[Locked to Residents]

[malnosso]

My goodness, has it really been so long since I've contacted all of you? Well, let's not be parted for so long again. I do miss our conversations, after all. You're all such terribly interesting people! But before all that, I'm going to have to ask you all to calm down first. I'm sure you all are fired up about that dreadful love business. Yes, yes, it's quite necessary, I'm afraid. I wasn't involved this time, but rest assured, the data collected will be of incredible value to those finding a way to increase the understanding of Shifts. The more we know, the less time you're here!

Now then! I do have exciting news. After all, I wouldn't prattle away about nothing, would I? Ho ho, of course not. Now then, I'm sure many of you have often wondered what becomes of people born in this world. After all, how can they return to their original world if they have none? Well the answer is: they can't! There's nowhere for them to go! Or at least, that's the problem that has stumped us all for decades! Well. That problem is no longer a concern. As some of you may recall, my last experiment of this nature was... ahem, disastrous. I do apologize for that, but I am absolutely certain it will work this time. After all, the Great One has been most generous in assisting me with my work.

Of course, I am not merely telling you all this for your own excitement. Now that I'm no longer the leader of the organization, I don't quite have the ah, resources I once had. I need volunteers to test it. Now, none of you were born in this world- save for our dear little Sophie, adorable little thing, but that doesn't matter! What I require is for pairs of people to volunteer. One person shall offer their own world as a destination. The second person shall be Shifted so that their 'anchor world' will be the same as their partners. The two will then be sent off to that world for a full day. It's not a permanent trip home, mind you. It's tricky business, that. But it shall be enough to ensure the project's success! And perhaps do a little sightseeing while you're there!

I do hope you'll be able to put behind you some of your unfortunate feelings towards me so that we might work together. This benefits more than just the many, many poor souls born to this world. There are, after all, many people within Luceti and the world outside that simply have no home to return to. Returning to be dead is dreadful business, wouldn't you say? Imagine the possibility of choosing a new life after death, in some other new and exciting world! It may very well be a reality some day! Perhaps not in our current lifetimes, but certainly within our next!

Ahem. In any case, trials shall begin next month. Please do consider it! If you remain interested, you shall be contacted then!

Comments

[malnosso]

No, not at all. Once you've returned here, your world shall return to how it was before. A temporary imprint, no more!

[markofthebrave]

I see. And the way it works... am I understanding it right, that you're saying if I went home that whoever went home with me would have my world set as their new 'anchor' world? Or is it just temporary - to see if it could be done?

[malnosso]

Only temporarily! Goodness, reassigning anchor worlds permanently would be no end of trouble!

[markofthebrave]

Just making sure. [If she was going to do this... she wouldn't want to ruin her chance or anyone else's chance of actually going home.]

What about our ages? Would we be going home as ourselves when we first came here, or as ourselves now? And - the things that we've collected here. Would they stay here while we're gone, or would they disappear like when people normally go home too?

[malnosso]

Oh my, so many question! Well then, first off, you'd return to the age you were there. And back to your age you are now. As for your belongings, they'll all remain here.

[markofthebrave]

Then just one more - you said you've tried to do this once before, and that it ended badly. Was that what turned the moon red and caused the earthquakes and the... shift shadows about a year ago?

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[malnosso]

What? Oh goodness no, that wasn't me at all! It was, aha, something a bit more ambitious than anything I'd ever be able to manage.

[markofthebrave]

...okay.

[If she can trust anything that he says at all, then... it doesn't follow that she can trust him with this. And she had no way of knowing if this would actually damage the world or not, but... then... Toph's come and gone three times, so has Aang...

Which leads her to another question. Sorry, Bil.]

Is this - I mean, would it have the same affect on this world and on our world at home as when people are normally shifted back and forth? Is the risk just on the people who are going?

[malnosso]

Oh, the risk to your world? It's a drop in the pond, my dear! This world ravages worlds on a daily basis. This is inconsequential to that!

[markofthebrave]

[...ravages. That's quite the mental picture.

...and she notices that he didn't answer about the risk to this world. Although she saw in the thread with Firo that if he didn't get enough volunteers, he'd had this over to the Organization, so... hmm.]

I'll need to talk with some people before I can let you know for sure. But I'd love to see my world again.

[Her world. Aang. Toph, too. And she'd love have some of her friends here see her world, but... she couldn't ask them to volunteer. She could just... let them know, though.]

[malnosso]

Good, good. Excellent, my dear. Simply be prepared in a month's time!