the final threshold

[beejfq]

[The entirety of the past week (at least you think it's only been a week) has been...odd, even for you dead folks. Seeing between two different timelines, not being able to haunt your friends, seeing your own murder play out before your very eyes, BJ still exists- it's, quite frankly, A Lot.

But today things feel different. There's a stillness to everything, an absolute silence to the Opera House that feels empty and alien. Even if you focus you can't see or hear the living. It's like they're gone completely.

If that's not weird enough you suddenly hear BJ's voice echoing through every inch of the Opera House.]

Guys? HEY, YOU GUYS! YOU MIGHT WANNA GET OUT HERE TO THE CEMETERY!

Comments

[37773972]

We already know he can go through time, with Claudine and Nana- and different worlds. But I- I'm not a quantum theorist, dammit, I don't know about all this!

[etincelledefierte]

...wait. What do you mean, 'go through time', and what do we have to do with that?

[Remember when Nana said Claudine doesn't remember? Because she absolutely does not.]

[37773972]

It's complicated, but- just trust me on this one. The point is that we're in three dimensions, time's supposed to be the fourth - and as you go higher, you can get in to alternate timelines, and I think- I think that's what the Wizard can do. So if he can cross in to different worlds, then time's not a problem.

[Stephen didn't you just say you weren't in to quantum theory look spacetime is a thing]

[isawallflower]

I think she might be asking more about- you know- she probably doesn't know about... Nana's whole...

[etincelledefierte]

I mean, yes, that, but what do Nana and I have to do with any of it? We're just...

[She can't say 'normal girls', because normal girls don't have secret underground theatre fights, but she doesn't know a better term.]

...we're just us.

[37773972]

...Nana's the one who gave me the idea to...repeat things. She didn't mean to, but- she said that she'd done it before.

[etincelledefierte]

[...and now it's Claudine's turn to go from angry to thoughtful to shell-shocked.

She wasn't awake to watch that trial. She had her memories wiped with each repeat, and she had no reason to believe any weird time things had happened. That much is written all over her face.

Claudine tries to say something, but she chokes up, shaking her head. It's not clear if she's trying to deny it or is just too surprised to say anything.]

[37773972]

[...just gonna give Riley a bit of a squeeze, now that she seems table, and...move over to Claudine. If she lets him, he'll hesitantly put a hand on her shoulder, crouching down a bit to get to her level]

Look- when we get out of here, you can ask her, okay? I think she's ready to talk about it. And I think she needs to.

[etincelledefierte]

[She'll let him. She needs the grounding.]

...mm. I think you're right.

[She manages the words, but they're quiet. She has a lot to think about.]

[37773972]

[There's a shoulder squeeze, before he straightens up]

She's...a good kid. You all are. [A glance at 'their' Evan, then back at the other.]