Inquisitive Inquiry

[king_of_egypt]

I'll keep this simple to refrain from cluttering up the bulletin board, but I have been wondering just where and when is everyone from? It may not be pertinent now but if we are to return to our worlds it would become so.... that and I am genuinely curious about the topic.

I have already heard some incredible claims that lead me to believe that there's no limit to the possibilities.

- Atem

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[woo_oo]

Well, my planet is called Earth, my hometown is Duckburg, and I love in the McDuck manor. Ask for any details you'd like!

My name is Webby Vanderquack!

[king_of_egypt]

[If memory served him, Webby had utilized the bulletin board before. Unlike many of the other students she wasn't human so this Earth he surmised had to be a variant or alternate dimension from the world he knew]

Thank you, I may just do that. I neglected to mention it before- an oversight on my part but I'm also from Earth, Egypt to be more specific. Do you happen to know what year it was? Or- how technologically advanced the residents of Duckburg were? [Trying to narrow down a time frame, though he knew that wouldn't be precise. Civilizations tended to develop at different rates]

[woo_oo]

About 2018, although that might not mean anything, given how we might even view time differently across the worlds. Plus, how do you define advanced? Compared to this world?

I'd say we're ahead? I mean magic isn't really used a whole lot in my world, there's plenty who say it doesn't even exist because they've never seen it for themselves. I have, but mostly because that magic was trying to kill me.

But we have cell phones and TV and computers. Does that help?

[king_of_egypt]

I was concerned about that potential discrepancy myself. Perhaps I should rephrase.. though you seem to have figured it out on your own.

It sounds comparable to what was available in Domino.... [Realizing he left out some information there he amends] Domino is a city in Japan that I've... visited a few times. [Visited. Sure] Most were skeptical of magic there as well, but where I'm from it's the reverse.

More people have exposure to magic, so it doesn't seem as fanciful, and we don't have cell phones or televisions. The technology we have might seem primitive to others but it was the best that was available at the time.

[treno_nobleman]

I am from a world called Gaia, though if that is familiar to you, or anyone, I should like to know. How do you believe this may be of some use to us? I confess, I am quite curious to know.

~ Kuja

[king_of_egypt]

I'm familiar with the name but ... not... necessarily the place. [He wrote hesitantly since Gaia could just be another name for Earth. It was beginning to look like most of them arrived here from Earth variants]

It's quite simple, really. If any of us manages to find a way to return home, then theoretically that knowledge could then be applied to assist others in making their way back as well. Beyond that there may be a pattern or underlying connection between our dimensions that isn't readily apparent that may guide us towards a solution if we could only see it.

[treno_nobleman]

[He doesn't know Earth, only Terra and Gaia. They might be other names for the same world, but he just doesn't know, and he won't mention Terra yet on a forum this open.]

Beyond what those who brought us here know? I seek this knowledge myself, as I am sure many here do. You may be on to something with this theory, though who is to say if the same method will work for all. Alternately, I would propose to put a halt to those who continue to practice the magic which brought is into this world while we identify what and how we were taken. Continuing to make the same mistakes and add to the mess will not help anything.

[darkenedmoon]

My world is named Hydaelyn. I am from a country called Doma, though it is by far not the only country upon it. I do not think we have met. I am Yotsuyu goe Brutus. A pleasure.

There are some countries that are more...technologically advanced, there. The Garlean Empire, for example. Though there are other places that use magic. The Eorzean alliance mostly uses magic, though the Ishgardians have introduced gunsmithing, I believe.

[As it paid for her to keep up knowledge of the enemy.]

[king_of_egypt]

[Well this was the first world that sounded wholly foreign- so much for the alternative Earth theory]

I don't believe we have either. Likewise I'm sure. [Now feeling that the bulletin board was a bit insufficient at this point as it would have been nice to see whom he was writing to]

Your world sounds quite diverse, as I imagine so some degree all of them are. [It would not be easy pinpointing everyone's origins. Not in the slightest- which only further complicated finding a method to send them all back] If guns are a new invention it would roughly place their advancement above what my people would be used to but below that of Domino.

I'm only further baffled by how this spell managed to reach each of us to draw us here. [That and he was... ya know... deceased at the time]

[darkenedmoon]

I promise you, I share your bafflement. I cannot understand how it drew me here, considering the conditions I came from!

[considering she was quite deceased herself, yes.]

I believe Garlemald had guns for some time, and Ishgard has begun to adapt them? But I cannot be certain, so that is speculation on my part.

[scattered_rose]

My home's called Earth, and I specifically come from a city called Birchpointe, though my actual birthplace was somewhere else.

-Daniel

[king_of_egypt]

[Well there's another point for Earth]

How does your Earth vary from the world we now find ourselves in? Is magic common place?

[scattered_rose]

Yeah, actually. It's fu freakin' everywhere.

Not everyone has it or can use it, but some- especially the non-humans -are really strong in it.

[stillnewatthis]

I am from Earth as many others are, but those I have spoken to come from many years in the past compared to me!

[king_of_egypt]

I have a feeling I also would be from many years in the past in comparison. [Noticing that this message is unsigned he questions it] To whom am I writing?

[stillnewatthis]

This is Orisa! I may be identified by my particular style of writing. Since I am an omnic not designed primarily for communication, I tend to write in a very uniform and clean manner, as you can see.

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

Spira.

[Yeah. Just that one word. Super helpful, right?]

[king_of_egypt]

Is.... that a place, or a person's name?

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

It's a place. It's where I'm from.

[outofyourshadow]

[She's seen Webby's reply, but figures it couldn't hurt to respond as well.]

Hey. Another resident from Duckburg here.

-Lena

[king_of_egypt]

[There's no harm in it, no]

Ah- I believe Webby mentioned you the last time she sent out a request over the bulletin board. [Recognizing the name and remembering the artistic rendition.] Am I correct in assuming that there are three of you here from Duckburg? [Thinking he's hit upon a potential pattern] Three arrived from my world as well. [Little does he know about Noa, at this point]

I'm not sure that really means anything but.... it's worth noting.

[outofyourshadow]

[Oh gosh, don't remind her, she's still a bit embarrassed and flattered by that drawing.]

Yeah, it's just the three of us from Duckburg. There aren't too many groups of people from the same world, huh?

[plusfivedex]

I'm from Jersey City in the American state of New Jersey, and it's 2014 back home.

How about you, Atem?

-Kamala Khan

[king_of_egypt]

I have been to America before but admittedly not to that region.

I'm from Egypt.... [There's a delayed pause before the following appears] ... about 3,000 years prior to the date you mentioned.

[plusfivedex]

Really? This has got to be a lot of culture shock for you, then. How are you adjusting?