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[yourpiecenow]

So, is everyone just… okay, with being kidnapped and taken to another dimension? There is a lot less freaking out over this shit than I would’ve hoped. Less screaming... Maybe I’m just the weirdo who’s never been thrown into a fucked up Jetsons world, and this is actually super normal. Maybe people get drafted into the superhero army all the time.

[Madison is sitting in some sort of bar or restaurant, a cigarette in the hand that isn’t holding her communicator. She has a long, red scar across her neck, but doesn’t seem overly concerned by it. In fact, she doesn’t seem concerned by anything at all, despite her words.]

It’s better than being dead, I guess. [It’s nice to feel things again. Plus for shitty Jetsons world.] So. Hi. Madison Montgomery. Former movie star, current magazine model. Apparently. I'm just going places in this world.

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[glowsferatu]

There's being okay with it and not being able to do much to help it. They're different.

Some of us have had a headstart on reaching the second.

[yourpiecenow]

So, it's less like you're all just fine with this, and more like you've all just rolled over and died?

That's kind of really disappointing to hear.

[glowsferatu]

Did you have something else in mind? There isn't really anyone to direct a complaint to that has any actual control over the situation. They didn't bring us here, they're simply dealing with the situation the same way we are.

Of course, I'll likely have to make that same explanation numerous times this week, so I might as well make use of the practice.

[yourpiecenow]

A ticket back to Normal World, but I guess that's asking too much.

So, I guess I was right and this does happen all the time. How is it I managed to miss out on this grand experience my entire life, and it only happens now? I have some bitches I need to show up.

[glowsferatu]

An infinite number of worlds with an infinite number of people in them. Not everyone will have to experience it. Whether they're counted as lucky or not depends on who you ask.

Though I can tell you that worlds that already have an inhabitant present tend to have a stronger affinity for more in the future. Your "bitches" may well show in due time.

[heralding]

It's been known to happen. [To her, at any rate. New worlds, strange things happening, and everything in-between—that's been Lightning's life in a nutshell since she became a l'Cie.]

Usually not on this same scale, though.

[yourpiecenow]

That's really comforting. I guess I just need to get used to being kidnapped, right?

[heralding]

Ideally, you'd just get sent back. Unwilling parties don't serve much of a purpose.

[yourpiecenow]

Are you just not familiar with the concept of a draft, or...?

[heralding]

Let's just say that most soldiers are volunteers where I come from. That is, unless they have a higher purpose.

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[iampretty]

Wait, dead? You were dead before coming here?

[yourpiecenow]

What? Oh, yeah, mostly. Is that really what you decided to focus on, here?

[iampretty]

Obviously! Where I'm from, dead people stay dead!

[yourpiecenow]

That's really boring. I wouldn't go around telling people that.

[detriments]

You're right. It is better than being dead.

[yourpiecenow]

Which is kind of like saying, "Harem pants are better than jorts," but. Whatever.

So, are you a member of Club Dead, too?

[detriments]

I wasn't aware there was a club.

[yourpiecenow]

Why not? Us zombies need to stick together. It's just us and our Lord and Savior.

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[aggressiveapathy]

We keep our screaming on the inside.

[yourpiecenow]

That's kind of a creepy way of putting it. But, inner screaming becomes outer screaming eventually, and that's when the fun starts.

[aggressiveapathy]

Hm. Usually I'm the one to take conversations to the kinky level. You sure you haven't done this before?

[yourpiecenow]

Nope, it's definitely my first time.

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[notdaredevil]

I imagine where some people come from, this might happen somewhat routinely.

[ Like where he comes from. But it doesn't happen to him, you understand. That's not his deal, until all of a sudden it was. ]

[yourpiecenow]

Then those people are from really fucking weird places.

[notdaredevil]

And I'm sure not a one of us would dispute that at any point, even though it's become predictable as the weather.