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JADE: well wherever it is... JADE: im kinda wondering if JADE: maybe i should be waking up soon? JADE: i feel like my friends are probably going to need me CALLIOPE: you can't wake up just yet. JADE: why? CALLIOPE: it's not time. CALLIOPE: not where your physical form is, at least. JADE: where my physical form is? JADE: then... JADE: what about here? CALLIOPE: what about here? JADE: argh JADE: sorry JADE: this time stuff is really confusing CALLIOPE: you're a space player. JADE: yeah JADE: i mean JADE: if its not the right time to wake up where im sleeping... JADE: how long do i have to wait HERE in order to wake up? CALLIOPE: the correlation between the passage of time in the furthest ring and any given physical location is tenuous. CALLIOPE: the measurement of time here is inseparable from the physical passage through its knotted space. CALLIOPE: those two aspects are closely woven together here, to such an extent that they are barely separable. CALLIOPE: all aspects are. JADE: really? JADE: all of them?? CALLIOPE: yes. JADE: i understand how this place has time and space of course.... even if they work together weirdly JADE: but JADE: i dont see any of the others CALLIOPE: one doesn't see abstractions. CALLIOPE: not directly. JADE: ... JADE: oh CALLIOPE: each opposing pair is in balance throughout this field so as to form a stable canvas. CALLIOPE: though the canvas becomes less stable with each crack in the field, ordinarily one would never directly observe its constituent forces. CALLIOPE: the canvas would seem smooth from afar, but up close, as it were, the tapestry is circuitously woven. CALLIOPE: the aspects, while remaining in balance, interfere with each other. they interlock and intertwine. CALLIOPE: so neither space nor time functions linearly, nor are they conventionally measurable. JADE: wow JADE: i am not sure i totally understand... JADE: but that is pretty interesting! CALLIOPE: you are predisposed to find the nuances of space intriguing. CALLIOPE: and since its opposing aspect is more related than you perhaps have realized, the challenges of understanding it are more compelling to you than you realize as well. JADE: yeah i guess so JADE: physics are all about space and time and such which are fun to think about JADE: i like all that stuff! CALLIOPE: yes. JADE: so youre saying space and time... and all other aspects i guess... are more closely related here than in like JADE: umm... JADE: more stable places, like my universe? CALLIOPE: they are less distinct from each other here, yes. JADE: you said passage of time is inseparable from... JADE: traveling through space? CALLIOPE: yes. JADE: so if we were holding still JADE: time wouldnt be moving either? CALLIOPE: that is correct, in a way. CALLIOPE: though motion itself is not the absolute process it is in a more conventional medium. CALLIOPE: the measurement of motion requires stable features for comparison. CALLIOPE: of which there are very few in the furthest ring, typically. CALLIOPE: the more cracks that appear, ironically, the more the ring begins to stabilize, at least in a spatial and temporal sense. JADE: i see JADE: so JADE: if the cracks werent there JADE: how... JADE: how would we be able to tell if we were moving? CALLIOPE: motion through the twisted space is not gauged by passing landmarks, but anchored to a particular destination. CALLIOPE: destination is an idea maintained by the traveler. CALLIOPE: ideas are subtle composites of various aspects. CALLIOPE: without clear understanding of destination, motion becomes less discernible. CALLIOPE: with less discernible motion, passage of time becomes less measurable. CALLIOPE: at a standstill, time loses meaning, and can seem to stretch on forever, as all events throughout reality swirl around you in no particular order. CALLIOPE: one becomes isolated from all else. imprisoned by inertia. JADE: hmmmm JADE: that is pretty cool too JADE: i love spacey stuff! CALLIOPE: yes. JADE: you talk about it in a neat way JADE: it kinda seems like you are trying to educate me on this JADE: like a teacher or something :) CALLIOPE: of course that is what i'm doing. JADE: oh JADE: heh
Hey check it out. Every week we'll be revealing some new troll characters from Hiveswap until Act 2 is out. Follow the Troll Call here, and meet the first two here. Expect a few more surprises like this to drop in coming weeks.
