Electricity, how he's missed you.

[adent_inspace]

The first thing Arthur realized, was that he was still alive. 'Oh, good,' he thought before standing up and making sure all of his limbs still worked. So far, so good. He knew he was in a different place, of course, there were no buildings or cobblestone walkways in prehistoric Earth. In fact... It almost looked like homeHe had woken with a

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Eli was still trying to get used to the whole 'people just randomly appearing' thing even though he'd been in the village for a while. As it was, though, this guy might win on the most dramatic entry he had seen, yet. He looked somewhat familiar, but Eli couldn't place it, but it was also a little disconcerting to watch a grown man in not a lot of clothes desperately hug a lamp post.

"Uh.. hi?" Eli kept his distance, just in case.

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Arthur inhaled sharply, hearing the new voice. It was another voice. He hadn't said anything. He blinked hard, letting a few more tears of joy fall and clear his vision a little better.

"Hi," Arthur said back, letting go of the post and walking just a few steps closer to the young man. The way he had spoken sounded as if he was just mimicking. As if what the word really meant didn't quite make it. After a few more moments, his mind began to catch up a little.

"Where... where am-- are we?"

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Eli felt for the guy - it was obvious he had been through an intense something. Still, Eli was a little wary, but the guy looked pretty harmless, right?

"Okay, so... this might sound a little crazy..." Or not, he considered, since the man looked the way he did. "We're in a pocket dimension. It's like, a separate place other than your world. So, wherever you were before, you're not there anymore." Obviously...

[adent_inspace]

Arthur smiled a little at the word 'crazy'. Of that much he figured. He had decided on it some time ago. It took a moment to realize the man was speaking of the situation and not of him. Well, then. Arthur's smile remained and he had stopped crying, his tears making noticeable streaks on his dirty face. He spoke again, after several long moments of thought, not looking at the boy, but behind him at the buildings and streets.

"Is this...?" He trailed off. Pocket dimension. Not home. Not... Dammit. Unexpectedly, he started to cry again. Not in happiness this time, but frustration. "Where's home? Not--" He took a gasping breath, looking serious and hastily wiped his face. "Belgium!" he cursed and sighed heavily, "Not here."

[a_fixed_point]

"You look lost." Captain Jack Harkness approached the disheveled man, smile friendly and inviting, and amused, "And I don't know that that street lamp shares your feelings."

[adent_inspace]

Arthur was a little disarmed by Jack. Not expecting so bright a smile or friendly a tone so suddenly. He was reminded of Zaphod immediately, though they looked nothing alike. He wiped the tears off his face with the dingy towel.

"Am... am I ...home?"

Jack sounded American and the streets were rather empty. But it looked so much like a country English town. Could he really be so hopeful?

[a_fixed_point]

Still smiling, Jack kept watching Arthur, a touch of flirtation there-- but when wasn't there. Which was likely much to his boyfriend's dismay. But he couldn't help it!

"Depends, where's home?" he asked, "Although I'm placing my money on not, sorry about that."

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What's home? Trillian's distance voice echoed in his mind. What a time to be thinking of her...

Arthur sighed, looking disappointed. He wrung his towel in his hands, thinking. Home... It took him a long few moments to think of it. And still nothing was coming up. He decided to be a little more general.

"Earth?"