Knight of Time

[has-a-blog.livejournal.com]

[Dave went ahead and spent the anemoi he got from the turtle king, but didn't share what he remembered. Whatever it was, it's left him awfully busy, as you swear you're seeing Dave everywhere. It seems like there would have to be at least four or five of him around to do everything he's doing. Shirou, Rin and Vriska may actually remember seeing a second Dave briefly appear to cover the main Dave while they were out anemoi hunting.

Regardless, Dave just ran into you and is looking confused.]

Shit, is this the first time I've run into you today?

[1% spent on how to time travel. 1% spent on how the Alpha Timeline and Offshoot Timelines work. 1% remaining.]

Comments

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

...What's going on?

[has-a-blog.livejournal.com]

As much as I hate giving a straight answer, I'm just too tired to give a shit at this point.

I have a time machine. I spent this morning fucking around with it and now I'm going to spend the rest of today trying to account for all of my time travel doubles so we don't branch off into a doomed timeline and die.

1/2

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

...

Uh.

[Give him a minute so he can process this.]

2/2

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

[Click.]

Wait, wait a second! Is that what that was when we were fighting those turtles?

[has-a-blog.livejournal.com]

What what was?

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

...You don't remember? There was one turtle that got knocked silly by...what looked like was another you. I kind of forgot about it because I thought I just didn't get a good enough view, but hearing about that made me remember it.

[has-a-blog.livejournal.com]

This is exactly the kind of shit I need to know, I better go back and do that then.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

...Yeah. I don't think a temporal paradox is a good thing.

1/2

[has-a-blog.livejournal.com]

Might as well do it now. Hang on.

[Gone]

2/2

[has-a-blog.livejournal.com]

[And back]

Alright that wasn't too hard. Any other times you can think of seeing me?

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

...Er, no.

...

...So it works just like that?

[has-a-blog.livejournal.com]

It's not "just like that". I'm navigating a freaking four dimensional maze here where going down a dead end means checking in with corpseville for the holidays.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

...A maze? But every description I've heard of time has been really straightforward. And uses a river as a metaphor.

[has-a-blog.livejournal.com]

Wrong.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

...Apparently.

So, if it's that dangerous, why use it?

[has-a-blog.livejournal.com]

Because it's also really goddamn useful.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

Useful? What kind of ways is it useful in?

...Besides doing what you did against the turtles.

[has-a-blog.livejournal.com]

Being in several places at once, giving your past self info, just getting a few more hours in the day. Stuff like that.

As long as I'm not a dumbshit, nothing should go wrong.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess if you've got confidence in yourself, there's no reason to not use it.

...Kind of like driving a car. I think.

[has-a-blog.livejournal.com]

I'm a freakin' pro. I'm like a stunt driver, all doing wheelies and skids off incomprehensible four dimensional topography.

[wontdieifkilled.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess I have to take your word for it.