text; @trevor.belmont

[doesitanyway]

Greetings, fellow Displaced. I'm Trevor Belmont, and I have a slightly different type of inquiry than the sort I've been seeing 'posted' on here so far.

I haven't found a library or similar resource, and am struggling with learning relevant information using the network alone. Not facts about our situation, but about this strange future we've found ourselves in. Most people here seem to be from far further along than I am, enough to work the facilities and use a very different vocabulary to mine... I suppose I'm wondering if anyone has the time and inclination to be a tutor, of sorts? Just to explain some of this technology and catch me up on relevant terms and events from the past millennium or so, hopefully enough that I can stop turning every conversation I have into a game of a thousand questions. Folks have been fairly understanding, but it's not ideal.

My only request is that anyone who responds not treat me as a fool or a child. I'm fresh out of the past, not a crib.

I've no way to pay you, yet, but hopefully we can work something out. And I do thank you in advance for your consideration.

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[doesitanyway]

[ The link pops up for Trevor and he selects it -- still struggling with the concept that his mind is controlling all of this but adept enough to navigate -- and he observes all the links on her external screen before refocusing on his own with a hum. ]

I can see how. I do wonder where I should begin...

[ He enters 1476 into the database search, expecting a text of historical record... curious if it matches up with what he knows, to prove that this is the same world after all. ]

[unlucky7]

[There's a summary of primary events in the year 1476 with a longer list of bulletpoints below. While there's a mention of "Vlad the Impaler declares himself reigning Prince of Wallachia" and links to more information, the existence of vampires is relegated to fiction.

And plenty of conspiracy theories, but that's life.

Ginia glances over to see what he searches.]

Wow, 1476, that's far back. Explains a lot.

[doesitanyway]

[ The history appears slightly divergent, or at least there's no mention of the sieges in which Trevor took part. His brow furrows as he reads, until Angela's signing catches his eye and he glances over so his implant can better translate.

He nods. ]

It is, isn't it? I've got a lot of catching up to do but it would seem... either history has been heavily revised or this really is not the same Earth I know. I'm not sure if that's reassuring or unnerving, and if it's the latter if it's more unnerving than being transported through time alone.

[unlucky7]

When I first arrived here, I wondered if this world was the future of mine. I'm thankful to find out it isn't, but it was still a little sobering to know.

[The loss of the familiar for one. It might have also been a way to find out the lasting damage her actions might have had on the world. A damning possibility, but one she had to figure out.

But it isn't.]

What differences are standing out to you?