text;

[siesinddasessen]

How does one go the best about forcing an echo?

And, relatedly, is there a way to control what exactly is echoed?

[She knows that she is threading dangerous waters here, but she also needs a very specific thing that she knows her former self possessed.]


[Also, action option: Blaine will be visiting Chloe's farm around noon, poking around the area to find the shorter female. She wears normal, non-descriptive, though not quite her usual clothes (well, the thick brown jacket is normal, but the white pants and knee-high boots are definitely not something that she's been around town in before), and has a fairly large bag over her shoulder. Whoever might be there for whatever reason: Feel free to run into her!]

Comments

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

Try to find something that's similar to what you're looking for.

[Handwritten]

[siesinddasessen]

Is there a way to ensure that another similar echo is not triggered instead?

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

I wouldn't count on that.

[Handwritten]

[siesinddasessen]

[there is a pause, and then]

Or a way to at least limit the likeliness?

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

No idea. I don't think anyone's tried it.

What is it you want to avoid?

[Handwritten]

[siesinddasessen]

Sure? It's been going on for months.

To trigger echoes in others, and to physically change. [The phrasing is bland and understandable enough, probably; it is as specific as she will get.]

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

They've tried to get triggers, but I don't know about trying to limit the result, no.

That's quite the task you've undertaken.

[Handwritten]

[siesinddasessen]

A necessary one.

[She breathes out. ...Maybe she shouldn't have asked, this hasn't really been all that helpful.

Just.] I'd have thought it would have been relevant for others before, what with some of the echoes that turn people into monsters or wrecks.

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

I suppose. Perhaps we just haven't thought of it.

[Handwritten]

[siesinddasessen]

There's an awful lot of things that nobody on this network has thought about yet.

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

We have a lot of other things to think about than the things we haven't thought about.

[Handwritten]

[siesinddasessen]

Hivemind.

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

Hivemind?

[Handwritten]

[siesinddasessen]

People on here have no ideas of their own; what you don't put into their heads won't be there, most of the time.

[She wishes that it would work the other way around, too.]

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

I beg to differ.

[Handwritten]

[siesinddasessen]

Don't beg.

Differ.

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

All the helpful documents around. FAQ, anonymous echo graph. Don't know the history of the clinic but I expect that's one too. Safe houses. Even the stupidest of "missions."

[Handwritten]

[siesinddasessen]

And that way, everyone sticks together, if they want to or not.

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

I doubt anyone is forced to stick with anyone. What are you trying to get at?

[Handwritten]

[siesinddasessen]

Just thinking aloud. You know how it is, sometimes that makes things easier.

[Yeah, sure.]

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

It does do that.

[Handwritten]

[siesinddasessen]

Anyway, break's over. See you.

[She could have thanked him for listening, but - this is Blaine, really.]

[Handwritten]

[dododo]

See you.