fortunefail | - 78 [Accidental voice]

[This morning, Yuan awoke to find that the body swap with Mithos had been undone. In fact, the body swap with Mithos is the last thing he remembers of Luceti before over two years' worth of memories from home follow it up. It seems like he must've been home, even if this recent experiment is to blame. Similarly to when he was an old man, he's been aged up slightly and now knows all about what happens to Sylvarant and Tethe'alla shortly after the unification of the worlds. While he was there, he had no idea he was ever in Luceti, but now that he's 'back'...

A quick check of the calendar and flipping through recent journal entries verifies just how much he missed. It wasn't much at all. Time really does have no meaning in this wretched place.]

November in the fourth cycle year... Figures. He must still be here also. I should seek out Kratos soon.

[Rustling of pages. A short silence, then a sigh.]

And I see the journals are still as eager as ever to broadcast personal thoughts.

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The experiments tend to take a toll on anyone, regardless of how minor their effects are.

It's...taken a toll, yes. But I can manage.

How have you been, Yuan? Is everything all right?

... I suppose so. Though I suddenly find myself with two more years' worth of memories from home. It's as if I was actually there, even though no time has passed here.

You're...not the only one I've spoken with to experience such a feeling. Although, in Xion's case, she had actually been here for the intervening ten years.

Is that so? If her memories are true, it means the Malnosso will not be able to send us all home within the next ten years.

"Will not be able" or just "won't". Either way, it won't make much of a difference to those of us who are still here by then.

No, I suppose it wouldn't. And being stuck here for another ten years doesn't sound very appealing.

Not for me, certainly. Although for those of the villagers who have...no other recourse, I suppose it might be a comfort.

... That's true, but they can't stay here forever.

Why not? [He sounds...a bit defensive, as he speaks.]

Who's to say that this is their afterlife.

This world wasn't meant to be afterlife. There's no telling how our presence here may affect our own worlds, even for those whose time back home has already passed.

There are other dimensions in my world - heavenly dimensions as well as hell dimensions. Travel between them is possible, albeit extremely difficult while the one attempting it still has a physical body to tie them to the world.

I believe Luceti exists outside dimensions. Rather, it isn't directly tied to other dimensions. [Hm... No, that's still not entirely what he means. How should he explain this...?]

Traveling between dimensions is possible when they exist next to each other, just out of phase. However, other worlds, such as the difference between your world and my own, are a lot harder to connect.

If the worlds themselves are somehow similar - in history or in structure - does that mean they're closer in "phase"?

Hm... Perhaps. It depends. It couldn't be just a coincidence if the worlds are that similar, though the concept of alternate timelines may play a role as well. Not that such a theory has been proven yet... As far as I know, alternate timelines are mere conjecture.

Unless the Malnosso are involved.

They do seem to enjoy tampering with time and space.

While I can certainly see the attraction, I'm sick of being tampered with.

Aren't we all...?

Yes, but I imagine many of the villagers are used to it. Especially if we really are going to be stuck here for ten more years.

I'm sure most of us will never settle for being a test subject, no matter how long it's been.

I hope not. I certainly don't intend to, but I haven't even had the chance to get a good look at the barrier yet.

A visit to the barrier is quite the trip, these days. You're best off finding someone with inhuman speed or teleportation skills to give you a lift there.

I know someone with teleportation.

But asking her is a little problematic.

Is that so?

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