http://teh-kerry.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] teh-kerry.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] multiplicity_archives2007-04-07 12:27 pm

Connecting with other systems

Something we did the other day, that freaked us out marginally, and we were wondering if anyone else had experienced it before.

There's this other system that we're pretty close to - most of us have partners over there, we spend a lot of time with them and we're pretty involved in their affairs. For a while, we've known that we can make some sort of connection with them - we can visit their 'inside', and they can visit ours.

Normally, we need some sort of external physical connection to do this, but recently, we've worked out that we can 'leave people' over there temporarily. They leave our system, and take up residence over there - they can even take front over there, which is pretty freaky. For reasons that're way too complex to go into now, we 'left' Liam and Steve over there the other day, to help out with something.

This has affected us a lot more than we thought it would. It feels really weird not having around two people who we're used to having around, and we don't have a chance to 'retrieve' them until Tuesday. Which might not seem like long, but it feels incredibly odd to have two pretty important members of our system missing, even for a couple of hours.

We were just wondering if anyone else has done or tried something like this before, and if anyone has any tips for coping without two people who we're used to relying on and having around.

Kelly

[identity profile] gryphons.livejournal.com 2007-04-07 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
*nods* we visit our partners' household.. among other locations.. fortunately it doesn't take physical contact for us.. since they live in a different town... so yeah.. it happens.. as far as tips.. *shrugs* try not to stress about it.. they'll be back.. Micah and Gabe, two of our primaries, spend a LOT of time with their wife.. it's still weird.. at times.. but they come back feeling much better.
-Rain