First (lack of) sleep note audio; un:pnws

[11calls]

[Because Alex is most comfortable doing audio (podcasts, they're radio on demand) that's what her posts are going to be. Her voice is soft and ready for radio, and there's a hint of a Canadian accent in it.

Also, it's two am so feel free to yell at her if she woke your character up!]

You know, I think I'm handling all of this rather well. Taken to a different world, okay. Might be in a coma or something back home but okay. Magic users and superheros, definitely okay. Still might be in a coma, but it's nice to know about.

My problem with being here is time. Back home, it was the end of September, not even proper Thanksgiving [Sorry, someone is from Canada where Thanksgiving is in October] or Halloween. And now suddenly it's Christmas. I've been here a month but I still keep feeling like I've lost all of this time. Losing this time makes me wonder: what do they know back home? Have they noticed I'm gone?

[That's a huge worry for her, she doesn't want people to think that she's just run away and abandoned them when the world may be ending. Or whatever.]

I'd like to think that when I go home, it'll be at the same moment but then I wonder: will I have all this extra time then? Memories of this place? I've been around more weird stuff in the last two years than I care to admit, but I think this might be the weirdest thing ever.

So, that's what keeping me up tonight. [Among other insomnia like things because she's Alex.] What's keeping you up?

Comments

[11calls]

Jeez, I hadn't even thought about birthdays. Mine's in February, so maybe I'll be safe.

[She doesn't quite sound like that she believes that, but she's attempting to be hopeful.]

All the universes have a different frequency? That's actually really interesting. I hadn't thought of that.

[franciscoramon]

Hey, mine too! Birthday month buds.

[ Okay maybe it's not all that much to get excited about, but Cisco has been awake for almost 20 hours now. Which means his verbal filter is less than at its best. ]

Yep. That's pretty much the core of multiverse theory - that each different version of reality vibrates at its own unique frequency. If I can come up with something that measures that precisely enough, it'll be really useful for a lot of stuff.

[ Not the least of which is it'll probably be useful if he ever wants to try opening breaches between worlds using his powers, but that's not really something he's going to share. ]

If you wanna help out you can always come by my workshop some time and be a guinea pig. Wait, that sounds bad. I mean, all you would have to do is basically just sit there while I wave a prototype in your direction.

[11calls]

Really? When? Mine's the 22nd!

[Hey, not sleeping buds who get excited over silly things. Alex can join that club. She practically is a founding member of the Seattle chapter!]

That makes a lot of sense! And yeah, I'd love to help.

[franciscoramon]

The 10th! If you're still around when the time comes, you're invited to the inevitable surprise party my friends are going to throw.

[ There's no ego in that; Cisco just knows his friends, and his boyfriend, and there is no way they're going to let the day go by without planning something fairly elaborate. Which is fine by Cisco. ]

Sweet. I'll text you the directions. Just come by, like, whenever. Even if it's 2 AM. I'm obviously not the poster child for a healthy sleep schedule.

[ Something that Eddie has gotten on his case about repeatedly, but... old habits die hard. ]