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[doomhoops]

[ There's a shirtless teenager on your screen who looks remarkably like that kid from the Taylor Swift video, er... well... There's an upside-down shirtless teenager on your screen, looking at the datapad like it has somehow hideously offended him just by existing and having far too many knobs than what one would reasonably expect. At first, his

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[hatespolitics]

Having trouble with the door, there?

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[doomhoops]

[ His face will just be in a perpetual scowl for everyone responding here. ]

It's open, isn't it? [ Which means no. No he is not. ]

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[hatespolitics]

Yeah. [She makes a motion with her hands.] Whoosh. I saw. I'm getting the feeling you're not so used to this technology, am I right?

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[doomhoops]

Not really. [ A shrug. Whatever, everything is mind boggling and he doesn't know what Star Wars is. Ain't no thang. Except that it is. ] Whose technology is it?

[ As in CIA? KGB? Someone else entirely? It's got to be one of them. ]

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[hatespolitics]

[She looks thoughtful.] Don't know the people that invented each individual piece, especially not in this universe. You could ask a droid-- they're the little helpful robots rolling around. They can get you clothes too, you know.

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[doomhoops]

...They talk? [ Oh hell no. ]

I've heard. About the clothes. [ On it currently. ] Who do they belong to is what I mean.

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[hatespolitics]

Yup. I wouldn't recommend trying to hold a conversation with one, though.

The clothes? No one, really. They're for newcomers. [Oh she knows what you mean, though, or thinks she does. Jeez, but there are a lot of paranoid kids coming through lately. Ashley scrubs a hand over her eyes.] Kid, no one is going to hurt you. Well-- it gets exciting around here sometimes, so maybe that isn't true, but whoever your personal demons are probably didn't follow you through. And if they did, believe me, there's more than one person around here that wouldn't stand for someone like you getting experimented on. Okay?

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[doomhoops]

I won't. [ Because that is way too creepy. ]

No, I meant the- [ Cell like apartments and robots and weird technology. ] Nevermind.

[ For a long while he's just quiet after Ashley's speech. Were it Charles or Erik or Moira saying it he might take some comfort in it, but currently getting called out for what's unnerving him just makes him tense up. He appreciates it, really, but without the others here... He's not trusting anyone. Sorry. He'll just give a short nod to acknowledge it, but keep on with the investigatory questions. ]

Exciting?

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[hatespolitics]

[Yeah, Ashley is in agreement with that. Some of the droids were a little too helpful.]

What? Speak up. [Because she is not a mind reader and wants to help, okay, but can't quite do that unless he spells out what's wrong. Although she can probably make an educated guess.] Yes. Exciting. Lucky you got here right at an important time. [Pause.] Has anyone begun to explain the crazy kidnapping plot to you, or do I get the honors?

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[doomhoops]

[ He tries to keep in an eyeroll at the 'speak up'. ]

Who's running this place?

[ A slooooow eyebrow raise ] Nah, honor's all yours.

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[hatespolitics]

A man named Revan, or so they say.

...Great. ['scuse her while she transfers a huge load of files to you.] That ding you just got? That's the whole background story, in case you want some bedtime reading. Just tap the picture to open it. [And she leans back, getting comfortable.] The quick version is that a wannabe god named Revan has dragged you here from your universe and into this one. This is not anywhere near home and there's no way to get back, not yet. Good news is, you're not alone-- there's hundreds of us here, dragged over from every type of alternate universe imaginable, all trying to get by. [She raises her eyebrows.] Have I lost you yet?

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[doomhoops]

'Sith', right? [ That's all he's heard so far.

The datapad dings and he eyes it suspiciously for a moment, then cautiously taps it. C-Cool... He's starting to actually like this thing. Kind of. As she goes on at first he's only half paying attention, too busy checking out the datapad, but then 'no getting back', 'hundreds of us', 'alternate universes' ] ...Yeah.

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[hatespolitics]

Yup. Although apparently there's no clean cut good and bad here, exactly. Both and Sith and the Jedi have done some questionable things.

[S'ok, she'll wait. She smirks and shakes her head when he comes back.] It's a lot to absorb all at once. I can give you some time to look at that info, if you like.

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[doomhoops]

[ Well that's not suspicious sounding ] Like what?

Nah, it's fine. [ He'll just... figure it out later. Or something. ] Keep going.

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[hatespolitics]

Plenty, or so I here. There's a girl here-- her name is Lily Evans-- she's been here the longest out of anyone I know, and has a lot of info. That file is originally from her.

Besides that... [And she'll give him the rough run-down, because I am lazy :|b]