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[hostage]

[This post goes up very shortly after Jesse comes out of his catatonic state, on the evening of the 23rd. He's a little frenzied, a little wild-eyed and panicked, but he has to know he didn't imagine all of it. There has to be someone else who saw it, too.]

Did anybody - Did anybody else just get back? I mean, like... Were any of you guys ported out, too? To the future, or whatever it was. I can't be the only one. I mean, I saw some of you there. It was De Chima, right? We were just in De Chima? But our bodies got left behind here, I guess. I dunno. What was it? Was it a dream, or... Like, did we seriously just see the future? Because I think that's what it was. I think that was the future. I wasn't alone. I mean, I know I wasn't alone there.

...Right?

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[hostage]

Of course they're nice to us. They don't got a way to control us yet.

[tucky]

... Do you know for sure that it was real?

[hostage]

It felt as real as this.

[tucky]

It could've been a trick.

[hostage]

If we're lucky, it was.

[tucky]

What are you gonna do now?

[hostage]

There's nothing I can do.

[tucky]

There's gotta be something, right? You saw that for a reason.

[hostage]

Was there? A reason. I don't...

[tucky]

I don't know, but I think there must've been.

How long were you there? It weren't long here.

[But, she thinks, maybe it works like porting out, and time gets messed up.]

[hostage]

Just a few days. Same as here, I guess. Glad it wasn't any longer.

[tucky]

Me, too. And I'm glad you're telling people. Maybe all them superhero types can figure out something to do.

[hostage]

I hope so. 'cause it's looking pretty hopeless from here.

[tucky]

Fuck.

... Fuck.

[There's not much else to say to that, really.]