[ you know. hope would normally be a little more sympathetic to emet's bewilderment, but given that time travel is his Special Interest, well. sorry my dude, he is going full academic mode once the vision finishes. ]
So that visitor of yours claimed to be from the future of your world, sent back in time to try and find a way to avert its destruction... interesting.
[ he looks concerned, deep in thought... but while he does seem genuinely sympathetic to emet's plight, there's still a part of him that's taking an objective lens to the matter. ]
So, to make sure I'm following—there is no way to circumvent the actions that will lead to the end of your world, because it must happen. Their existence, allegedly, confirms the certainty of it.
Allegedly, yes. They do not seem as if they could possibly exist at the same time; should we prevent the destruction of our world, theirs can never come into being as a result.
Would you like to find somewhere to sit? I feel like a conversation with this much weight should hardly be one to stand for, and... no offense meant, but I think I would like to save us both the trouble of sore necks in the morning.
Despite being in Fall, I was close to some members of the Winter dorm, so I spent some time in here.
[ a nostalgic, wistful little smile ]
When I was younger, I remember being awestruck by how grandiose it was compared to the other dorms... who knew that one day it would host someone for whom this architecture was actually appropriate?
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[whatever else he has to say about the school, it's interrupted!
thank god you know the lore so i can just give you this cutscene which by default includes the lore.
the memory ends after emet-selch storms out of the meeting, hythlodaeus on his heels, and in the wake of it--
he's quiet, a hand over his face.]
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[ you know. hope would normally be a little more sympathetic to emet's bewilderment, but given that time travel is his Special Interest, well. sorry my dude, he is going full academic mode once the vision finishes. ]
So that visitor of yours claimed to be from the future of your world, sent back in time to try and find a way to avert its destruction... interesting.
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The world will be destroyed in my time, first.
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...Your past wouldn't adapt to the future they hope to achieve?
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[ he looks concerned, deep in thought... but while he does seem genuinely sympathetic to emet's plight, there's still a part of him that's taking an objective lens to the matter. ]
So, to make sure I'm following—there is no way to circumvent the actions that will lead to the end of your world, because it must happen. Their existence, allegedly, confirms the certainty of it.
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Allegedly, yes. They do not seem as if they could possibly exist at the same time; should we prevent the destruction of our world, theirs can never come into being as a result.
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Would you like to find somewhere to sit? I feel like a conversation with this much weight should hardly be one to stand for, and... no offense meant, but I think I would like to save us both the trouble of sore necks in the morning.
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[come on then, let's go sit, he doesn't want to have to have someone crack his neck tomorrow either.]
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[ and he leads the way to winter dorm in all its opulence and also its big. ]
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...much improved. Still not entirely to scale, but a far sight better than standing outdoors.
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[ a nostalgic, wistful little smile ]
When I was younger, I remember being awestruck by how grandiose it was compared to the other dorms... who knew that one day it would host someone for whom this architecture was actually appropriate?
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[always a benefit, to be able to re-use places in such a way.]
I take it they all differed?