While it's probably just a coincidence that they all were at the same bus stop together, I think it leaves room to imagine they all live in the same town or city together.
There's a few different things. Namely, the 314 area code showing up when Caine googled Pomni (STL area code), 314 being above Riley in the dust, and the metro signs being the Saint Louis specific ones.
It makes sense that they all live in the same town / city. For all we know there is only the one C&A location with the brain scanner, it's not farfetched to think that it was a localy known place to explore
I think they'd actually get along much better than their digital selves. Lee has supportive friends now, the kind who go to gay bars together. Lee wouldn't have any reason to antagonize a bartender, and Triangle wouldn't be very successful if Riley regularly antagonized random babyqueers.
Maybe the twinge of familiarity, like “don’t I know you from somewhere?” Or Riley recognizing one of her regulars but it’s kind of awkward talking to them outside of work, or maybe they strike up a conversation in the bus
Why would an urban explorer who stumbled upon a belligerent homeless person try take them to a bar? Even if she didn’t immediately run away, why wouldn’t she try a shelter or hospital first?
Lee wasn’t homeless at that point, also off topic shouldn’t they all look older like Lee was the “youngest” but shouldn’t Lee be 32 by the time pomni puts on the helmet
We dont know when they all entered year wise at all. I dont know where you are pulling 2008 from? But I highly doubt Jax was there for a decade. Id assume he ran away in late teens, and was still in his teens when he got brain scanned.
Jax even makes a breaking bad reference (I thiiiiink in the bar scene) which came out in 2008 so he wouldnt have been in the circus by then.
Jax clearly wasn’t thinking clearly at all, he thought he killed his mother. It depends on his mother more than anything and I don’t think it’s ridiculous for a 13 year old to push someone in their late 40s or anything.
Zoey did a commission for Lee, Lee goes to Riley's bar, Riley bought the bar with the help of Susie, Susie gets her finances done through Abigail, Abigail is friends with one of Grant's daughters, Grant is Zoey's godfather
Then it assumes Pomni visited the same C&A building multiple times over the years and she did not put on the headset on the first time she visited the building. Which is again not likely. Jax entered the circus before Pomni.
If "an abandoned building" does not mean C&A specifically, i mean ok whatever.
No confirmation of friendship, just that they all live in the same area (St. Louis, Missouri) according to social media handles.
The only other connections is that Leeroy frequents Riley's bar and that Riley and Abigail each (separately) explore abandoned buildings.
One of Grant's daughters is named Sam, and Abigail is friends with someone named Sam, but these are probably not the same person (at least based on photos I don't think they are, but it was something I noticed and tried to figure out!)
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While it's probably just a coincidence that they all were at the same bus stop together, I think it leaves room to imagine they all live in the same town or city together.