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[ffuckoff]

I been trying not to make a big deal outta this shit, since everybody's already freaked out enough as it is, but you guys know the deal when you hear a gun go off, right? You lie down flat on your stomach, and you get somebody else to figure out what's going on. Preferably somebody else with a gun.

I dunno. Does this place have a plan set up in case of fires? Floods? Whatever.

Anyway, the other day, I met this guy who said he was a time-traveling alien. Back home, that happens and it means somebody should'a got cut off sooner than they did. But here? Get in line.

So I got a question, I guess. If you're a time-traveling alien, how do you decide where you wanna time-travel to? Or... when, I guess.

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[livedtwice]

I think the gods are supposed to step in. Otherwise, we're left to our own devices.

[He pauses, because while he knows a little about time traveling, should he answer? Might as well.]

And I'm not a time-traveling alien, but my experience is that it's generally better not to mess with time travel.

[ffuckoff]

I'm not exactly holding my breath for that, here.

Yeah, I mean, it sounds like it's a pain in the ass, but it's a living. Apparently.

[livedtwice]

Neither am I. I'm quickly rethinking the approach I had to them.

And is it a living? Truly? I don't think traveling through time is a good idea at all.

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[goesagainst_thegrain]

[It's rather obvious that he's rather short on sleep, but he's trying to ignore the fact that he just can't seem to get enough rest. Stupid nightmares...

Anyway, he's just going to assume she's talking about him, hi there.]

I tend to pick a location in time and space that sounds interesting or fun, and go there. It's as simple as that.

[Only it never is.]

[ffuckoff]

[Definitely talking about you, dude. Well, part of you. However that works. She perks up to hear the answer.] Really? There's no... system or anything?

[goesagainst_thegrain]

We have a time machine, of course. And as a Time Lord, I am naturally blessed with the ability to sense when I'm free to have a nose about any particular era, and when I need to leave well enough alone.

[That doesn't mean he always does that, but at least he knows.]

But honestly, what's the point of being free to do as I please and go where I like if I can't do exactly that?

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[teenyoda]

[Ah, look. Another graduate of the school of how to use your brains to survive.]

Not as far as I know. I mean, a plan, that is. Most people just sort of make their own up with whoever they're close to in the city. Like, 'Meet at Scott's in case of emergency', then we all figure out what to do there.

The whole time travel thing is sort of not really exclusive. Wherever it is you're from? It's not always guaranteed that if they bring in someone else from there that they'll be from the same point in time. I'm not really sure how it works, but it sucks.

[ffuckoff]

That kinda sounds like a good way to get killed. No offense to, uh, "Scott".

The more I hear about this place, the more it's a pain in the ass, is what you're telling me.

[teenyoda]

Yeah? How so? Because let me tell you, having somewhere to group up when there were frost giants going ape shit on the city was kind of a good thing.

[He just wouldn't mention that he'd gone out and gotten killed anyway. That wasn't the point.]

Basically, yes.

[mirabilis]

I would choose a time that interests you. [ Or is important to you, as Helena did ]

[ffuckoff]

What about a time that interests you?

[intelligently]

This place didn't exactly do great when the ice hit oh, a few weeks ago? So I'd say no.

[ffuckoff]

I think I missed the ice. Anyway, so we're all basically fucked?

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[samantha_grey]

Kind of yeah. There's the militia and people usually form up brigades now and again when they need. It's not really well organized though...

And as for the other? Eh, time travel's a bad idea anyway.

[ffuckoff]

So nobody's got any kind of plan or system at all?

Yeah, I'll stick to '13. But I mean, what is it, hypothetically.

[Video]

[beforethewar]

I'm afraid we are the plan, Fiona.

[Hello, time-traveling alien, here! He looks...well...ten times worse than he did when he was actually drunk when they first met. Not sleeping for two days will do that to you. Just let him gather his thoughts for a moment.]

I just...go. Or I set the randomizer and let the TARDIS decide.

It's usually safe, as long as you don't change events or cross your own timeline and meet yourself. And, frankly, all of time and space is usually big enough that it's not likely you'll ever meet yourself unless you specifically go to where you know you've been.

[His voice falls to a distracted mutter.]

...though it does happen a lot to me. Probably just a hazard of the job...

[ffuckoff]

[Everyone's a little fucked up, lately. Poor guy. Maybe she'll start making extra breakfast for him or something. Every little bit helps.]

You specifically, or d'you mean that whole war thing again?

So your spaceship just goes wherever? You don't have to steer it or anything? That sounds nice.

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[wasteless]

Couldn't figure it out from everyone panicking, huh? The guys around here are too incompetent to figure out a plan together. Your best bet's doing it on your own.

And for the other one, I'd think that was easy. The place with the best stuff.

[ffuckoff]

Things aren't great on your own, either.

Obviously.

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[albuquerque]

The city is becoming overrun with escalating chaos and you want to discuss time-travelling aliens?

[ffuckoff]

You got a better idea?

video.

[conquering]

I can only imagine that you would travel to the place that catches your interest, that you are curious about.

[ look she may not sleep and she may be agitated but she can dig a conversation about time traveling like the next girl. ]

Assuming you are a time-traveling alien who is fond of history.

[ffuckoff]

Well, yeah, but how d'you decide that?

[feathery]

what if youre a retired time traveler who isnt an alien
do i get to weigh in on these shenanigans or should i focus on the insurance coverage

[ffuckoff]

I'm gonna have to go with equal opportunity time travel and see how it goes.