Connecting with other systems

[teh-kerry.livejournal.com]

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

Comments

[our-menagerie.livejournal.com]

We do that all the time with the other system we are involved with. We have been doing it for a couple years now and they are more comfortable with it than we are. Sometimes our people being over there can be hard and if its been too long they will sometimes come back here spontaneously which can be very confusing for both systems. The other hard part for me is if one of their people is over here and I really have something important to say to them I would prefer they talk to me from their own body. That may sound silly but they remember better that way and I dont have to second guess myself like I sometimes do if they are talking to me from here...like did she say that because she knew thats what I wanted her to say type of thing. As for coping, the only thing I can tell you is dont panic. I think if you really want them back before tuesday write the other system an email or msg them however you do and tell them you need/want them to come back home. It just takes getting use to and even though Im use to it, I still prefer to talk to people in their own bodies most of the time. But sometimes it helps, it can be a useful tool for both systems. Just I wouldnt do it with anyone I didnt absolutely trust.

sj