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[For this first message, Elena puts on her very best for-the-camera smile. No second chance at a first impression, after all. It's a little strained, thanks to her injuries, but the painkillers have helped a lot.]

Hey, everybody. Where I'm from, video chatting isn’t that common outside of Skype—mostly people stick to e-mail and text messages—but since things are definitely different here and we’re something of a closed community, I thought I’d do as the Romans do.

[She gives a little wave.] I’m Elena Fisher. Back home, I'd say you might recognize me from TV, but I don't think history shows and the evening news cross dimensions, so I won't bother. I certainly didn’t expect to do that myself, but I doubt any of us did. And there are worse options.

[Such as death by grenade.]

Silly question time, but juuuuust to make sure—no one’s heard of a megalomaniacal immortal warlord cutting a swath across Europe here, right? Just checking.

Oh, and residents of Heropa #018—hi, I'm your new roommate. I should be there later tonight or tomorrow, but it depends on when the hospital lets me out. I had...kind of an accident right before I found myself here.

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Very glad I haven't heard of anyone like that.

Are you alright?

I am, too. No one should.

[She lets out a sigh.]

I'm...more or less all right. Got a lot of stitches, but I'll take stitches over bleeding out.

yes, of course.

I'm sorry you had to arrive here, like that. Sometimes the Porter heals people on arrival, but not always, it seems.

It might have stabilized me. I was in a bad way before I got here—the porter might have bought me enough time to get to the hospital.

[Which is an alarming thought.]

[ he would ask how did she get like that, but it sounds like a person question, to be fair. And related to the megalomaniac immortal warlord ]

I'm glad.

Well, you probably heard about what is going on, but if you have any more questions, I can try to answer.

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Try is right. But most of my questions revolve around how the hell dimensional travel is even possible, and I think that's above most of our heads. Though you could surprise me.

Oh- that.

Well, it's thanks to a machine called the Porter. They found it in the middle of the ocean and nobody really knows who built or why or how. it's not very helpful, I know.

Oh, I know. I've read all the material they gave me. But I'd like to know why and how, you know? That's not the sort of thing you just shrug off as no big deal.

The AI that took over the Porter isn't willing to answer our questions, sadly.

Just how intelligent is this AI? Is it even capable of comprehending the kind of questions people have asked?

Intelligent enough to know how to keep everyone away. But yes, it's capable of understanding questions.

it just doesn't want to answer.

I suppose I'll have to get used to things here, then, if it doesn't want to tell us how we can go back where we came from voluntarily.

That's what most of us do, honestly. Sometimes the Porter sends back people, but it's all random.

Sends them back? Like they just disappear, the way we appeared?

Yes. We return to the exact moment we were taken from.

Well. That's...that's certainly something.

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