And So My Confusion Begins

[needsaconstant]

I don't really understand how I got here.

I was on the island, when the next time shift arrived, and then...

I'm here. In Manhattan. An island, but not the island I want to be on.

Is it possible the electromagnetic frequencies somehow were disrupted on the island? Then, why is no one else that I know here? Like Juliet or Sawyer? (No, I can't think of Charlotte. I cannot.)

Oh, and before I forget, thank you Silver. I'll try to stay away from those crab things if I can.

...

I wish I had my journal...
 

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Voice

[doctor-of-time.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's true. The best thing is to remember her while still moving forward. Strike a balance.

Well, it wasn't actually my world, per se. But, yes, there are quite a few worlds that are more highly developed that Earth - assuming that your world is Earth, of course.

It's more of...well, it's more my personal pastime rather than something that's commonly done. And considering that there isn't exactly anyone else who's doing it, there's no one other than me around to set restrictions. There are rules, though - laws, more like. Fixed points in time can't be changed, but other points can, and that can certainly impact the future.

So...you have to be careful. Which is a bit of an understatement. Well, an enormous understatement, really.

Voice

[ineedaconstant.livejournal.com]

So, you've been to other worlds before?

I'm definitely sure that time traveling is one of the most risky things you could do...If I remember a science fiction story correctly, even steeping on a butterfly in the past will greatly change the future.

So, what times do you travel to most often?

Voice

[doctor-of-time.livejournal.com]

Ohyes. Far too many to count.

Ah, right, the butterfly story! I remember hearing that one. That's more an urban myth, really. If the probability of changing the future was that high? There'd be no way of time traveling safely at all.

Quite a wide range of them. I've been from the creation of the solar system itself right up to the year one hundred trillion. I'm rather fond of the nineteenth century - there's always a mess there that needs to be straightened out. Alien races are nearly always causing trouble in nineteenth century Earth, for whatever reason. What about the time shifts on your island - what times did those involve?

Voice

[ineedaconstant.livejournal.com]

But you've never been to this world, am I correct?

...Nineteenth century? And aliens? Oh dear, we had a nineteenth century but that's the first time I've ever heard of a mess being caused by extraterrestrials.

I can only assume what times the island moved, since only key features that were present or not present could only give us some clues to when we were. I believe we were in the 1970s, the 1950s, the twentieth century...but definitely not as many times that you've traveled to, I'm sure.

Voice

[doctor-of-time.livejournal.com]

That's...a bit of a tricky question, actually. I've been to Earth quite a few times, but not this particular version of Earth, considering that my version was never attacked and isolated from the rest of the world in this way.

Again, same world, different version. Rather troubling, really. It shouldn't be possible to travel to different versions of the same world, yet it is possible, apparently, and I'm...well, I'm supposed to know about these things.

Very nice decades, the '50s and the '70s. Awful lot of good music. Not at all bad eras to visit!

Voice

[ineedaconstant.livejournal.com]

My Earth was never attacked this way either. I would have heard about it if it were true.

Almost paradoxical, don't you think? The fact that you can't travel to different versions of the same world, and yet you can.

Yes, the '50s and '70s are good times...unless you're on an island where hostile Others are trying to kill you. Then they're not so great.