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[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.]

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[he_who_kills]

Greetings!

[thewildone]

Hello? Where am I?

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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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[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]

Yeah. Who is this?

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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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[majorcrotchgrab]

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

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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]

...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.]

[he_who_kills]

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

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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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[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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[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?

[thewildone]

No, I can't say that I do.

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[majorcrotchgrab]

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

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[thewildone]

I'm in a what now?

[Luckily, Curt is distracted enough not to explain that what he was doing was a British teenager.]

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[thewildone]

Far out.

[Curt takes a moment to process this.]

Wait, but if I'm in the Twilight Zone or whatever, why do you know me?

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[anunluckypenny]

[That's a fine detail to omit.]

In a... I don't know, it's some weird place where all of these universes come together. Why don't we go inside before you ask anymore questions, okay? I really don't want you to freeze to death.

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[thewildone]

Okay, yeah, sure.

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[majorcrotchgrab]

... You were here before. We were friends.

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[anunluckypenny]

[She leads him to the Welcome Center. Since no one's in right now, her two German Shepard mixes are free; they both bound over to the door, tails wagging, eager to sniff and lick the new guy.]

Sorry--do you mind dogs? I can put them upstairs in my room, if you do.

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[thewildone]

Nah, dogs are fine.

[Curt lets them lick him.]

So, were there aliens? Did aliens do this?