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[there is a lightly accented, girlish scream, very much along the lines of 'aaaiyieee!', before a painful-sounding drop and splash.]

Bad day-- really BAD DAY!

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[adamantined]

Uh.

Hello?

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[alittlecredit]

Think fast! Really not funny practical joke, or hostile alternate universe?

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[adamantined]

Uhmmmm. A little bit of both?

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[alittlecredit]

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[alittlecredit]

OK.

My name is Joaquin Murrieta. What's your name? Have you seen or heard of a large, angry black man or a crazy white guy with a single glowing eye passing through recently?

Please say no.

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[adamantined]

Hi, Joaquin. I'm Claire Bennet. I haven't seen or heard of a large, angry black man or a crazy white guy with a single glowing eye. Does... that mean I pass?

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[alittlecredit]

No. That means I pass.

You wanna explain to me what's goin' on while I march my butt to the nearest warm, dry place?

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[adamantined]

Oh. Cool? I've probably got a couple gold star stickers kicking around somewhere.

Sure! Uhh--

Well there's no real easy way to go about it, I guess.

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[adamantined]

Basically, you just got stranded in a nameless city called - get ready for it - The City. There's no real way out even though people kind of come and go, but it's not really their choice, I don't think. Not on average anyway. This place kind of runs on a giant clock that's supposedly counting down to the end of the world or something but people have been here for like two years and that's never happened as far as they know.

A bunch of deities run the place, but you don't even really see them. They just sit in their office while we get cursed. Curses are kind of a pain. They last for like 24 hours depending and -

Do you just want me to send you the guide? I'm a little terrible at this, in case you didn't already realize.

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[alittlecredit]

Kind of a lame name, if you ask me. Which I notice nobody is, so hey.

S'okay. Some girl gave me the basic walkthrough already. I got this stuff now, I can improvise. Probably.

You live here, or just gone native?

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[adamantined]

People kind of just skip asking questions unless you're new. Then you're full of questions and everyone's too ready to answer them to ask any of their own.

But. Anyway.

I've lived here for almost six months, so I think the answer might be both.

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[alittlecredit]

I been here for sixty minutes and I already wanna leave. Don't bother with 'it'll get better,' either. I need to be home.

You're a real trooper, though.

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[adamantined]

Everyone needs to be home. It's not like the rest of us came here on vacation, you know.

Some people have been here for two years or so. That's a trooper.

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[alittlecredit]

Yeah, yeah, I'm sure. But I'm not the rest of us, so I care most about my own problems. Sue me.

You think you're in for the long haul?

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[adamantined]

At least you're honest about your prerogative. I guess.

I'm not choosing to stay here. There are things at home that I know I need to do eventually. Things that have to happen. You can't hide from that stuff forever. But I'm not exactly looking for ways out anytime soon, either.