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[Stephanie comes onto the network a la video and she looks tired, bedraggled, and kind of like hell in her flannel shirt and still damp jeans.]

Hi. Stephanie here. [She wrings her hair a little.]

That was an experience I never, ever want to repeat. [Ever.]

Why the ocean? Couldn’t it have been a freshwater lake? At least that way, I wouldn’t feel like a too salty piece of beef jerky, though I guess then you run the risk of leeches and other watery vermin. [She needed a shower, bad, but she had some questions first. It wasn’t unordinary for her to shunt personal hygiene to the side for at least a few minutes when there were answers that could be sniffed out.]

And, why a coma? Anybody have any answers? Those guys that ‘saved’ me were kind of vague. I’ll buy coffee – if they have it here and God I hope they do – for anyone that can help me out.

[Or at least, she will until her money runs out, anyway.]

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[Phil may be adaptable, but at his heart he's a man of routine. He can't seem to catch his equilibrium here, though—sure, it's only been a handful of hours, but he's never needed more than that.

Except he's never been in this situation before. You know, being dead and all. He tried sleeping the agitation off, but then someone broke in and now he can't sleep at all.

So when someone on the network mentions coffee, he is so there. It's also kind of a bonus that she looks like shit, too. Makes him feel better, almost.

But at least she doesn't look like she wants to kill someone, which... Phil kinda does.]

Do they even have coffee here?

[Oh no no. Steph definitely wants to kill someone. She's just not so bad at hiding it.

Right now, anyway.]

I sure hope so. If I have to survive on caffeinated tea, I'll die.

You got info for me?

[Peeeeeer >_>]

[Phil's usually not bad at it, either.

But he just.

No. So much no. Over everything.]

I don't. Sorry. I haven't been here much longer than you have, from the looks of it.

[Wait - what? He's not sure about...anything? Stephanie's face falls, just a little, then toughens. Hey, she's a bounty hunter, right? She can handle this. She's got lipstick. Handcuffs! Pepperspray.]

Hmph. You been here a day? Two?

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Something like that.

[He's not even sure, to be honest. That's a thing, though, right? Losing sense of time when you're dead?]

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You have my name.

[Like she. stole it. yes okay Steph knows that's terrible logic. It's still weird to meet someone else with her name, especially considering how small the population of Foreigners is]

But uh, did they tell you that you're in a coma back home? [is that what the question meant?]

Um. Cool? [Odd way to put it.]

Well - no. I meant more the whole 'sleeping in the sea' thing. That's something I actively try to avoid.

Cool. [she sounds amused, but she gives a little wave] Steph Brown.

Oh, right. I'm not actually sure what that's all about, I guess having us drowsy is a way to keep as from freaking out until they've had time to explain the situation? But the details on how we got there in the first place are kind of vague.

Stephanie Plum. Nice to meet you.

[Yeeeah thaaaat's disturbing.]

See, that's what kind of creeps me a little. I mean, yeah -- how'd I get to the water? I don't tend to really frequent the beach.

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Any chance for a last name? You're not the only Stephanie around here.

And, apparently, we are needed here. Or some of us are. The process is, also apparently, not very precise.

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So I noticed. I don't usually meet many Stephanies. Stephanie Plum, nice to meet you.

Oh, goody. [Sigh.] That sounds sort of ominous.

Any idea how I might have wound up in the ocean? Was that exclusive to me? Please say no.

Damian Wayne. [Small nod, yes, he appreciates that.]

Everybody wakes up in the ocean, and gets the exciting ride to the city with the, ah, incomplete orientation talk. The ominous part gets revealed in small portions. Apparently, the next section will become clear when we reach land.

Oh, and the ocean... well. This is a turtle that swims in it?

Okay, I feel a little better now. [If it had just been her that woke up like that, then. Well. Honestly she wouldn't have been that surprised.]

Land? That'd be--

Wait, did you say turtle?

[The little sea people that didn't pull her out didn't MENTION THAT.]

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They have something close to coffee. But it's crappy.

[HARK a random faceless voice appears.]

Crappy coffee is better than no coffee, I guess.

That's actually still up for debate.

Really? Greeeat.

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[Still hot. He can dig it.]

It's not exactly a coma. I mean, otherwise we'd drown before they ever found us, right? It's probably more like a stasis.

[#comiclogic.]

[Ponder.]

Isn't that...the same thing? I mean, in both cases you're kind of unresponsive, right?

You still need to breathe in a coma.

[shrug.]

A stasis would pretty much suspend all your bodily functions.

So wait, you don't have to breath in stasis? [She needs to renew her dork cred, obviously -- considering she has none.]

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[Have a lightly accented, hard-edged tone, Stephanie.]

Would you rather be dead?

[Or is complaining just your Thing.]

Not particularly. In fact, that’s one thing I definitely try and avoid. [But people just keep SHOOTING at her. Totally not her fault, man. She’s just doing her JOB.

Most of the time.]

Was that the alternative? [Jesus, she hoped not. For the millionth time, Stephanie had to wonder if she really should start looking for another job.]

Then do not complain about the salt-water.

[She says nothing of alternatives. She damn well knows she's dead back home.]

[Gee, she's cheerful. Time to swap subjects.]

So. A turtle.

[Stephanie Plum: Eloquent, as always.]

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