Part V
Ugh, finals are coming up. Bleh. On the plus side that means that classes are almost over with and Christmas is nearly here! YAY! Besides that its been a pretty quite couple of weeks. Hanging with friends, doing homework and math tests, finishing my Xmas shopping and wrapping them all nice and pretty. I've also been watching a lot of Doctor Who, I was bored to night so I ordered a Doctor Who disc from Netflix because I saw one episode on the Sci-Fi channel and now I'm hooked! Those Brttish and their tv shows. XP
Well, enough of my life. Time for a chapter update. It's a rather short chapter but still full of AU Earth lovin'. As always read for your enjoyment and comments are not needed but warmly welcomed.
Artwork by the awesome Soap-Committee.
First: Prologue
Previous: Part IV
Next: Part VI
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The Price of Two
“Are you memorizing everything I am saying?” the man yelled out sternly. There was a shuffling of feet as the children tried to sit up straighter but failed, they automatically sat as straight as possible, “We went over the fact that we seemed to age slower.” He continued briskly, “Did you not ever wonder why the R.T stood for Real Time on the other Earth? The truth; every year that passes in R.T Earth, five pass here. Our bodies do not change however, because our Alternate’s has not either. For example most of you are five R.T years old correct?” There were nods.
“Sir?” a boy asked, “Are not our Halves also five R.T years old?”
“Yes,” the man said patiently but with a slight strain in his voice, “but you are an A.U citizen, you multiple your age by five to get your “mentality age”. You are all considered twenty five years of age in A.U years, the beginning of adulthood.”
“So that means...” the boy trailed off as he caught on with the train of thought, “Our Half would be more like five A.U years old in intelligence!”
“Yes,” the man nodded, “It is because of this “Time Glitch” that let’s our minds develop so quickly. Were you to have grown up in the R.T world you would be no smarter than them.”
“So,” a girl questioned, “To get our “mentality age” we take our R.T age and multiple it by five? Then to get out Half’s we just convert their R.T age to A.U.”
“Precisely.”
“Is that why there is that R.T Intercourse Law? That states no A.U citizen who’s Half is not eighteen can have sex?” a boy asked suddenly, looking mildly miffed. This was one of the biggest problem with the A.U’s “Time Glitch”.
“Again, yes.” The man sighed, “If, say, you were to date the opposite sex my age that would not be odd in our would, but try to imagine what it would look like in the R.T’s.” There was a general shudder among the students, “Now imagine them performing-”
“Enough!” one of the girls shouted, “We are quite capable of imagining these things ourselves.”
“So then why do they allow dating between younger and older citizens at all?”
“First;” the man stated, “were they to ban dating completely the problem would only increase. Also, just because two people know each other here, in the R.T world they have probably never met. The only two things that will cause indefinite meeting are sex and marriage. Can anybody guess why?”
“Marriage, because we all have the same family members. Right?” a girl asked.
“Yes, the one thing you will always have in common with your Half, your family.” The man agreed and looked around the class for the other answer.
“Sex, for the same reason?” a boy ventured.
“Partly, to tell the truth, we are not absolutely sure why besides the obvious reasons, but not all people have sex to have children, do they? So we do not wish to disturb the R.T Earth’s life style. Remember, this rule is absolute.”
“Its obviously not working.” Another boy scoffed, “I hear about “pedophiles” getting caught all the time.”
“That is one of our jobs here we detain and arrest those who break that law and they receive one of our harshest punishments.” The man explained, “This does not mean there is no such thing as a happy relationship with an older and younger A.U citizen. However,” his voice became razor sharp again, “we have gotten off topic.” He started pacing again, “We have paid many prices for being copies, and our biggest loss you probably cannot even guess.”
“Well,” one girl started slowly, “I heard a rumor that R.T Earth has something called music.”
“Yes,” the man said, his voice cold but his eyes seemed sad, “we lost our creativity.” At this every student blinked, they didn’t even know what that was, “When the dimensions were split, they molded themselves into a sort of yin and yang.” The man worded carefully, “A.U being the Yang, white: everything is conservative here. Music does not exist, everything is recycled, and there is no spontaneity, no art. Just business. We have to be perfect, concrete. Only R.T Earth is allowed to be destructive, messy and,” he paused again, “Beautiful.”
Well, enough of my life. Time for a chapter update. It's a rather short chapter but still full of AU Earth lovin'. As always read for your enjoyment and comments are not needed but warmly welcomed.
Artwork by the awesome Soap-Committee.
First: Prologue
Previous: Part IV
Next: Part VI
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Price of Two
“Are you memorizing everything I am saying?” the man yelled out sternly. There was a shuffling of feet as the children tried to sit up straighter but failed, they automatically sat as straight as possible, “We went over the fact that we seemed to age slower.” He continued briskly, “Did you not ever wonder why the R.T stood for Real Time on the other Earth? The truth; every year that passes in R.T Earth, five pass here. Our bodies do not change however, because our Alternate’s has not either. For example most of you are five R.T years old correct?” There were nods.
“Sir?” a boy asked, “Are not our Halves also five R.T years old?”
“Yes,” the man said patiently but with a slight strain in his voice, “but you are an A.U citizen, you multiple your age by five to get your “mentality age”. You are all considered twenty five years of age in A.U years, the beginning of adulthood.”
“So that means...” the boy trailed off as he caught on with the train of thought, “Our Half would be more like five A.U years old in intelligence!”
“Yes,” the man nodded, “It is because of this “Time Glitch” that let’s our minds develop so quickly. Were you to have grown up in the R.T world you would be no smarter than them.”
“So,” a girl questioned, “To get our “mentality age” we take our R.T age and multiple it by five? Then to get out Half’s we just convert their R.T age to A.U.”
“Precisely.”
“Is that why there is that R.T Intercourse Law? That states no A.U citizen who’s Half is not eighteen can have sex?” a boy asked suddenly, looking mildly miffed. This was one of the biggest problem with the A.U’s “Time Glitch”.
“Again, yes.” The man sighed, “If, say, you were to date the opposite sex my age that would not be odd in our would, but try to imagine what it would look like in the R.T’s.” There was a general shudder among the students, “Now imagine them performing-”
“Enough!” one of the girls shouted, “We are quite capable of imagining these things ourselves.”
“So then why do they allow dating between younger and older citizens at all?”
“First;” the man stated, “were they to ban dating completely the problem would only increase. Also, just because two people know each other here, in the R.T world they have probably never met. The only two things that will cause indefinite meeting are sex and marriage. Can anybody guess why?”
“Marriage, because we all have the same family members. Right?” a girl asked.
“Yes, the one thing you will always have in common with your Half, your family.” The man agreed and looked around the class for the other answer.
“Sex, for the same reason?” a boy ventured.
“Partly, to tell the truth, we are not absolutely sure why besides the obvious reasons, but not all people have sex to have children, do they? So we do not wish to disturb the R.T Earth’s life style. Remember, this rule is absolute.”
“Its obviously not working.” Another boy scoffed, “I hear about “pedophiles” getting caught all the time.”
“That is one of our jobs here we detain and arrest those who break that law and they receive one of our harshest punishments.” The man explained, “This does not mean there is no such thing as a happy relationship with an older and younger A.U citizen. However,” his voice became razor sharp again, “we have gotten off topic.” He started pacing again, “We have paid many prices for being copies, and our biggest loss you probably cannot even guess.”
“Well,” one girl started slowly, “I heard a rumor that R.T Earth has something called music.”
“Yes,” the man said, his voice cold but his eyes seemed sad, “we lost our creativity.” At this every student blinked, they didn’t even know what that was, “When the dimensions were split, they molded themselves into a sort of yin and yang.” The man worded carefully, “A.U being the Yang, white: everything is conservative here. Music does not exist, everything is recycled, and there is no spontaneity, no art. Just business. We have to be perfect, concrete. Only R.T Earth is allowed to be destructive, messy and,” he paused again, “Beautiful.”