First Entry

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A tall man with dark hair steps into the bar. He's wearing a dark suit, shirt open at the collar, with a cravat tied neatly around his neck.

He looks around the room, steps back out, and comes in again.

His face breaks into a smile that's more feral than friendly.

"Well, this is new."

Welcome to Milliways, Nikola Tesla.

tiny-and-eccentric!

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[niko_tesla]

[ooc: I couldn't resist...]

You know that old expression "a rabbit just jumped over my grave"?

That's pretty much what's just happened to Nikky when the newcomer walks in. He looks over his shoulder and his forehead creases in thought. It's not precisely the face he used to see in the mirror many years ago, but there's enough resemblance to be disconcerting fascinating.

For the moment, he just keeps an eye on the newcomer. No need to bombard him all at once.

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Nikola glances in the direction of the observation window and back again. In other circumstances, he'd want to examine it more closely, perhaps even allow himself to get as excited as he'd like to be. But not now.

He does, however, raise an eyebrow as he quickly calculates exactly what that means. "So the patrons here are all from different times, yes?"

[niko_tesla]

"Times, places, even universes," Nikky replies with a nod. "This is the place that all roads end. Where all paths converge. It is my belief that some conscious entity here at the end constructed this place and keeps it in a temporal orbit around the final moments. And it draws people here from across the multiverse for reasons known only to it -- perhaps as mundane as simple loneliness or as complex as to be unexpressable in our primitive vocal language. It is called Milliways, and it is the Bar at the End of the Universe."

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Nikola smirks, even as he files all this information away. "That was almost poetic," he mocks.

Assuming that what this man (and Nikola almost thinks he might have his own hypothesis as to who he's talking to) says is true and not an elaborate scheme devised by the Kabal, it would be safe to admit his identity. Multiple universes would mean multiple Teslas, after all. And if it is a ruse of the Kabal, they already know who he is, so it's not harm to admit it.

"Well, then, yes. You've guessed correctly. I am indeed Nikola Tesla."

It feels so good to say that openly again.

[niko_tesla]

"I am hardly a poet, though one does have the tendency to ramble on as one ages. And you should know as well as anyone that guessing is for fools and children, and I am neither. I merely formed a hypothesis based on the available observational data and then set out to test that hypothesis."

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"I apologize," Nikola says, sounding rather unapologetic. "You hypothosized correctly then. And based on the available observational data, I would have to hypothesize that you are some...alternate version of myself."

The slight sneer that accompanies this suggestion indicates he thinks the alternate version nothing like as good as himself.

[niko_tesla]

He nods curtly. "You, too, have hypothesized correctly."

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Nikola takes a moment to scrutinize his counterpart. "I take it you never met a woman called Helen Magnus."

[niko_tesla]

A subtle shake of the head. "In my world, it was Sally McGee Callahan."

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"And you must have met her much later in your life," Nikola surmises.

[niko_tesla]

"Much later," Nikky agrees. "I felt I had peaked. Gone as far as I could given the level of technology and general attitude among the scientific community. Sally offered me a chance to bring my abilities and talents to a new playing field. How could I resist?"

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"And what field is that, if I might ask?"

[niko_tesla]

"They call the planet Harmony. It's far enough away and far enough in the future that the light from its star won't reach Earth until long after humans have abandoned it."

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"Oh, you left the planet?" He sounds almost impressed. "And how do you find life as a...very...expatriate?"

[niko_tesla]

Nikky considers the question.

"Very liberating. Now, whatever I imagine, I have the resources to see through."

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"That must be quite exciting. Made any recent breakthroughs?"

Nikola hasn't had the same funding problems that Nikky has. He wouldn't consider leaving the planet simply for resources.