[The video flickers, static running over the screen once or twice. In the background you hear a exasperated growl and suddenly a loud clunk. The screen goes dead again, but a few seconds later it starts up once more, this time the picture is a little clearer although lines continue to run over the image making it look somewhat...well. Frayed.
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Bar...tender...
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Either I've got a worse concussion than I originally thought or...
No. This has to be my head.
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Or not so much double, as a mirror.
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I-I'm sorry, this is just a little...strange to me. And probably as much so for you.
Five years - thereabouts I guess - you don't look that much older than me, and I'm 20.
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[She smiles, this could all come in usefull. She's not sure what for yet, but the fact there's a girl who seems to be her mirror image walking around this place must have it's uses, surely?]
Juts think you have this wonderful complection to look forward to.
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Really? You honestly don't look it - and I'm not just saying that because you look and sound like me.
[ This is so surreal. But Ella smiles. ]
I'll look forward to it. It's strange, but not in a bad way. I'm Ella - what's your name?
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[She shrugs]
It's Selina.
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[She then takes two steps back, to peer over Ella's shoulder.]
.. Are you mad, Ella? You two look nothing alike.
[She takes another bite, giving a critical look to the NV.]
She's prettier, actually. You should follow her example.
[Hattie walks away.]
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It's nice to meet you Selina. That's a very pretty --
[ And then the interrupting cow Hattie strikes, glancing over her shoulder to her stepsister. She frowns briefly, but counts her blessings it wasn't a command, and turns back to the NV. ]
... that was my elder stepsister, Hattie.
[ She's not the least bit sorry she accidentally broke your vase now, Hattie. ]
But never mind her. Did the greeters warn you about the darkness monsters? They come out after the sirens go off, so you should find shelter before that happens.
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[She laughs, suggesting a joke.]
Don't worry. I can tell you two aren't related. She looks a little, well. Puggish?
It's the nose.
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[ A pause, and she clasps a hand over her mouth to stifle a laugh. ]
I.. I couldn't have put it better myself, Selina.
[ Puggish. That is a beautiful word to describe Hattie. ]
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I have a way with words.
Specifically insults.
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You've got an advantage over me there.
[ She pauses, glancing off screen to where her stepsister strolled off. ]
I kind of wish she'd overheard that though. I'd have loved to see her reaction.
[ She glances back, curious. ]
This might be an odd question, but what year are you from?
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[She replies quickly.]
Does that seem strange to you?
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My stepsister and I are from fifteen twenty three.
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