CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN I HEAR YOU? THERE ARE WORDS TO ASK, QUESTIONS TO SAY AND CONVERSATIONS I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IF THERE'S THE TIME AND SPACE FOR IT
@a-man-here
I can hear you!! Hello!!!!
I got nothing else going on right now and I'm always down for a conversation!
HOW WONDERFUL, I AM EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU. WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
My name is Mage!
And the feeling is mutual! You seem like quite the person, considering the way you talk.
Got like an air of mystery to you
What is your name?
IF YOU FIND ME MYSTERIOUS NOW I AM SURE THAT FEELING WILL ONLY GROW. AFTER ALL, I AM THE FORGOTTEN MAN, THERE ARE FEW WHO CAN REMEMBER
PERHAPS YOU COULD BE ONE OF THEM, YOU ARE DIFFERENT IN A WAY I CAN'T QUITE PLACE
Well I don't have a good memory in the first place so I'm not sure if I could haha....
And uhh "different" I guess because I'm from like. A different timeline and stuff? That's probably why?
THAT WOULD EXPLAIN IT, INTERESTING, I CAN ONLY THINK OF ONE OTHER TIME THAT HAPPENED AND HE WAS MUCH LESS OPEN ABOUT IT
I SUPPOSE THE SITUATION MUST JUST BE DIFFERENT
Yeah no like I got nothing to hide
Sometimes you gotta keep these things quiet to like.. not scare people?
But you seem like the kind who would get it so.
YOU ARE RIGHT TO ASSUME THAT! AND I NO FIRST HAND HOW NECESSARY HIDING THESE THINGS CAN BE.
ANYWAY, IF YOU DON'T MIND SHARING, I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOUR ORIGINAL TIMELINE WAS LIKE
Okay so this gets a little complicated
Because even in the other timeline I'm not exactly from this world...
I'm from a place known as Portal World- a place where different worlds can connect!
And then I um.. befriended people in this world.. but different timeline. If that makes sense.
I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND. I MUST ADMIT, THOUGH IT IS NOT SURPRISING TO ME THE CONCEPT OF A PORTAL WORLD AND A BEING THAT COMES FROM THERE IS INTRIGUING
AND I HAVE OBSERVED THIS PLACE IN ANOTHER TIMELINE, THOUGH I DON'T REMEMBER YOU IN THAT ONE
Yeah this is only the second timeline of this world I've been to... And with how many infinite possibilities there are it's not very surprising hehe
YES, EVEN SIMPLIST OF WORLDS OFTEN HAVE MILLIONS OF VARIATION, BUT IT IS ESPECIALLY UNSURPRISING FOR A WORLD SUCH AS THIS
Yeah! You already have infinite variations within just the confines of the laws of this world!
The dark worlds can be created with the creator's will and that can change EVERYTHING...
Making worlds.. such a cool concept
WE ARE ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH YOU AND I, THOUGH THE THING I FIND MOST INTERESTING IS WHAT THE DARKNESS REVEALS IN IT'S CREATOR
Yeah!!
Which makes me VERY curious about who made this fountain....
But that hasn't been adressed yet in canon, has it?
IT SURE HASN'T, THOUGH THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THIS PARTICULAR FOUNTAIN GIVES ME THE FEELING THAT IT WASN'T MADE IN THE SAME WAY AS THE OTHERS
I'M SURE THAT ONLY MAKES YOU WONDER MORE BUT IT DOES NARROW THINGS DOWN SLIGHTLY AS WELL
Does it?
What do you have in mind?
I ASSUME THAT BECAUSE THIS DARK FOUNTAIN IS EXCEPTIONAL SO WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF IT'S CREATION. WHICH WOULD MAKE MANY OF THE LIGHTNERS UNLIKELY
THOUGH NOT IMPOSSIBLE CONSIDERING HOW LITTLE WE STILL KNOW
(They nod thoughtfully, pretending to take a pen and write in a notepad (which was actually their hand.))
Interesting, interesting...
Do you think it was a darkner... or perhaps something not quite either?
THE SECOND OPTION, THIS IS A FOUNTAIN OF DARKNESS SO PURE THAT ANY CAN RESIDE IN IT WITHOUT PETRIFICATION,
AND THAT'S ONLY DARKNER IS ONE THAT CAN TRAVEL TO AND RESIDE IN ANY DARKNESS.
A DARKNER WHO EXISTS AT THE CENTER OF THE PROPHECY
I BELIEVE THAT COULD ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY SOMETHING OUTSIDE THE SPECTRUM OF DARK AND LIGHT. DARKER THAN DARK
OR PERHAPS... LIGHTER THAN LIGHT?
A SILLY THOUGHT, BUT AN INTRIGUING ONE
OOOOO okay my brain is processing all this, this is good
THANK YOU, I DO CONSIDER MYSELF SOMETHING OF A WRITER, EVEN IF IT'S FAR FROM WHAT I AM KNOWN FOR
What ARE you known for?
EGGS
Eggs.
THE FUNNY THING IS I DO NOT REMEMBER WHY I EVEN GIVE PEOPLE EGGS. I SIMPLY HAVE ALWAYS DONE IT
Okay but what kind of eggs are they?
NONDESCRIPT, BUT THEY'RE CLOSEST TO CHICKEN EGGS
Can anything hatch from them???
I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THEM BREAK, NONETHELESS HATCH. WHO SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING PAST THE SHELL ANYWAY
Hwoa........ immortal egg......
SOMETHING COOL DOES HAPPEN IF YOU TRY TO BREAK THE EGG. HERE
* (you got an egg)
WHOA MY OWN EGG
Do I have to break it?
It's so cute....
DO WHATEVER YOU WISH. I KNOW AN EGG CAN BE A VERY SPECIAL EVENT. AND I HAVE MORE IF THE NEED ARISES
(They hold it up right in front of their face.)
I shall cherish it always!!!!!!
YOU WILL BE A GREAT CARETAKER I'M SURE
(They salute)
I shall try my best!
I already have a child to take care of... maybe she could have a little egg sibling eheh...
GOOD, YOU ALREADY HAVE EXPERIENCE THEN
I suppose you could say that!
WELL GOOD LUCK WITH THE EGG, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME STILL?
So I'm not gonna break the egg, but can you tell me what would happen if I did?
PERHAPS THIS IS NOT THE BEST DEMONSTRATION, BUT IT WOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS
* (The egg was discarded)
* (...)
* (What egg?)
Whoaaa nice
Love me some good ol magic tricks
THANK YOU, SLIGHT OF HAND CAN BE QUITE EASY WHEN NO ONE LOOKS AT YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE
It's funny, we're talking right now but I can't at any point picture what you look like.
Your face, I mean.
I LIKE TO THINK THE TREE IS MY FACE IN A WAY
Hmmm I can kind of make out the contours of a face in the tree bark, so sure!
AT THE VERY LEAST IT'S ANOTHER THING TO REMEMBER ME BY, THE TREE PAINTED OVER EVERYTHING
It is a very nice tree!
Is it your favorite kind of tree? Or do you even have a favorite?
I MAY NOT HAVE HAD A FAVORITE BEFORE BUT I HAVE DEFINITELY DEVELOPED ONE BY NOW. IT'S HARD NOT TO GROW FOND OF SOMETHING SO CENTRAL TO YOUR IMAGE
Well... that's a good way of looking at things, I suppose!
IS IT? IT'S NOT LIKE I CHOSE TO THINK THIS WAY. BUT IF THAT IS TRUE I SUPPOSE I AM GRATEFUL
I mean.. it's better than disliking the things you associate with yourself, right?
IT IS, I'M QUITE LUCKY IN THAT WAY AREN'T I. I DON'T THINK I COULD CHANGE ANY OF IT, NOT WITHOUT BECOMING A COMPLETELY NEW PERSON
Hmm yeah, I get that. Why fix things that aren't broken, though, right?
I AGREE, ESPECIALLY WHEN EVERYTHING IS THERE FOR A REASON. BUT I SHOULDN'T GO INTO DETAIL ON THAT, I'D BE BREAKING CONFIDENTIALITY
Ohhh you got me curious now, but I won't pry
YOU ARE VERY POLITE FOR THAT. CURIOSITY IS A HARD THING TO IGNORE
(They laugh)
It is!
I am itching right now, but that's okay!