[Audio]

[evervarying]

What the hell happened back there?

[Even without any video feed to give an idea of her expression, Ashley's obviously agitated, and three days in what is apparently an entirely new timestream hasn't done anything to help things make sense.]

Not the basics - I get it. Most of you were off time traveling. But where? How scattered were we all? What started it? Did everyone make it back, or are we still missing people?

[She already knows "back in one piece" is too much to ask for.]

I don't know about anyone else, but I really don't want to be caught with my pants down next time.

Comments

[video]

[growingwild]

We were in Verdana's past - way back in the past, before they had the domes or anything. They were even still on good terms with Antiqua. And you ain't the only one that wants to know what in Lakik's name is going on.

[Briar paused for a moment]

Sigyn's gone. But I don't know when she disappeared - last time I saw her was before all this happened. She might have gone back to the ship. [Or he hoped she had. That was better than her getting lost in time or anything, at least]

[video]

[evervarying]

Do you know if anyone saw her while everything was going down?

[video]

[growingwild]

[Briar shook his head] No idea. I know she definitely wasn't in my timeline, but with all the other timelines we had...not to mention that weird place...

[video]

[evervarying]

I didn't see her there. But there was a lot of ground to cover.

[video]

[growingwild]

What even is that place? It wasn't the past of the future. It wasn't even...that place was just dead.

[video]

[evervarying]

Some kind of Limbo, I think. I was there the whole time, and I still can't figure it out.

[video]

[growingwild]

[Briar's jaw drops, and he looks at Ashley with horror]

You...you were there the whole time?! Lakik's teeth, that would be horrible!

[video]

[evervarying]

[Ashley shrugs, which hitches the video a little, since she has the communicator in her hand.]

I've been through worse.

[Blatant lies ahoy.]

[video]

[growingwild]

Remind me to never ask about your 'worse'. I don't think I'd want to know.

[Briar half wonders if she's lying, but he's not really sure. Either way, just thinking about Nowhere is enough to make him look throughly miserable]

I don't ever want to be anywhere like that again.

[video]

[evervarying]

I can't blame you. I'm pretty sure it's the textbook definition of unwelcoming.

[video]

[growingwild]

You can say that again.

Isn't there anyone out there who knows how to figure out all...this? [Briar waves an arm around, as if to indicate 'everything ever'] Aren't they're people who spend all their time on that ship? Haven't they got a clue about all this?

[video]

[evervarying]

I haven't had a chance to ask. That's kind of the point of this - if anyone has a clue, they'll either speak up, or they're playing their cards close to their chests.

[video]

[growingwild]

If anyone says anything, let us know, will you? Wish I could help more, but...[Briar shrugged, and waved a hand] All this is so far out of what I know it's scary.