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[trinities]

[ A bright flash of light; it's bright enough to blind, the screen entirely white. It fades slowly to show a slightly older Nena at the helm of an unfamiliar ship, a bruise on her cheek, looking bitter and slightly savage ]

This is the way they do things, hm?

[ --but the screen's fading in and out, and when the picture is next clear she's by the window of a different ship, clutching her head; when she straightens up she shakes herself and presses her face to the glass-- ]

What the hell?

[ --back to the first scene, but the audio's cut out, and she mouths 'excellent'-- or she's sitting on the arm of a chair, grinning and swinging her legs, the background fuzzy and indistinct; the other figures look serious, but she giggles and says ]

What's the problem? Let's take them out!

[ --before the video cuts out entirely. ]


(( to borrow technobabble from Doctor Who: POINT OF FLUX WOO this is what happens when you go AU. ))

Comments

[trinities]

That's stupid! Whatever I do is how it's going to be, it's not like there's more than one of me.

[timey_wimey]

Well yes, but you haven't done it yet, have you?

[trinities]

What, so the whole future depends on what I do? What about Setsuna and everyone, does what they do matter? That was pretty obviously my world!

[timey_wimey]

Well, no, obviously other people's actions will affect what happens as well because it'll affect you, one way or another. But the final choice always rests with you, you know.