1st Anomaly

[itsnoteveryday]

[A skinny young man stumbles into view, wearing nothing but boxers and a scarf, carrying a toothbrush and looking not unlike a kicked puppy.]

...and I promise I'll pick up Abby, I just need to... to...

[He looks around, confused.]

...Abby!? I think there's an anomaly in the flat! ...Abby!

[There's a note of panic entering his voice.] ...Abby?

Ohhhhh, no

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Do you require any assistance?

[itsnoteveryday]

I, um, maybe, no maybe not. I think someone's bringing me clothes, and a blanket.

Not that it's any less awkward.

...so this, like went out over an entire Network, didn't it?

[mis_match]

I am glad to hear it. It would be quite unfortunate for you to remain in such a state.

And yes, I am afraid it did. You have made quite an entrance.

[itsnoteveryday]

Oh, yeah, well, that figures.

Hi, I'm Connor, the half naked bo- man at the zoo.

[mis_match]

And bold you are, despite your state. Or is such a manner of dress common where you come from?

My name is Emma Woodhouse. A pleasure, I'm sure.

[itsnoteveryday]

S'not common, not really, just... trying to make the best of it, I guess.

Nice to meet you Emma, I'm glad to have another friendly voice in my hallucination.

[mis_match]

An admirable attitude, although I am afraid I must contradict you. If this is to be anyone's hallucination, as you so charmingly put it, then I absolutely insist that it be mine.

[itsnoteveryday]

...why are you talking like that?

[mis_match]

Now that is a pert question. I might ask the same thing of you.

[itsnoteveryday]

It's how everyone talks, I mean all the cool people, you sound old- I mean, dated, um, classic. I mean you sound classic, like a BBC special or something.

[mis_match]

I suppose I would sound old to your modern ears, for I have been here long enough to realize that many of you come from times centuries after my own. And the years, it seems, have not been kind to civility and good breeding.

[itsnoteveryday]

Oh, you're actually from the past, not just talking like that. I'm sorry...

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Do you encounter many people who pretend to be something that they are not with complete strangers?

A foolish question. Who is ever truly themselves with strangers? One could say perhaps that all of human interaction is artiface, if not quite to the extent that you originally thought.

[itsnoteveryday]

Yeah, that.