9/29 un: w.ajax

[devouringdeep]

You will all have to forgive me if this common knowledge, but my own curiosity won't let me rest until it's sated.

Do any of you know what the longest amount of time spent in the "other" school has been? Not from the perspective of out here in normal terms, but in there. For instance, has someone tried to write down a record of the amount of seconds - or minutes - that passed while on the other side? Anyone try to stay over for... Days? Weeks?

If you've fallen asleep there, any strange dreams? I know you can see through the mirrors in there, and that watching lets you see back here. Or at least... Something that seems like back here at first assumption. Anyone know if it's possible to use this as a means of pseudo-seeing into the future, given that once you return you get sent back to the moment you entered?

These are... A lot of questions, I know! ^^" I just can't help myself. The existence of such an altered state of reality is just so... Inviting? Like it's just begging to be explored.

Comments

un: n.ebalon

[silentabyss]

the most time ive spent in there is probably something like 24 hours, what felt like it anyway

i was asleep most of that time it couldve been longer, it was last week

[we all know what happened to noah last week.]

no strange dreams though but i guess i dont know what youd consider strange dreams

[devouringdeep]

Any dreams at all, good or bad?

[silentabyss]

i mean its me

so yeah

but i normally have nightmares if i dont walk until i collapse anyhow

just old family life and childhood stuff you know?

[devouringdeep]

Regular old dreams, huh?

Somehow that's even more suspicious than getting dreams of, say... The void in the auditorium itself whispering to you.

Or something.

Ever go in with someone else so they could check and see if you started sleepwalking? Or speaking while unconscious?

[silentabyss]

i guess? it doesnt feel all that unusual to me. im still "me" in the void school so it makes sense

ive brought people in with me but never fallen asleep no, i guess thats a good thing to check except

i have night terrors so maybe someone else should sleep

[what Isn't wrong with Noah Ebalon]

[devouringdeep]

Noted. No Naps for Noah.

[that was so many of the letter N goodbye]

Have you noticed anything else of importance? Anything weird?

1/2; un: e.grenore

[subtract]

Give me a minute. If I don't respond, take that as a "bad idea".

BRO????

[samuraiwomen]

Add-chan!!?!?!

[devouringdeep]

Guess it was a bad idea.

[samuraiwomen]

>:(

Add-chan answer your PDA??? If you throw yourself into the void I'll be really angry!

[subtract]

Stop pinging me. From your perspective, I haven't even gone anywhere.

[he's fine!!!! see??]

[samuraiwomen]

And from your prospective... you ignored my messages for two months?!?!?

[ Do NOT worry her. Do NOT ignore her. ]

Add-chan, what do you even do in the void for two months?? You're going to forget everything we're learning in class.

2/2

[subtract]

[like 5 minutes later:]

Got bored after two months. All the data I collected is gone. Irritating. You owe me lunch.

No time seems to have passed on this end.

[devouringdeep]

Done.

Let me know what you'd like to eat.

Anything interesting happen? Other than two months passing. Sorry about your data.

[subtract]

Something sweet.

Two months of notes, photos and video recordings. All of it erased upon return. Even the supplementary data saved to my implant was affected... natural memory seems to be the only reliable record-keeping method.

Bathrooms were observed both during and after active school hours. Everyone was wearing these brown "ugg" boots or whatever around 32 days in, so if that happens within the same timeframe there may be a correlation between events shown from the void and events in normal timespace. I didn't see any "transfer students" in the mirrors, though. There's a slim chance that something else leads to everyone no longer using the bathrooms here, but it's doubtful.

The time of day never changed within the void world, even after two months. Always nighttime, but before silent hours. The auditorium was still about the same size as it was when I arrived. I slept in there a few times, so prolonged exposure to the void doesn't appear to be harmful so long as you're able to return to solid ground.

Some of my abilities returned to me during that time as well, so it wasn't a total waste I suppose.

[devouringdeep]

Sweet like a cake? Or something drizzled in chocolate? I can easily do either, I just want to make sure you get the proper rewarding for your sacrifices.

I’ll be sure to keep an eye out for... Whatever Ugg boots are, in the meantime. However, the fact that you didn’t see a single transfer student is rather interesting... I think personally that is the result that needs the most further testing.

[subtract]

Both. [???? why even give him two choices when he can just have a cake and drizzle it with chocolate, obviously.] I have high standards, so don't disappoint me.

There are several possible explanations. Since it's a space that exists outside of time the images reflected by the mirrors may be from before any of our group arrived here, or it may be a parallel reality where none of us existed at all. Unless we can identify events in those images that have occurred on this side, we should assume for now that it's not directly related to the school we know. Not the version of it we currently exist in, anyway.

If your ideas are interesting, I'll consider them. An entity like myself is more suited to that place than humans... but I'll require equivalent entertainment in return for any long-term trips in the future. [he was so bored. void-science can only keep him distracted for so long.]

un: s.chidouin

[samuraiwomen]

Childe-san...

[ These all sound like...terrible ideas. ]

(^^)/ Well! [ Gotta mock his emoji. ]

If you stay in the void for weeks you'll starve! But maybe you could do a momentum experiment with dropping things out windows in the void?

[ If you drop something out a window, then spill blood while its midair, could you time if things fall slower, and if theres any change when you go back to reality? The psychics of an altered reality could be good to know.

If you push someone out a window though she's going to hit you. ]

[devouringdeep]

That's a genius idea, actually.

Writing that one down. Got anything else in mind?

[samuraiwomen]

[ G-genius?? ]

Er... Well I was just thinking about your idea of seeing the future. I don't think you could know that...unless you tested if things follow the same path in the void as they do in reality. So if you threw something at me, and I caught it in the void and then we went back and did it again in reality. If we did that a hundred times, maybe we'd spot any differences, or if what we did in the void effected things.

Or lets say something worse...just hypothetically! If um...well we know when people die in the void, their bodies die. But how close is the timing? How dead do you need to be in the void, for it to stick here? How grievous an injury is it capable of undoing?

...But nobody should hurt themselves or anyone else to find out! It's not really worth knowing if thats the cost! Not even on animals!

[devouringdeep]

The latter would definitely be a good thing to investigate in order to find out when we've still got time to save someone... But you're right. It's one of those circumstances where the answers may not be worth the methods used to get them.

I have to admit, I've never been one for scientific discover, so this is all a bit newer to me than I'd like to admit. I didn't consider repetition might factor into the results, although that would require a lot of fresh blood to be spilled from a person over and over... Which might actually effect the results also, come to think of it. Hm.

un: y.hiiragi

[songstressedout]

I mostly try to get out of there as soon as possible...

It's creepy and I don't get any good feelings from being there, after all.

Plus there's the growing void thing. In general, it feels like the kind of thing you're supposed to avoid.

[devouringdeep]

It is rather unsettling, I’ll give you that. Which is why I’m trying to learn as much as I can about it, honestly!

That’s sort of the only way I can see us being able to stop it from growing any further and all.

[songstressedout]

Hm... you are right about that.

Still, it couldn't possibly be a good idea to stay there for more than a day, right? Especially if you're alone.

[devouringdeep]

Supposedly, there have been more than a few people who've done it and gotten away with the stay unscathed. It seems like the only danger present is the Void itself.

And the starving, of course.