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.

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[dreamsofahero]

As far as I'm aware, time spent here doesn't affect the time in our own worlds. Though I'm afraid I can't speak as to the aging part.

*he'd never thought much about that part, since he wasn't exactly going to age if/when he did return home, in his case*

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[callbacks]

I didn't know it was your birthday. Hey, I could've gotten you something.

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[doitrockapella]

That's what they say, at least. Leaving here takes you back to the instant you left; it's a sobering thought for the people who've stayed here for a span of years, and grown and changed in that time.

Though there've been mixed reports about whether or not people remember the things they've experienced here. It's a difficult hypothesis to test.

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[soundmind]

[Sigh, oh boy...]

I was 15 when I was brought here, I'm going to be 18 next month. But I was also here about...five years ago? Yet when I was "brought back" I didn't age any, and when I went "home" I was the same age when I left.

[...]

Happy birthday, Miss.

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[crystalballer]

Well, I guess I can offer some info since this has actually happened to me!

[He taps his chin, thinking back a bit.]

I was here almost two years, but when I went back home, it was like no time passed at all. I spent six months back home before coming back, so...

[Oh, this is suddenly getting complicated.]

Ya know...I'm not sure if those six months just got added on to the almost two years or if I came back with a clean slate, age-wise. Does...that make any sense?

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[solas_ion]

Don't think we change at all, weird as that probably is.

[A shrug.]

But hey, happy birthday.

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[bent_the_world]

It's your birthday?

[Wow, Korra wishes she'd known. Well, there's a lot of hours in a day....]

Happy birthday! You should have said something earlier!

[She gets contemplative then, glancing off into the distance.]

We probably go back to how we were before all this. I mean, from what everybody's told me...

[And her own experience with the weird time resetting this place does.]

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[loveisanopendoor]

There are waaaay more important things to think about!

[ Oh, look at that, Elsa put up a video herself. Guess that means Anna doesn't have to, because God knows she totally would have. But this being the second time around, she's determined to make sure everything goes super-perfectly! Between this and Christmas, well, this is going to be one heck of a week, but she's certainly motivated, which is why when she gets in touch with Elsa, it's from inside of a lovely bakery! ]

Like exactly what kind of cakes you want! Because you're definitely getting more than one!

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[pipers_son]

Frankly, I think ponderin' on that for too long will just give ya a headache somethin' fierce.

At least I know that for me and a few other people, there ain't any other way but forward, ha ha. So we don't have ta worry about anythin' else.

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[dressofheaven]

If you think on this too long you may actually go mad, fair warning.

It's happened before in my world.

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[wing_attack]

As far as I can tell, we're the same when we go home as we were when we got here. I was here for about nine months before I went back and then spent a year at home. ... Though I don't know if I could tell since the way my human morph ages is... weird... anyway. If it did change anything, maybe it shortened my lifespan at the tail end of things? It seems like something that would happen, even if I wasn't told about it until I was already dead.

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[stonebird]

I expect we revert to the age we were upon our arrival. Since time pauses, it seems only right.