capeandcowl | fourteen swords seek the light.

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It'd be polite of me to introduce myself, since I think only one of you knows me, but I don't really care. All of you are involved with science or technology, so you'll be useful. That's all that matters.

This is about Vulcanus. Is that enough to get your attention? If not, I don't think I need to bother with you after all.

Incidentally, if this isn't addressed to you but you're clever enough with hacking to read it anyway, you'd be useful as well.

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[ Archer's in his apartment, finishing up attending to some household tasks. He's just traded in a dusting rag for his communicator. ]

What's the most useless power you've seen the 'Porter bestow on someone?

I've recently learned of a truly pathetic one, so I'm curious.

[ OOC: The filtered content is in reference to this plot. Archer is making good on his plans to start hunting Vulcanus through the power of research. ]

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"A perfect world," then...

One where everyone has powers, but is completely under Vulcanus's control?

That's not a pleasant thought. Well, who knows.

Whatever their definition of perfection may be, I think a lack of pleasantness, especially to those like us, can be taken for granted.

Agreed. A perfect world is never something feasible, but it's worrying when anyone decides to try for it...

That's because there will always be some "imperfect" element that needs to be done away with. And that element usually consists of people.

And those who wish for a perfect world will sacrifice any number of people to reach it. Yeah, that's the sort of thing we're up against.

Sounds like more of the same, honestly. It was only a matter of time before it bled into this world as well.

And now they seek to take it to all worlds.

Which leaves one very unsettling thought. What if they were to reach the worlds we're native to?

That's exactly what I'm worried about. Protecting that world is what I do, so this is personal now.

Until now, we were able to believe our own worlds could remain intact while we were stranded here. Vulcanus now presents a threat to the Multiverse as a whole.

This is more than merely personal, this is everything.

It was a convenient illusion. But the multiverse is not so neat and separate, is it?

I've been working on a theory that the multiverse may exist in clusters, almost like families that relate to each other more closely than they do the rest. I'm still drafting it, but it essentially works on the lack of overlap between the many universes represented here.

I wonder how that might apply to metaspace, not having traveled consciously navigated it before. Lachesis was known to the residents of the Metricog, which would support that their universe is part of the cluster this one inhabit. Has Vulcanus managed to move beyond that, or are they still limited?

If it's true that they've mastered imaginary time, then it may not really matter how the multiverse is arranged. But then, that's all working from knowledge of the fifth dimension that can be deduced from the third. Until we know how their methods work, we can't be entirely sure what they're capable of, but it would be wise not to dismiss the possibility, at least.

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Clusters...

Yeah, that seems likely. Some differences between worlds are easily created by divergent timelines, but others are vaster than that.

It's not something I studied, personally. That's why I need people like you in this venture.

Well, it isn't the science itself that you seem to need, just a connection to the scientific community.

That's true. You should know more about where to start on that account.

Then I suppose I'll keep you updated on whatever I turn up.

fourteen swords seek the light.

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sorry for pseudoscience

never apologize for comics pseudoscience

i am not a scientist but i play one on rp

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