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[graparu]

[From the journal system comes the voice of a rather angry young lady. Her words are clipped, English, though her German accent is a little more prominent than usual.]

This is a sick fucking joke, isn't it. First it's a boat, then a stupid island and now, a castle. My God the creativity is just skyrocketing today.

[That is some delicious monotone

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[thequeensown]

[Talia doesn't understand German, unfortunately, although the meaning is known well enough even without specifics.]

The Elegante, I'd wager? Seems a few of us have been pulled to this place from the Shore. I'm Talia, mate of Kevas .. Who are you looking for? [because .. yeah .. German ain't all that easy to understand, yo.]

[graparu]

[It's alright Talia. She's speaking English and it's awesome English at that. Hats off to being bilingual!]

That's the one. I'm Grapple, looking for Sean Ivers, Marco Devera and Patrick Finnegan... or anyone, really.

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[thequeensown]

[The swear words are some of the easiest to pick up in any language. :) Honestly, she's not sure if she is happy or sad to hear from another of the boat dwellers. Her sigh is soft but audible and with a quick shift her response changes to video and she shakes her head.]

I'm sorry, Grapple .. I haven't seen any sign of Marco here, nor of the others. Joseph Ivers is here .. and he has made mention of his brother, but .. It's not the same person we knew on the Elegante.. His mannerisms and much else are the same, but he is different..

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[graparu]

...Joe's here but he's not... Joe? An alternate, you mean?

[She'd heard about those on the Elegante, but had never expected it to hit so close to home.]

Well, maybe I can track him down and try talking to him anyway. I kinda wanna know if his uh... history matches with mine.

[A shame Grapple and Joe will never get the chance to talk.]

[Video]

[thequeensown]

An alternate, yes .. that seems aptly descriptive. We had some on the Elegante that befell the same .. familiar, and yet not with the memories we might have presumed them to have. Joe seems of this sort .. as if he's been here all this time.

[And he probably has been. She remembered finding Kevas' body on the Shore and walking back to him with what she'd found. Surreal doesn't begin to describe that mindfuck.]

It can't hurt to find out .. he seems relatively the same man in action and personality.

[That is a shame. :(i>]

[Video]

[graparu]

[It takes her a moment to work it out, but Grapple managed to turn on her own video feed. Have a pretty lady looking back at you, Talia.]

So weird, but with what I've seen the past ten years, I'll believe it.

[Things were strange before the boat even. What she remembered of her life had never been normal.]

Fingers crossed that this all works out then, huh?