"Echo489… i need to go there…" my voice whispered softly as a calm settled over me. I knew what i needed to do, maybe the truth about that night could lead me to stopping myself. I opened my eyes but the rooftop had dissolved into nothing… or rather it transformed into a barren wasteland… dark brown tones surrounding me made me feel isolated and deserted, a storm of heavy winds and sand flying everywhere surrounded me. Was… was i dreaming…
"No, your not dreaming, welcome to Echo489, or rather Earth 489… I am Jack 489, you are Jack 777, and you just met Jack832. No the numbers have nothing to do with how far along ones path they are, each dimension travels are different speeds at different times, but they all average out to be the same speed over millennium of differences. Ive lived for nearly 257 years now, 832 is roughly 783 years old, and you are now roughly mid 40's i think now…? You died what… twice? And your how old?"
"Im… 14… not in my 40's…"
"Ah but thats where you are wrong, you see you died… in every sense of the word… its just… we got fucked by the universe to the point where we always go back to the activator for us… well kind of… we relive our entire life up to that point on auto pilot after the first time, and our brains seem to just… delete the copied info…? So you just lived 3 lifetimes up till you were 14… so you are 42 now… thats how you need to keep track of your age from now on, it gets esier as you get used to it, yes there are other Jacks, but only 7 others that i know of, 832 has been going around and getting rid of the others… you are meant to replace him, its why your parents died, he wanted you to become him… the more we die the more our spirit ages and the oldest living Jack is 923 years old now… hes on echo1… its… its a paradise of sorts… no one touches it because of him… its his home and even though he doesn't know who he is… he doesn't let anyone get close to it… the sole survivor of that dimension…
"Holy fuck i must be drugged right now…"
"Hey language! You might be spiritually 40 but you still are basically a kid…"
I closed my eyes hoping to blink away the dream and as i did Echo1 flashed across my mind and when i opened my eyes the barren wasteland dissappeard into a vibrant and lush forest. The animals making the place seem lively as i heard an outrages number of different calls from the large variety… this was truely a paradise…