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[betty_roberts]

She had more or less convinced herself she'd dreamed this place. The writers' room had gone on being the writers' room, they'd all weathered Hilary's rivalry with Grace Cavendish, and while Betty has no idea what happened to upset Mr. Winthrop, it seems to have blown over too

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[there_is_a_me]

There's a nod and a small wave from one of the people (really, not a hallucination) she met last time. This time he's got fewer dogs and more weapons.

[betty_roberts]

People you know are good.

Though the weapons are slightly worrying, perhaps.

"Mr.--er. Spoon, good evening."

He prefers not to have a title, if she remebers correctly.

[there_is_a_me]

"Just Spoon, yes, Ms. Roberts." He agrees, cheerfully enough. There's a head-jerk at the weaponry, "Bit of an invasion going on back home. Just polishing up for a bit before going back to find out the latest. How've you been?"

[betty_roberts]

"An invasion?" she asks, eyes wide.

She's used to war news, really. But not to knowing people who are, as they say, in the thick of things.

"I've been fine," she adds. "A little busy, but nothing too out of the ordinary.

[there_is_a_me]

"Yeah. Cybermen...that's metal monsters with human brains in them. Not a fun sort of situation. We're going to kill them all." Spoon is grimly certain of that, "Busy is better than bored, innit?"

[betty_roberts]

"Usually," says Betty, a little distracted by everything else.

"Metal monsters with human brains?"

Sounds alarmingly like something Captain Amazon would be battling, really.

[there_is_a_me]

"Yeah. Called Cybermen, they are. Some nutcase up on Orkney decided they'd make perfect soldiers. Only thing is that they think they make perfect people and are out to convert everyone." Spoon intends to kill them, apparently, primarily with gold-plated swords. And knives.

He couldn't find anyone to enchant his teeth.

[betty_roberts]

Betty glances at the weaponry, unsure what to say. It's all very . . . shiny.

"Well, um. Is it appropriate to say 'good luck'?" she asks.

[there_is_a_me]

"It is not only appropriate, it is highly appreciated." Spoon assures her, gravely.

[betty_roberts]

"Good luck, then," she says. "And . . . be careful."

Metal monsters just don't sound good.

[there_is_a_me]

"Gonna see if me doctor is going to come along." Spoon assures her, "We'll all be careful." This includes the two werewolves carrying silver and the rest of the mortal collection carting an extra bullet. It counts.

It really, really counts. "Did you get back alright, after last time?"

[betty_roberts]

"Oh, yes, just fine," says Betty, glad to be moving away from the topic of invasions of Cybermen.

"No one even noticed I'd gone, which either means nothing went wrong while I was away, or time didn't actually pass in Pittsburgh. Given the way things go at the station, it's far more likely the latter, but I heard Mackie announcing the time right before I wound up here this time, so I should be able to check when I get back."

[there_is_a_me]

"Think that time usually stops while you're here." Spoon says cheerfully, "That's how mum and da' get to see each other every night; da' comes here from the school he teaches at and mum comes here from home, and they come home together." He's a very content man to know that the alphas get to spend so much time together.

[betty_roberts]

"It's much more convenient than having to come up for excuses as to where you've been."

Betty tilts her head, curious.

"So people can pass through here to go to other places? And what does your father teach?"

[OOC: And the fact that I am recovering from a minor illness has just caught up to me. Slowtime? I should be around tomorrow evening.]

[there_is_a_me]

((Go sleep. *shoos to bed*))

"Self-defense and proactive demon killing." Spoon says cheerfully, "Yeah, I've been to a handful of worlds and alternate earths."

[betty_roberts]

Well, she really should have seen that coming now, shouldn't she have?

"And I thought having been to New York was exciting," says Betty.