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[acclimatized]

Right. Okay then. I am not sure where to even begin here. I am not into this wifi tattoo/mental link to the network system they have here. It all seems a bit invasive and I'd rather stick to text for now. But I suppose I can scratch 'get a tattoo' off of my bucket list.

Anyway... kidnapped another universe! I wish I could say this I the first time something like this has happened to me. It sounds insane. Which leads me to my next question... does 'The City' ring a bell to anyone?

It's just. It's been a very long time and all this 'Hero' talk can't be a coincidence. Obviously things are different but... yeah. If anyone does recognize that name, I'd appreciate it.

Cheers.

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[smarterthandad]

Hi, Dr. Watson.

[acclimatized]

Hello again.

[ well, he was identified quicker than he expected. ]

Is my typing really that obvious?

[smarterthandad]

To me.

Also, guessing, rightly or wrongly, prompts people to either confirm or correct you. It's very useful for information-gathering.

[The kid is probably lethal at Cluedo.]

[acclimatized]

[ playing cluedo with a genius is a traumatizing experience. ]

This is Valeria, isn't it?

[smarterthandad]

See? You're not so bad at this, either.

[acclimatized]

I wouldn't make much of a detective if I didn't guess. Even as a part-time one.

But I'm not going mad then. The City, it was real?

[smarterthandad]

Insofar as anything is.

You missed the end of a universe. Lucky you, unless you were curious about that sort of thing.

[acclimatized]

Oh. Right... nothing important then.

[ because wit is the only emotional response to a bombshell like that. ]

I don't understand. How could it just end?

[smarterthandad]

It didn't "just end." Atropos cut the thread.

[Val's used to the idea of personified concepts messing around with reality.]

[selfequipped]

From what I understand, people came here from another place first.

Though "The City" isn't a really original name. A lot of cities would want to be The City.

[Bad humor. She knows.

She can't help it.]

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[dragony]

It does, but it's gone now.

I hope you didn't leave anything irreplaceable behind.

[acclimatized]

Poetic. But what does that mean?

[acclimatized]

I don't know why they just didn't call it New York. But different universe, different history, I suppose.

Were you just brought here too?

[smarterthandad]

A cosmic entity, Atropos, literally ended the universe.

[Val hasn't got a poetic bone in her body.]

[acclimatized]

It has been a couple of years. If I did, I can't remember what it was.

[dragony]

Better to think nothing like that at all, then.

It isn't really "welcome back," as far as locations go, but... I'm sure you understand the sentiment.

Audio;

[blue_pheasant]

Yeah, sounds pretty crazy to me.

What're you gonna do about it, though?

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[gevurah]

... John.

[fingerbang]

You're going to have all the old guard coming out of the woodwork now. Anyone in particular you were looking for? Unless that's too invasive as well.

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[nitidus]

The City's gone now, I'm afraid. I'm sure someone has already mentioned it by now. In any case, Lachesis brought us here when things went south.

At least this one has a name?

[selfequipped]

I'm one of the biased folk who would call NYC "The City."

And you got it in one. Just arrived.

voice.

[ecphrasis]

John?!

Voice

[viced]

Shit, you're here now too?

Thankfully, a good load of us still remember the City.

[glowsferatu]

Well
Weve Had It Much Worse
You Missed The Transitional Phase And For That Id Count You Fortunate
All The Same I Suppose Its Good To Have You Among Us Again

Okay Sort Of
That Could Be Poor Luck Still

voice;

[waiting]

[ He might not be able to see him, but the name on the communicator's enough. ]

Holy shit.

[ HE NEEDS A MOMENT. ]