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[atome]

So,
If any of you have belongings that ended up broken or shattered due to the issue with the gravity? Engine? Gravity engine? Whatever it is.
I can fix it, so long as I can hold or carry it.

Doesn't really matter what it is, just let me know and I can mend it for you.

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[atome]

Yes?
More like
someone found me and made sure I learned magick before I ended up here.

[donkeyballs]

Well that's a coincidence and a half.

But I really ain't one to judge.

I just thought, the way everyone else on this station talks about it, that magic was kinda somethin you either had or didn't.

[atome]

No. I don't think it was.

Some people have gifts. Others get them. Some don't at all.

[donkeyballs]

But you didn't believe in them, before you got them?

[atome]

No, not really. Especially not like this. But then, it...

It was like. Having a veil removed. Learning the truth of things.

[donkeyballs]

Does that mean it's still weird, where you're from? That most people just don't have any idea about it?

Wait -

Where are you from, anyway?

[atome]

That would absolutely be correct.

London, but I was last at Oublié Cathedral during the Battle of the Somme. Earth.

[donkeyballs]

Should have guessed. Seems like almost everyone on this station's an Earther.

Can't say I can place the Battle of the Somme, though it rings a vague bell.

[atome]

It's been an intense battle during the Great War. Though it may be too far in your history to remember about.

For me, it's my present.

[donkeyballs]

There's been a lotta wars, and my Earth history ain't great.

Think I can go ahead and assume none of ya'll been to Mars, yet, though.

[atome]

No. No one's been to space yet, either.

[donkeyballs]

[ Christ, this will never not be weird for him.

No space, so no moon, so pre-mid-twentieth century. Great War--]

Oh, I got you. World War One, right? Early twentieth century.

[ Just the most oblivious way of telling someone that there's a world war two. Sorry, friend. ]

[atome]

I




There's another
isn't there
it doesn't stop at the Great War

I should have known. The War to End All Wars. What a joke.

[donkeyballs]

[ Oh.


Oh. Whoops.

That was not tactful. ]

Sorry, partner.

Wish I could say it was only one, too.

Humans ain't all that great at keepin' away from each other's throats.

[atome]

I know.
And how easily influenced we are

But we persevere.
There is that.

[donkeyballs]

We do.

If it makes a difference, it's 2350 where I'm from.

Still fightin', but there's billions of us, and we ain't all from Earth.

Can't say I've heard of any magic, back home, but it sounds like you didn't, either, till you saw it.

[atome]

Most people have no idea about magick, or what lies beyond.
It's usually for the best.

It's 1914 where I'm from.

[donkeyballs]

[ He whistles. Almost 450 years.

He doesn't know whether to be impressed or really off put.

How the hell did all of them end up here together? ]

Damn.

I'll be honest, can barely wrap my head around any of it. Time, space, magic - none of it makes sense here.

[atome]

They all intertwine in some way. The veil of reality is much thinner than we may think.
With enough power, it can be twisted up and torn down.

Whatever or whoever brought us here included a lot of power. More than I can even imagine. Magick or science or maybe even both.

[donkeyballs]

Hate to tell you, kid, but there are things beyond magic or science, out there.

But this place seems human, as far as I can tell. So maybe you're right. Maybe it's from a universe where humans got the crazy powers so many people have, here.

But don't seem to be any of them here.

[atome]

Stop saying that. I'm not a child.
I know a lot of things that are out there.
Probably more than you.

They're probably dead. Or were transported.
Most likely dead.

[donkeyballs]

[ Woops. ]

Sorry, no harm meant. [A least he hadn't gone with 'sweetheart'. ]

What's probably dead?

[atome]

The crew.

[donkeyballs]

You think the previous crew is what brought us here?

Cause I'm inclined to believe same as you - that they're dead. But if they're dead, then how would they have got us here?

[atome]

There are a lot of ways, but I don't know.
I think it might be better to wait and see if we can find out more.

But maybe they hoped we could fix their mistakes.
Or it was an accident.
I'm not sure.