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[unchimerical]

[ Zelgadis has already been flipping through the network a little bit to get accustomed to what it was and how people used it, but there was such a flood of information there that he lost patience reading through other people’s drivel. It was time to send out feelers on his own.

The feed shows a stony blue face carefully watching the screen with a slight frown as he makes sure it’s actually doing what he expected it to. ]

I’m under the impression that there are many of you out there who arrived in a fashion similar to mine. Meaning, not natives to this city. Who are all you people?

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[notpredictable]

[Megamind pops up on video, chin in one hand and eyes half lidded.]

Aliens, waiting to devour you. Coordinates? Might make things easier in the long run.

[He looks incredibly bored - is this going to be a weekly thing?]

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[unchimerical]

[ Really? Zelgadis gives his best blank stare. ]

Sorry, I'm afraid I'm not very good for eating.

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[notpredictable]

[Oh jeez.]

Sarcasm, bud. Sarcasm.

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[unchimerical]

Likewise.

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[hackingyoursensors]

You're going to have to be more specific than that.

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[unchimerical]

I'm pretty sure my question was quite clear. How am I supposed to be more specific if I don't have a broad starting point?

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[hackingyoursensors]

But being too broad will just hinder your investigation more. For instance, does "who are you people" mean you want our names? Or our species? Or our occupations? Or an existentialist conversation about the state of "being"?

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[iwaspromisedtea]

Well, that's not very nice. You might want to let us know who you are first.

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[unchimerical]

[ sigh. ]

Sorry, it's been a long day. I'm Zelgadis.

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[iwaspromisedtea]

That's better. Completely understandable though! At least you didn't come in the middle of a storm or a gang attack.

I'm the Doctor, by the way. That's who I am.

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[dragonswag]

[ whoa whoa WHOA. Lina would know that way-too-serious rock-studded face anywhere. And honestly, she'll admit it! It's nice to see a familiar face around here, especially when the place is populated by so many weirdos! She almost jumps at the console, waving into the feed with a grin on her face that's a little too wide to be comforting. ]

Oh, man -- Zel? I can't believe it! What are you doing here?

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[unchimerical]

[ Well, he can't say he expected this, but isn't honestly that surprised, either. Lina is a walking magnet of Incredibly Weird Happenings. ]

Trying to figure out what the hell I've gotten myself into, that's what. How'd you get here?

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[dragonswag]

Same way as everybody else, I'd expect. Beyond that, I don't really know how we got pulled out of our world and wound up in this place -- the locals aren't even human, either! What I want to know is how you got here. I mean, you didn't get dragged out of the water too, did you?

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[hesmypuddin]

[Harley studies the blue guy for several minutes before clicking on her own video function to respond. She is still sans makeup, but has at least traded in the towel wrapped hair for a high ponytail in the back of her head.]

Seems ta be kinda the way things work around here... the whole kidnappin' thing, that is. [She smiles brightly, then.] Name's Harley... Harley Quinn. Ya gotta name, bubs?

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[unchimerical]

Kidnapped? I'm pretty sure that's not how I got here.

[ Though if some people were...]

I'm Zelgadis.

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[hesmypuddin]

No? Then yer dead? Or are ya sleepin'?

Isn't he general definition of 'kidnappin'' ta take someone against their will? Well, I sure as heck didn't sign up for this!

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[iron_ego]

Are you looking for a conga line of introductions here, buddy? We could be here all day if that's the case, because my last count has us as over fifty foreigners to about forty-thousand kedan, give or take.

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[unchimerical]

Actually, that's closer to the information I'm looking for. A general sense of how the 'foreigner' crowd stands, in comparison to the locals. They're treating us rather well. But it seems unsustainable.

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[iron_ego]

Well then, be content with the knowledge that we're about knee-high to a grasshopper. [Tony's tapping a pencil offscreen and the beat of it increases sharply.] Though, as far as midget grasshoppers go, we collectively pack one heck of a whollop, so being outnumbered's not a terrible thing.

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[mistyoldworld]

[Peering through her hair.] I'm Aisling. Who are you?

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[unchimerical]

[ He blinks at the sudden peering face, resisting an urge to scoot a little further back from the screen. ]

Zelgadis.

[ ... he's not really sure what to do with little kids that stare at him. ]

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[mistyoldworld]

Now we know we know each other.

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[imlikeabird]

I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours.

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[unchimerical]

I don't like talking to things I can't see.

[ For someone who goes around hiding his face half the time, it's a little hypocritical of him to say that. ]

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[imlikeabird]

Oh come on. It's fun talking to disembodied voices.

[But he'll switch to video anyway.]

But I am nice to look at. So I don't blame you.