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And yet another new arrival enters the lobby, looking around, perplexed, which is pretty standard. This time, it's a rather businesslike woman with short dark hair and brown eyes.

"Um, hello? Anyone here? ... Wherever here is?"

[Uh, Stacy Warner. From House. Blame Mimi for the journalname. Once she suggested it, I couldn't get it out of my

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[tightpants_capn]

Mal looked around to see who she was talking to, then shrugged. "-- well I'm here, with my crew. Don't know if that'll do you much good but figured I'd give it a mention."

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"Thanks, then." She looked around herself. "This is so weird."

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"I won't disagree with you there. Ain't seen nothin' like this place. 'Cept maybe when Ath put me up for the night -- but I try to block that day from my memory."

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"Maybe I don't want to know."

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"Probably not. Anyway -- " He offered his hand. "Malcolm Reynolds. Pleasure."

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She shook his hand. "Stacy Warner."

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"Pleasure, like I said. Where'bouts you from?"

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"New Jersey, actually. I have no idea how I got here. And you?"

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... he pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed, "Please tell me that's some little known rim planet I ain't heard of yet?"

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"Um, no. It's... New Jersey. Next to New York?"

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"Usually when a place has 'new' stuck on it, the old one failed. I ain't heard of a Jersey or a York. -- unless yer from Earth-That-Was. That'd make some sense."

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"Earth-That-Was? It's the only Earth I've ever heard of."

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Mal sighed and pulled his metaphorical teaching-pants on. "Well it ain't anymore. I mean -- it don't exist. Got overpopulated. Had to move to new planets, colonize there. Earth is more or less used up now."

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".... Wow. Um.. When did this happen?"

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"Lemme remember my history here -- " He thought a moment, and came up with nothing. "Don't reckon I remember, but long 'fore I was around."

[summomumum]

"Okay, so... When are you from, then?"