»001; video; day

[faceforgery]

[the video comes on to Eames wearing this worrying looking mask. He gives himself a moment for dramatic pause, and when he starts talking there's a twinge of annoyance obscured by an upbeat and entertained tone of voice]

A city-wide masquerade, mm? I must give some kudos to your dreamer, this is certainly more interesting than the standard fare.

Comments

[video]

[condorseeker]

That's...a very interesting mask. ["worrying" is an understatement.]

What do you mean by "projections"?

[video]

[faceforgery]

It is something, isn't it? [He takes it off to look at it, and then puts it aside for the moment.]

Effectively, projections are T cells for your subconscious in the form of people. Sadly they rarely make for good conversation.

[condorseeker]

Ohh. [pauses]

What's a T cell?

[faceforgery]

T cells are blood cells tasked with the job of keeping you safe from infection.

[condorseeker]

Ohhh. [pauses again, thinking]

So...projections keep your subconscious from being infected? Like, from a psychic or something?

[faceforgery]

Something along those lines, yes.

[condorseeker]

Huh. I didn't think there were any psychics here...

Oh, but, uh-to answer your question, I don't think anyone's figured out how to get out of this place yet. And if they have, then... Well, they're not here anymore. Sorry.

[faceforgery]

No worries. [he smiles - if anything, he's confident in his ability to figure this place out] I'm sure I'll manage.

[condorseeker]

Ah, okay. [the smile makes her feel a bit better.] Good luck, then!