four { video } hypnotizability

[lurings]

[ abigail is at the bait shop, sitting behind the counter. beside her is a rack of fish themed valentine's and little pink stuffed fish. ]

I was unaware there were so many fish puns that related to Valentine's Day. So... Hook, Line and Tinker is having a sale. By sale... I mean sale. Everything must go. Please take these off my hands. This was a horrible mistake and I regret my life choices.

[ /stares at camera like jim halpert. boy, does she ever. she will probably give them away free if you buy a pack of gum. how are she and will in business still? well, she's actually a really good saleswoman when it comes down to it.

just not right now. when cutesy fish are making cutesy faces at her. ]

Unrelated to flirty flounders, someone asked me about... well, basically about this place and I realized I've been kind of willingly ignorant to anything that's going on around me. I've read the FAQ, but is there anything else I should know?

[ you'd think after three months in a basement she would want to know more, but nope. at least she does now. only took six months. shut up, she's dead. she had to deal with that for a while. ]

Also, small show of hands -- I hope it's small -- who else is dead in their worlds?

[ so casual. she gives the camera a brief, wry smile and cuts out. ]

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[lurings]

Okay. [ she nods, that makes sense. ] So what should I do?

[selfequipped]

Honestly, if you can come up with a big answer to the question of why the Cold War is continuing, and why both sides are so determined, that might help.

That might seem either big or not big enough, but what we've noticed is that everything links together. The Hornets, the government's mistakes, and everything in-between. Add in the mythological spin, and it really complicates things.

But I haven't been able to work out how the Cold War plays into it.

And of course, my friends and I are willing to help, but as far as I know, we don't have any dedicated imPorts looking into this. So much that I'm not even sure where to start. It seems so commonplace, but that it's so big means that we're missing something hiding in plain sight. We've had the whole thing about trying to get people to meet at a rendezvous point, and the thing in Alaska.

The big picture, though? That's what we're missing.

[lurings]

[ abigail listens patiently, forehead wrinkled in thought. ]

Okay. I can try to figure out why it never ended.

[ she can ask will and mary, freddie and chilton, how it ended in the real world. work from there. ]

[selfequipped]

Thanks, Abigail. And good luck.

[lurings]

Thanks.

[ maybe doing something will help her feel settled. HERES HOPING. ]