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[fixed_destiny]

When: June 8
From: Anubis

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Are gods expected to work with their pantheons? I don't mind if so, but I haven't the faintest idea whom else might be beholden to the Egyptians.

On that note, if anyone has any great need of the services of one of the many gods of the afterlife that seem to be in the mythology of this world, I'm willing to assist in any way I can. Please feel free to contact me on this odd little device or at my temple.

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[fixed_destiny]

No, just small. Some worlds are large, like this one, some worlds are a handful of villages and the surrounding areas.

It's hard to explain. But it's not merely someone being secretive in a benign sort of way. Time will tell I suppose.

[giftedistheterm]

You make it sound like the planet itself is that small, not just the settlements, is that right?

I don't want to pry if you'd rather not get into details about this person. Still, I hope things turn out for the better.

(disclaimer, Xehanort's ideas on things may not quite line up with canon meta-information!)

[fixed_destiny]

That's exactly right, though less 'planet' and more 'realm' I suppose. Imagine this city is a world unto itself. Not a planet, but the city, and surrounding it are impenetrable barriers on all sides. Through this barrier you can see other worlds, be they stars or planets. You simply can never reach them. Often seas or wilderness or uncrossable mountains border these barriers, making reaching them or even knowing they are there, rare. Though there are stories of those who've been able to cross freely from world to world, I've never met one.

Some worlds ARE planets, like this one, or contain countless more planets and stars. I admit I hadn't thought a world could be so large, but if there's one there's likely others like this one, systems of many planets and lights, with their barriers far, far away from where a person might ever be able to reach them.

It gets complicated! I apologize for the sudden dissertation. I anticipate learning a lot more about how the many worlds act and interact with each other, since it seems I'll have a lot of time on my hands!

One can hope things will turn out well. Hope, and work for it a little.

[giftedistheterm]

It sounds like I struck on a favorite topic. No need to apologize, I appreciate the insight: there's been a lot of 'new and different' to take in since I've arrived.

To me it sounds like a multiple universe sort of scenario, though it's never been proven beyond a fanciful theory. At least not where I'm from. I suppose now it's something to more seriously consider.

[fixed_destiny]

I rarely have an interested audience. Back home it's all preaching to the choir, as they say.

Perhaps technology or magic simply haven't caught up with the theorists and allowed such discoveries? Some worlds seem to stagger their inventions in certain directions, like this one's fascination with tiny handheld computers.

[giftedistheterm]

It would be technology in my home's case, and if there is a barrier it's a matter of impassible distance. Our universe, from what we've observed, is continuing to expand. And even if we had the capability of faster than light travel we would be hard pressed to reach the edges of it in a reasonable time frame.

We've spread out from the planet we originated on, but we still have quite a ways to go. Still, without the need to expand that far scientists may never know.

[fixed_destiny]

Not necessarily. The barrier could be very nearby, and you're merely seeing the light from other worlds coming through. I suppose there's really no telling until it's found.

There's always reasons to expand further within as much of a reach as one can go. After all, as grim as it is, worlds die. It behooves us to survive it if we can. If not ourselves, then our descendants! Not being locked to one planet in that system is a good start.

[giftedistheterm]

Oh we do still expand, we just haven't gone beyond the system we've settled on yet. There are still planets and moons being terraformed even centuries after we left the planet we originated on.

And seeing as how we left it because it was dying, I would be severely disappointed in us as a people if we made the same mistake again.

[fixed_destiny]

I'm curious, have you discovered life on the other planets in your world? Intelligent or otherwise?

People unfortunately are people, no matter how much time passes and what harsh lessons are learned. But for every greedy being who doesn't care there seems to be one that does, so perhaps things will turn out well.

[giftedistheterm]

We have not, no. It doesn't stop people from claiming otherwise to make a bit of platinum, but so far we're still quite alone in the universe. Maybe if we weren't we'd try harder to do better as a whole instead of a few individuals.

[fixed_destiny]

I'm unsure if that's a saddening thought or a relieving one. To be alone in all the world, I mean. On one hand, it means no competition but your own people when you move from place to place, but on the other hand, it means nobody else is listening out there.

[giftedistheterm]

The amount of competition we manage to make just for ourselves leaves me doubting that's much of a plus.

Though I wouldn't say it's definitive proof that we are alone. The universe I came from is almost unfathomably vast, so maybe our neighbors are simply too far to be found. If anyone is out there, I'd only hope they're kind.

[fixed_destiny]

This is so. What little research I've done via a thing called wikipedia suggests that thanks to how fast some worlds' galaxies move, you may never have the opportunity to meet them at all depending on how far away they were at the start.

It might be naive of me, but I think any culture that can reach the stars and travel them must have some innate leaning towards such traits as kindness or mercy, for they would be required for the cooperation needed to even get that far. Once another species understands that you, too, are a 'person'..