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[ironface]

Hello. My name is Isabeau. My apologies for being so forward, but if I may, might I request something of you all? If there are people here by the names of Flynn, Jonathan, or Walter, I would very much like to know. If we have been summoned here to fight, I would like to think that there's a chance, small though it may be. Either way, thank you.

[Heavy business out of the way, she brightens a bit.]

By the by, my home... did not provide a place where I could have learned how to swim. As it seems that it would behoove me to learn here, is there a place where I might do so?

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[violetsedanchair]

[A greying man in his sixties appears, but the picture is upside down. He clears his throat and smiles.]

Greetings, Isabeau!

My name is Walter, Walter Bishop. I am afraid I may not be one of the people you are looking for, but -

[He realizes that something is wrong and fiddles with the console for a moment. The picture rights itself.]

Sorry about that. I may not be one of the people you are looking for, but given the anomalous nature of this place and how we are placed there, it is perfectly possible we've met in your past, but have yet to meet in my future. [With all the talk about fighting, though, Walter considers it unlikely.]

I am not aware of any Flynns or Jonathans, I'm afraid, but I am not well acquainted with the people around here yet!

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[ironface]

No, I... thank you, but I believe that's correct.

Still, it's nice to meet you. Is meeting from one's past or future a common occurrence?

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[violetsedanchair]

Nice to meet you too!

I can not say whether it is common or not, but it has happened to myself. I appear to have been whisked away to this place before some other people from my univ... well, technically not my universe, but a universe that has interacted with mine and where time passed at the same pace as it did in mine! We considered that mankind's greatest scientific discovery, before anyone had ever heard of giant turtles!

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[ironface]

Another universe?

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[violetsedanchair]

Ah, yes. It is a very long story, but the universe I come from has a parallel universe that is comparatively close to it, and people are able to cross from one to the other.

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[ironface]

[Where to start?]

Anyone can?

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[violetsedanchair]

With the right technology, yes. Well, some few can accomplish it by way of a certain drug I and a friend invented called Cortexiphan, but those are unique cases compared to being able to just walk through a portal. It's extremely dangerous though!

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[ironface]

Is this technology common?

[Don't worry, she hasn't gotten lost yet.]

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[violetsedanchair]

Thank heavens, no! What a mess that would be! No, its use is extremely restricted and classified.

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[ironface]

I see. To those that can use it, how often do they do so?

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[violetsedanchair]

[She's pretty inquisitive, isn't she?]

They use it... well, we have witnessed them use it on a few occasions in the last few months before I was... removed, shall we say. But that was presumably after a long period of dormancy. The people who use the technology are also the ones at the greatest risk of using it, so they would rather not overuse it.