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[As his console is still being regrown after being destroyed in the name of Science, Carlos is sitting in a cafe to make this post.

There's also an inquisitive turtle - the one named Napoleon - behind him, peering at the screen as well while Carlos looks on with a distinctly panicked expression]

I am making this post because I believe that there has been a mistake.

[Carlos turns to Napoleon suddenly, apparently listening something that the young turtle is saying]

Yes, there has! You've mistaken me for someone else, because I am not your parent.

[Napoleon nudges Carlos, and apparently says something pointed

No, that is not how it works. And besides, I don't have time to be a parent. I'm a scientist! And I've got a lot of things I need to study here, like the nature of the multiverse, our potential existence as replicas of ourselves, where exactly all the extra mass goes when someone transforms themselves into a duck...the point is that I am way too busy to be a parent to anyone, and even if I did have the time I wouldn't be a good parent anyway.

[Carlos turns back to the console, looking just a little bit dispairing]

Can someone just...please explain to him that he's mistaken? [Carlos twitches slightly, as Napoleon says something else that he refuses to reply to] Or help find his real parents?

[the screen turns on to reveal Carlos in his ever-present lab coat, pushing his glasses up his nose as he nervously grins at the screen]

I believe this is the point where introductions are in order, so...my name is Carlos and I am a scientist. I am not of this world, but from what I have been told neither are any of you. I'll need to run some surveys on that later - scientifically speaking, other worlds are very exciting. I mean, I'm here in a world where an entire city can be built on the back of a giant turtle the size of - well I don't know what size yet, I'll need to run some tests, or maybe just find an accurate map - but it's got to be at least the size of Rhode Island! There are just so many rules of physics that this thing must be breaking! Like, how does a turtle that large even float? And that's just in this world, I can't even begin to hypothesise about what else might be...

[Carlos coughs, suddenly remembering that this is actually the time for introductions, and figuring out what on earth (or in this case, what on turtle) he is meant to be doing next, and not time for Science]

Um. Yes. But I can figure that all out later, I'll need time to organise a proper survey questionnaire anyway. In the meantime - this is me, hello [Carlos waves quickly], and I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me where to get food, groceries, that sort of thing. Also is all of this [Carlos waves around him to indicate the place he's been set up in] something paid for, or am I going to need to pay this all back? I meant to ask, but I kind of got distracted with all of my questions about the turtle.

Also I...I realise this is a long shot, but the last otherworldly universe I got stuck in had this fantastic wifi, and I didn't have to worry about my phone's battery dying either. Which meant being stuck in a desert that was not of this world wasn't so bad, because I could still ring home. That...that's not going to be possible here, is it? I mean, obviously if time is not passing in my world then there is no time in which anyone will be able to answer the phone, but I...I just thought I'd check. Just in case.

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