I noted a long while back that the Gems are eerily similar to the Kabbalah's Sefirot, and that the existence of all ten would bring about the Ein Sof (or God before he was known as God). But if the Kabbalah is to be believed, the Ein Sof's emergence would spell the birth of a new universe. Which is also why I theorized that using the gems could lead to the entire universe being reset, the wielder essentially being the only person who survives it, and thus technically making his existence that of a God.
And recall, William said the gems are the beginning and the end. Maybe that's what he meant about the Founder becoming God? That in order for one to become God of the universe...they would first have to upend the old to give way to the new. To wipe the slate clean. That would mean the end of all existence as we know it in order for a new universe to come about...
So yes, if this happens to be the gems' true function, then it's possible that people have collected them before. Several times. Perhaps more times than we could count. We'll never know because how could we, if the universe keeps getting reset everytime someone completes the set and uses their true power?
...Then again, this is just the ramblings of a madman. Could be that the gems have a different function. We'll see.
Interesting, I will check out the lore. Although I failed to see how it could explain a race of Gem holders.
Perhaps I was too restrictive in my thinking but for this specific situation I think this explanation doesn't work, or I'm seriously misunderstanding something you said. Too much text can do that to the brain.
Well of course it's a portal. Except the entry point from Eternum back to the Real directs you to a designated body that has a matching implant. It's standard astral projection lore, in that projections can only return to their original body after an OOB experience. How the hell is Caly - or any NPC for that matter - able to use it if the exit on the other side leads to a bunch of sleeping bodies? Unless you're implying that Caly can use it in the future but she finds herself in Orion's body?
I'm saying that her Portals and Exit Portals are the indistinguisable. I don't make any assumptions about how the Exit Portal works. I don't assume that it facilitates transportation of the Projection back to the Body. I also don't make assumptions on how Calypso's portals work, she may be able to transport only projections, or she could transport actual objects. In any case, this was mostly a primer for the theory of the next paragraph.
There are multiple ways this artificial Astral Projection could work. For example It doesn't necessary require the user to do it himself.
The implant could be doing the projection for the user, and just feed the information to his brain.
This means that there is no need for an Exit Portal to send a projection back to the body. It only has to persist the data before destroying the projection (it's proven that if you die when projected you return to your body) and if it fails to do so because the projection died, the implant generates a new one, which may explain the 24 hour delay.
If a theory can explain all the phenomena and is based on the script, I'm perfectly fine with it.
So currently I'm thinking that the Exit Portals should be able to be used by Calypso if she wasn't an NPC, at least in some capacity.
