[HOLO: The Sanctuary] // There's a battle outside and it's ragin'

[stepintoshadows]

 Rorschach left the cemetery after paying his respects to the Comedian, intending to return to the apartment he'd been squatting in for the better part of six months now, but he never arrived, instead overcome by a strange twisting in his gut, and the next he knew he was in a large room with no doors or windows, everything stark white. He looked

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[ voice ]

[tothelibrary]

Sorry, you're... probably a zillion or so light years away from New York. Welcome to Taxon?

[ okay she can't help it. ]

Also, no offense or anything but you're kind of wearing a mask, yourself. I'm just saying.

Re: [ voice ]

[stepintoshadows]

[Rorschach is not amused. Although if he ever were amused it would be a surprise and probably a miracle.]

Hurm. Not hiding.

[Have a blank look. Not that he really gives any other kinds. And the monotone probably doesn't really help anything, although it's a suspicious monotone at least.]

What is Taxon? And never said from New York.

[ voice ]

[tothelibrary]

Right! You're just... mask-wearing. Which is a totally different category than hiding.

[ ooooooooooooo-kay then. moving on, with extra pep as if to make up for the considerable lack thereof on the other end. ]

Manhattan? It's... one of the boroughs? So I just assumed that's where you're from, sorry.

Re: [ voice ]

[stepintoshadows]

[That's okay, he's not really inclined to share the logic anyway. The pep is received with, if anything, even less enthusiasm on his end. It's as if the more enthusiastic she gets about things the less patience he has for it. He starts digging through his pockets to see what he has, to all appearances only half paying attention to her.]

[There's a grunt, which even in the context could mean just about anything.] Wasn't talking about borough.

Never explained Taxon.

[ voice ]

[tothelibrary]

Okay? So, you're a zillion lightyears away from wherever you're from that isn't New York.

[ and now the pep goes down, because dawn hates this part. it almost always leads to people asking her if she's crazy. ]

It's kind of... an alien abduction type thing?

Re: [ voice ]

[stepintoshadows]

[A snort; he doesn't buy the explanation]

Uncovered as mass delusion. One tells story, others of weak constitution seeking explanation for strangeness agree. No such thing as "alien abduction".

[ voice ]

[tothelibrary]

[ aaaaaaaaaaaaaand instead of pep, vaguely insulted: go! ]

Gee, sure glad my attempt at helping led to being called a crazy person. Again. You know, this is why people don't like the new kids at school.

[ holo ]

[stepintoshadows]

[Which he apparently doesn't even notice. Then again that whole...people thing has never really been his forte]

Not here to make friends. More interested in answers.