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[elementsteel.livejournal.com]

[Two people appear on the plane together, standing perfectly side by side. One, a woman, with blonde hair and perfectly blue clothes, the other a man in a deep gray suit. Both survey their surroundings.]

Another twist they forgot to mention.

Perhaps they simply didn't have that information.

Perhaps. Or perhaps it wasn't pertinent enough to share with us.

[her eyes go 70's sci-fi Glowing Blue] I would think this sort of place would be very pertinent. {Steel?}

It wouldn't be the first time they withheld information. {Sapphire?}

{Steel, I can't sense what year it is here.}

{Try harder, Sapphire. There must be something.}

{There isn't. There's no year, no day, no season. There's nothing, no sort of calendar, just...} Just time. There is time here.

But has it broken through?

No. It's strange, but it's not dangerous. Not yet. [a pause] Steel, there are... different times here, somehow. Localised points of dates.

Can you get information on those points?

There is... [points in one direction] 1973, that way. And.... [points another way] 2006. And... and I can't... I don't know what year that one is. [points again]

No definite time on that one?

No... There is a definite point. I can't name it. There's something else, here...

Can you sense it at all, Sapphire? [moves closer to her, speaking near her ear now] It might be important.

It's... it's something... I don't know, Steel.

But the points in time are existing independently? So they aren't directly endangering time.

No, there's no direct danger. I can't... They're not independent. They interact.

Time travellers again?

Some of them, yes. Some of them, no.

Is there anything else you can sense?

The points are changing. The... people appear to be moving from this place to another, and others arrive on it. They seem to be able to move back and forth freely. [glowy eyes: off]

I haven't heard of a place like this before. But if there's nothing wrong with it, then it's none of our concern for the time being.

Steel, aren't you curious?

Do you think there's something else here?

Yes.

Then I suppose we may as well have a look around. Maybe we'll run into one of those points you sensed.

[The pair finally give up for the moment, Sapphire smiling and Steel looking grumpier than usual, as they take seats at the bar to relax for now]



((ooc: Double intro post after forever! Beware of thread-hopping, since these two are rather joined together. The {} brackets are telepathy, by the way, which any telepaths in the area can pick up on for now. And Sapphire gets this while Steel gets this colour, mkay? Have at it, kids!))

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[elementsapphire.livejournal.com]

Could you tell me a bit about this Astral Plane?

{It could be related to human plane of existence of that name.}

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

[the Brig SO is not the man to explain things, but watch as he gives it a go]

Well. It's... this. [he quickly gestures with his swagger stick] It sort of connects all our worlds, realities, whatever you like to call them. Time appears to stop back home while you're here too, usually.

[elementsapphire.livejournal.com]

A nexus point of realities? Is it that time stops while we are here, or that we return home at the precise time of departure?

Oh, but that would be impossible to tell.

{Despite that, there appears to be no damage to Time, Steel. Though it is worth noting that this man has travelled in time.}

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

Things are generally as they were when I left them - people included - so I can only guess that everything stays the same.

[elementsapphire.livejournal.com]

Fascinating.

If I may ask, Brigadier, where is it that you return to?

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

An ice planet - Aetiphor. Somewhere out in the 'Kessel Galaxy', apparently.

[elementsapphire.livejournal.com]

Another planet! But I didn't realise they would use the same military insignia on other planets.

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

They don't.

[elementsapphire.livejournal.com]

Then you're from Earth. 1973?

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

Yes. Guessing you can tell from the uniform? Otherwise...

[elementsapphire.livejournal.com]

I'm very good with dates. But that's excellent! I was worried I was losing my touch.

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

Mm, I know a man a bit like that. Good with dates but still never on time.

[elementsapphire.livejournal.com]

We try to always be on time. Though it can get away from us.

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

Time flies, hmm?

[elementsteel.livejournal.com]

[a bit muttered] Or breaks.

[elementsapphire.livejournal.com]

[chiding]

{Steel.}

[elementsapphire.livejournal.com]

[she laughs]

I imagine that would be a very strange thing to see.

[barelyemoting.livejournal.com]

[a bit distracted] Yes... it would. [pause, then clearly addressing Steel, and taking on serious business Brig tone] What do you mean, 'breaks'?

[elementsteel.livejournal.com]

[mental sulking]

{I'll handle it}

Oh, just...time can sometimes cause breaks. There's nothing special about it.

[elementsteel.livejournal.com]

{And still, even with all this, Time isn't pressing in on the walls?}

[elementsapphire.livejournal.com]

{It seems quite content with its place here.}

[elementsteel.livejournal.com]

{That doesn't fit the recent pattern}

[elementsapphire.livejournal.com]

{Then perhaps we've misinterpreted the pattern.}

[elementsteel.livejournal.com]

[Damn it, Steel likes his patterns]

{Keep me informed about these people. There may be a shared trait}

[elementsapphire.livejournal.com]

{I shall, Steel.}