reversing polarity (video)

[4thdimensional]

[Doc's room's a mess and his hair's even messier, so all appears to be back in order with Doc. He looks a little weary, but for someone who was dead a few days ago he seems to be just fine. He does look intensely uncomfortable, but that's all to do with the content of what he needs to say.]

Hello again to the imPort community. Dr. Brown here. I'm sure this will be obvious to any of you who know me, but I had no intention of running for De Chima's ambassadorship. I don't support the other Emmett Brown's proposals, they're entirely insane---investing in education is sensible, yes, but not to the extent of our Russian friends! Whatever that man had planned, I want no part of it.

So I'm ending the campaign effective immediately. I apologize if I frightened or disturbed anyone over the last week.

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[voice]

[helladoomed]

...You're alive and back to normal, right?

[Chloe had kept her distance from crazydoc.]

[voice]

[4thdimensional]

Yes. I'm as I was, with the exception of malfunctioning abilities---but that's a standard side effect or so I've been told?

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[helladoomed]

Yeah, I don't know. Haven't done the death thing here yet.

[Hrm.]

You were kind of crazy there, Doc.

[voice]

[4thdimensional]

I wanted to cite a whole group of you for 'public indecency'.

It's hard to believe that man was me...but at least I was incapacitated before I could do more damage.

[voice]

[helladoomed]

Yeah, I stayed clear of that. Pretty sure I wouldn't have passed your crazy muster.

[voice]

[4thdimensional]

And thank goodness for that.

Did you have any trouble this week?

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[knifecollecting]

...At least you can feel better that you weren't the only crazy one last week.

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[4thdimensional]

Yes, and the damage clearly could have been worse.

Did something happen to you?

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[knifecollecting]

No, not to me. [She shrugs.]

I was just a spectator this time around.

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[4thdimensional]

And that's often more difficult than being directly affected. I hope your friends are all right.

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[knifecollecting]

Yeah, everyone's fine.

[She doesn't think any of her friends were actually affected this time. She should probably check in though.]

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[4thdimensional]

Good, I'm glad. Now we only need hope that this incident doesn't repeat.

( voice )

[drizzle]

Wait, wait, wait a minute! You were running for ambassador too!? When!? I didn't know you were interested in politics at all!

[Guess who was completely out of the loop last week? Now she just....wants to really check those past entries that were missed.]

( voice )

[4thdimensional]

That's the problem: I'm not. My alternate self was, and his plans could not in any universe be considered good ideas.

( voice )

[drizzle]

Other than the education thing, what else did he want to do? It's difficult to imagine you as someone with bad intentions. Even as an alternative version of you.

[That is how much good faith she has in Doc.]

( voice )

[4thdimensional]

That's just it: the 'education'. If you're familiar with what the Russians attempted a few months ago, in essentially brainwashing an imPort army to become their warriors...that was essentially the plan. He wasn't out to start a war, but to bring everyone around to a specific and narrow way of thinking.

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[drizzle]

[That explanation will leave her quiet as she deeply thinks about it. Why does this sound so familiar to her? This method of control.]

In other words, he wants everyone to hold the same way of thinking...? Does removing the individual's personality and will count as well?

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[doesntdomuch]

Dr. Brown.

I also wanted to apologize for my behavior during the past week. It was wildly inappropriate and I should have kept my mouth shut, so to speak.

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[4thdimensional]

[There's a delay in response as Doc goes back to read over what he's talking about.]

It's quite all right. I don't think many of us were our usual selves this week---and if you had pounded my face in, I would've forgiven you. I deserved it.

[doesntdomuch]

It's not even was that I wanted to beat you up because it was the right thing to do. Honestly I was a real jerk, unjustly so.

[4thdimensional]

You were badly mistreated. I wouldn't rush to call that unjustified.

[doesntdomuch]

I wouldn't rush to say I was "mistreated".

I think the only thing that was different from that other Perry was that I was never adopted, so I don't think I was mistreated.

[Although honestly it kind of worries him that that was apparently the only change was that he didn't have a family.]

[superposition]

[Ayyy! Guess who missed the part about you being dead. (Like, I'm sure he heard somebody died, but the news didn't release the victims' names at the time. And also he was a little distracted what with the sudden return of his terrible memories and all.) So while he's been somewhat depressed since the end of the event, seeing Doc looking normal again cheers him up quite a bit.]

Nonsense. It's just good to have you back.

[4thdimensional]

[Qubit's response earns a smile.]

It's good to be back. I don't think the other Emmett was much for getting along with others.

Did anything happen to you this last week?

[superposition]

[A very telling pause.

He can't just say no, he's not going to lie to Emmett's face. Buuut Qubit is nothing if not a master of deflection.]

Well, I was rather busy trying to prevent any untimely deaths. Other than that, though, not much. [which ≠ "nothing," but shhhh.]