Static Friction

[trustycrowbar]

[Gordon wasn't sure exactly what to make of the new tensions in the City. On one hand he feels a little vindicated that someone else even considered talking animals unusual here other than him. It meant he hadn't quite gone nuts yet. But on the other hand, this was a pageant of redneck reasoning and good people were already getting hurt over it. But that wasn't what was on his mind at the moment...]

[Video]

Out of curiosity... is there anyone here who, at some point, couldn't return to their own world? Or can't now? [He scrubs at his beard thoughtfully.] By accident or by design, it doesn't matter. And if you can now, how did you manage it?

[He knows he's not exactly being subtle here. But he's at his wit's end. He's having trouble even crunching the numbers to find the coordinates for his world and time, let alone finding a way to build a portal array back there. As much as he hates to admit it... he needs help.]

[Or at the very least, solidarity.]

Comments

[trustycrowbar]

...You think there might be something in common causing it?

[raced_god]

Could be. Not sure what it is, though. If there is a cause.

[trustycrowbar]

Everything has a cause. Sometimes it's just not easy to see at first.

[raced_god]

And you're looking for the cause, I take it?

[trustycrowbar]

...At first I was only concerned with finding my own way back. Seeing if there was a precedent for it. That's all.

[He taps the red blinking INCOMING MESSAGE light on his tablet.] But I keep getting replies. This is bigger than just me. I guess you can say that I'm looking for it now.

[raced_god]

Find any common threads between the people who are stuck here?

[trustycrowbar]

No. We've got humans, robots, animals, creatures of all types. Worlds of all types. There might be a deeper dimensional axis they have in common, but it's going to take a helluva lot of work to find them.

[raced_god]

Maybe it's not something in common with the dimensions, but something in common with the people, and we just don't know what it is yet.

[trustycrowbar]

You mean something in common with their past, maybe?

[raced_god]

I wouldn't rule it out as a possibility.