.01. ANOTHER TANGENT UNIVERSE

[tangentdarko]

[VIDEO: Donnie is sitting at his desk, hunched over his computer a little bit and occasionally emphasizing his point with his hands. The technology is a bit beyond his time and he doesn't seem to realize it's a video function.]

What would Dr. Thurman say about this? Frank said the world would end, but it didn't. [His tone is almost whining for a second, then it switches to intellectual and excited.] It was just the end of that parallel.. of the tangent universe. I think this is a new one though. I don't think Grandma Death's book talked about this? [He seems to look around for a moment, then returns his attention to the computer.] I don't really know how closing one would create another..

[A pause, then he's complaining.] I don't want to live through October again.

I don't want this calendar. Someone take it. [A hint of desperation as he glances at the calendar on his wall, to his right; another pause, then back to a neutral tone.]

I hope wherever this is is better than the shithole I lived in before. [He laughs a little, not quite a genuine or sane laugh. Then his tone is falsely amused.] I don't really know how it couldn't be.

Comments

[tadwizard.livejournal.com]

You said you didn't want to live through October again. It's June, so it's a few months before you have to.

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

No. I know I only went back to October 2 because that was when Frank saved me from the engine crashing into my room. It couldn't really be any sooner than that or else the world would have ended in 28 days like Frank said.

[tadwizard.livejournal.com]

Well, you probably went back...and weren't saved this time...uh...but you're in a new dimension? And here we agreed on the month being June. It might not be the past though. It might not even be the future, it might just be like...an interdimensional time zone thing.

1/2

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

Well that makes no fucking sense at all.

2/2 awhile later

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

So, wait. Are you saying I'm in the portal? I mean, I thought that was only a gateway, but I guess it's possible to get trapped there. I know I didn't get saved the second time, but that's what was supposed to stop the world from ending. I never thought about the possibility of getting caught in between universes.

[He looks around for the missing book again, then stops suddenly.] Wait. This is my room. October 2. I never got the book. Do you know if we can get books here? I mean, not any books. I'm looking for a specific book.

[tadwizard.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's a good way to describe it. You're stuck between universes.

There's a library with...I don't know if the books were restored, but it has/had books from various worlds.

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

How do I get out?

Where is it?

[tadwizard.livejournal.com]

You have to be redeemed, then you get to leave.

Fifth floor, end of the hall.

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

What do you mean redeemed?

Thanks.

[tadwizard.livejournal.com]

It's different for everyone.

[tangentdarko.livejournal.com]

But, so, you didn't answer my question. What does that mean?