01 | voice

[longaevus]

It would appear that time is a more delicate entity than belief would have it.

[ Her voice is curious, if cautious. The sounds you would hear for someone being outside are audible - sounds of the forest, to be specific. Helen isn't quite certain as to how she arrived here - could Adam's portal's stretch so far? She didn't know, and she wasn't prepared to pose the question with more unknowns than that around ]

We're often told to be careful with it, for it may simply just pass. [ And doesn't she know it ] But what about when it stops?

[ Helen's speaking more to simple fill the gap until she's certain she's ready to ask something - and she knows what to ask, although she's hoping to see something other than this forest first (or that may become the question) ]

Or paused. Doing that may sound difficult in of itself but how would you restart it? One would hope so, lest everything cease. [ And she's seen that before, and it didn't go with time stopping.

But there. There it is. The edge of the forest and... something else indeed ]

Thankfully in this case it would seem that all is well, or at least that time is moving. [ All is not well when you're not where you should be ] But when? I'll forgo the where, [ For now. If you hadn't learned that she was new by her unfamiliar voice than this was your cue ] and settle for when. What year is this? [ It's important when you've extensively travelled ]

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[longaevus]

Outside of time? [ That is new ]

I suppose that is something to go by at the least.

[monochrome_mirror]

She is...ah, well, outside the universe itself, and occasionally visits us.

You are new, then? I am not so long being here as well. Penny's Welcome Center houses newcomers if you have no place to go; I could point you there if you needed it.

[longaevus]

Then finding an exit is possible? [ Even if she's told no she'll remain optimistic about it ] I would appreciate directions. [ Even if she won't head straight there ] From the forest, if you know them.

[monochrome_mirror]

I don't want to say no just yet, but certainly not one that has been found. However, the local gods seem to make mistakes now and then, so I expect there may be ways to leave that are simply very rare and difficult to find, perhaps many times nonexistent.

I'll send over a map; this is the one that was sent to me, and it is fairly easy to decipher.

[longaevus]

Then it's likely that the exit wouldn't be so overt, and very well hidden.

Thank you. I appreciate that.