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[murasamia]

-- Mmm... that looked like a start! Okay, now - [ the woman's voice, heavily Mexican and sounding very eager, is interrupted by a few clicks and then successive beep beep beep, getting louder. ] No no no! Calm down, amigo, I just want to see the movies! Come on, come on, it's not asking for much, I don't think --

[ This goes on for a bit more,

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[nicecollarbones]

[Unfazed by kidnapping and "on a job"? That catches his attention.]

I don't think there are any trains to New York here.

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[murasamia]

It sure sounds that way, amigo... I thought they were trying to trick me, but it sounds like I'm really stuck! Even if there were trains, it'd take forever to ride one to the other side of the country, amigo! And too much money! Now my schedule's a big mess!

[nicecollarbones]

Ah, schedule?

[murasamia]

You know! I was going to finish work today! This afternoon! And now it's gonna take a long, long, long, long time to get done and back!

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[stoicloyalty]

Did you figure out how to use it?

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[murasamia]

[ oh man, now there are words. This 2012 technology is crazy. Maria stares at the line of text for a moment before nodding. ]

Mmhm. You can write letters with it, too? I never even dreamed of something like this, amigo!

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[stoicloyalty]

Yes. Yours might have a different writing feature to mine...

[ And that's where she hesitates. The energy this person has is almost tangible, even from a screen. ]

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[murasamia]

But why would I wanna use writing when I can use it like a phone or a two-way movie, huh? This is the future, amigo! And English words are hard to spell anyway.

[walkinthruwalls]

If you can find a train to New York I wouldn't mind getting on it either.

[murasamia]

Sorry, amiga, it's a bust.

[walkinthruwalls]

I figured.

You're from New York too?

[murasamia]

Mmhm! I was living in Manhattan with Mr. Gandor's family, amiga. But I guess I live in Canada now. I wonder what I'm gonna do...

[ it's amazing how distinctly un-frazzled by this situation she seems to be. ]

[bythreadalone]

A fellow New Yorker? That's great -- where you from?

[murasamia]

Wow! I guess a lot of us are on vacation in Canada, amigo! I came from Manhattan!

[bythreadalone]

Nah, I wish. I'm here same as everyone else -- the core basically up and kidnapped me without even a bit of warning.

[murasamia]

It was a joke, a joke, amigo! The same thing happened to me. I was doing something really important, too!!