Whichever it is, she fed off it. Fear protected the city, and we didn't a choice in whether we fed them or not. They did things to us and the city to make us feel what they needed.
[It's years ago at this point, but he remembers asking Gerry about the possibility of other Entities, ones with some positive influence to balance the Fears. If something like that could really exist out in the multiverse...]
Well, they all sound like dicks if they were forcing you to experience emotions. How long were you there for?
But it was magic that was able to pull you across dimensions? Interesting. We've yet to divine if it's magic or some sort of technology doing it here. Or if we're even real or this is the Matrix, really. That's part of the work I've been doing. Sort of. Just trying to see what information is out there on this place. It is strikingly difficult to learn anything about the actual origins of Duplicity or this world.
[Jon sends along an attachment with twozipped attachments.]
In brief, we know that Duplicity's authorities have made every effort to scrub the date of Duplicity's inception from their records. There's only been one photograph found with a full year: 28 September 2018. And there's indication that one individual who appears to be in his 50s or 60s was born within the city of Duplicity. It's unclear how long LIEs has been operating here or how long they've been dragging people into their programs. There are definitely non-humans in the city who aren't part of the most recent program that's been running for the past two and a half years. But where they've come from is a mystery. LIEs was running with natives before we arrived. That much is clear.
[ There's a lot of information there -- Drake starts reading it until he gets another message, then switches back to Jon. He'll comb through it carefully later. ]
You've done a lot of work -- how long have you been here to get all this?
Nearly two years. It was mainly searching back through the messages posted to the network. The accounts are incomplete, but they're the best I was able to cobble together.
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Fear protected the city, and we didn't a choice in whether we fed them or not. They did things to us and the city to make us feel what they needed.
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Well, they all sound like dicks if they were forcing you to experience emotions.
How long were you there for?
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A little over two years.
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Some sort of technology?
I don't suppose the lab where you arrived in Duplicity looked at all familiar?
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I've never seen a lab quite like this one.
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But it was magic that was able to pull you across dimensions?
Interesting.
We've yet to divine if it's magic or some sort of technology doing it here.
Or if we're even real or this is the Matrix, really.
That's part of the work I've been doing.
Sort of.
Just trying to see what information is out there on this place.
It is strikingly difficult to learn anything about the actual origins of Duplicity or this world.
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[Jon sends along an attachment with two zipped attachments.]
In brief, we know that Duplicity's authorities have made every effort to scrub the date of Duplicity's inception from their records.
There's only been one photograph found with a full year: 28 September 2018.
And there's indication that one individual who appears to be in his 50s or 60s was born within the city of Duplicity.
It's unclear how long LIEs has been operating here or how long they've been dragging people into their programs.
There are definitely non-humans in the city who aren't part of the most recent program that's been running for the past two and a half years.
But where they've come from is a mystery.
LIEs was running with natives before we arrived.
That much is clear.
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You've done a lot of work -- how long have you been here to get all this?
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It was mainly searching back through the messages posted to the network.
The accounts are incomplete, but they're the best I was able to cobble together.