Nineteen Truffula Trees

[whichwayyoulean]

[The Once-ler would be lying if he hadn't thought about this before. He'd been considering it for a couple of months now, but with Ted's arrival, with a seed of his own (a seed that was GROWING, more importantly) he figured it was time.

It terrified him, of course. It was a big step, and a big risk. If he got this wrong, it could destroy his world's future for good. He'd put the final nail in the coffin he'd been making them with his own foolish actions for the past five years. He couldn't chance another foolish, arrogant risk.

But he was also excited, a small sliver of hope had treacherously sneaked into him. This could be something he could do. It was the promise for...something. Redemption, maybe? The chance to make up for what he'd done back home, here in this Paradisa. Something to finally give him some semblance of inner peace.

And so, he takes a deep, calming breath, before speaking into the journal. Unsure. Unsure of if this would work, unsure if this was ultimately the right thing to do and terrified he'd miss his chance if it WAS]

I have a question. Hypothetical question. Say you come here, to Paradisa, with a thing. Doesn't have to be a specific thing, this is just a hypothetical thing. And when you leave, you leave that hypothetical thing behind. Does that mean that hypothetical thing stays here forever, and this is the super important part does that mean that thing stops existing in your world?

I mean, some of you have left and come back with memories, right? Would anyone know the answer to this question?

...This purely hypothetical question.

Please?

Comments

[wilder]

Welll, hypothetically speaking, Paradisa doesn't want to give any reason for people from other worlds to question of it's existence. That's why we don't age, get sent back to the moment we left and have our memories wiped.

So I'd say the same goes for items. People would notice if a super important item went missing all of a sudden, so that probably gets sent back too eventually.

[whichwayyoulean]

...I guess you have a point.

It'd be nicer if it could stay here. It'd do well here.

[wilder]

It?

[whichwayyoulean]

Errrr. The hypothetical thing that is purely hypothetical.

Once-ler

[rose_of_battle]

[She has no idea what he's referring to, but it's still a good question. And one she's thought about herself.]

I would say in that case, since we're supposed to go back to the EXACT moment we've left, that a second item would exist. Whatever is left here becomes a permanent world change and the original goes back so everything is the way it should be.

Does that make sense?

Sheena

[whichwayyoulean]

It does. I mean, I know it's used back home, but.

I just need to be sure, y'know?

Once-ler

[rose_of_battle]

Huh? [OMG. She actually caught something in what he said.]

What's used back home?

Sheena forever

[whichwayyoulean]

Oh uh...it doesn't matter. Just a thing.

[holyrabies]

Where is Paradisa? It sounds awesome; I would love to explore it!

[whichwayyoulean]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the castle you're living in right now?

[holyrabies]

But I don't live in the castle; I live in the Tulgey Wood.

[whichwayyoulean]

In the what-now?

Dictated

[sugarwaffo]

[Have a child's hypothetical question right back.]

Why would it stop existing in your world just because it's here? You still exist in your world.

forever!

[whichwayyoulean]

[Nothing like it]

I...

Wow. I can't actually fault that logic.

[sugarwaffo]

Of course not! It's the truth.

[Sugar doesn't actually know that for sure, but that won't stop her from boasting about it.]

[whichwayyoulean]

Or at least something people hope really hard is the truth.

[findatree]

I hadn't really thought about it like that.

[whichwayyoulean]

Better to be safe than sorry, right?

[findatree]

But what should I do with it, then?

Dictated.

[dorkwonder]

[This is relevant to Tim's interests. Reads the above conversations that are visible before chiming in as Alvin.]

I don't know the answer to the question, but I have a hypothetical answer. A friend of mine who is here told me stuff has been left behind before, so I think it would still exist here. I also think it would exist back home, I guess it kind of duplicates itself?

forever!

[whichwayyoulean]

It makes sense, I guess. It'd take a lot of energy for Paradisa to send everything home.

[dorkwonder]

Maybe. This place is confusing on so many levels.

[Doubts that's the reason. If whoever is behind this has the energy to drag people over here from all across the universe, letting them return home with something shouldn't be an issue.]

Pretend this isn't late as hell

[hard_talker]

I'm pretty sure the Doctor still has his key to the TARDIS, even now, since two of him were here at the same time once, and he gave it to someone and the other him gave it to me.

So your hypothetical thing would be totally safe.

it's totally on time yep

[whichwayyoulean]

Oh. Well that's good. Good news. Yep.

...Wait, the TARDIS is still here?

[hard_talker]

The TARDIS herself? ... Shit, I don't know. I know I've still got my key, though, so ...

If it is, we'd be able to get in.