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[nanomitesss]

[Well, hello, City. Have a creepy man standing near the creepy carousel. He's peering closely at the device, fiddling with it a little, then his eyes light up with interest once he realizes it's on. A new toy! When he speaks, his voice is raspy and obviously modified by the device on his face. He drags his s's out, just a touch.]

There we go. How kind of my kidnappers to leave me with this device.

Now, this entire scenario is inconvenient, to say the least. I was in the middle of something. But it would appear I'm hardly the only one in this situation, so I won't bother asking for a way out of the City; I'm sure nobody here has that particular answer. Rescue will come eventually. [Because he's way too valuable to MARS Industries, yup. They'll just send Storm Shadow in to break him out or something.]

In the meantime, I suppose I'll make myself comfortable, provided nothing in the water turns me into a talking, ah. Equine. Would anyone be so kind as to tell me what there is to do to while away our captivity?

Ah, and you can call me... [He smiles, corners of his eyes crinkling.] Doctor.

[Just a helpful doctor. There's nothing villainous about him at all, nope.]

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;; sorry i'm patently SLOW as tortoises jelkfsd

[dropkick]

You're going to end up getting confused with two other guys by name then. They call themselves the same thing.

[ Arthur wants a secret--- well wait he kind of has one or five....just not here.... :c ]

IT'S FINE, I'm usually v. slow too

[nanomitesss]

I'm sure I'll stand out from them. [Looking the way he does and all.] My name is a rather personal subject.

;; lmfdlk okay /relieved was like nooo missed threading opportunities buhh

[dropkick]

[ Arthur is thinking just that more or less - that in person at least it'd be no question who was who, but he leaves the subject be for now. On his side of things he's squinting at the video feed... ]

Right. Might consider making something up - depending on how long you're here.

NEVER. I will backtag foreverrrr

[nanomitesss]

[Don't those eyes look unnervingly familiar, Arthur? ENJOY THAT.]

Dr. Burns has a nice ring to it, I'm sure. [Haha, OH REX, your sense of humor is... special.] Perhaps I'll be inclined to share in time. For now, I think people can live with having more than one 'Doctor'.

<333 ALL my appreciation u.u!!!!

[dropkick]

[ HE'S NOT. HE'S NOT AT ALL. WHY DOES THIS CITY LIKE THROWING PEOPLE LIKE THIS IN HERE? First Neil then.....Doctor...Whatthehellever......comic book villain....persona...no he has no idea but SERIOUSLY CITY? B( ]

They've survived so far. You're probably right.

What's with the mask?

[ SUCH TACT....SUCH GRACE.....completely absent. -10 Arthur. ]

[nanomitesss]

[Just wait til you see the rest of his face, Arthur. One day, it's going to happen.]

It's a ventilator. Something of a necessity, considering my condition.

[dropkick]

[ SCRE---no wait that's no--- yes it is. SCREA..... ]

Ah. When and where are you from?

[ Eyeballing those eyes still...also the mask itself. ]

[nanomitesss]

Earth, 2019. Contrary to what some may think, I'm fully human. [What he won't say is that he was last spotted in the North Pole like some kind of villainous Santa Claus distributing weapons across the globe.] And yourself?

[dropkick]

[ chalk another one in for #SHIT JUST GETS WEIRDER AND WEIRDER ]

I assumed fully human. 2019 is sooner than I guessed though.

2010. Earth.

[ in your dreeeeeeeeeams....well not yours but you know... ]

[nanomitesss]

2010 was a good year. Graduate school. [At 19. And he still had a face. That was cool, too.]

I never caught your name.

[dropkick]

[ Arthur too is a fan of having a complete face, yes... ]

Major?

Arthur.

[nanomitesss]

Biomedical Engineering. You could say it came in handy when it came time for me to build this device.

A pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[dropkick]

Impressive. And I can only imagine.

Consider it mutual.

[ or at any rate, that seems the right response to give....for now. ]