@marcos.diaz

[heliophilous]

[ marcos hadn't really expected to be back on this network so soon but he'd said he'd do something and while it was a little later than expected, he was going to follow through with that. ]

Not too long ago, I was here with questions about a different version of me being here before. Seems like there's a few people that's happened to now so our club's growing. I'm not here for that today.

During that conversation, I told someone that I'd ask a question to all the Displaced because she was curious and honestly, I am too.

Question is why do you stick around? Why haven't more of you 'fucked off into oblivion' to quote the last conversation I had about this? Is it because there's nowhere else better to go? Or something else?

[ it'd be interesting to see if there was genuine thought in some of the answers, if people didn't know there was anywhere else to go, or just didn't want to make the effort. ]

To be clear, I'm not advocating one way or another. Just posing the question.

[ OOC: this isn't an official mod requested communication and isn't part of some bigger plot. it's just curiosity born of a conversation marcos had with gaby here that he said he'd ask about so he's asking. feel free to talk to each other, of course, and i'll answer as i can. ]

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[heliophilous]

You're making this sound like a vacation.

[selfimage]

Everyone's always focused on what they're missing- too much so to see the opportunities in front of them.

[heliophilous]

So, enlighten me about the opportunities here.
Genuinely curious. I'm still pretty new.

[selfimage]

What does inter-dimensional travel offer anyone? New perspective, of course, some time to start over.
Though the specifics of the opportunities depend on the person.

You can never see the exit if you cling too tightly to the bars.

[heliophilous]

Very philosophical.

I don't know if I'd consider this an exit though. More like...an unwanted rest stop.
Why would I want to start over when I'm right in the middle of things where I came from?

[selfimage]

That's what I meant when I said that the opportunities were broad. They're generally not the same for everyone.

[heliophilous]

I haven't found any opportunities here so far. But, I'm still pretty new. Guess you could say I'm still in my adjustment period.

[selfimage]

That, or a change in perspective.
Oop, that was supposed to be a secret.

[heliophilous]

Secret?

[ talk, loki. ]

[selfimage]

The change perspectives thing?
It's a chapter in my mischief book. It's how you turn situations around, even when they may not suit you, to make them worth something.

[heliophilous]

You wrote a book?

[ about mischief, sure, but still. still an accomplishment. ]

[selfimage]

Erm- yes, but I was being facetious about the mischief.
I wrote a literal book about something else.

[heliophilous]

A literal book about something else.

Sounds like a thrilling concept.

[selfimage]

Wouldn't you like to know?

[heliophilous]

Well, yeah.
But I'm not gonna beg.

[selfimage]

You needn't.
But if you come across it you'll know.

[ HAVE FUN IF YOU FIND HIS EROTIC NOVELS, MARCOS. ]

[heliophilous]

That's not ominous at all.

[ but he'll be on the lookout, at least, because curiosity killed the cat and all. ]