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[majorlyugh]

[The video feed cuts in Major, sitting in a park of some kind. The lightning indicates that it's sometime in the mid to late afternoon. Ambient noise of birds,
wind, insects buzzing, and people chattering can be overheard. The man in the video glances around and then shifts, holding the communicator out at arm's length at about face height.

He offers a friendly sort of smiled - more a lopsided tug of the lips and uses his other hand to give a right-to-left wave of his hand before letting it fall somewhere out of frame.]

Uh, hey. [He pauses to think.] So, I've been here a couple days now. The place isn't so bad, overall, though - I mean, aside from the fact that I'm in some .. alternative universe from what I'm used to? - I have to wonder why all of the cities these teleporter things can go to are on the East Coast. What happened to the West Coast? I'm .. sort of curious what Parallel Dimension Seattle looks like. I wonder if it's still full of Starbucks and hipsters.

[He opens his mouth like he's going to start saying something, thinks better of it, then decides to go for it, anyway.] I don't suppose anyone's seen a British guy of Indian descent walking around? Beard? [He makes a "C" with his hand that he holds near his chin, in case .. anyone doesn't know what a beard is or where it goes.] Sarcastic? Funny? Or if not him, then - maybe a short white girl with really, really pale skin and white hair that comes down to here? [He points to his chin.] I haven't been able to find them anywhere, so I'm beginning to think they .. didn't end up here. For whatever reason. If anyone's seen either of them, I'd appreciate the help.

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[deadsmizing]

[A very, very pale girl with platinum-blonde, almost white hair is giving him such an eyebrow raise right now.]

No, I can't say I've seen anyone fitting those descriptions lately.

[video]

[majorlyugh]

[Oh.

Well.

Unless she's a goth, which is all together possible (Major doesn't judge - not about that, anyway), he's found a fellow zombie.]

You .. uh. Huh. You're not the person I was looking for, though you fit the description pretty well.

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[bespin]

Can't say I've seen your friends. But there's always a chance they'll show up here. The Porter has pulled a lot of folks I know in.

[deadsmizing]

[She certainly has that look about her, doesn't she?]

Hm? Oh, yes, I guess I do, don't I?

[She also looks pretty amused with herself.]

[video]

[majorlyugh]

[Wait. Is that Lando? Like, Colt-45 Lando?

God, okay. Bw cool, Major. Be cool.]

GEE WHIZ. [Damn it. Let's try that again.] Is - uh, is there a pattern to who gets pulled or anything?

[majorlyugh]

[How to go about breaching this topic .. delicately? Sensitively?]

So, uh. What sort of .. uh. Food .. is there to get around here? [Smooth, Major. Real smooth.]

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[cleptes]

Your friends could be in another city. Where are you right now?

[Bela is always on hand to help handsome strangers in distress!]

[video]

[majorlyugh]

I'm in a place called, uh. Maurtia Falls, I think.

[bespin]

Not that I've noticed. From my galaxy alone, it's pulled in people from across the board, and the years.

[cleptes]

Oh, that's where I live. I've been here over two years now so I know it pretty well.

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[ghoulking]

[ white hair and paleness sure goes around. At least he is not a girl, so he can't fit that description completely ]

You can look up your friends on the network listing. It has the names of the imPorts currently in this world. [ though, some imPorts prefer privacy so it might not be a complete list ]

Maybe you'll be lucky, but sometimes friends don't show up.

[d33tached]

[D33 could honestly care less about the status of the West Coast or where Major's friends are - after all, he can't exactly be of much help in regard to either of those things, being new himself. But there is something, at least, that stands out about this post.]

What is a "star buck"?

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[vidiocracy]

WRONG! It's the worst, and anybody who thinks it isn't sucks!

[Michael does have a pale complexion: like the sort of creature found under rocks or in mothers' basements. But Michael has black hair. And Michael is also currently about three feet tall, with the sort of voice you'd expect a teenage boy who has shrunk to three feet tall to have.]

[deadsmizing]

[Oh, boy. This whole conversation is going to be an exercise in eyebrow-raising, isn't it?]

All kinds, really. Not that I'm... much into partaking these... days.

[majorlyugh]

So no guarantee that anyone I know will somehow be magically pulled in?

[majorlyugh]

Really? Huh. I'm not really used to the East Coast; I'm a West Coaster, born and bred. Anything I should know?

[video]

[majorlyugh]

[Another zombie, for sure.[

Hmm. All right, thanks. I'll have to check that out, see if they've made any kind of post.

[That's a little more disheartening.] Ever?

[majorlyugh]

.. you don't know what starbucks is? huh.

it's a popular coffee chain. started in seattle. sort of took over the world in some ways. they don't just sell coffee but that's mostly what they sell. their fraps are pretty rad.

[video]

[majorlyugh]

Did you just insult my home coast, man? Not cool bro, not cool.

[majorlyugh]

Yeah .... same ....

Uh. You know, I'm not really sure how to ask this without being really direct, so I'm just going to go for it. Are there non-typical foods for people to eat? People who might be .. um, less "people" and more .. zombie?

[video]

[vidiocracy]

What? No. This whole alternate whatever! Turn. Up. Your hearing aid. Grandpa.

[deadsmizing]

Oh.

[Um. She's not really the kind of zombie that has to eat, but she thinks so??]

Yes, I'm pretty sure as... long as you register yourself as an ally of the state and all that at the next swear-in event, the government... provides for any special nutritional needs... you might have.

[video]

[majorlyugh]

Dude. That's rude. So rude.

How long've you been here?

[majorlyugh]

.. Yeah.

[He knows he's taking a huge risk "outing" himself like this, but her demeanor, her physical appearance makes him think .. she's in the same boat. Hopefully that doesn't come back to bite him in the ass.]

Really? Is it like .. lab-grown or .. procured from individuals who kicked the bucket anyway?

[video]

[vidiocracy]

Oh. I'm sorry. I meant to say grandma.

LIKE HOURS ALREADY.

[It's been like two days.]