[ The camerawork is shaky at best, as if the user has forgotten the device's place in his hands. The interior of a room and the outline of a young man whirl by once, twice-- and the picture steadies suddenly; Alfons has found a place for the peculiar device to sit. He stares at it warily, obviously quite uneasy. ]Ah... I don't know if anyone is
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I-I can see you. You're in Anatole. Did...you say that they ...killed you?
[oh. um. no. Nononononononononono. Nope. Lalalalalala I can't hear you, weird shadow-thing in my head. I'm not even--]
This is not the afterlife! I-it's so not. It's just ...somewhere else. You're bleeding! Does it hurt? Did you hit your head? I...
There are a LOT of people here. Most of them probably aren't evil at all.
...I'm Dawn.
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Somewhere else, huh? --Oh! No, no, I'm fine, thank you! I don't think I've hit my head-- [ Though maybe he did, maybe he hit his head hard when he fell and he isn't really in this place, maybe he wasn't killed at all, maybe it's all a dream and he'll wake up in some hospit-- ah, a ridiculous thought. He stops it immediately. ]
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It's good to know that most of the people here are good, then. Did all of the people from through the Gate? --Ah, I mean Door, I apologize.
It's nice to meet you, Dawn. My name's Alfons.
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I...I'm from Sunnydale, California. I've met a couple people here that know what California is, and a lot that ...uh, don't. It's confusing. And I was really scared at first.
[A breath and an audible swallow.]
I still am, mostly. But people have been nice, and it's not so...
...I don't know. I think a lot of people came through that [audible shudder] ...door, but there are people here that were born here too. They're mostly other places I think. And they don't have Forges? Sorry. That wasn't a question, I just...
...hi Alfons. W-where are you ...from?
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California, I see. I'm from Munich, Germany, myself. It's... interesting that people were born here... wherever here is. I get the feeling that it isn't anywhere on Earth... yet I don't know that it's another planet. Dimension, maybe. [ He laughs. ] It sounds silly, but here we are.
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...um. I didn't meant to shout at you. It's just. I know where it is!
I mean, on a map and stuff. But. That means we're kind of from the same world. Maybe?
It's so confusing. And kind of silly. And also kind of ...not.
I'm glad you're okay. I'm just not used to----
--well, who am I kidding I am totally used to seeing blood and stuff all the time---
---I'm just not ...used to it ...here.
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Is this a... relatively nonviolent place?
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[There's a fractured smile in her voice.]
I-I'm not sure. I thought so, I mean ...I may still think so I just haven;t finished thinking...
[Lower, almost whispered.]
A little while ago, I saw some ...footage? Someone found ...bodies out near...well, I'm not sure where,exactly, but...
...I'm sure it'll be okay. There's a police force, if that helps!
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