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[godsspeed]

@whatisthis

This device is meant to be a means of long-distance communication. It seems remarkably impractical.

Regardless, if you leave me a 'message' I will do my best to respond.

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[mrcreamsicles]

[He sinks into tired, disbelieving laughter before the audio cuts out.]

its about some chick who would rather let go of the wheel when she and her baby were poised to crash than take responsibility for her bad driving
but if your world has prophetic disco i dont know why im bothering
i feel god in this dance hall tonight
if god hadnt intended for man to scoot boots and boogie he wouldnt have invented leather
next thing youre going to tell me icps miracles is holy writ

[godsspeed]

I was losing myself and couldn't recall the words of exultation that angels of my rank are meant to repeat. I was just going through anything I could remember hearing that seemed relevant.

Icps Miracles is not familiar to me.

[mrcreamsicles]

icp is insane clown posse
yknow
that juggalo rap group
wait do you know what juggalos are
do i want to know if you know what juggalos are
whatever the point is its these two dipshits in clown makeup rapping about how they see miracles in everything and dont understand magic and hate science
i just
cant believe that in the course of all that
i got rickrolled twice by someone who doesnt know what rickrolls are and heard you off key mumbling jesus take the wheel while i was too out of it to know where i was half the time

[godsspeed]

I have never heard of a juggalo. Are they human?
I don't know what a rickroll is either.

I thought the song was a touching expression of personal faith in the singer's darkest hour. Even if Yeshua probably could not drive a modern car. I don't think it was meant to be taken literally.

[mrcreamsicles]

debatable
at least one of them is a jackass alien
and im not explaining rickrolls again today once was enough and i cant have it leaking to the network at large
but so long as this conversation is completely stupid
do you think jesus/yeshua/whatever you want to call him could have figured out a ford model t
you said modern car but that one is old as balls

[godsspeed]

One of the ones who created your universe?
I'll ask again later.

And I'm not certain. I wasn't on Earth when those were in production. It would make sense if older vehicles were simpler and grew in complexity over time, but humanity has a fondness for building things in strange and confusing ways.

[mrcreamsicles]

yep
he was the only juggalo in the group though from what i understand
which is probably for the better
i dont want to think what an earth made my a full group of them would have looked like

[He's just not going to say anything about the "I'll ask again later." He'll figure out if feels like telling when it happens.]

yknow now that were talking about cars
i really fucking missed out on my sweet sixteen
and now i cant drive at all
hows a bird dude supposed to handle the pedals when he hasnt got feet
or fit a tail this long into the footwell
or my wings into the front seat
any seat
unless i go sitting sideways or sprawled across the back like a dipshit
i really miss flying cas

[godsspeed]

I do too. It was always the greatest of the simple joys in my life. I always thought it was a little unfair that God's chosen weren't given the gift as well. Maybe humans would be happier if they could fly.

[mrcreamsicles]

ngl flying is pretty fucking baller
and im saying that even from a human perspective
in sburb we had dream selves that woke up while we slept and they could fly
though being part bird has definitely added onto it
flying feels like part of how im supposed to move now
not just this neat bonus feature
best i can really do right now is caw and flap uselessly and stare at the sky a bunch

[godsspeed]

I agree. Flight is such an elegant and relatively unlimited means of movement. Angelic flight has some significant differences from that of birds or other non-cosmic beings, of course, but they're close in many ways. I much prefer it to trying to balance upright on two legs everywhere I go.

I'll admit walking has grown on me, though, over time. But that may be just because of who it's come to be associated with.

[mrcreamsicles]

if you want to get technical my wings arent actually necessary for it
its more like floating with purpose
but it feels like insult to injury when i cant fly that way and my wings dont do anything to change it you know

[And after the last few days, he can't really disagree on how much better it is to not have to rely on a sense of balance.]

so whats angelic flight like then

[godsspeed]

It's difficult to explain.
How deep is your understanding of quantum mechanics?

[mrcreamsicles]

all but nonexistent

[godsspeed]

Okay.
The easiest way to explain it is that an angel's body exists on dozens different material planes simultaneously and can 'flicker' in and out of them at will and according to need, while humans and other non-cosmic beings are usually firmly anchored to one or two.
Our wings are still physical structures that generate lift and momentum in the same way a bird's do, but by choosing which planes we interact with we can move with much greater efficiency at higher speeds and over incredible distances. Even through time, with tremendous effort.
When I showed you my wings, I was essentially bringing them into close enough alignment with this plane of existence that they could cast shadows. Any closer and I would have risked causing serious damage to your eyes and potentially death.

[mrcreamsicles]

so what im getting is if you try hard enough you can break physics over your interdimensional angel knee like a geriatric hip on cement
the sight of which is so intense it can literally kill a dude
thats fucked up
but still kind of cool
have you actually time traveled before
do i gotta welcome you to the club
im working on a pamphlet as we speak

[godsspeed]

I'm not sure I would put it so colorfully, but yes. More or less.
I've traveled through time on a few occasions. It's very difficult.

[ He'd describe it as being like trying to swim through molasses, if he were more prone to metaphor. ]

Are there enough of us here to warrant a club?

[mrcreamsicles]

ive met five other time travelers so far including you
id say yes

[godsspeed]

That's strange.
Or maybe it isn't.
If this place truly is caught in a loop of repeating events, there may be some purpose to gathering so many here.

[mrcreamsicles]

maybe if any of us could still time travel it would
but our powers are all suppressed so its basically useless right now

[godsspeed]

The ability is suppressed, but not the familiarity with its means and ways.
There may be some quirk of the cycle that one of us is equipped to recognize.

[mrcreamsicles]

ok but
the thing is that time travel doesnt work the same for everyone
ive talked to enough different people to know that
time travel in my universe relies on stable time loops
my other friend whos gone now could repeat a month back from the beginning but couldnt go back further than that
were not even sure if this is the product of a time thing and not just regular old linear repetition
at most im just fucking frustrated that theres been this many time travelers and we havent been able to control anything about it

[godsspeed]

Arguably a wider spread of experiences with time travel means a greater chance that one of us will find something familiar.
I don't think there's truly such a thing as coincidences.
But I may be biased.

[mrcreamsicles]

and i come from a universe predicated on a billion shitty time loops but ive got zero evidence suggesting this place is like that
they cant even guarantee every person gets brought here the right way cas
and what about all the other people who arent time travelers
if the admin really wanted someone who could do anything she should have brought dave not me

[godsspeed]

There are angels other than myself who are more experienced with time travel across its many permutations, and who are wiser and cleverer. But I am here and they aren't. And you are here, and Dave isn't.
There may be a reason for this. There may be no reason for this.
It's not as useful, but if nothing else I think you understand my struggles in a way that Dave would not. I'm grateful for that.

[mrcreamsicles]

[Of all the things he expected to see today, this wasn't one of them. But at the same time...]

yeah
he wouldnt

[Dave was never a sprite.]

its kind of hard to say anything for sure when we dont know how they bring us in yet
or why bringing anyone in is happening
weve seen a lot of fucked up stuff but this right here is still a mystery
and im not sure how much of the digging i personally want to do after whats happened

[...]

how are you coping after that anyway