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[For someone who's just found himself the winner of a cheap turtle cruise, Scott looks pretty calm sitting in his suite with his chin propped on the palm of his hand. He's skimmed the console posts and wheedled tiny bits of information from the kedan. He knows something is up with the turtle. ]

God only knows I deserve a vacation on a tropical turtle paradise right about now, but usually when I take my days off I like them sunny, not sickly. [Here he straightens, features losing some of their humor.] I know I'm the new guy around here, but if there's anything I can do to help, let me know.

[Admittedly, this might not be his best move considering he still has no idea why or by whom he was brought here, but no one's killed him (yet) so Scott's taking that as a good sign.]

Oh, and.

[The levity's back in his voice now but it's harder, more forced, and anyone paying attention can hear the undercurrent of worry slowly rising to the surface. He's already asked Tea but she'd only been one person and this turtle place is massive. Can't hurt to ask around more.]

If anyone's seen a group of nine kids - including two fish kids and a head in a jar - I'd also like to know, thanks. You can't miss 'em. Really.

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I hate time travel.

[Said matter-of-factly, and also rather flatly because the last time it happened several people died and a lot more people got hurt. And really? That's how it always seems to go.

Still, he's curious - and stomping down on a lot of unnecessary hopeful feelings.]

But people can come from the future or past right? [And god he hates that he's asking this next question but he can't stop himself.] Does that include before death?

Wow, you sound so familiar with it. You sure you didn't get here in a blue police box? [ From some random sci-fi show he watches back home. ]

I guess I'm a poster child for that. My friends're all sure I was here before and that I was from a future point in time, and from what they've told me, they're from a point ahead of me now.

[ As for the last bit, he gets that nobody asks that sort of thing without having something behind it. ]

Could be possible.

[That last part he keeps in mind but doesn't comment on. No point in getting his hopes up. But the first question he can answer well enough.]

No, but I know [knew??] someone who could change the entire world just by saying a sentence, plus a couple of people who've seen every corner of spacetime and then some.

[Reed & Co. don't even need a blue police box to go through space and time, let's be honest.]

Time travel is kind of small stuff compared to all of that.

[ Wow. ]

Reminds me of this one brat from back home. He doesn't have the juice to change the world with a single sentence, but he palled up with a couple of magicians and ended up splitting the universe into two: one for adults and one for kids. Really messed stuff up.

[Wow. Definitely messed up.]

Did you guys manage to fix that up? Because that sounds miserable.

Er- yeah. We had one guy who could shift between being a kid and an adult. Every time he switched it sent him across the universes. He relayed info and we coordinated a solution.

[ And lost someone along the way, but he wasn't going to talk about that, even with how obvious it might be on his face right now. ]

[That emotion doesn't go unnoticed but Scott leaves it be, not wanting to pry into the private life of a kid he's just met.]

Sounds like you guys had your heads on straight. If only we had someone like that here. But it sounds like whatever's been tried already hasn't been too successful? Not that I'm speciest against giant turtles but.

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