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[When the video starts, the man sitting at the console is still peering warily at some of the hardware. It doesn't seem quite as advanced as the systems he'd outfitted the Aquacave with, but he doesn't particularly trust much of anything here. He's blond, probably tall, and somewhat damp-looking, dressed in an... interesting... orange scaled shirt. His posture is also impeccable, almost royal.] It isn't every day I start things off by being fished out of the sea. [He's not pleased. Not pleased at all, which is obvious from his scathing tone.] The joke is much less humorous to my wife and me.

Obviously I've been... filled in... by the natives, but I'm not sure I trust the information given. Alternate dimensions are rarely so straight-forward. [He mumbles something under his breath and it probably isn't all that appropriate or kingly, but hey, alternate dimensions, just another Tuesday. Or whatever day it is.]

I'm Arthur Curry of Atlantis. Contact me if you're someone I'd actually like to speak to, you'll know who you are. In the mean time, to my 'neighbors'... don't mind the noise, we're doing a little rearranging.

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The "if you're someone I'd actually like to speak to" part puts a bit of a crimp in getting to know new people, you know.

Are you really from Atlantis?

'Making friends' isn't a concern.

Yes. [He's not exactly talkative, sorry Jack.]

It should be. No one gets anywhere without friends.

I know of someone from Atlantis but the way North talked, it wasn't... around, anymore.

I have all the 'friends' I need. [Everyone he loves dies and it's depressing.]

It's always 'out of sight, out of mind' with surfacers. Atlantis sank, it wasn't obliterated.

How do you know unless you try a few more?

Wow, really? So do you know Ombric?

[As much as he likes kids, sometimes they frustrate him. Now is one of those times; let's be real, Arthur's not exactly known for his patience.]

Different universes, different versions of Atlantis. I probably don't know whatever Atlantean you're familiar with.

[ most wry smile ever ]

Sure, but how am I supposed to know unless I ask?

So, Ombric. North said he's a wizard.

Yes. There have been several Atlantean wizards over the centuries. [In the long-suffering tone of a man explaining things to a curious child who won't stop asking questions.]

[ Oh good! Now they're getting somewhere. ]

Maybe once you're settled in, I can ask about them?

Why are you so interested in Atlantean sorcery? [Dude you haven't even given him your name. He's not going to talk about Garth and Atlan to someone whose motives he doesn't know.]

Not in sorcery, in one particular wizard and because North said he hasn't seen Ombric in a while and he's worried, that's why.

And I just told you I don't know any Ombric. Different Atlantis.

Ah... well, thank you anyway.

Mmhm. Even if he did exist where I'm from, wizards are a... secretive bunch. Difficult to get a hold of. [He's descended from one. He knows that much.]

I wonder why? North speaks very highly of him.

Power can be a dangerous thing to have, when others are determined to obtain what's yours. Sometimes it's safer to exist quietly.

[ heh. ]

Well, sometimes. There's a thing as too quiet.

Some are content with 'too quiet', others aren't. [He shrugs one shoulder.]

Mm. Well, maybe I'll see you around, Arthur.

Perhaps. [For now he's more interested in gathering intel and trying to find a way to get off this damn thing, but. Eventually he'll come around a little.]

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