three ✩ audio | id reads "karen starr"

[boobwindow]

[ It's not particularly noisy wherever Karen is. There's a lot of heavy footsteps and movement where she is, some chatting in the background that fades as she moves along.

Somewhat flatly: ]

You ever get one of those weird feelings in the pit of your stomach? The kind where you get the sense something is amiss? I mean, I assume lots of people do.

[ Guess who got a bad feeling when she found herself in the Porter lab without warning? ]

On top of losing about a week and some, I have to admit I did do a double-take looking at the network just now. It is April Fools, so I had to wonder if this was some elaborate prank people were in on until I did some back-reading and realized something's gone awry with imPorts again.

[ There's just a sigh from her. A quiet, but long and exasperated one. ]

So... do we know who or what did this? Somebody please tell me my employees at Starrware still have their minds. Or ages? I have no idea.

Also I hope somebody's been feeding my cat while I've been gone.

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[regenereight]

I'm afraid it would require too much time and coordination to be an elaborate prank. Plus, one would need to find a large amount of eight-year-olds.

[ because man, a lot of people have been timeshifted back to being kids, what gives there? ]

As for your questions, no, but I do have a few theories.

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[boobwindow]

Might have made it some kind of wold record.

[ Not that she's enjoying this one bit. How many people she knows have been affected? ]

Let's hear 'em.

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[chancetoatone]

So far, no one has come forward to claim responsibility for this disturbance, no.

[He pauses.]

Usually they do. It's certainly strange, though.

[April Fools is a new concept for the alien, but he understands the idea, even if he doesn't really get the point behind it.]

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[boobwindow]

[ Who did the thing?? ]

That is strange. Well, if someone is responsible either they're preoccupied or too embarrassed to say anything.

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[liverletdie]

Well, you know how things are here. Things are always trouble for people like us.

[ A grin. He's being ~charming~ ]

But it's not so bad right now. It could be a lot worse.

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[boobwindow]

[ Same old Tony apparently. She can't help a face, uncertain. ]

I don't know. Doesn't seem like it's fun for anyone involved.

[ Of course, her younger self had more complications than she does now so that's what makes her averse to the idea. ]

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[causational]

[He's smiling, but thankfully, he's the same Eddie he's always been.]

I get that bad feeling a lot. Perks of being a cop, I guess. What is it that's going wrong? I mean, I can tell something's...off. But I guess I don't know enough people well enough to guess what.

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[boobwindow]

When you end up in the Porter lab and over a week has passed it's hard not to get the sense something's not right.

[ Especially when time flies by and you didn't even get to go home. ]

One look at the network and it was full of a lot of confused people. More confused than normal anyway.

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[wing_it]

Welcome back, Karen. [ He's just... not going to explain the obvious, since it's so obvious. ] So... you didn't spring forward? So to speak?

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[boobwindow]

... Dick?

[ Very obvious. She can't help but stare, even if she should have expected people she knows to have been affected. ]

Um, no. Still the same old me.

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[glowsferatu]

Your cat is fine, but don't mind any green spots in the carpet. [ There aren't any green spots in the carpet, Kanaya would never be that negligent. But whether she needed not to be or is exaggerating, who knows. ]

I think it's safe to say it isn't a mere prank, as it was well in effect when I returned on Sunday night. If it were, it's lousy for April Fool's, and certainly overstaying its welcome. I can say that Julian Day probably isn't responsible, at least.

[ At least, he better not be. ]

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[boobwindow]

[ Now she has to ask. ]

What kind of green spots?

[ Did the cat puke... ]

Calendar Man from Gotham? [ She's doubtful herself, if only because she helped to put him away. ] I'm certain he got busted for the St. Patty's parade a while back.

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[garrick]

Not a hundred percent on what was going on either to be honest with you, kid. [ One day, someone is going to kick that habit right out of him.] Some people were acting pretty weird on the network too but that's almost on par for this place.

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[boobwindow]

[ Karen chuckles lightly. ]

You can call me Karen. [ She tucks some hair behind her ear, smiling at him. It's oddly nice to see Jay's still around. She would have been disappointed if he had been sent home while she was gone, never having another chance to chat with him. ] Less existentialist questions right now, too.

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[monster_san]

It is a little disturbing. [...] Is there some way to try and trace back the power, or magic, or technology that would have caused this? I'm not sure if that leaves anything like fingerprints.

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[boobwindow]

If it had anything to do with magic [ let's be honest here: it was probably magic ] you would need a magic user who can trace it back.

Technology might be a bit trickier. I'm hearing it hit all the Porter cities at once?

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[assays]

I'm afraid I have no idea on who or what may have caused all of this to happen. All I do know is that I haven't been affected by it. Unlike others.

[She frowns, going quiet for a few moments.]

Perhaps it's only targeting certain people?

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[boobwindow]

Did everyone you know age down?

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[khajidont]

Did you at least to go home for a little while?

[He pauses.]

Also, I got no answers for you on the whole 'what happened' front. Sorry.

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[boobwindow]

[ There's a slight pause. ]

No, I just fast-forwarded through time here.

That's alright. Looks like nobody knows how it happened.

[acclimatized]

No one has claimed responsibility for this one. Not that I'm aware of at least.

[ a beat ]

Welcome back.

[boobwindow]

I'm starting to wonder if this was deliberate then.

Thanks, John. How are you?

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[superposition]

Ah - Karen. I was wondering where you'd got to. We're all fine here, I think.

[Qubit's busily working on something in his lab (so what else is new), complete with weird techy goggles that he doesn't remove yet.]

I'm trying to get to the bottom of it as we speak. The Doctor's right, it's definitely a temporal displacement thing, but I don't think the Porter's involved. The energy signature's all wrong.

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[boobwindow]

Qubit! Hopefully I didn't send the office into a panic again.

[ At least no Russians were involved in this disappearance. ]

Have you been trying to track the source?

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[totty]

Mmm, this kind of thing-- does it happen very often? It always seems like something is going on...

[Like you have room to talk considering your life, totty]

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[boobwindow]

[ Is that Jyushimatsu? ]

Having been between one universe and another with Porters, I really think it's par for the course now.