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quantumtwin) wrote2013-08-29 09:09 pm
quantumtwin) wrote2013-08-29 09:09 pm
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Most children at young ages can hardly grasp the concept of the world, let alone other worlds in the universe. You'd think it nearly impossible for them to understand the possibility of parallel universes existing simultaneously with our own. That— through the many-worlds interpretation— a you exists that isn't yourself. That there are constants in each world and variables that make them differ from the other universes paralleling it.
Rosalind Lutece on the other hand was entirely fascinated by the idea.
As she grew to understand the sciences, Rosalind began to experiment with quantum mechanics. From this she learned how to suspend a single atom midair. It was after this discovery that Zachary Hale Comstock took interest in Rosalind's work and agreed to fund a project which later evolved into levitating large complex objects to form the city of Columbia. This accomplishment inspired Rosalind to keep experimenting in her bizarre discovery of the Lutece Field, more commonly known as Quantum Levitation.
Morse code. A series of on-off tones. Traveling through space and time itself. This was Robert Lutece.
Entangling her own quantum atom with waves of light, Rosalind was able to open a barrier through space-time in order to contact her other self. With further experimentation, the Lutece Field formed into a Lutece Tear between realities in which Robert Lutece could then cross over. On October 15th, 1893, Rosalind Lutece was now sister to her male counterpart, Robert Lutece and together they created a complex contraption that would allow active use of the Tears.
Comstock, still funding the Luteces projects, decided to actively use the device in order to see other realities in order to make predictions about the future. (With this ability, he deemed himself the Prophet of Columbia.) Though the constant exposure to the machine had adverse affects on his genetics— rapidly aging him and sterilizing him. Outraged that his bloodline could no longer carry the 'throne' of the prophet, Comstock used the Luteces to retrieve his daughter from another reality.
This reality belonged to Booker DeWitt, where Robert Lutece convinced him to give up his own daughter Anna DeWitt in order to wipe away massive gambling debts. The event nearly resulted in the twins' separation, but they successfully retrieved Booker's daughter for Comstock. The Luteces found that Anna, now named Elizabeth, had the ability to open Tears without the use of their machine. Realizing that Elizabeth would eventually use her powers to bring the destruction of New York City, Robert demanded that Rosalind assist him in righting their wrong by returning Elizabeth to her original universe.
Comstock soon heard about their plot and ordered Jeramiah Fink to sabotage their machine. Even though Comstock then declared them dead, they were not. Instead they were scattered across space and time, able to traverse it at will and continued to carry out their plan to save the NYC.
From here they offer Booker DeWitt a chance at redemption; To be with his daughter again. But Booker was unable to comprehend the possibility of crossing through a tear, in a way the alternate reality rejecting his very existence, the shock to his mind cause a sort of amnesia to the event prior to entering the new reality. In response, Booker's mind created false memories to explain his existence in the rowboat the Luteces had pulled Booker onto. The memories were of a gambling debtthe twenty years of guilt that needed to be repaid.
When I was a girl, I dreamt of standing in a room
looking at a girl who was and was not myself, who
stood looking at another girl, who also was and was
not myself. My mother took this for a nightmare. I
saw it as the beginning of a career in physics.
looking at a girl who was and was not myself, who
stood looking at another girl, who also was and was
not myself. My mother took this for a nightmare. I
saw it as the beginning of a career in physics.
Rosalind Lutece on the other hand was entirely fascinated by the idea.
As she grew to understand the sciences, Rosalind began to experiment with quantum mechanics. From this she learned how to suspend a single atom midair. It was after this discovery that Zachary Hale Comstock took interest in Rosalind's work and agreed to fund a project which later evolved into levitating large complex objects to form the city of Columbia. This accomplishment inspired Rosalind to keep experimenting in her bizarre discovery of the Lutece Field, more commonly known as Quantum Levitation.
Morse code. A series of on-off tones. Traveling through space and time itself. This was Robert Lutece.
Entangling her own quantum atom with waves of light, Rosalind was able to open a barrier through space-time in order to contact her other self. With further experimentation, the Lutece Field formed into a Lutece Tear between realities in which Robert Lutece could then cross over. On October 15th, 1893, Rosalind Lutece was now sister to her male counterpart, Robert Lutece and together they created a complex contraption that would allow active use of the Tears.
Comstock, still funding the Luteces projects, decided to actively use the device in order to see other realities in order to make predictions about the future. (With this ability, he deemed himself the Prophet of Columbia.) Though the constant exposure to the machine had adverse affects on his genetics— rapidly aging him and sterilizing him. Outraged that his bloodline could no longer carry the 'throne' of the prophet, Comstock used the Luteces to retrieve his daughter from another reality.
This reality belonged to Booker DeWitt, where Robert Lutece convinced him to give up his own daughter Anna DeWitt in order to wipe away massive gambling debts. The event nearly resulted in the twins' separation, but they successfully retrieved Booker's daughter for Comstock. The Luteces found that Anna, now named Elizabeth, had the ability to open Tears without the use of their machine. Realizing that Elizabeth would eventually use her powers to bring the destruction of New York City, Robert demanded that Rosalind assist him in righting their wrong by returning Elizabeth to her original universe.
Comstock soon heard about their plot and ordered Jeramiah Fink to sabotage their machine. Even though Comstock then declared them dead, they were not. Instead they were scattered across space and time, able to traverse it at will and continued to carry out their plan to save the NYC.
From here they offer Booker DeWitt a chance at redemption; To be with his daughter again. But Booker was unable to comprehend the possibility of crossing through a tear, in a way the alternate reality rejecting his very existence, the shock to his mind cause a sort of amnesia to the event prior to entering the new reality. In response, Booker's mind created false memories to explain his existence in the rowboat the Luteces had pulled Booker onto. The memories were of a gambling debt
Bring us the girl. Wipe away the debt.
