>> I know since this is Kraken not SPOON, the specialist is Alicia, <<
\o/ Nailed it. But SPOON could've gotten her too. Alicia is the global expert on temporal issues. Aidan could help too, but is mostly cricketed.
>> but wouldn't that lovely time/reality hopping lady from Tightrope be a help for this? If she could be reached and was amenable. She's also gone through the issue of suddenly going from Time A to Time G without hitting the times in between.<<
She could be useful, if she has processed enough on her own to be ready for helping other people. That's up to dialecticdreamer but I am amenable. Kraken will probably be pulling every string they can find to help these guys.
>> Alicia might even have MORE trouble helping with the time-gap, since she lived each slow minute of the travel, so her perspective is fundamentally bound to what did happen, not the gaps, if that makes sense. She'd fall into the same traps as people of this era, but still expect herself to be able to make it make sense. Like trying to untangle spaghetti by tracing each noodle, rather than the more effective version of "it's tasty, here's a fork".<<
Actually, Alicia does have relevant skills, in two clusters:
1) Sometimes she gets overloaded and bails out of society for a decade or more. The later it gets, the faster the rate of change, so it can be jarring to come back. She has learned how to cope with this.
2) She knows how to handle a crash translation into a new culture. Her Guardians call it "Hell Week," although it can actually last anywhere from one to two weeks, and the average is around ten days. She has done this so many times that it has become a habit. So she can give the crew a lot of pointers on things that help, things to avoid, and how to orient in a new culture. You have to look for the things that are the same as you know, and things that are different. Think about your core traits and ideals; compare with what you observe around you. Then you reconstruct yourself as a person living here/now.
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dancing_serpent
Re: Yes ...
Date: 2018-04-25 08:27 pm (UTC)\o/ Nailed it. But SPOON could've gotten her too. Alicia is the global expert on temporal issues. Aidan could help too, but is mostly cricketed.
>> but wouldn't that lovely time/reality hopping lady from Tightrope be a help for this? If she could be reached and was amenable. She's also gone through the issue of suddenly going from Time A to Time G without hitting the times in between.<<
She could be useful, if she has processed enough on her own to be ready for helping other people. That's up to
>> Alicia might even have MORE trouble helping with the time-gap, since she lived each slow minute of the travel, so her perspective is fundamentally bound to what did happen, not the gaps, if that makes sense. She'd fall into the same traps as people of this era, but still expect herself to be able to make it make sense. Like trying to untangle spaghetti by tracing each noodle, rather than the more effective version of "it's tasty, here's a fork".<<
Actually, Alicia does have relevant skills, in two clusters:
1) Sometimes she gets overloaded and bails out of society for a decade or more. The later it gets, the faster the rate of change, so it can be jarring to come back. She has learned how to cope with this.
2) She knows how to handle a crash translation into a new culture. Her Guardians call it "Hell Week," although it can actually last anywhere from one to two weeks, and the average is around ten days. She has done this so many times that it has become a habit. So she can give the crew a lot of pointers on things that help, things to avoid, and how to orient in a new culture. You have to look for the things that are the same as you know, and things that are different. Think about your core traits and ideals; compare with what you observe around you. Then you reconstruct yourself as a person living here/now.