This fits well enough with my own theory. I once thought perhaps it was a shared dream, but this seems too fanciful. This seems very much like a game or an experiment, manipulating us by throwing us curveballs. And what of the 'rewards' given? Why give people back abilities they can use to possibly try to break free? These are not mistakes. They are, I believe, calculated for reasons we have yet to fathom. Part of me simply believes they are sadistic bastards who want to play this game for their own amusement, but that's too simple. There is too much work that has gone into creating this scenario.
I also have to point out, at least from my own perspective, one thing that lends itself to your theory that these are not our true physical bodies. I was scarred over half of my body, but since I've been here, my skin is free of any such marks. Some were deep. For them to be gone is, to say the least, impossible.
It's a shame that Stein doesn't know about modern technology.patchworksanitySeptember 10 2009, 22:47:57 UTC
Mr. Grey, was it? I've been wanting to talk with you one on one about a number of things, actually...
I agree, if it weren't for the rediculous size and scale of it all, I would guess that this was some sort of experiment created through magic, or something similar to it. It would take a tremendously powerful group of witches to maintain such a thing.
But what kind of madman would create a game such as this which toys with people's souls?
Mannequins that house our souls? I had a different theory, but I suppose anything presented has merit. Do you have any evidence to back this hypothesis?
And as for the time discrepancy...in my studying of the historical material here in my efforts to assemble proper lesson plans, I have discovered that history has changed drastically starting in the 1940s. For example -- and correct me if I'm wrong, for American history is not my specialty -- but I believe that the President of the United States for most of the 1950s was General Eisenhower. Such is not the case in Mayfield's version of history.
*nod* There's no proof for certain, but there are several speculations that lead me to this. For one, as I stated, each body here has its own history inside mayfield, even before our souls are present. This is why, for the most part, drones do not treat us any different, as far as they can tell, we're still the same person we've always been. Lack of physical disfigurement from homeworlds is another. Finally...and this is for anyone who has been here for a while: We've stopped aging. Nothing changes here, the whole town stagnates unless non-drones stir it up.
...Please, though, I would love to hear any theory you have.
Well, almost two centuries ago from my time -- it would have been about the end of the 20th century, into the 21st -- a trilogy of movies were released about a world in which machines have taken over and have turned humanity into a power source. To keep them under control, from birth until harvest, these humans' minds are trapped in digital coding used to represent reality as it was before the advent of sufficiently-advanced artificial intelligence. The humans have no idea that their world is fake.
I suspect that this is a possibility...though, admittedly, most forms of scientific advancement have been banned in most of the world where I come from, so my knowledge on anything of the sort is weak.
If these bodies are not indeed ours - which makes perfect sense - I am curious as to how they extracted our souls from our worlds and transported them here... And also how our souls are linked to these bodies, and how the bodies take on familiar attributes. This body is very much like what I remember mine to have been.
Last week a tried drawing lines in chalk along a bunch of the roads to see if I could catch the town when it added a new street. It did, and the chalk line just continued across the new crossroad, unbroken.
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I also have to point out, at least from my own perspective, one thing that lends itself to your theory that these are not our true physical bodies. I was scarred over half of my body, but since I've been here, my skin is free of any such marks. Some were deep. For them to be gone is, to say the least, impossible.
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I agree, if it weren't for the rediculous size and scale of it all, I would guess that this was some sort of experiment created through magic, or something similar to it. It would take a tremendously powerful group of witches to maintain such a thing.
But what kind of madman would create a game such as this which toys with people's souls?
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INVERSE MATRIX!
That's pretty standard where I come from. I was the best Game Master there, of course.
..Now this garbage heap of a town has me as a player, rather than a reaper...
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[Cocky little bugger... ignoring that for now.]
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And as for the time discrepancy...in my studying of the historical material here in my efforts to assemble proper lesson plans, I have discovered that history has changed drastically starting in the 1940s. For example -- and correct me if I'm wrong, for American history is not my specialty -- but I believe that the President of the United States for most of the 1950s was General Eisenhower. Such is not the case in Mayfield's version of history.
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...Please, though, I would love to hear any theory you have.
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Well, almost two centuries ago from my time -- it would have been about the end of the 20th century, into the 21st -- a trilogy of movies were released about a world in which machines have taken over and have turned humanity into a power source. To keep them under control, from birth until harvest, these humans' minds are trapped in digital coding used to represent reality as it was before the advent of sufficiently-advanced artificial intelligence. The humans have no idea that their world is fake.
I suspect that this is a possibility...though, admittedly, most forms of scientific advancement have been banned in most of the world where I come from, so my knowledge on anything of the sort is weak.
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It's not much, but it might be useful.
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((OOC: Unless you're a drone, you can read this entry. ^_^))
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