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[fauxfuture]

Good afternoon, kind sirs and madams.

[The voice that's filtering over the feed...it sounds remarkably like one gentleman archaeologist, if but a tad more hoarse.]

I do beg your pardon if I have interrupted something, but I wish to extend a mere…request, for any information regarding this place I have been transported to.

[A pause.]

Previously, I was

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[audio]

[blacklodged]

My name's Dale Cooper and it's a pleasure to meet you as well... [You can most likely hear a slight hesitation in his voice saying this, but he carries on in a conversant manner.] I regret to inform you that you will most likely be unable to return to London anytime soon. Apparently, some of the people I've talked to have been here for months. No one knows how or why this is happening, either.

[audio]

[fauxfuture]

The pleasure is all mine.

... [He takes a moment to mule this over. What on earth is this man babbling about?] I beg your pardon, sir, but I'm afraid that I don't quite follow. You say that we are trapped here? But where is "here", exactly? It certainly does not resemble any land I have ever heard of.

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[blacklodged]

I'm sorry, let me retrace my words. This place is called Johto, and from my understanding, is a different world, an alternate reality. A number of worlds seem to coexist, actually. The people who have arrived here all seem to come from different ones. And yes, "trapped" is probably a fitting description.

[audio]

[fauxfuture]

Johto, you say? I'm afraid the name is completerly alien to me, although that would not be surprising if this is indeed an "alternate reality", as you so put it.

...this is indeed a startling predicament. [There's a bit of a solemn note to his voice, now.] What of our...home worlds? Are we aware of what happens there during our absense?

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[blacklodged]

No, I'm afraid not. Though as someone told me upon my arrival, when I too was worried about how my absense would affect things back home, time seems to function differently here - or at least, time in the relation between the worlds. They might not notice the fact that you're missing at all, if that's calming to you.

[audio]

[fauxfuture]

...I see. I'm afraid that, while my field of speciality circles around the study of time travel and other such paradoxes, I have never heard of a pheunominon such as this. It certainly defies explanation. [...and piques his interest.]

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[blacklodged]

Well, since you stay you study this kind of occurences - if you come to a conclusion of some kind, I'd be very happy if you told me about it. I'm trying to make sense of what is happening, and any help would be greatly appreciated. If we inform each other with what we can figure out in our respective fields, I'm sure it would help matters greatly.

[He falls silent, considering the first thing this person told him again.]

So if you study this, this isn't unheard of to you? Or do you look at it from a more theoretical angle?

[audio]

[fauxfuture]

That sounds like an excellent plan, Mr. Cooper. After all, two heads are certainly better than one. If I happen upon any information that would aid us in our research, you will be the first to know.

[...there's a slight pause, but then;] My primary focus is on the study of time travel, and with practical experiments, we have been met with...limited success. Our research is, at the moment, incomplete -- thus, my haste to return to my own world.

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[blacklodged]

Thank you, Professor. It's greatly appreciated.

[He listens carefully] I see. I'd expect time travel to be a very difficult barrier to breach, so I'm not very surprised, though I wish you luck in your work when you do return to your experiments.

[audio]

[fauxfuture]

It's certainly no trouble.

Yes, it's quite a large undertaking; however, I am happy to say that we may be very close to achieving our goal. I thank you for your kind words.