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[my_freeze_ray]

[Billy clicks onto video just having come in from outside, his face is flushed from the cold, and he's ruffling a hand through his hair to dislodge the fallen snow from it. He drops into a seat in front of his computer, grinning blissfully.]

Okay, so, that was cool. I mean, don't get me wrong, there's plenty about being here that sucks, but I

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[a_bit_put_upon]

It's quite possible that the Germany we set foot in here is in a completely different reality than the Salem we visited before, actually.

(( and I hope Judas' Furby ends up NOTHING like this. ))

[my_freeze_ray]

Was there anything about it that actually indicated that though? Or is this just our way of justify him making completely irrational navigation choices?

[a_bit_put_upon]

Oh, his navigational choices are deplorable regardless. I was merely offering a possibility I've encountered before.

[my_freeze_ray]

Hey, it's definitely plausible, I mean, some people here? Who come and go and come back like they're totally different? It's easy to imagine how that could work. I'm just not sure it works for this...

[batmanschmatman]

I'm kinda lacking in the theories department at the moment, but it's nice to know someone else appreciates the whole Christmas thing.

[my_freeze_ray]

Yeah, having theories can get a little dispiriting when there's never any way of having them proven or disproven.

I'm never going to get why people have such a problem with the christmas stuff! I mean, it's not like we didn't do this back home anyway.

[batmanschmatman]

I'm just new around here. I'm sure I'll pick some up eventually.

Exactly! Besides, there are definitely ways the Admiral could be more in your face about it.

[my_freeze_ray]

You're new! That's good, I was going to ask, but if we'd already met and I'd just forgotten about it, that'd just seem really-- I didn't wanna seem like...

[Throat clear.] So, warden or inmate?

Oh yeah, totally! I mean... the whole kissing thing might be a bit much, but nothing else seems that bad, really.

[flashy_magic]

Maybe he's lost and just keeps going in circles.

[my_freeze_ray]

That's not a bad theory. I mean, we know his steering is terrible... but I don't think we've ever had an exact repeat of a port.

[flashy_magic]

I wouldn't know. I just got here, but he's probably not too bright letting a bunch of prisoners leave the ship at port. I mean, I'm safe because I didn't want to be stranded there? But it wouldn't have been hard for me to get away. So he seems like the type to go in circles.

[my_freeze_ray]

Yeah, people have pointed that out before. Maybe that's why he picked somewhere where there was going to be a blizzard?

[ourlastbesthope]

I'm more inclined to agree with the above theory of alternate realities. We might be in a different time, a different plane, altogether.

[my_freeze_ray]

I'm not saying there aren't alternate realities, but was there any evidence in the port to suggest that?

[ourlastbesthope]

I spent most of it inside. I wasn't really looking at the time.

[my_freeze_ray]

Yeah, and I don't speak any German, so I might not have been the most reliable person for noticing differences either.