humanity has built the records of FATE by accident

Chrono Cross was one of my favorite games from my childhood. In it, the protagonist, Serge, travels between two dimensions that resulted from a fracture in the timeline. This essay isn’t about Serge, however. It’s about the ordinary people who inhabit El Nido, the archipelago where the story takes place. On the El Nido archipelago, people consult mysterious devices known as the Records of FATE. These devices are spread throughout the islands of the archipelago, and people routinely visit them for guidance about their lives.