun.

awesome! ty <3

[sorryitasedyou]

Yeah, although if it had been real old Europe I still don't think anyone would have let me have a gun. [ Party poopers. ] And that's a good call. She does science a lot. It's kinda her thing - like breathing and not sleeping.

[ She smiles, shifting her position a little before responding. ]

Bit of a thrillseeker or more of the bad boy type? [ Look, she's gotta know because a lot of people wouldn't exactly pick 1920s Chicago and call it fun. ]

[catchacold]

I don't think they had the stricter rules until automated weapons became more of a standard, but don't quote me on that. [He's a time traveller, not a historian.] That's science types for you, I guess.

Gotta cross both columns on that one. Think sometimes you gotta be bad to get a real thrill.

[sorryitasedyou]

omg don't even get me started on science types
I mean I'm technically a science type adjacent as an intern
although I don't feel science-y back home.

[ That might be because people don't talk down to her while in a lab, but whatevs. ]

Maybe.
The right situation is also helpful in getting a thrill.
I totes almost died in an alien invasion, hell of an adrenaline rush.

[catchacold]

Think interns fall more in the unpaid and bored category usually, so you bypass the science stereotypes. For now.

Yeah? I apparently missed an alien invasion by a few months, my teammates told me about it. Congrats on not dying.

[sorryitasedyou]

that's fair and ty
I do my best here to not go total science - just feeding and watering the ones who live in the lab and are allergic to the sun.

Gotta say, alien invasions aren't a good time
dark elves were trying to plunge the universe into darkness but my intern threw the bumper of a car at the ones trying to kill us so that was a thing
helpful when gravity stops working all the time

1/2

[catchacold]

WOAH, WOAH, WOAH!

That's just WAY out there.

done and I'm sorry

[catchacold]

YOU got an intern?

Unbelievable.

don't be sorry, it's beautiful

[sorryitasedyou]

super cray cray, right?

also yes
a three year unpaid gift to me while we were in London to help prep for the Convergence research and all that

fun fact: having an intern isn't all it's cracked up to be
I learned a lot.

good, good

[catchacold]

You learned a lot? Thought your intern was supposed to do the learning.

What did you learn?

I think my record with Darcy right now is like 8 or 9

[sorryitasedyou]

technically he did
but I also learned that with great power comes great responsibility
like not letting the intern throw the keys into another dimension
that's what other people's shoes are for.

[ duh. ]

[catchacold]

Well.

At least you learned from your mistakes.

Another dimension, huh? Anything interesting on the other side?

[sorryitasedyou]

that I did.

And apparently, there was a lot of crazy shit happening on the other side. Like a whole fight with the very same dark elves that then popped into earth through one of them with their ship to make a mess.