futurology | voice; un: eliasainsworth

I believe I have some information that might be of use, or at least to consider.

[The voice is low and very even, having only the barest hint of a conversational cadence.]

My companion, Shuyi, and I managed to locate and capture Miz Poppy. We captured her and two of her Deemer companions, and as we began to take them back to Perdition's Rest, she had some very interesting things to say.

She reaffirmed that there was no way to safely separate a Taraxa from its host without the destruction of the latter. What is more troubling, however, was that she insisted that hers and her compatriots' mission of destruction was something which the TIMELINE.EXE asked of them.

Before we could deliver her back here, one of the other captured Deemers sacrificed himself so that she may escape in the confusion.

It is not my intention to offer this information in order to incite mass confusion or doubt, as it is quite possible she was lying. But I do not think we can completely discount that she might be telling the truth—or that she and her fellows are somehow deluded enough to believe that they are. It is, as I originally said, something to at the very least keep in mind.

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That would be the reasoning I would assume is behind it, should that be the case.

Have they ever indicated what would happen if our efforts failed? Exactly how widespread the effects might be if the Timeline became destabilized?

[You know. Just in case they happened to be wrong.]

Keeping that in mind, I question whether they'll confirm or deny on this matter. If they're unwilling to answer, we'll simply have to rely on our own discretion, but there's no way of knowing for now.

The implication has generally been the destruction of a world, or damage to the timeline. I recall on Nalawi, we were told if we didn't follow the data interpreted from their program, the planet would die out sooner rather than later.

[And he's still wondering whether that was the right thing to do or not]

I should hope so. They risk undermining what stands as trust between their admittedly threadbare administrative efforts and outfits such as Audentes if not.
I would agree that we would have to be more cautious of our own efforts in the future if they refuse.

This planet is already in decline. Even if we stop the Deemers' efforts and the mining, it has suffered deep damage.
How is it that this other group can claim that destroying this planet benefits the Timeline, then?

That I'm unsure of. It's difficult to know where their objectives lie, or what it achieves...

But I remember once being told some time ago that the "cataclysm" fractured the universe into the multiverse. According to ALASTAIR, this throws some kind of energies out of balance, with multiple iterations of the same worlds existing at once. I remember reality being described as splintered in this way.

Could it be that the Deemers take this to mean they should [A pause as he clearly hesitates to phrase it this way, yet he can think of nothing simpler] "tidy up"?

[That is, by destroying perceived "loose ends" in the timeline]

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Hmph.

[Nothing about this gives him any shred of confidence in their situation or the group they are (apparently) a part of. Either they knew about this group and their aims and did not inform the Audentes outfit, which is negligent and offensive to those risking their health to fulfill this mission, or they did not know anything about them, which made them marred by the far worse sin of ignorance.]

If this is the truth of the structure of this "multiverse" from which we were all drawn, it is possible.

[It would certainly explain why there were multiple versions of Earth and whatnot.]

Admittedly multiple instances of one world seems very fragile in concept, so I could even understand their motivations were this the case. But, considering I am from one of those instanced worlds, well.
If this truly ends up being their aim, we must do our best to prevent their efforts.

It's the information with which we were provided as ALASTAIR recruits, after my first mission. If it's accurate, then Zymandis may have access to similar information themselves.

[And thus having drawn the conclusion that fractured realities should be destroyed rather than allowed to continue coexisting. Haise remembers how it was characterized as disorder and chaos: something to correct.

Perhaps the essential difference between organization is how they think to go about it]

I wouldn't want anyone else's version of Earth sacrificed only for mine, either. In something like this, I'd rather be wrong, but if it does prove to be their objective...I'm with you on stopping them.

Among so many reasons, and so many lives involved, there's the fact that none of us can claim our version of a world is more worthy of existence than another.

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If this is the case, also, we should be prepared for the possibility that they are right.
That having multiple versions of a single world stretched thin through a multiverse does weaken it and make it more likely to completely collapse.

[It doesn't encourage him to say this, but he is logical.]

Undesirable as it may be, we should have contingency plans. Perhaps there is something that can be done to stabilize it, rather than destroy it.

For I would have to agree, despite my particular biases.

I'd have to hope there would be some way to promote stability without such widespread destruction. Deciding which versions of worlds should be eliminated and which may continue to exist isn't an area in which I'd feel comfortable passing judgment.

[Lives being among the greatest of reasons, but he has already cited as much]

Though I can't begin to imagine what we could do, I'd be open to ideas. The notion of parallel universes was nothing but science fiction where I came from.

Most would feel a similar feeling of caution.

[Most sane, who perceived a situation clearly. He has to wonder what exactly motivated Zymandias, then. How were they so sure they wouldn't destroy themselves in the process?]

I am used to worlds existing beyond the thin veil of reality, but it was cut of a different cloth. Even then, maintaining the balance between was a sensitive act.
Unfortunately I don't think the same practices would apply. The only lead we have to go on is that of the timeline program, for better or for worse.

We really do have our work cut out for us, don't we? These new elements coming into play make it all seem much more complicated than it first appeared to be.

[And that's saying something, given the circumstances they're now faced with]

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