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[acrobrat]

[A pensive Anita is sitting on the side of her bed, with a large frog plushie on one side and a frog-shaped pillow on her lap. She rests her elbows on said pillow, and rests her chin on her hands.]

Okay. I've been here for two months, and I don't think there's anyone who came from the same place as me around here. [It's probably a good thing because she kind of caused trouble back home, but the trade-off is that she doesn't have Nenene or her sisters with her.]

[She reaches out off-screen to get a bottle of milk from the top of her bedside table, and drains half of it in one go. Anita doesn't seem to know or care that she is now addressing everyone with a milk mustache.] 

Anyway, I just wanna ask - how many of you are here with friends from home? Or enemies? Or...well, anyone who came from the world you know? I'm wondering if this world plays favorites with all the other worlds and universes out there.

...Oh, and I got a job with the police department. I'm a Junior Assistant Detective now, so my stationery-designing days are over. [Say hello to your tiny colleague, law enforcement folk. It's not as thrilling as being a bodyguard, but she'll take it if it puts food on the table.]

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[altercate]

There's people from my home here.

[ which derek is hesitating about calling friends, but that's besides the point. ]

Congratulations on the job.

[acrobrat]

Friends, enemies, rivals, complete strangers, or what?

And thanks.

[altercate]

Does that matter? They're from home.

[ and derek's reluctant to define them, tbh ]

[acrobrat]

I'm just curious. [A shrug. She stretches and lies down on her bed.] Maybe I could see if I'm more likely to find enemies than friends if the Porter decides to poke around in my world again.

[altercate]

It depends on your luck. There's no reason to what the Porter does, even if you try to figure out some for it.

[acrobrat]

Yeah, it looks like that's true. You think that could change?

[altercate]

It could. Nothing's set in stone, not even the Porter. People said tis' changed before.

[acrobrat]

The Porter changed? How?

[altercate]

It wasn't government controlled. Or that's what someone here told me.

[acrobrat]

It wasn't? Does that mean they didn't care about who it brought in before or something?

[altercate]

Maybe. Or that they couldn't control any of the people it brought in before.

[acrobrat]

[Anita leans against the headboard of her bed, hugging her frog pillow.]

Which isn't our fault.

[altercate]

It probably wasn't their fault either.

[acrobrat]

They should've fixed it. They better keep trying so we can get the heck outta here.