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[rosenbridges]

[ For at least...twenty seconds, Jane was absolutely certain that she'd managed to teleport herself to wherever she is right now. Once she'd come to her senses and listened with a kind of detached interest to the -- kedan? is that what they were called? -- explain to her where she was, she'd realized that the situation was much different than she'd originally thought.

She'd turned on the computer and scrolled through, taking note that she's not the only newbie. She hunches over her black notebook with her arm curled protectively around the leather bound pages as she scribbles. She looks up briefly, makes sure the audio/video is on, then continues writing without missing a beat.

Weird and abnormal? Now totally a staple in Jane's life.

Kind of. ]

Just curious – on average, what’s the usual time frame people arrive and how many appear at any given time? Would anyone be willing to compare any notes they might have about this? I'm really interested in how this keeps happening.

[ Rosenbridges and all.

She pauses in her writing just long enough to introduce herself. ]

I'm Dr. Jane Foster, by the way. [ Her pen wavers and she frowns. ] We're not dead, right?

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[liugan]

"Keeps happening?"

[ rest assured he's typing this out very loudly. ]

text;

[rosenbridges]

[ Oh, okay. Texting is cool except not because she's talking to words and no face and it feels remarkably like she's talking to herself and is insane.

Which is still debatable. So. Swapping to match, though the video still runs. ]

Yeah. You know, people randomly appearing places they weren't before. Like, in palaces.

Or Earth.

[liugan]

[ Loki's learned by now that people don't like his face for seemingly inexplicable reasons and thus, avoids audio and video options unless necessary. He's not sure how much she knows about him either, but- it's a risk all the same. ]

You are accustomed to beings from other realms suddenly arriving in your own?

[Video]

[tactile_telekinesis]

Hey Doc.

As someone who's been here for ages, it's every week. There's also no sorta, set amount of people that arrive here either. Sometimes a couple, sometimes loads.

[He gives a sort of apologetic smile?]

Some are. Depends what was happening before you got here.

[Video]

[rosenbridges]

Every...week...

[ She's writing this down as she speaks. ]

Strange. And, uh-- [ She pauses, thinking back. ] I was in Norway. I don't think I was dead there.

[Video]

[tactile_telekinesis]

Yup.

You're probably leaning more to the 'living' part of the whole zen speech you got. I wasn't dead either. A few people were though.

video forever

[angermanaging]

It's... I think weekly? I haven't compiled any data on it. You could set up a program to trawl the network and make a spreadsheet, but programming isn't really my thing.

But no, not dead. As far as I can tell.

Can I ask what you're a doctor of? [He might remember to introduce himself in a minute.]

[rosenbridges]

Astrophysics. I could--

[ She squints at him, brow furrowing. ]

What's your name, again?

[angermanaging]

[That actually gets interest, if mildly expressed.] Really? Nuclear physics.

Bruce Banner.

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[chiot]

I'm dead. Lotta other people are dead. You ain't, but lotta other people ain't either. S'like a bag of nuts, huh? Walnuts, peanuts, anyfin' you might get when you get it! [ That's the best metaphor you're going to get out of the kid, dammit. ]

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[rosenbridges]

You're...dead.

[ Jane's pinching the bridge of her nose. ]

I'm not...sure that's the best analogy, but I see what you're saying. [ she thinks. she's not so hot with kids. ]

video;

[imaginate]

[Oh hello someone who knows what she's doing and might have half a clue what's happening here.]

You're not dead, you're probably not dreaming, and you're not insane.

[He states it clearly, and firmly. It's Important.]

What are you a doctor of?

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[rosenbridges]

[ check, check, check. Se nods, a little relieved. ]

Good to know.

[ Sweeping her hair back now. ]

Physics, but...uh, Astrophysics, specifically. [ She doesn't elaborate or specify 'a branch of astronomy'. The way he spoke to her makes her think he knows what astrophysics is. ]

[video | encrypted 85%]

[tendnottoweep]

Roughly weekly - I haven't been keeping exact notes on the numbers of new arrivals, but it's usually one or two a week. [ Her lips quirk in a faint smile. ] They seem to have stepped up the pace this week, as I'm sure you've noticed.

Nice to meet you, Dr. Foster. Natasha Romanoff; I work with SHIELD.

[video | encrypted 85%]

[rosenbridges]

Its a pleasure, Miss Romanoff. And -- Quite a few, yes, that's a significant increase...

[ back to writing, until that word comes up. She looks at the console sharply; Jane's not great at hiding emotions -- she's still the slightest but touchy about SHIELD. ]

SHIELD. The SHIELD?

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[wintershepherd]

In how what keeps happening?

video;

[rosenbridges]

[ ...is someone there she doesn't see anyone. ]

Abnormal appearances in places one isn't supposed to be. Like...me being here. Or someone randomly showing up on Earth.

[lostundercover]

You're not dead.

I don't have notes, but there's definitely a pattern.

[rosenbridges]

Good. [ no seriously. ]

Every week? [ that's what someone else said. ]

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[cynisme]

Not dead seems to depend on who you ask, Madame. Alas, that would be the case for most things, wouldn't it?

Re: audio;

[rosenbridges]

Um. Well. I suppose so, yes.

video

[refusing]

I dunno if we are or aren't. Dead, I mean.

[She hopes they aren't, but sometimes she's not entirely convinced. She bites at her lip and tries to smile, because Rose doesn't want to worry the new girl.]

Re: video

[rosenbridges]

The general consensus seems to be not everyone is but... [ Yeah she's not sure either. ]

What's your name?

video

[shootingshields]

Some of the people here - well, they were dead back home, but not all of us.

Have you gotten rate of arrival? I'd hate to repeat it.

Re: video

[rosenbridges]

Somewhat. I've gotten sporadic answers; there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it.