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Xth Dimension Parafang Main View
"So where is the Xth Dimension? And why do they want to invade us...?"
"It's not a really a question of where... More a question of - without getting into some heavy mathematics - "whenever/wherever". It has also been argued that it is more appropriately expressed linguistically as 'whenwhereverever'."
"Whenwhereverever?!? WTF? Is that a joke?"
"Well, no. The Xth extends in all directions and times simultaneously, including those times that run backwards and those that kind of, well, stand still and also some that loop and knot in on themselves. It gets pretty complicated as you can imagine. As for why? Well, we think they want our time, our simple unidirectional time's arrow that defines our own limited four dimensional phenomenological framework."
"Our TIME? Why? What use is that to them?"
"Our time runs in one direction, a line from past to future. We inhabit an ever-moving floating point on that line we call "the present" that allows us to understand and define entropy. The cosmology of the Xth Dimension's universe, so far as we can theorize, does not allow entropy of any kind... Thermodynamics work a little differently in the Xth Dimension. But in short, they want our time so that they can feel and know entropy."
"But... Entropy is bad, right? It's decay, it's the inevitable descent of order into chaos, the heat-death of the universe, of life, of everything. What's good about it? What use is it to them?"
"We've been asking ourselves the same kinds question of course. To an Xth-Dimensional being our version of linear time, with its phenomenon of entropy, would be a rather limiting, claustrophobic and probably very unpleasant experience. But these beings, their society, like ours probably has many of the same social issues and conflicts and I guess, bad folk. We think they want it as a cell. A prison. A torture chamber perhaps. And entropy is a unique feature of the dimensional set in our universe. It would be the ultimate punishment to an Xth-Dimensional."
"Oh. Right. Great. So they are going to fill our existence with their... Criminal elements? The Xth Dimension sees us merely as a naughty corner for all their psychopaths who are all going to be mighty annoyed at being shoved into what they'll see as a dark little box where everything decays and rots and fades to heat death and chaos?"
"Yes. That's what we think is the most logical reason for these incursions we've been seeing. All those evil-looking red and black fighters that appear and just scream through our cities and military installations. They are testing us, a reconnaissance perhaps to see if we happen to have any power or technology that might present a threat or risk to their plans".
"Huh. That's not exactly the best news I've heard all day. Where does that leave us then?"
"In a world of pain, I think. A universe of pain in fact. Another Scotch? You practically inhaled that last one."
"Please. Better make it a triple this time."
*** Built for the Starfighter Telephone Game, with the team "Invaders from the Xth Dimension". ***
Xth Dimension Parafang Main View
"So where is the Xth Dimension? And why do they want to invade us...?"
"It's not a really a question of where... More a question of - without getting into some heavy mathematics - "whenever/wherever". It has also been argued that it is more appropriately expressed linguistically as 'whenwhereverever'."
"Whenwhereverever?!? WTF? Is that a joke?"
"Well, no. The Xth extends in all directions and times simultaneously, including those times that run backwards and those that kind of, well, stand still and also some that loop and knot in on themselves. It gets pretty complicated as you can imagine. As for why? Well, we think they want our time, our simple unidirectional time's arrow that defines our own limited four dimensional phenomenological framework."
"Our TIME? Why? What use is that to them?"
"Our time runs in one direction, a line from past to future. We inhabit an ever-moving floating point on that line we call "the present" that allows us to understand and define entropy. The cosmology of the Xth Dimension's universe, so far as we can theorize, does not allow entropy of any kind... Thermodynamics work a little differently in the Xth Dimension. But in short, they want our time so that they can feel and know entropy."
"But... Entropy is bad, right? It's decay, it's the inevitable descent of order into chaos, the heat-death of the universe, of life, of everything. What's good about it? What use is it to them?"
"We've been asking ourselves the same kinds question of course. To an Xth-Dimensional being our version of linear time, with its phenomenon of entropy, would be a rather limiting, claustrophobic and probably very unpleasant experience. But these beings, their society, like ours probably has many of the same social issues and conflicts and I guess, bad folk. We think they want it as a cell. A prison. A torture chamber perhaps. And entropy is a unique feature of the dimensional set in our universe. It would be the ultimate punishment to an Xth-Dimensional."
"Oh. Right. Great. So they are going to fill our existence with their... Criminal elements? The Xth Dimension sees us merely as a naughty corner for all their psychopaths who are all going to be mighty annoyed at being shoved into what they'll see as a dark little box where everything decays and rots and fades to heat death and chaos?"
"Yes. That's what we think is the most logical reason for these incursions we've been seeing. All those evil-looking red and black fighters that appear and just scream through our cities and military installations. They are testing us, a reconnaissance perhaps to see if we happen to have any power or technology that might present a threat or risk to their plans".
"Huh. That's not exactly the best news I've heard all day. Where does that leave us then?"
"In a world of pain, I think. A universe of pain in fact. Another Scotch? You practically inhaled that last one."
"Please. Better make it a triple this time."
*** Built for the Starfighter Telephone Game, with the team "Invaders from the Xth Dimension". ***