Issue 1 Downtime

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:41 pm**

Will, rubbing his wrists, knocked on Sam's office door.

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:43 pm**

"Come on in, Will."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:44 pm**

"Good afternoon, Professor. Sorry I'm a little late."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:45 pm**

"Perfectly alright. Make yourself comfortable, aye?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:50 pm**

"Thanks," Will said, sitting down.

"So. I apologize for barging on you; I wasn't expecting that and I told Aria you didn't want me doing that, but, she's...headstrong."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:54 pm**

"Aye, that's something we've realized. I'm not holding it against you."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:59 pm**

"I'm glad. I didn't want to upset you so soon after last time.

Aria thought that something more similar to her everyday life might help reset things so she could get home, but I think it only upset her more..."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:04 pm**

"And you'd said you wanted to talk about her, aye?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:06 pm**

"Yeah...something's not kosher with her story. I'm not getting a malicious vibe from her...well, not primarily. But she let a couple things slip that...well, it brings up some questions."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:10 pm**

"She's never really sure what's safe to say, I think."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:12 pm**

"Yeah, and she's backtracked a couple times, oddly.

Has she told you when she's from? And, uh, are you or Professor Weaver..."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:14 pm**

"She's not given a specific timeframe. Given certain factors, the range is rather broad."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:18 pm**

"I think I can narrow that down some. She mentioned growing up with Robin."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:19 pm**

"...well, I suppose that does bring things rather closer."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:23 pm**

"That's why I ask if either of you, erm..."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:25 pm**

"Are expecting? No. We've been a bit more concerned with a different daughter showing up on our doorstep."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:26 pm**

"See, that's what I thought.

She also seems to be convinced it's her fault Miranda is here...do you have any idea what's up with that?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:28 pm**

"She'd mentioned she was a bit surprised that Miranda was this old."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:33 pm**

"Not just that--she implied she was responsible for Miranda existing. Then, when I asked her about it, she tied me to the top of the lighthouse and skedaddled."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:37 pm**

"It's reasonable to believe that she sees herself as the source of this timeline diverging."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:40 pm**

"How long has she been here? In our time-frame?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:50 pm**

"First encountered her a little after we got back from that parallel universe."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:57 pm**

"I'm just...I don't want to accuse anyone, especially not your daughter, but...is it possible she's involved with Black Air? Or that they have some kind of hold on her?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:00 pm**

"She hasn't shown any signs of it. If anything, I suppose it's possible that Black Air might have gotten a hold of her DNA and used it as a basis for Miranda."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:07 pm**

"That's possible," Will nodded. "One way or another, she's been less than forthcoming. She seems terrified that you or Professor Weaver will find out...something."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:08 pm**

"If we assume she hasn't been born yet, that's rather a concern, aye?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:14 pm**

"Very much so.

I dunno what's up with her. She paints this...this picture of the future, but then is obviously keeping things from people. It makes me wonder if she has...I don't know, an ulterior motive. And it makes me wonder why she's sharing what she IS sharing."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:17 pm**

"She wants to live. If she grew up with Robin, this is probably a rather critical time, aye?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:24 pm**

"Aye...I suppose that would make sense.

She just said that she--her being her--has screwed things up for Miranda. She also pointedly did not mention growing up with her.

I dunno, maybe I'm jumping at shadows. She has me...off guard."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:28 pm**

"...and yet she'd mentioned to me she expected Miranda to be much younger."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:34 pm**

"She did?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:35 pm**

"Aye. Which would... rather make Miranda the one who grows up with Robin."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:39 pm**

"You'd think, right?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:42 pm**

"Makes one wonder if the pieces that don't seem to fit actually do."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:44 pm**

"She was probably trying to intentionally mislead me," Will nodded, seemingly feeling reassured.

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:47 pm**

"Admittedly I'm theorizing here. Trying to draw a straight line."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:49 pm**

"Well, it makes sense--some of the things she was saying don't make sense. No idea on motive, but something's afoot here."

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:52 pm**

"Well let's simplify. You say she grew up with Robin, and didn't mention growing up with Miranda."

"What if those aren't contradictory?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:53 pm**

"Perhaps...Miranda wasn't around? Her being her somehow...pushed Black Air's plans forward, perhaps?"

Posted: **Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:56 pm**

"If she expected Miranda to be younger, then she expected Miranda to have a normal childhood. With the age assumption, the way it fits..."

"...is if Aria is Miranda."

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