3 Tutorial (2)

"O strong one, May I ask you a question?" Truthfully I'm cringing at the line myself but there really was something I needed to know.

"I SEE YOU KNOW YOUR MANNERS, YOUNG ONE. I'LL ALLOW YOU TO ASK ONE THING AND I WILL ANSWER TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES."

"What will happen to our original timeline?" Timetravel as we know it is impossible. That is because of a paradox. If i traveled back in time to solve an issue then the me of the past will have no reason left to travel through time once I have solved it and as such this will create an impossibility in spacetime. The only solution to this prospect would be alternate timelines. These timelines are branches of the original timeline where the timetraveler would only affect an alternate version of reality and be cursed to forever be unable to return. The original timeline would thus still be unaffected and the paradox would be avoided.

AN: I probably explained that pretty badly. Just know that timetravel is impossible because of a thing called the temporal paradox.

"OH? HUMBLE AND INTELLIGENT, I'M LIKING YOU ALREADY! YES, YOUR PLANET ON YOUR ORIGINAL TIMELINE IS ON THE PATH TO DESTRUCTION. YOU PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT WILL SURVIVE FROM THAT TIMELINE. IF I WERE YOU I WOULD START WORSHIPING GAIA RIGHT NOW IN GRATITUDE FOR HER BENEVOLENCE!"

"Forgive my impudence but could you explain more?"

"HMM, YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT HOW TIMELINES WORK SO I'M GUESSING YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT GAIA?"

"Yes"

"TOUGH LUCK, KID! NOONE BUT THE GODS CAN UNDERSTAND THE SECRETS OF THE GODS."

I sighed. It truly is unfortunate. "Thank you, your benevolence."

"I AM NOW DONE ANSWERING QUESTIONS. I WILL BEGIN SENDING YOU BACK!"

I took one last look at the figure. He was about 3 metres tall with a long beard. He looked to be around his fifties although his real age is most likely way above that number. He had a staff with an ethereal clock on top. I suddenly think of a certain greek god. I think his name was Chronos. He ruled over the concept of time.

Wait a minute. If the god who ordered for us to be reincarnated was Gaia and the one reincarnating us is Chronos then doesn't that mean that the greek mythos is not fiction? What if other gods apart from the greek mythos exist? I suddenly grew very excited. Who wouldn't? He just got confirmation that gods actually exist! Moreover they are gods we are aware of! But before I could finish my thoughts, the figure, who I assumed to be Chronos, spoke once more.

"FROM THIS MOMENT ON YOU ARE FREE TO DO AS YOU DESIRE BUT I MUST WARN YOU THAT YOU SHOULD PREPARE ADEQUATELY, FOR THE END OF THE WORLD IS NIGH. COOPERATION, EFFORT AND BENEVOLENCE TOWARDS FELLOW HUMANS IS HEAVILY RECOMMENDED. ON A FINAL NOTE YOU ARE NOT ALONE. GAIA'S INFLUENCE IS SPREAD ACROSS THE GALAXY AND YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY INTELLIGENT SPECIES. IF YOU HAPPEN TO INTERSECT THEN COOPERATION IS ONCE AGAIN HEAVILY RECOMMENDED. MAY WE SURVIVE THIS DISASTER TOGETHER!"

Once again I experienced the extremely uncomfortable sensation of time travel.

Once they all left the figure displayed a face of pity.

"I hope you will survive this maddness."

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