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[forgetyourusedtobe]

Who: Elena Gilbert and YOOUUU!!!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Starstruck if you wanna??
When: rite meow!!!

I just want to say that I really appreciate everyone's who's answered my questions about this place, but now that I've had a little time to get settled, [and stop silently panicking] I'm curious about what home is like for everyone.

And since you've been here, have you seen anything like home?

[And since she doesn't really expect to be able to ask and not give an answer herself,]

My world's nothing all that special probably in comparison to some of yours. It's 2012, Earth, with modern-day technology that's nowhere near as advanced as all of this. I live in Mystic Falls, Virginia in a country called the United States.

We do have magic, but I can't do any of it. I only know about it because my best friend was a witch. [And it's invaded every part of her life for the past couple of years, but ssshhh.] Magic where I come from has a balance, it's rooted in nature and spirits of ancestors. So the further down the line of witches you are, the more power you can have. But you have to maintain the balance of nature or the spirits of your ancestors will cut you off.

There are other kinds of magic, but they're bad news and not something you want to mess with. It has some really bad consequences for the user since it ignores maintaining the balance.

[And she leaves it there. She's not willing to out herself as a vampire or acknowledge the existence of other supernatural beings beyond witches and spirits.]

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[thezerothlaw]

I am familiar with Earth, though I have spent most of my time on Aurora, the home of my creators. By the current calendar I am familiar with, it is 3741.

[Hello. He's polite.]

My name is Daneel Olivaw. I would presume that the invention of the positronic brain is, in your time, either very recent or almost achieved.

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[justamobster]

Ain't from Earth, but the city I been livin' in's called Nieve. Had a few Earth folks compare it to nine-teen-twenty or nine-teen-thirty, dunno if that means anythin'. But no probo-hibber-- er. Alcohol ain't illegal, I mean.

Magic's somethin' some of us can do, but it ain't common knowledge or nothin'. Most the world's normies, no magic in 'em. Some're even real allergic to it. So we keep it on the down low, yeah? Much as we can.

[poetontheinside]

You're sayin' all that stuff about magic, and that's 'nothing all that special'?

[forgetyourusedtobe]

It's nice to meet you, Daneel. I'm Elena Gilbert.

[She's also fairly polite! With that out of the way though, she shakes her head a little.]

I've never heard of a positronic brain. What does it do?

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[She has a really hard time not laughing at how he struggles to say "prohibition." It's cute. But she manages to keep it together by pursing her lips together tight enough to not make a sound, letting him continue explaining what his world is like.]

Allergic how?

[She has a lot of questions, but that's a good place to start. She's never heard of a magic allergy before.]

[forgetyourusedtobe]

Compared to other places. And besides, it's not like I can do any of it.

[Nor would she really want to, in all honesty. Being a witch is a rough life.]

[thezerothlaw]

It is the primary technology that makes robots possible.

[He pauses, because he's still not entirely sure it's safe to admit to this.]

I am a robot myself, in fact.

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[redactions]

2014. Earth. Modern enough where technology's concerned, I s'pose.

[ someone is bitter about his flying cars, and other things besides. ]

[ With dry amusement, ] Witches, huh?

[poetontheinside]

Well, place I'm from, we ain't even got that. I mean, we got some-- you know, some people who believe in voodoo and all that kinda crap, but we don't have magic. Or zombies, or space aliens, or vampires, nothin'.

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[feathery]

Man, everyone gets to come from future Earths. Or almost everyone. The vast majority of us who hail from Earth at all, I guess. The one I'm from didn't have magic as far as I know, but wizard fans were in force.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[Elena's eyebrows raise.]

You're a robot? [It's pretty clear if he hadn't said anything, she wouldn't have suspected a thing.] You're artificial intelligence?

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[She laughs a little.]

I used to think my world like like that until about three years ago. There are some days I almost wish I could go back to that.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[Everyone is secretly bitter about flying cars. You are so not alone.]

I know it sounds crazy. I'd prove it to you if I could.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

Wizard fans?

[feathery]

Wizard fans. Like "installing a twenty-foot statue of your personal fave in your living room" kind of fans. Even though he was explicitly fictional.

[geonomy]

2027, Earth, also with modern-day technology that's nowhere near as advanced as this. I've got an apartment in Los Angeles, California.

But magic is the thing we don't have in common, unless you count my friend's magic shows. I'm pretty sure there's a trick to them, but you never know!

[redactions]

[ The fact that she's even offering to brings a small smile to his face, audible in the voice. ]

Would you believe me if I said I've seen crazier?

[forgetyourusedtobe]

[She smiles a little when he mentions his friend's magic shows.]

My friend used to say she could predict the future and I didn't believe her until about three years ago. We always just figured it was coincidence, but her grams always said it was magic. We just didn't take her all that seriously.

[forgetyourusedtobe]

I'm hoping that you didn't know anybody like that personally.

[To each their own and everything, but c'mon...]

[forgetyourusedtobe]

You know, at this point? I'm willing to be open-minded about anything.

[Her crazy life aside, there's something about being tossed into a space-based reality show that tends to open you up to generally limitless possibilities.]

[geonomy]

Oh, wow, she can predict the future? [Clay's been introduced to many strange, magical things ever since coming here, but he hasn't heard of this yet.] How far in the future are we talking about here?

[redactions]

[ Still getting the hang of reality tv in general #1940slife ]

Aliens? Norse gods? Time travel?

[thezerothlaw]

I am. To be specific, I was designed as a prototypical humaniform robot. Most do not appear as I do.

[feathery]

Not unless we count alt universe selves. Or maybe my sister, actually. She's a pretty big wizard fan. Writes fic.

[Said with an audible shrug.]

[poetontheinside]

[He groans a little, sags back against the wall.]

Everybody keeps sayin' that. I ever get back home, I'm expecting to see superheroes and magic around every corner.