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[crabbycustomer]

CURRENT carcinoGeneticist [CCG] RIGHT NOW opened memo on board MAGICAL MYSTERY BAR VIRTUAL BULLETIN BOARD

CCG: BEEN A WHILE SINCE I OPENED ONE OF THESE
CCG: LOTS OF NEW USERS
CCG: THE WAY THIS WORKS IS KIND OF A FREE FOR ALL GROUP DISCUSSION
CCG: PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE I HAVE EXCLUDED OUR PAST AND FUTURE SELVES FROM CONTRIBUTING TO THE DISCUSSION
CCG: SO THE 'CURRENT' STUFF IS MORE OR LESS VESTIGIAL AT THIS POINT
CCG: NONETHELESS....
CCG: LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR PAST AND FUTURE SELVES
CCG: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THEM?
CCG: DO YOU EVER BLAME YOUR PAST SELF FOR YOUR CURRENT PREDICAMENTS?
CCG: OR MAKE DECISIONS IN THE PRESENT WITH THE INTENTION OF LEAVING THE PROBLEM UP TO YOUR FUTURE SELF?
CCG: IF YOU COULD TALK TO YOUR PAST OR FUTURE SELF WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
CCG: NOT DUMB TIMELINE GAMES, I'M TALKING ABOUT PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS HERE
CCG: INSULTS, APOLOGIES, QUESTIONS, SHARING JOKES?
CCG: WHATEVER
CCG: ALTERNATE SELVES FROM CHOICES NOT MADE ARE ALSO FAIR GAME

[ooc: In and out through the day; feel free to tag in & talk among yourselves even if I'm not around!]

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[freedom_is_grey]

CAI: I would like to take this moment, on behalf of my past, present, and future selves, to say one thing. DAMMIT JOWAN.

[crabbycustomer]

CCG: YES, THESE ARE EXACTLY THE KIND OF SENTIMENTS TRANSTIMELINE COMMUNICATION IS MADE FOR
CCG: SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST THE COMMON DENOMINATOR OF FRUSTRATION

[freedom_is_grey]

CAI: Blood magic, CG.
CAI: And getting a small child possessed because he is a TERRIBLE TEACHER.
CAI: And getting his girlfriend thrown into mage prison.
CAI: If you meet him, never be friends with him.
CAI: Or enemies.
CAI: Just ignore him.
CAI: And as a note to my future self -- never change your mind about him.
CAI: Ever.

[crabbycustomer]

CCG: THIS DOESN'T SHED ANY MORE LIGHT ON WHAT BLOOD IS SUPPOSED TO BE ALL ABOUT
CCG: BUT I SUPPOSE I CAN FILE THE ADVICE SECURELY
CCG: I'M GLAD YOU'VE LEARNED THE POWER AND THE BEAUTY OF THE CAPS LOCK KEY
CCG: IT HAS A MAGIC ALL ITS OWN

[littleyellowboxes]

CWW: Let me tell you dude, dumb timeline games don't make it any easier! You try to like, remind yourself not to put tinfoil in the microwave and you end up your own grandpa.

[cutting_edgex23]

CAA: It could be worse.
CAA: Logan could be your grandfather.
CAA: Or Cable.
CAA: You are sure he is not?

[littleyellowboxes]

CWW: That is gross and you are gross.
CWW: I'm wayyyy too hunky to have Logan or Priscilla in my family tree.

[cutting_edgex23]

CAA: You are too tall.
CAA: To be related to Logan.
CAA: Why do you call Cable Priscilla?
CAA: I will need to tell Hope.

[crabbycustomer]

CCG: NO SHIT BRO! YOU'RE TALKING TO THE GUY WHO IS EVERYONE'S DAD!
CCG: INCLUDING MY OWN ANCESTOR
CCG: SO THAT'S
CCG: BASICALLY THE THING YOU JUST SAID!
CCG: I'M THE REIGNING GRAND CHAMPION OF HORSESHIT TIMELINE GAMES
CCG: THE ALL TIME TRASH MOUTH BRAWLER OF RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE KAMIKAZE BADINAGE
CCG: THERE'S NOBODY WHO OWNS ME MORE THOROUGHLY THAN I OWN MYSELF AT THE LEAST PROVOCATION

[littleyellowboxes]

CWW: I admit, that's pretty high level timeline shenanigans. But I know someone who did you one better. You ready for this?
CWW: So this guy who shall remain unnamed but it rhymes with 'Yathan Dummers'
CWW: His parents sent him to the future because of...I've never been clear on this part. Let's go with 'aliens'.
CWW: So he's in the future as a baby. Grows up. Learns that the universe and the timeline is about to explode.
CWW: Goes back in time to before he was born. His parents aren't even married yet.
CWW: And then finds out that the lady he thought his mom was actually a clone of his dad's wife from an alternate timeline. And he has a half sister, another self from an alternate timeline, and an evil clone of himself.
CWW: And he STILL time travels on a regular basis, like it ain't no thang.

[crabbycustomer]

CCG: SOUNDS LEGIT, THIS CHECKS OUT
CCG: THESE ARE ALL PRETTY ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES ONCE YOU START FUCKING ABOUT IN THE TIME STREAM
CCG: ECTOBIOLOGY, DOOMED COPIES, FORKED TIMELINES, IDENTITY SPLINTERS, GHOSTS POSSESSING ROBOTS, MAGIC RINGS BRINGING BITCHES BACK FROM THE DEAD, JOHN FUCKING EGBERT
CCG: TIME TRAVEL: NOT EVEN ONCE

[just_cant_lose]

AP: What would be the point of blaming your past self, or leaving problems for the future?
AP: But this is a weird topic to posit out of nowhere.
AP: Something happened to make you bring it up.
AP: If you want to talk about it, just say so.

[crabbycustomer]

CCG: NO IT'S ACTUALLY A LONG WHILE SINCE I GOT IN A FIGHT WITH MYSELF
CCG: I ACTUALLY JUST BROUGHT IT UP STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS STYLE
CCG: BECAUSE I WAS DISCUSSING HOW I HAD DISABLED THE TRANSTIMELINE PROPERTIES OF THE SOFTWARE IN T MINUS
CCG: SO IT'S PRETTY POINTLESS THAT THE MEMO STILL LABELS THE PARTICIPANTS AS THE 'CURRENT'
CCG: BUT... NEVERTHELESS.
CCG: I GUESS IF SOMEONE WITH FULL-FEATURED TROLLIAN DECIDES TO WEIGH IN FROM THE PAST OR THE FUTURE IT COULD BE RELEVANT
CCG: THAT WAS NOT AN INVITATION BY THE WAY
CCG: LET'S KEEP THIS SHIT LINEAR ASSHOLES

[just_cant_lose]

AP: Linear's boring, but OK
AP: Go on then. What would you say to your past or future self?

[cutting_edgex23]

CAA: You are a terrible therapist.
CAA: Stop.

[just_cant_lose]

AP: DARLING. I've missed you
AP: And I'm offended
AP: That you'd ever think I'd try and fix anyone
AP: We've got Dr Lecter for that

[bringspeopletogether]

CQG: I'm not sure, actually
CQG: The obvious choice with my past self would be to warn him
CQG: But...I'd try to change things if I knew
CQG: And maybe it'd work, and some things wouldn't be so awful, but I wouldn't have met some of the best people I've ever met
CQG: I'd lose all the good parts with the bad parts
CQG: So I'd probably keep my mouth shut about the bad and say, "Just stick it out until you're 19 and then you can leave"
CQG: Okay, and maybe I'd tell him not to go looking for my sister
CQG: And warn him Morrigan can turn into a swarm of bees
CQG: And for the love of the Maker, past self, don't drink anything Oghren gives you
CQG: It's not worth it!!

[crabbycustomer]

CCG: THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, GOOD GRASP OF CAUSALITY THERE
CCG: WANTING TO CHANGE THE PAST IS LIKE WANTING TO KILL YOUR PRESENT SELF
CCG: NOT ONLY SYMBOLICALLY, THAT IS LITERALLY HOW TIME TRAVEL WORKS
CCG: AND I WOULD NOT SACRIFICE MYSELF TO SAVE PAST ME ANY AMOUNT OF SUFFERING
CCG: THAT DUMB SON OF A BITCH HAS GOT IT COMING, THAT'S WHAT I SAY

[bringspeopletogether]

CQG: That's a bit harsh toward your past self, isn't it?
CQG: I mean
CQG: I agree with the rest of what you're saying!
CQG: But if there was a way to alleviate the suffering without hurting my future self, I'd do it

[mightbeagoodone]

scrutinizeElucidate began trolling

CSE: Dear god your grammar is atrocious. All of you.

scrutinizeElucidate has ceased trolling

[bringspeopletogether]

CQG: Hey!
CQG: My grammar is perfectly
CQG: aaaaaaand they're gone

[just_cant_lose]

AP: Says the man who missed a comma. And doesn't capitalise 'God', but I suppose that's a matter of taste.
AP: Hi, sweetie.
AP: Bye, sweetie. xxx

[a1enzo]

COI: I dunno, I used to kind of idolize my alternate self.
COI: Like, he was everything I SHOULD be, you know?
COI: But everything got a lot better once I realized he was only SOME of the things I COULD be, and not all of them were good.
COI: I think I'm a better person for taking my own path, but also for having him as a kind of reference point.
COI: We get along better this way, too.

[crabbycustomer]

CG: OKAY, WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING THE ONLY PERSON IN PARADOX SPACE TO HAVE A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP ALONG THAT AXIS
CG: THAT'S NOT SARCASTIC, MOST PEOPLE ARE PRETTY GENUINELY FUCKED UP BY LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF AN ALTERNATE IDENTITY
CG: IN MY EXPERIENCE

[a1enzo]

OI: Ouch.
OI: But I totally get that.
OI: I know I might have been if a bunch of people didn't input some sense into me.