1 ♫ Voice/Action

[thewildone]

[A man with long bleach-blond hair, wearing tight-fitting silver pants, a collar, and nothing else, is standing in the square looking really confused. And cold. Very cold. He is pressing random buttons on his device because it looks like it could be some kind of phone or radio or something.]

Hello? Is this on? Was I abducted by aliens? Because I remember I was on the roof with that kid and I think I saw a flying saucer at one point but also I was high, but I'm pretty sure this isn't London. Unless I'm still high, but I'm pretty sure I'm not.

[His voice is rough and American and it sounds like he needs a good nights sleep.]

Comments

[he_who_kills]

Greetings!

[thewildone]

Hello? Where am I?

[he_who_kills]

You no remember me play drum? Tsk-tsk-tsk!

[thewildone]

No, I can't say that I do.

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[majorcrotchgrab]

[That voice sounds familiar... Raikov thinks back on it. It sounds an awful lot like...]

... Curt?

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[thewildone]

Yeah. Who is this?

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[majorcrotchgrab]

It's Ivan. ... You don't remember me?

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[thewildone]

...No? What day is it?

[Because maybe this isn't as weird as it seems and it's just that he can't remember the last few hours in which he traveled somewhere and met someone named Ivan, apparently.]

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[majorcrotchgrab]

[Siigh. Another who's forgotten. Oh well... Perhaps it's for the best in this case]

January 15th, 2013.

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[thewildone]

I'm in the future?

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[majorcrotchgrab]

Yeah. You've been whisked away from your own world to this weird... pocket universe.

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[anunluckypenny]

Curt!

[The silver pants are really what gave him away.

Penny's out looking for new arrivals, toting a few towels and blankets. She's offering Curt a blanket before waiting for so much as a response. It's cold out. Not freezing to death? Very important.]

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[thewildone]

[Yay, a blanket! Curt takes it. He doesn't find it particularly odd that some random person would recognize him and attempt to keep him alive (it's probably one of the main reasons he's survived so long, actually).]

Hey, thanks.

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[anunluckypenny]

[And here Penny just assumes that his memory's intact!]

Not a problem. Are you hungry? I've got leftovers. Or dinner'll be soon, if you don't mind waiting.

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[thewildone]

Yeah, I'm pretty hungry now that I think about it. What's going on, though?

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[anunluckypenny]

Good, then come with--wait, what?

[She looks around to make sure there aren't any weird curses going on. Nnnope.]

Nothing, really. It's just another day in the City.

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[thewildone]

What city? Seriously, what have I been doing? Where are my shoes?

[He looks around, reflexively. Everything just looks kind of weird. Something is not right.]

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[anunluckypenny]

[Oh. So he doesn't remember. Bummer.]

I don't know what you were doing before you got here, but now you're in some dimensional crossroad called the City. I'm Penny. You were here before, so try not to be too freaked if people act like they know you, okay?

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[just_displaced]

Well, um, there's a chance that you're high. I'm probably not a great judge of that. But you're also definitely in the City, which definitely isn't London. But someone's probably already explained that to you, right?

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[thewildone]

Eh, it's probably worn off by now. Yeah, they have, explained I mean. Not that it was the kind of explanation that made things make more sense. Also, everyone keeps saying "the city" but does it have a name or not?

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[just_displaced]

No, actually, which is, uh, really kind of stupid, when you actually start thinking about it. I mean, plenty of people have been living here for quite awhile, and we just keep calling it the City, which is about the least useful name you can think of. Or at least, the most obvious.

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[thewildone]

That is stupid. But I guess it doesn't matter if it's the only one around.

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[just_displaced]

As far as we know, it's the only one around. I mean, we're definitely very much stuck here. Which you've... probably already been told.

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[thewildone]

Yeah, but I heard there's people trying to get everyone home so that's something. I wasn't really paying attention, though.

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[just_displaced]

Well, there are. Kind of. But I have no idea how much progress they've made, or what they're actually doing.