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[Another day, and Riku's feeling fairly bored. He hasn't had a lot to say over the journals as of late, but hey, it's been a while. And with such an... interesting cycle, he might as well say something.

So, Lucetians, witness Riku as he boredly looks into this magical book and speaks.]

So. I think it's pretty obvious that Luceti's got some 'interesting' people around. Mice, rabbits, turtles, demons... I think you get the idea.

Some of you guys aren't as open to this as others. I know I've seen my share of human haters or people against some other group.

[Not that he's surprised; fear of what's different is natural to just about everything.]

So here's a question. What do you guys think of all the species or races that are different than yours? Especially if they're not from your worlds.

[Ah, the wonders of boredom. And since he's still bored...]

And while we're at it, suppose you could go back to your world with memories intact. If you learned about your future here, would you try and change any of it?

[With that out of the way, Riku's going to head down to the battle dome and start creating a quaint little simulation. With the new battle dome settings, Riku's taking advantage of the features in order to recreate one of the more peaceful worlds he's visited in great detail. Way to go, Riku.

Feel free to wander inside. He's definitely in need of some company right about now, and Traverse Town is pretty sweet.]

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Yeah, I can see how it'd take some getting used to. When I first got here, it was a lot to take in.

And you've got a point about the second question. The reason I'm asking is because I did find out about my future, and it wasn't exactly pretty. Learning that you turn against your friends is pretty rough. And then there's the issue of changing the future. Making it better for yourself could make it worse for everyone else.

It's all pretty complicated.

Edited 2011-09-17 18:10 (UTC)

There's danger in knowing too much and as you say, there's danger in changing the future. Butterfly effect, basically.

Same for the past. Even if there are things I wish I could change, you don't know how it might affect the present.

Sometimes it's better to just move forward. It's easy to look back and wish things had been different, but there's no changing what's already been done.

Very true, even if the unknowns of the future can be scary. But that is life.

I don't think I'd want to know my future. Ruins some of the surprise.

Plus, knowing the future's a burden sometimes. It's easier to live life without worrying about what happens next.

[Even if he does it a lot.]

Especially here, when there's nothing to be done about it. Focus on the now, deal with everything when you're back.

Plus, if everyone forgets, there's not much we can do about it.

I suppose it'd be the only way to ensure timelines aren't completely changed or even more alternate worlds spawned.

It'd screw everything up otherwise. If somebody from the past went home and changed the future, what would even happen to the others from their world? Especially if they were stuck here.

It'd be a mess, that's for sure. Probably for the best no one remembers anything, but it's still sad to just forget everything and everyone like that.

Yeah. They could always come up with some kind of loophole. Maybe remember everything but what we learned about our futures...

That's something. I would almost ask if they can be so selective about picking and altering memories like that, but... it seems they can do a lot of things. [Making Giles believe he'd been locked up for years while life went on without him comes to mind. Memories, something not to be tampered with.]

No kidding. If they can mess with our memories here, they can probably send us back with at least some of them.

It would be nice being able to remember things. Skills learned, friends, things like that, but I guess that'd be too nice of them to allow that.

Or maybe it's the sort of thing that's remembered in the back of one's mind. Distant, faded memories and all that.

They're probably still there, just buried behind everything else. Maybe just dormant.

Like other memories lost to time, but not quite forgotten, waiting for the right thing to trigger them.

Pretty much. And I think this place counts as a pretty huge trigger.

In the end, maybe this is one of those questions one shouldn't spend too much time thinking on. We're here now, might as well not worry about things that can't be fixed or changed.