third. backdated to 4/july.

[eaglet]

[Connor has been perched in his window for some time, carefully observing all these noisy explosions down in the city. He has no idea what's going on, but nobody seems to be panicking, so...

Eventually, he opens up his journal to dictate.]

What is the purpose of these explosions? Does anyone know? Is this normal?

Comments

[originalcopy]

Once upon a time maybe, but that's not why people celebrate it in my time.

America might be the coolest country on Earth but most people don't really care that much about ancient history.

[eaglet]

I was surprised as well. Perhaps they know more about us than we do about them.

[Anyway --] I am also new to this place. How long have you been here?

[eaglet]

[Hmm...]

And what year is it you are from?

[originalcopy]

2554

I take it you're either from even more ancient history or from a place that doesn't have an Earth.

[or thereabout... cannon isn't great at giving exact dates.]

[eaglet]

No... I am from Earth. 1770.

[originalcopy]

Holy shit! You're really old timey aren't you. Like horse shit in the streets primitive. Damn man.

[courageous_wit]

They could just be shooting off fireworks without knowing it's a holiday in America.

[indirectcause]

Pretty sure, yeah. It gets drummed into us a lot.

[lara_the_explorer]

About a month.

[secondchances]

Very. It's kinda cool, though, being able to get along despite all that time between us.

[eaglet]

[Whoops, that makes him bristle.] I am no more primitive than you are.

[eaglet]

A coincidence, then. Does that happen often?

[eaglet]

Hm. I see.

[Well, that means...] Then you are American?

[eaglet]

I have been here for three, and I am still very bewildered by the things I see here.

[eaglet]

I have even met people from different worlds. This place is strange, to pull so many people with so many differences.

[originalcopy]

[Captain oblivious here. The social politics of revolutionary America are as far removed to him as the social politics of Imperial Rome are to us.]

Hey man, nothing personal... but steam engines are still a pretty big deal for you guys. And horses do shit in your streets don't they?

[[ooc: I apologize for him, he's an asshole and doesn't get it.]]

[courageous_wit]

I don't think it's a coincidence. I think that this world mimicks certain things from other places. Holidays, cities, things like that.

[secondchances]

It never stops being strange, even when you think you're used to it. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

[lara_the_explorer]

Is it very different from where you came from? It is for me. It's a surreal place.

[indirectcause]

Uh huh. I'm from Georgia.

[unexpected_adventures]

Metal ships? I'll have to ask you what you mean, since I only know of wooden ships in my time.

[eaglet]

[Luckily!!! he knows some geography, and Georgia is a thing in 1770.]

I have heard of Georgia, though I have never been there. I am from what the British call New York.

[eaglet]

Even though it is strange, it is easier to relate to others from different times and places than I would have thought.

[Then again, it wasn't so difficult to get to know Achilles, either.]

Perhaps that is the true lesson we are meant to take away.

[eaglet]

Several months ago, we were taken into the sky on metal ships. I was... asleep [more or less] so I do not know exactly what happened, but it was not a pleasant journey.

[eaglet]

For what purpose? It cannot hope to fool us into thinking we are truly in these places.