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[waitingforhope]

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[It had been some time since Mai made her presence known over the network.  Time for her to settle in, so to speak.  Adjust to a more peaceful life, where she had a bed to be slept in nightly.  Food readily available without having to scavenge.  Friends and the closest thing she had to a 'family' nearby.  More of whom continued to arrive the longer she was here.]

[Somehow, all of that was stranger to her than the idea of being 'trapped' in an alternate universe.]

I was wondering...  [A pause, and she pressed her lips together in thought.  Knowing exactly what she wanted to ask, but attempting the most diplomatic means of phrasing her question.]  ...if there were any current prevailing theories or ongoing experiments with regards to the means of time travel and inter-dimensional transport that seems to be responsible for bringing so many individuals from so many different worlds and points in time here?

[A conversation that had begun with a select few, and was perhaps more interesting to her at this time than...almost anything else.  For all her years as the head commander of Earth's resistance force, her scientific mind had never wavered.]

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[Mind lost in thought, the (apparently) young woman could be found walking the streets of Genessia later that morning, pausing just long enough to collect herself a copy of the local newspaper.]

[She'd been hearing some very interesting stories about a certain paperboy as of late, and as such, was hesitant to subscribe to the delivery service...but deemed the information located within to be important enough to still seek out each issue.  Even if it meant taking a seat on a nearby bench and reading in public, rather in the privacy of the residence she currently shared with Bulma and the others.]

Let's see...weather...horoscopes...bounties?

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[light_of_willpower]

[Coming in more fully, Trunks passes her the notebook if she wants to look at it, and settles on the floor. Slumped a bit, but relaxed for a change instead of exhausted all the time and on guard.]

Not as much as I want yet. Mostly I've written down what I've been able to get from others here, and who told me. My next plan was to head to the Genessia Scientific Research Foundation, and see what information they have available. At least to the public, since I'm sure there's probably more they know that they aren't sharing right away, but it'll give us a start.

[Ever the explorer type, apparently.]

I'm also pretty sure I know my way around Nova City pretty well now with little trouble, and most of Attleton, although not as well.

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[waitingforhope]

[It was somewhat ironic how comfortable she was with him entering her room--not even needing a verbal invite--considering her typical reactions to gestures as innocent as hand-holding.]

[...granted, the fact that they had shared squatting space for months had almost certainly reconditioned her thoughts on the matter.]

[As he settled on the floor, Mai scooted close enough to the edge of her bed to take the notebook from him. She flipped to that first page and began reading. Most of the top part, she was able to skip. But the latter two points, in particular, captured her interest enough to warrant a second reread. So that she could probably absorb them as well before adding her own recently acquired information:]

I spoke with a man who said that these trips to and from our worlds--like you indicated here--aren't the only way memories can be impacted here.

Apparently, you can use them as bargaining chips. Trading in memories to come back from dying...or to gain something called a SubArchway. Have you heard anything about that?

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[light_of_willpower]

[Likewise, Trunks honestly wouldn't think too much about it for Mai to just show up in his room and space. They'd been in such a survival situation for months that it was just practical. His own thoughts and feelings otherwise were kept under wraps for the most part, in lieu of dealing with everything else; which included now and a whole new set of 'everything else'.

There wasn't much in the notebook yet, but Trunks knew Mai'd want to see it. WIth her commentary, he raises an eyebrow and listens intently.]

Interesting. Do you know who you spoke with? I plan to try and make notes on the Barriers and information about them too, but that'll be more from a practical standpoint than trying to figure them out right now.

[Not that learning about them wouldn't lead to some understanding of them, and vice versa. But the interest in Barriers and what was outside was more base don practicality for him at the moment. Less in the 'why' and more of the 'how does this work so we don't break it'.]

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[waitingforhope]

I believe his name is Theodore. Ted, for short.

[She indicated towards the notebook.]

Would you like me to write all this down?

[It was his notebook, but the process would go quicker, in her opinion, if the person who received it first-hand was the person to include all the details. Just in case something was left out in translation.]