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[Liz isn't sure what's going on or how the heck she ended up in the room she's now standing in, but she is nore than a little bit alarmed. The last thing she remembered was helping Chloe escape the Edison Group's facility. The chaos of the demon summonings and people dying ..]

[She looks around the room, only vaguely taking solace that this place

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L-Liz?

[Excuse Chloe as she gasps over here.]

Y-you're... you're alive?

[Yes, she sounds ecstatic about that... but then her tone changes at the end of her question to one of hesitance and uncertainty. Was it possible?]

[Audio] :D ALL THE SMILIES RIGHT NOW!!

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[The excitement cannot be missed and she's practically bouncing as she speaks.]

CHLOE!! CHLOE!! Oh my god!! You're here too?! I knew there wasn't anything to worry about! OH. EM. GEE! Like, this is suddenly SO much less unfortunate! Where are you guys?! Everyone is here, right?

[She is in hardcore :D mode just now.]

[And then she is bouncing.]

OH MY GOD, I KNOW!!!! Chloe .. CHLOE .. I'm holding the book. It's in my hand and I'm not using my powers or anything! I can see my hands! Like, this is totally unreal!!

[Audio] SO FRICKING TRUE!! :DD

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[Cue Chloe freaking out also--just in a bit of a 'there has to be a catch omg how will I break it to her this time, way. She's too hopeful that maybe this place was able to bring her back, however. She didn't know how the Keep worked. Best to tread carefully.]

...

[A bit of a laugh.]

Yeah, I'm here. Not--not everyone is, though. So far it's just you, me, and Derek.

[She frowns on her end, clearly worried, but knowing Liz she wouldn't appear too down-heartened by this. She hoped.]

You--you can touch it?

[And there's awe in Chloe's voice right now. Whatever was going on, it had better not be some cruel joke, because Chloe didn't want Liz upset later on once they got home. If Liz would want to go home. Worry creases between Chloe's brows. She distinctly remembers a conversation about boys they had, and how cheated she assumed Liz must feel to never really experience all that. If someone was messing with Liz, Chloe would not be a happy camper.]

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[Of course there's a catch. There's always a catch to things like this and Liz had seen enough movies in her day to know it. Even so, it was hard to not be excited to hear from a member of her own version of the Scooby Gang!]

[There is only the briefest of pauses as Chloe tells her who's here.]

Oh .. well, that's two more than I thought were here just a few minutes ago! And if, like, we're here now then Tori and Simon could show up at any minute.

[See? She's totally positive about all this .. for now.]

[Then she bobs her head and even if Chloe can't see her, the exuberance will practically fling itself off the pages at her friend.]

YES! Like, touch touch! Like, I'm holding the journal in my hands right now! I'm bouncing up and down .. on the ground .. and feel the floor under my feet.

[She hadn't felt for a pulse or anything yet, though. Who would think of something like that under the circumstances?!]

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[Chloe laughs at Liz's enthusiasm. She was glad Liz was happy, at the very least.]

They could, definitely.

[After all, Liz was here now.]

Liz, that's--that's great! H-hold on a sec.

[Chloe fidgets for a moment.]

Okay. Where are you? We should totally meet up! I have a lot to tell you about this place. And I think you deserve a hug.

[She's grinning widely at that.]

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[Enthusiasm is something Liz has always had in spades, and even more so now that she appears to be amongst the living again. Chloe sounds real enough and Liz was feeling things and this was all kinda alfadhlfjadl for Liz right now.]

Umm, yeah, sure ..

[She waits patiently, looking around at the room that is supposed to be hers for the time being with a bright smile.]

Hmm? Oh .. ummm .. lemme look .. Is there, like, a number or something?

[She is looking around rather avidly before moving toward the door of her room. There is a moment of trepidation as she extends one hand to the knob but it flees entirely as her fingers settle onto the cool metal.]

OH. MY. GOD!!! I'm touching the door knob!! I'm totally touching the door knob, like, right now!

[The happiness is in her words and the happy little bounce she gives before turning the knob and stepping out into the hall.]

Whoa .. it's like .. a real life castle or something .. This is, like, totally awesome!! Umm .. okay .. number or something, right? OH! 2133 .. is that what you

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[Another light laugh, relief clear in her tone. She's definitely happy for her. Liz deserved a second chance at life. Chloe only hope it lasted long enough to be meaningful.]

Just be careful, okay? Most of the people are cool here, but... not all of them.

R-Really? Awesome! We're on the same floor. I'm in 2119.

[Shuffling sounds can be heard--fabric and footsteps and movement from the journal. Then Chloe sees Liz in the hall and smiles.]

Hey.

[She's closing the distance between them--and closing her journal--so she can give her friend that hug, now.]

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[Liz is beginning to understand Chloe's concern, what with the man-eating plants, animals and the weird labyrintine tunnels beneath the Keep.]

I'll be careful, Chloe .. I'm not in any hurry to see myself hurt.

[Then Liz is beaming as Chloe says they're on the same floor and her eyes are peeled as she waits in the hall. She's a bundle of excited qnd anxious nerves, shifting from foot to foot until she sees her friend approaching down the hall.]

CHLOE!!

[She rushes at her friend, arms wide for a hug she's dying for. Let's see how well this goes, eh? :D]

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[Chuckling slightly, Chloe moves in to both give and receive that hug.]

Liz!

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[Liz reaches Chloe and embraces her! It's a success!!! :D She is practically bubbling over with glee right now, hopping in place with Chloe tightly glomped upon.]

Oh. MY. GOD!! This is so cool!! Chloe, oh my god!

[She releases her friend and grasps her hands in her own, beaming.]

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[Chloe is actually taken by surprise, then laughs gleefully for Liz's benefit. Holding Liz just as tightly--because she could--Chloe grinned widely back when Liz pulls away to grasp her hands.]

I'm happy for you! This is so awesome, Liz.

[She squeezed Liz's hands with meaning.]

You deserve this.

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[Liz just squeezes Chloe, giving a happy bounce in place.]

Chloe, this is like, totally unreal! I never thought I'd get another chance to actually, like, interact and be with people again!!

[She pulls back, beaming widely at her friend.]

This Deior guy has to be, like, the coolest wizard ever!

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[Laughing slightly, Chloe hates to add her paranoia to something so remarkably wonderful for her friend. She pulls Liz into another short hug, then motions for the peppy girl to follow her into her room so they might talk behind closed doors.]

He may not be a wizard. No one knows who or what he is. And...he's kind of gray in the whole good guy or bad guy scale. I-it's kind of like being at Lyle House all over again.

[Opening the door to her room, Chloe nods and motions Liz to go in first.]

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[Liz blinks as Chloe hugs her again briefly and then gestures to follow her, but she does so. Chloe has been here longer and knows what is going on, after all.

Once in her friends' room with the door properly closed, Liz looks at her and listens, pushing back onto her bed with an air of open curiosity.]

So... we're right back in the same thing again?

[There just might be a palpable tension in Liz now, and a slight tremor to her voice. Her smile has gone completely as she searches Chloe's face for any hints or answers.]

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I--I'm sorry. I don't want to frighten you or--or be the bearer of bad news. I-it's just that--

Well, it seems similar, doesn't it? We're brought here, given cells. No idea why we're hear except a letter that says our worlds were destroyed.

Our world, Liz. With no hint of evidence. Even then, who is to say that can't be faked? After everything the Edison Group put us through, I'm not so willing to believe everything I'm told.

This place is strange, Liz.

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[Liz stares at her friend, chewing on her lower lip anxiously. She listens silently as Chloe works through her thoughts, her own brows knitting in response.]

I think it'd be awful hard to make worlds disappear...

[She looks at Chloe then, her blue eyes intense.]

And that's, like, the thing... It's not just us, but everyone. All the people from other places and times. You'd think it'd be hard to destroy everything.

[They had Liz killed. Believe me, she's willing to be doubtful.]