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[homomachinis]

You know what people are supposed to say when they wake up in some ass-backwards location with no fucking clue where they are? I’m sure it has something to do with asking if this is a kidnapping, but it doesn’t seem like I’m the only one here, does it? At least according to, [ he stops for a moment, as if he's listening to something ] the

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[isitablurred]

What makes you so sure that one person is responsible? Or that someone is, I mean. It could just all be a cosmic accident, right?

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[homomachinis]

It could be, but I've always found that everything happens for a reason. There's always a cause, even if it looks like an accident.

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[isitablurred]

[ Clark is smiling a little. ]

You sound like one of those crime scene shows. It's always a murder, nobody ever got hit by that tree just because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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[homomachinis]

[ Man this guy looks kinda familiar, but Mitch was a bit too busy to watch Smallville :c ]

More like West Wing, actually. Generally, though, it's experience, not paranoia. Although I'm sure I sound paranoid--

[ A small laugh ]

Showing up here is a bit disconcerting.

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[isitablurred]

[ People from the DCU usually recognise him, if that helps at all. Probably not. Maybe in the suit. ]

You do a little, but it's such a common thing in new arrivals I shouldn't worry too much. You picked up the basics yet?

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[homomachinis]

[ Oh definitely in the suit! For now I'll just chalk it up to the comics vs. live action differences. For now. He'll be creeping soon enough ]

Most of them, I think. Other worlds is a bit too close to string theory for my tastes.

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[isitablurred]

Sadly it's the thing that makes the most sense in this case, as weird as that sounds. Not that I know much about the theoretical physics-- [ An awkward laugh. ] I'm just a journalist.

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[homomachinis]

[ He's so smooth, he just laughs that off, but his heart rate is still sky high, alternate reality talk does that. ]

Well, I'd say you're about as well versed as I am, then. I'm pretty sure they don't give primers on it for politicians.

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[isitablurred]

Not unless it's 'Warning! You may be spontaneously replaced with your evil self! You can tell he's evil because he has a pointy beard!'

If there was a primer like that I'm sure it'd make politics more inviting, huh?

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[homomachinis]

The evil goatee argument, if only it was that easy! [ and then he makes quirks his lips at the camera, the ghost of a smile. ]

Shit, a little humor might make the job even bearable.

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[isitablurred]

Yeah, if only.

[ He genuinely sounds like he believes in the sentiment behind that comment. ]

So what do you do?

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[homomachinis]

In politics? I'm the Vice President.

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[isitablurred]

Wow. Wow. Really? That's so... Wow. And I thought I'd be showing off to mention that my mom was state senator. That's awesome.

And terrible--you must be really worried about being stuck here, right?

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[homomachinis]

[ A grimace, and then he runs a hand through his hair. ]

Yeah, it's disconcerting. Very much so. I was hoping there would be a way back.

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[isitablurred]

There is, but only when this place is ready. You know, they say that time doesn't move when you're gone; that you go back to the exact moment you come from. That's got to be a reassurance, right?

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[homomachinis]

[ He stops, and stares at the screen, and it even trembles slightly. ]

That's not possible. That's not fucking possible, time can't just stop! That's not how it works!