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[Shortly after arriving, Pilouette had learned that when, or rather if, she returned home she would go back to the very moment she left. But as of late, something has been bothering her. While what little knowledge of time travel and the like she possesses comes from films and most likely has very little basis in actual science, she can't stop thinking about it. So, flopping down on her bed, she decides to take to the journals.]

Umm, hey. Like, I have a question.

When you come here, time like, freezes back home right? I don't know a lot about timescience or whatever, but I was wondering...When you leave here, if you go back to the moment you left does that mean that one second into the future at home I'm already back sleeping on the couch? But would that mean I'm here and there at the same time? Or does that not work since that's in the future?

Like I said I'm not like...a "time scientist" or anything, so I've really got like, no idea. So...does anyone know?

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This isn't just about time travel, but the fact that we all hail from different universes altogether! Despite my brilliance, I don't have much knowledge about time travel, although I'd happily present a few theories.

So it's not just time science, it's like...dimension science, huh?

Well, I guess if you have theories, I'd like to hear them, because this whole thing has been seriously bugging me for like, a week.

The Malnosso don't appear to have regular time-travel technology, or else they'd just travel back in time and change things to their own will - or forwards in time if they wanted to travel to a time where the knowledge they seek with these experiments exist!

Everything else depends on whether the Malnosso personally kidnap us from our worlds, or, as they claim, they merely pick us up when we arrive here as a result of some other force!

I guess that kinda makes sense. If they could time travel, they wouldn't need us at all, huh?

...But are they seriously saying that they're only taking us because we just happened to show up here?! As if they have nothing to do with it! Pffft!

That's what I've heard at least. They seem to want us to believe they're doing us a favour by putting us inside this barrier. It does defend us from the random Shifts outside, but it's obviously designed to keep us inside too! If they really worked for the good of all of us they'd be asking a genius such as I for help, not treating me like a lab rat!

[She doesn't know so much about him being a genius since she doesn't really know him, but...]

I know, right?! And, like, all their weird experiments don't help us all, do they?! From what I can tell, all they do is make everybody all freaked out and stuff. I don't think they're trying to help us at all...!

They're just using us in their war against the Third Party! They already have everything they need on this planet. Why would they need to find an escape for themselves or anyone?

Y-You're right...!

So the people that can't fight are really only good for experiments to them, huh...?

So it would seem, although they don't seem to mind drafting those without combat abilities either! Sometimes I question their choices in that regard.

But that doesn't make any sense at all!

...You don't think that's some kind of weird experiment, too, do you? Just like, tossing people who can't fight into a battle like that?

It's difficult to judge their motives, but perhaps you have a point. It may simply be yet another experiment, or perhaps... Perhaps the non-combatants are mere hostages! Incentive for the draftees to fight off the Third Party and protect their bases!

Hostages?! B...But that's horrible! You don't think they would really go that far, do you?!

[The very thought is pretty horrifying, but the fact that they even send people with no combat skills into battle seems to be proof that, yes, they would do that.]

You obviously don't know a lot about these Malnosso if you think that's bad! They're happy to torture us both mentally and physically with little reason as it is. Putting little girls on battlefields is hardly below them!

I...I guess you're right. If they're willing to kidnap people to experiment on, there's probably not anything they wouldn't do, huh?

Whoops! I suppose I just crushed your spirits, didn't I?

N-No! Of course not! B-Because eventually we'll all go home a-and everything will be fine!

[That's the mature adult response, right?]

Huh? Oh. Yes, of course we will. Ahem.

Anyway, I'm sure I've answered your question about, ahem, "time science".

[Blind optimism is always the mature option.]

Oh! Yeah! Um, thanks for answering all my questions and stuff, mister! I think I might have a lot more to think about now, though.

Ho ho! Indeed. Good luck with that!

[ There's a looong pause before this girl speaks up. ]

... I don't think I even get it anymore, that sounds way too difficult..

Like, I know, right?! All this weird time junk...I just don't get it! Even in the movies it always sounded super complicated.

At least in the movies they explain it in a short way, but I'm sure that if anyone has the answer to this it's just long and complicated..! And in the end, even though they talked for such a long time, I still won't get it!

Now that you mention it...I didn't even think about that! Wh-what if someone gives me like, a super good explanation but it's too hard for me to understand?! Omigod, they're gonna think I'm so dumb!

N.. no, you can't give up just yet! If you don't reply to people who reply now, they might think you're rude instead, and being found rude is even worse than people thinking you're dumb, trust me!

O-oh...You're right! What I gonna d-

I got it! If someone says something I don't understand, I'll just fake it and pretend I do! Problem solved!

Oh.. That's the perfect solution! You must be a really smart person after all to think up something like that!

[Pils never gets called smart so she's just going to bask in that for a second.]

Ahaha, you really think so? Aw, gee, thanks~!

[ It's okay, Usagi would probably do exactly the same in her situation.. ]

Of course I think so! In fact, I really, really think so! I wouldn't know what to do if someone would say something I don't understand, really..

Ah, but now you do! We can share the same plan! The next time someone tells you something you don't understand, pretend you get it and figure it out later!

[To most people, this would be an awful plan.]

That's right, I could just ask Ami-chan later on, since she knows pretty much anything!

... Ah, but then there's the problem.. what do I do if it's Ami-chan of all people saying something complicated?! Who will I ask then?!

Hmm...That is kinda tough.

Maybe you could try researching it at the library? That's what I would do, anyway. That way if they ask you about it later on, you can pretend you knew the whole time and no one can prove you didn't!

... The library, huh.. [ her mortal enemy.. ]

But what if I get lost in there?! It's so big!

I-Is it...?

[She's never actually been in Luceti's library so she's got no idea.]

You could try putting down some kind of marker to show where you've been! I used to see it on TV all the time back home! If it's big enough to get lost in, you'd think someone would have made a map or something or by now...

[ To be fair, Usagi would consider anything with more than two book shelves already to be scary. ]

Making a map of the library, huh.. That actually doesn't sound like a bad idea, I bet lots of people get lost in there all the time!

R-really?! Whoah. If that many people are getting lost in there who knows who all might actually be in there?! What if some New Feather, like, popped up in there and just...never found their way out?

[Pils is completely horrified by this thought.]

A map is totally needed!

... O-oh no.. Do you really think some New Feather might have been stuck in there for ages already..?! What if someone died and is now haunting the library?!

[ totally freaking out along with her. ]

No way! NO WAY! Th-th-there's no way someone d-died in the library! I mean, there's a librarian or something right? Or at least someone who's in there a lot! I-If someone died in there, they would know at least! You don't just not notice a dead person in a library, right?!

[She's not sure if she's trying to convince Usagi or herself at this point.]

But the library is super big like we said, right?! So even the librarian might not check the dark far corners of it, so maybe there's-- you know, a real skeleton there! Just in a corner!

Uwaah, it's so scary! I'm never ever going in there for sure, I just know I'll die next!

[This is getting more terrifying by the second. The idea of a skeleton, or worse, a corpse just...sitting in some deep, dark corner of the library is horrifying beyond belief.]

W-well, if you ever do have to go in there, take someone with you who's really good at directions! O-Or maybe a compass?

L.. listen up.. [ gulping, her expression becoming almost a bit dramatic.. ]

If I never get out of there again.. you have to remember me, okay?! Tell the tale of my brave adventure to everyone, so that nobody will forget how I sacrificed myself for it..!

I-I'll totally remember you! And I'll make sure it never happens to anyone ever again! I'll like, write a book about it or something!

...Um, but, before I remember you, um, I kind of need to know your name.

Usagi! Usagi Tsukino-- and ah, if you write a book about me, don't make it too long, okay? Otherwise nobody will bother to read it at all!

Well, my name is Pilouette! So if you get lost in the library, if you can get ahold of me, I'll like, totally come and help you!

A-And I'll write that book so anyone can read it! I'll even make sure there are lots of pictures so even the littlest kid can understand how dangerous the library is!

Thank you, Pilouette-chan..! That means that even if I die.. [ there's a dramatic sniffle ] my sacrifice will never be in vain..!

Just...Just be careful out there! Or...um, in... there. I guess.

...Okay!?

D-don't worry! I'll do my very best to not die, especially not in the library, okay? So we'll definitely talk again sometime, I promise..!!

You go back home to the same moment you left. People can be pulled from different points in time, though.

Well, I knew the part about when they send you back, but, people can be pulled from other points in time? So, if someone from back home was pulled from 5 days after I was, then I probably would have been there, right?

Yeah. You'll always be present for things in your world's timeline, even if you might miss things in Luceti.

So, I was right, then! Even though I'm here there's a "future me" that's already home! Right?

[...] Yeah, I guess. You won't suddenly go back home and be replaced or a year older or something, though.

So whatever changes happen to me here will just go away when I go home?

[It's a strange thought and she's not entirely sure if it's a good thing.]

Like it never happened. You won't even remember.

That's kind of creepy, though isn't it? Some people have told me they've been here for years and they're just going to forget all that?

Everything about Luceti is creepy.

I guess, but at least most of the other people here are nice! It just seems kind of wrong that they'll end up forgetting about it, no matter how long they've been here.

[But it's wrong that it happened to begin with, isn't it?] I guess so.

Far as I know, they send you right back to exactly when you left. Prob'ly shouldn't stress out about it too much, chere.

Well, I knew that, but...If they send me back to right when they took me, then I'm really only gone for like, one teeny little second, right? So what about after that? Am I already there again in the next second while I'm here?

[He's not entirely sure he's following this 100%, but oh well.]

T'ink so, petite. Not really sure how it all works, but I been home and ended up back here an' never noticed a t'ing.

Huh...

S-so when you go home, it's like you were never gone at all, then? As if that missing second was never missing?

Jus' like that. I never noticed a t'ing.

That's like...kind of unsettling, though, isn't it? Like, you leave here and even you don't know you were gone...

Hmm. It's def'nitely pretty unsettlin'. People keep comin' up wit' how I met them before an' I don't remember a t'ing.

Should make it easier settlin' back in when we all get home again, at least.

Y-yeah! That's a good way to think about it! ...I guess.

[She still sounds a little unconvinced that forgetting about what could potentially be a long stretch of time could ever be a good thing.]

[Yeah, he's not too keen on it either. Forgetting one trip here has been bugging him for a long time. But he'll still play it cool.]

Wouldn't worry 'bout it too much if I was you, petite. Whole lotta stuff don't make much sense here anyhow.

Yeah, I guess there's no point in worrying. It's not like I can do anything about it anyway.

[Just when she thought she was starting to make friends, from what she's been told she's just going to forget them all someday. It's kind of depressing.]

I get that part. What I don't get is this:

I guess what I mean is, is there a "future me" that's already back home? I mean, as far as time goes back home, I'm only gone for one tiny second or something, right?

That's right. But the timelines are a lot more "apart" than they are in that diagram. The "you" which is experiencing Luceti is in a a place where "time" from home doesn't matter. So yes, it's entirely possible some version of "you" is experiencing the correct timeline at home. Probable, actually.

"Some version?" So, it's kind of like another me?

Obviously. If you assume a person sticks with their memories then it's a given.

[She's not sure she quite understands.]

I've heard that people don't remember things from here when they go home, though. This is a lot more complicated then I thought it would be.

That's what I meant. The "you" that's here is different than the "you" at home, because you'll have the memories of here. The continuity is changed.

I think I get it. There's a me back home, but they're not really me! But when I get back home, I won't have these memories so I'll end up being that me, instead of the me I am now.

Or something.

Pretty much. Plus the "you" here has a small chance of continued continuity if you ever come back.

[She's so proud of herself for understanding all this, you have no idea.]

So even if I go home and become the future me, if I come back I might become the me I am now again?

Whoa... That's so weird!

Yes. Though, maybe a slightly different version--

You at Home (1): Your Memories until Date of Leaving
You in Luceti (1): Your Memories until Date of Leaving + any memories here
You at Home (2): Your Memories until Date of Leaving + memories gained after going back - any memories of Luceti
You in Luceti (2): Your Memories until Date of Leaving (1) + memories gained after going back until Date of Leaving (2) [+any memories of You in Luceti (1) if you're lucky]

So, have you ever gone back home? You seem to really have a handle on this stuff.

I have, yeah

Was it weird to deal with when you got back here?

[...It was the least of her worries but]

Yes

I see.

[The thought of going home, then being dragged back to Luceti brings about feelings of concern. What if something big happened? The idea of being brought back with no time to deal with it is an unsettling one.]

Well, thanks for explaining all this time stuff. It all sounds really complicated, but I think understand.

It's no problem. It's not as complex as you'd think.

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