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[ the comm flips to life with the face of ariadne looking almost deep in thought for a moment (this whole place is a lot to take in) before she is sighing deeply, letting her hand unconsciously start to rub at the back of her neck, as she calmly ask: ] I'm wondering if anyone could tell me what year it is?

[ that's a simple question for a projection, right? ]

I mean, my friend and I...well we're new.

[ which hopefully will give her some type of leniency with others (though she is doubtful and can only smile somewhat awkwardly because of it) ]

...and I guess we would just like some type of idea what we’re up against here, or maybe where we're all coming from.

[ it's a vague question, and one that she isn't fully sure she will like the answer of. but at least it is something that might get them closer to understanding this whole mess. because lets face it, the natives aren't exactly the most helpful of people. ]

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Huh. [ a small shrug of her shoulders, her nose crinkling in thought. ]

What other universes are there?

[ yeah, it might be a dumb question, but it's coming from a girl that is dead set that it's still a dream she is in and you're all projections of someone subconscious. (sorry?) ]

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Well, so far I've run into another me, and at least one person from a world where magic is apparently real.

So, I have absolutely no idea.

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Wait, another you? [ a forger maybe? ]

How is any of this even possible? I mean, Homes pretty run-of-the-mill where I'm from.

[ which only has her wondering ] So where exactly are you from?

[wallcrawler]

Yeah. Taller, with a few differences, but...well, there were similarities. Way too many to just be coincidence.

[Like, the odds of this just being somebody pulling a prank would be somewhere close to whatever the odds were of being struck by lightning seven times while being attacked by a shark. In Utah.]

As for how it's possible, I can't really help you much. All they tell us when we show up is that we were all pulled here for a reason, that...well, you probably got the speech too. They give it to everyone.

As for where I'm from, I'm just a kid from New York. Not that I know which New York, but unless you're familiar with lunatics with names like Doctor Octopus or the Green Goblin, it's probably not yours.

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[ there's always a chance forgers could be somewhat different after all, and they could even apparently be anything (even comicbook character?) they want to be. ] Interesting.

[ and all she can do is nod slowly in understanding to it. though, okay, she really can't help but look slightly skeptical at that, not fully sure what to say at first. ]

New York's not like that for me. [ a beat ] Do you have any idea why you were brought here?

[wallcrawler]

Not really. Supposedly, we're here to protect this place from something, but no one's ever said what we're supposed to be protecting it from.

Ask any of the locals a question about it, and they usually just say it's the Emperor's business and stop answering questions. I've been here nearly two months and none of them have ever answered any question about the specifics of this place or why we're here.

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[ her brow just furrows deeply at that, nodding slightly in understanding (well as much understanding as she had) ]

Yeah, I've noticed they all seem to love to be vague here. You'd think they'd be willing to offer more information if in fact we are here to help like they say.

[wallcrawler]

You'd think. Maybe they're just hoping whatever it is will be so obvious once it shows up that we won't need to be told what it is.

[That or they're just terrible at self-preservation, but Pete's kind of giving them the benefit of the doubt here.]

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One can only hope.

[ she'd love to be optimistic here, but even she can't see that being the case. ]

Do you have a name?

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Another you?

[Multiple projections of the same person? Arthur's never seen that before; it piques his curiosity enough to actually break his network silence for the first time.]

VIDEO because I totally forgot to mention that earlier and I'm an idiot

[wallcrawler]

Yeah. Like I told...whoever she is, another me. There are some differences, but also way too many similarities to just be random chance or somebody's idea of a prank.

permavoice;

[aloadeddie]

[This guy might know what he looks like, but Arthur isn't going to just flash his mug all over a public network when he has no idea who might be watching, who has access.]

Her name is Ariadne.

[He thinks about that for a moment, paying attention to the other conversations as well, of course.] Is there anyone else here in a similar situation that you know of?

Aaand permavideo

[wallcrawler]

Well, not counting the other me, no. Not that I know of.

But the way I see it, if it can happen to us, it can probably happen to everyone else that gets brought here, too.

[aloadeddie]

But what's the evidence of that? [Yeah, Peter Parker has just shot up pretty high on Arthur's list of 'people to keep an eye on' in this place. Both Peter Parkers.]

Sorry, I don't mean to sound argumentative. I'm just curious about... the mechanics of this place, I guess.