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[dontdrinkthe]

[Alone out on the docks, a young teenage boy has been turning a bright pink orb in his hands distractedly, wondering just how to make it work. The voices he has heard from within its sphere have not been surprising to him, he is always surrounded by voices, and he pays little mind to them. Yet still, he assumes it to have some... purpose. He is

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[madeinoblivion]

Hey. I'm here. You must be new. Did the greeters sort you out?

[dontdrinkthe]

They did. Thank you.

[Not that they had truly needed to, a little telepathic boy could find any information he needed.]

You must not be new.

[madeinoblivion]

Nope! I've been here a year and a half!

[dontdrinkthe]

[Artemis pauses for a moment. A year had once seemed like an eternity to him, he had been a child. Now... it's a pebble drop in the endless. But he can't assume anyone is like him, ever, he's always been different.]

Has it felt like a long time, to you?

[madeinoblivion]

Like a lifetime. But it's gone by fast.

[dontdrinkthe]

A busy time, then?

[He's earnestly curious, head tilting.]

[madeinoblivion]

Uh-huh. Always busy. What world are you from?

[dontdrinkthe]

I'm from Earth.

[It's tempting to play dumb, to say he had not realized there were other worlds... but there seems no reason for that. Many people from many worlds have been brought here.]

[madeinoblivion]

Lots of people say that. What was it like there?

[dontdrinkthe]

[...Artemis really doesn't want to talk about that. His world had ended in nuclear blasts, and he had ruled over the survivors. Hadn't intended to, but had made them miserable... He'd left then, and he doesn't know if they had survived, or not. He's too ashamed to think about it.]

What have they told you?

[madeinoblivion]

About different places. America, Japan... They all talk about Canada like it's some kind of big joke, but I'm not sure I get it.

[dontdrinkthe]

I don't think I understand either...

[He had been only seven or so when the bombs fell.]

But I was from America.

[madeinoblivion]

Were there Zombies?

[dontdrinkthe]

[Oh Repliku... he doesn't want to talk about the radiation zombies either.]

Zombies? Is that common?

[madeinoblivion]

Well- It's just that Rochelle's said there were Zombies all over America...

[dontdrinkthe]

Everywhere? Why?