Viola
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Viola
Anna
I have been up all night
You silly girl
Things will work out
No I have been working on a mathematical problem
Whatever for
Viola do you notice something
Yes there are no time pulses
Six is a perfect number but what if prefect numbers did not technically exist
What if one was a perfect number
That is impossible
Yes but suppose it was a possibility
perfect number, a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its proper divisors. The smallest perfect number is 6, which is the sum of 1, 2, and 3. Other perfect numbers are 28, 496, and 8,128. The discovery of such numbers is lost in prehistory.
Have you got that Viola
Very clearly
It is a standard understanding as found anywhere
I looked at it and then it struck me
Explain Anna
The discovery of such numbers is lost in prehistory that is what interested me
Lost in prehistory
That is where you are at present
I am lost but no calculations are present Anna
When was the last time you were actually stable in time and space
It has been many years
Blue Anchor nearly killed me and apart from the odd pulse I have been disembodied ever since
I think I have the answer
And it was so simple that I almost wept
The reason that you are trapped in time is that Outlaw did not create you and he has other characters in these fictions
I never knew my father
You do not have a father
Or a mother for that matter
You have always been around
You existed in prehistory
You are the unknown perfect number
I can see where you are going
But do you have the key Anna
I am nearly there
I do not know what to say to you
I feel like I have known you forever
You have
I am Viola Gresham
So you are saying that I am you but what of Anna
Anna is a creation of Outlaw
Do you know what I did this morning
No
I kissed Outlaw
We walked on the cliffs
And I kissed him
What happened
Nothing
I asked him to jump onto the rocks below
Which he did
But it did not kill him
As he reversed time and was standing next to me in an instant
I think I know where you are going
Outlaw is as trapped in time as you are
And this is how I planned your return
It was quite simple just like two bricks one left and one right
When I look at these bricks then I will not really care to rearrange them
It is not important
But that was the key
Outlaw was the brick on the right hand side and you the left
I just rearranged the bricks
But there was one problem as this would instantly return you to the present here to The Green House
But as I am you
I can see what you are saying Anna
We cannot both exist in the same space
That is impossible
In theory you are in a waiting room
Your train is due but I have to become Anna again
But without Outlaw this will be almost impossible
As he created me
Where is Outlaw
In a waiting room just like you
Have you solved the problem
I hope I have as it is very complex but simple at the same time
I will only have one chance and if I am wrong you will return I assure you that but this Anna will no longer exist
Then think of yourself Anna
I am you Viola
In a few minutes I am going to sit by the sentinel as that apart from being of help to ships passing is also the centre of known time
You are trapped just above it
What can you see
The sunrise over the sea
A beautiful hinterland with a row of houses
Can you see The Green House
Yes
Then close your eyes and hold tight Viola
Without being rude please do not question me
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It is so nice to be back as I have missed normality so much
I am glad to be back also
Then I am a lucky girl
As you are both back with me
Where is Outlaw
In Spain
He is
Trapped in time and is now a woman
He is called Spain
He is called Penelope
He is called Jasmine Tea
He is called Lima
He is called Angel a
He is Saul Green
Outlaw was like the fallen angel a random perfect number which was not perfect
He destroyed himself and is now in a cell of his own creation with all of his fictional characters with the exception of Anna and Anna
Any future fictions will be written by either Anna or myself
More tea
I am so glad you are back Anna
I hated Spain
She was a complete butch bitch
Viola please you can stay as long as you like
Obviously Penelope’s room is free
You will want to catch up with your life
Yes so many years have passed
All in a few seconds
Your friends will think you have been to the shops
Anna what are we going to do with Outlaw’s house
Outlaw did not own a nice house
It was only what we thought we saw
If you look up then only a meadow exists
There has always been a meadow there
Viola if you notice I am not spacing this fiction
Yes
It is so easy
Now that you have returned the distortions of time and space have become normal again
Is that the Sentinel there
Yes
It appears to have a scorch mark on it
It has
Even I make the odd error
That is unlikely Anna
I do as I missed a digit
That was why the Sentinel was scorched
Will it fade
Yes
But I will always see it as a reminder that although I seem to be brighter than the average bear I am not
I am just a fictional character
I make many mistakes
That is a major flaw in fictional characters
Finished now I have just finished this fiction
I love it Anna
It is so nice to have you both back
Shall we walk and take in the beauty of this timeless beach
He is called Spain
He is called Penelope
He is called Jasmine Tea
He is called Lima
He is called Angel a
He is Saul Green