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[fiamme]

[It takes Kori a moment to count backwards from ten and then to turn her device on. She selects video - it'll be easier, after all, if her face is recognizable. She barely glances at it before she turns away to speak in hushed tones to her own communicator from home.]

- Arsenal? Please come in, Arsenal - Roy? Jason?

[When there's no answer, there is a subtle slump to her shoulders. After a long moment, she turns her attention towards her device. ] ... Communications are down to my home. Obviously. I feel it unwise to request council with those responsible for my displacement. I will ask anyway: who has brought me here?

[A pause. ] I am Koriand'r, second Princess of the planet Tamaran. I do not take lightly to kidnapping.

I'm looking for a human - he has red hair, green eyes and wears an ugly sort of hat. And - another, also. Black hair, blue eyes. They will answer to Arsenal and Red Hood. [Another pause; she glances, almost anxiously off to the side. ]

... Oh, X'hal. Why now of all times?

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[directives]

[ tamaran? never heard of it, though the princess's coloring reminds kathryn of ruddy orions and edosians. ]

I'm Captain Janeway of the starship Voyager. I'm afraid you've been pulled into a temporal anomaly best identified as a quantum fissure. Who's responsible for the fissure's existence is another matter entirely, one that takes a backseat to our current situation. [ it's a bad month to be pulled into the city. ] As for your comrades, I'm afraid I have yet to come across anyone who matches either of those descriptions.

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[fiamme]

They are not here. If they were - contact would have been made.

[A beat. ]

There are many space travelers here, it seems. Hello, Captain Janeway. I'm afraid I do not know know your vessel.

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[directives]

Seems to be something of a common theme. [ if there were a shred of truth in the anonymous movement's claims, then the presence of so many starfleet officers and other "space travelers" made sense. of course, she wasn't about to take their word for it or buy into that assertion. ] I'm not surprised. There are an infinite number of worlds and dimensions represented in this place.

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[fiamme]

I have never met anyone with the ability to manipulate in such a way as this.

[A beat. ]

It is unsettling.

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[directives]

More unsettling than you know.

[ that's not a hint to pay her a visit, q. ]

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[fiamme]

[A pause follows as Kori considers her predicament. No captor with a face to show themselves. No obvious exit in sight. Curses.

She'd sooner level this city than stay willingly. ]

Thank you, Captain.