<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=72094.msg3183175#msg3183175">Quote from: Undercov3rL0ver on 21-06-2010, 17:18:00</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Melody had been sitting serenely, taking everything in as best she could, but something about Ace's argument stuck in her mind.  "I think both of you might be on to something.  Normally, what you said would be true Ace, but that is from the perspective of travelling BACK in time.  We however, were transported FORWARD in time.  We did not travel to this time with a purpose, and were instead transported here by someone else.  Let's take your initial argument into consideration.  Let's suppose that someone else were to transport you back in time, against your will. If you encountered an evil person, and decided to kill them, you wouldn't contradict your reason for being in the past, unless the person who sent you back had that intent in the first place. Think of it as collateral damage.<br/>Now let's consider our situation.  What if we were supposed to stop this tragedy, and by being sent into the future, we never got the chance to do it?  The only way that COULD work is if whoever sent us did not intend to stop us, and our absence had the unpleasant side effect of creating the tragedy. Perhaps the thing that's special about us is exactly that: we were supposed to stop this tragedy." <br/><br/>Test Roll: Undercov3rL0ver rolled: 2d6<br/>Comment: check to see if Melody figures out that because Moka causes the problem in the past, it is implied that they do travel back in time<br/>Result: 3, 2, <br/>Total: 5<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Jude nodded in agreement.  "I'm not 100% sure how it works-- divergent timestreams, act of God, whatever, but it's entirely possible to change the present based on information in the future.  There are all kinds of prophets and precognitives who essentially do what we're trying to do.  Orpheus employed three of them; they were in one of the less-restricted basements.<br/>"Now, our situation is a bit unique because we were apparently transported bodily into the future, rather than just mentally.  But think of it this way: we're here.  As of five minutes ago, Moka was here.  And I give you my word of honor that before Moka came to this world with us, she hadn't destroyed any worlds.  Not even an itty-bitty one.  But these people seem to remember her going on a rampage four years ago.  So either she has an identical twin who is also demon-possessed, or she made it back to the past and did something that affected a present she'd already visited."<br/>His brow crinkled and he cocked his head, speaking more slowly.  "What's more... their memories prove that keeping her here<em>didn't work</em>.  Somehow, some way, Moka is going to go back into the past.  In<em>this</em>timeline.  It's a fact.  So the question isn't really whether or not she goes back; it's<em>when</em>and<em>how</em>."  He scratched his chin; he hadn't shaved since leaving the hospital, so there was a faint stubble.