Author’s note: This post was written just before watching the last episode of Loki. But was in the Loki/Rick and Morty/Doctor Who mindset beforehand as you’ll recognise soon. Just excited that this is my life now
#17.23.21a: And then I had to decide between Burger King and a meal from Albert Heijn, and I chose a meal from Albert Heijn, but only because I had company and wanted to pretend I had my shit together.
Eternal Silence: *stays silent*
#17.23.21a: Then I got home, prepared the Albert Heijn meal, and then decided to rewatch some Loki while I ate it.
Eternal Silence: *stays silent, but stronger*
#17.23.21a: And then I could not find my phone, so I decided fuck it, will look for it in the morning, and slept.
Outlying voice: Fuck
#17.23.21a: 21b, That you?
#17.23.21b: Yeah…
#17.23.21a: You found the phone before sleeping?
#17.23.21b: Hell yeah! No regrets!
#17.23.21a: Well, of course not. But you know what this means. As narrator, can I pick branch 1 and you can pick branch 2?
#17.23.21.2:(Formerly #17.23.21b) Of course! You know we don’t care about that
#17.23.21.1:(Formerly #17.23.21a) You know if we want to squeeze in a shit ton of exposition into this conversation so it’s transcribable as the first of a set of such discussions between parallel versions of us, one of us has to pretend to not know what’s going on, and the other needs to elaborate. Else we shall never be picked from infinite versions of ourselves for a post.
2: What do you mean infinite versions of ourselves?
1: That’s a weird que– OHHH! Did you pick playing daft? I was just about to volunteer. Okay, you go ahead. Ok, so you know how every time we make a decision, all possible options create different versions of us? And then we continue in different universes? Multiverses? Sometimes we are also influenced by someone else making the decision?
2: You mean like the butterfly effect?
1: Exactly like the butterfly effect. A small change can change entire future paths. There have been infinite Sci-Fi shows on the concept.
2: So you are saying that because all versions of us are insecure enough, we all chose the Albert Heijn meal over Burger King because we had company. So no split, but as soon as I chose to find the phone instead of sleeping, I separated out from you?
1: That is exactly right, you handsome boi.
2: So how can we talk again? And what’s with those changing numbers?
1: Well, there have been infinite Sci-Fi shows, but not one written by us, so this is our format. Different versions of us catching up, finding what happened in different timelines, being overall funny. Occasionally meeting parallel versions of ourselves, else narrating to the eternal silence, waiting for a new version of us to be formed.
And the numbers are arbitrary. When you deal with infinite versions, you need infinite numbers as identification.
2: Well, you say infinite, but if it’s at a decision us or someone else makes, then it’s surely just a very large yet finite number, equal to the number of decisions made across all living organisms?
1: That does make sense. However, the number is too large to count. So every now and then we just figure that we will barely interact with the versions of us which don’t exist. You know, like because mom decided to sit elsewhere on that train and dad never saw her.
2: You are saying the numbers don’t matter, and it’s artistic license, and occasionally it might sound like a Rick and Morty type situation, but it’s purely interactions between us?
1: I mean can you imagine anyone else’s conversations being half as much fun to transcribe?
2: What’s next for us?
1: Probably nothing. We have provided enough exposition and served our purpose. Tomorrow “we” shall open at ANOTHER pair/trio/dare I say…more? of us talking about general life
2: Ah, was fun. Have a fun life ahead.
1: You too!
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