Twelfth Flake [video]

[defyingfrigidity]

I looked at the date today, and I thought it would be fitting to bring up something I've been wondering for a while.

[It's been a while since Elsa got contemplative over the network. Thankfully, Elsa doesn't look all that upset or nervous, so it's nothing serious!]

Years pass here, and we all age. This is my second birthday in Johto; according to the calendar, I should be twenty-three today.

But that's only compared to how time passes here. What about back home? If we return home after spending years here, do we return as we were when we were first brought here? Or do we just... return to our land older, as we are now? I can't imagine how that might change things in our worlds, even if we have no memories of this place when we go home.

[... Okay yeah it did get kind of deep.]

It's curious, isn't it? Especially when one's taken from a date that doesn't match the date here when they first arrive.

Comments

(Video)

[stonebird]

If we returned older, we would alter time. That seems contrary to this world's wishes considering it makes time pause for us.

(Video)

[defyingfrigidity]

So it just... changes us.

[There's a moment of silence as Elsa thinks about it, then shudders a little.]

That's... almost unsettling.

(Video)

[stonebird]

I have no desire to return for that reason and many others. (She doesn't like thinking about the inevitability.) I encourage you not to think of it overly much, Elsa.

(Video)

[defyingfrigidity]

[Ah...]

... Right. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make it seem like I wanted all of us to return.

[She feels bad, but she still tries to laugh.]

Overthinking things seems to be a specialty of mine, I think.