light_mischief: (30. hat-tip)
Skulduggery Pleasant ([personal profile] light_mischief) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway 2022-08-09 11:44 pm (UTC)

He remembers César most clearly from the time the Captain apparated a bullet near his head. You know, normal party tricks for average dinner parties.

"I don't know enough to say whether or not our disappearance has triggered a full-blown alternate timeline, but I hesitate to say that we're copies. Although, really... I suppose that's the easiest word to use." Ew. Doesn't like that feeling, not one bit.

"You're right about the main timeline remaining unaffected. As far as the universe is concerned, you are still there, doing what you're supposed to do. I'm still in my reality, doing what I'm supposed to do." His hand moves in a noncommittal gesture. "Some arrived at the moment of their death, so their timelines are likely unaffected either way. The real tricky part is that returning is... more-or-less a matter of ceasing to exist. We forget everything that transpired here, and realign wherever we were meant to be. I assume. We might just disappear into the ether of our souls, instead..."

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