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Hi, everyone. Fred Burkle here. I'm trying to gather information about everyone, so I can get a good idea how our real population is put together. I'm hoping that with this data, we can work out why we're all here, and maybe extrapolate patterns for staying, for glitching, etc, from there. I'll hold onto the raw data myself, for the sake of

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[breakmychest]

Happy to help, love. And happy to eat whatever you end up baking.

To start off, please give me your:
Age? 152
Gender? Male
Species? Vampire

1. How long have you been here in Taxon? About five months now.

2. What is your home world/dimension/universe like? Any unique details would be appreciated. I think you know that one.

3. Do you have any special abilities or characteristics (anything unusual for your world)? About normal for a vampire my age, except for the soul. Oh, and the ability to taste food. Apparently most can't do that.

4. What sort of job did you have back home, and what do you do here? Both about the same. You know, fighting evil.

5. How many people from your dimension are also here, right now? Pretty sure you know this one.

6. Have you ever talked with the 'hamsters'? If so, what have they said? Nope.

7. How many times have you been glitched? Twice.

8. What have you been glitched with, and how long did each glitch last? Got turned into my pre-vampire self for a few days, and lost my soul for a week and

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Yes, I think I know where you come from.

The food thing always confused me- do you have any idea why you were allowed to keep your taste buds?

I'm sort of guessing a lot of people here will put 'fighting evil' in their job descriptions.

I'm sort of wondering if the scale thing was a good idea- I feel the same way, really. I mean, I'm glad to not have my brain collapsed, but if there was some way to not get Illyria-fied, I'd like to go back.

...what's your opinion of chocolate chips in brownies?

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[breakmychest]

No idea. I didn't even know it was unusual until I talked to Angel about it. I figure I'm just that much better than other vampires.

Yeah, that's definitely one of the positive bits. I really, really don't want you dying. I could find Buffy back home. It wouldn't be too hard. But you? You're gone. I just... if you ever do end up going home, don't touch any sarcophaguses. Better yet, shove Knox's face into the bloody sarcophagus.

Definitely in favor.

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[supercompacted]

Must be that, I'm sure.

You know, when I first got here, it was right before I touched that thing? I just barely dodged that fate, but that just means I'm going to hold onto my life that much harder. And if I ever do get back to that time and place- well, let's just say there's a strain of Vibrio vulnificus superior with Knox's name on it.

All right, that's a go for chocolate chips. I've never done that before, but it just sounds yummy.

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[glowingseer]

To start off, please give me your:
Age? 22
Gender? Female
Species? Half-demon

1. How long have you been here in Taxon? Fourteen months. ...holy crap fourteen months.

2. What is your home world/dimension/universe like? Any unique details would be appreciated. LA is like a jungle. But you know that already.

3. Do you have any special abilities or characteristics (anything unusual for your world)? Visions, definitely. Also I have this weird... glowing thing but I haven't explored it much yet.

4. What sort of job did you have back home, and what do you do here? Detective agency, both here and back home.

5. How many people from your dimension are also here, right now? 16, if I'm not mistaken?

6. Have you ever talked with the 'hamsters'? If so, what have they said? Ha! No.

7. How many times have you been glitched? Three times. Godamnit.

8. What have you been glitched with, and how long did each glitch last? Memory loss, regressed to teenage years, and one I don't remember - though they said I turned into someone else?

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...wow, yeah. It's only been eight for me, but I was sort of surprised to see it was that much.

Ha, you actually counted how many of us there were?

Yes, I know why. And are you sure you don't want anything? I could probably look up and see if there's anything low-fat, low-calorie that still tastes like baked goods?

...oh, did he call it a date? We're going to the zoo! Have you been there yet?

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[glowingseer]

I didn't even realize I've been here that long. I kept thinking it's only been a few months, and then suddenly... ugh.

Yeah. Not like I have anything better to do, so.

Oh, fine. But if I don't fit into my pants next week, I'm blaming you.

Yes, he did, the dork. I haven't been there yet but maybe one of these days I'll drag Angel and Connor to visit it. Did you come up with the idea or was he the one who invited you to go there?

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It's kinda hard to keep track of sometimes, I think.

Yeah, it's not exactly hoppin' at work right now, huh?

You'll fit in your pants, promise.

He asked me! Just out of the blue, when we all got together to talk about hacking the tablets and magic spells. I'd been wanting to go, but hadn't really found the time. I'll let you know how it is?

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[freezecharm]

To start off, please give me your:
Age? 25
Gender? Female
Species? ...human. Definitely.

1. How long have you been here in Taxon? Seven months now.

2. What is your home world/dimension/universe like? Any unique details would be appreciated. It was... normal, like your everyday San Francisco. Although there are a lot of supernatural occurrences that I've only recently become aware of.

3. Do you have any special abilities or characteristics (anything unusual for your world)? I'm a witch. I can... recite and write spells, brew potions, the whole nine yards.

4. What sort of job did you have back home, and what do you do here? I'm a chef back home and here as well.

5. How many people from your dimension are also here, right now? None.

6. Have you ever talked with the 'hamsters'? If so, what have they said? No.

7. How many times have you been glitched? Not yet, thank goodness.

8. What have you been glitched with, and how long did each glitch last? N/A

9. On a scale of 1-10 (with 1 meaning you hate it more than anything

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[supercompacted]

Thanks very much for answering this! If I could ask- are witches extremely rare in your world, or do they happen occasionally? They seem to be around sometimes in my world, but their existence isn't common knowledge.

I haven't been glitched yet, either. I'm sort of worried about when it'll happen, if they're waiting to give me a big one or something.

Brownies it is, by the way! Mmm, now I'm hungry for them.

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[freezecharm]

Well, almost all the women in my family are witches, if I remember correctly. And I've come to realize that a lot of people do practice magic back home, and I've encountered both practitioners of white and black magic on several occasions. We usually call those who use their powers for their own personal gain warlocks.

Me too, but... I don't want to dwell on it too much. Not that it means I'm not worried what will happen to me if I ever do get glitched, because I am. But I guess we can both be grateful we have yet to experience it.

We can swap recipes, if you like?

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[supercompacted]

Sounds like we've got somewhere similar amounts of magic in both our worlds.

I'm finding out a lot of people have been here for awhile and haven't been glitched, actually, so maybe it's not so strange after all.

Oh, sure! Mine's pretty generic, though- well, other than that I'm probably going to add some chocolate chips. That should go good, right? I mean, it's just more chocolate, and I've never found anything ruined by adding chocolate.

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[nomorevengeance]

Can you get us home?

To start off, please give me your:
Age? 1121
Gender? Female
Species? human

1. How long have you been here in Taxon? A few weeks.

2. What is your home world/dimension/universe like? Any unique details would be appreciated. It's called Earth. There are lots of demons that most people don't know about, and there's a capitalist economic system for the country I currently call home. That country is known as the United States of America.

3. Do you have any special abilities or characteristics (anything unusual for your world)? Apparently my manner comes off as blunt and abrasive sometimes.

4. What sort of job did you have back home, and what do you do here? I had none, and here I run a store.

5. How many people from your dimension are also here, right now? I don't know. At least four. Wait, five. But apparently I'm from a far earlier time period than most, so it's possible there are some I don't know.

6. Have you ever talked with the 'hamsters'? If so, what have they said? No.

7. How many times have you

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If you don't mind my asking, how are you that old? You sound kind of like you're from my dimension, if there's lots of vampires and people still don't really know about them. Do you know Angel or Buffy Summers?

You'll have oatmeal raisin in a day or two!

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[nomorevengeance]

Oh, well I was a vengeance demon for a thousand years before I lost my powers. And yes, I know Buffy. And I've heard of Angel. Do you know me and I don't know you?

Sounds delicious!

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[supercompacted]

Oh, well that definitely explains the age, then. And no, I don't think so. I met Angel in LA- well, in Pylea, but they he brought me back to LA. I know him pretty well. It sounds like last count for people from our world is 17- I had no idea it was that many.

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[greenballadeer]

Age: Honestly, I don't know how to tell you in Earth measurements. I lived in Pylea for 18 k'chok'lik and Earth for 12 years.
Gender: Male
Species: Pylean empath demon

1. How long have you been here in Taxon? Uh...yeesh, almost five months.

2. What is your home world/dimension/universe like? Any unique details would be appreciated. Well, I don't have to tell you about Pylea or L.A.

3. Do you have any special abilities or characteristics (anything unusual for your world)? I can read people's destinies when they sing. Um... I can get my head chopped off and live to tell the tale, though that's typical for my species.

4. What sort of job did you have back home, and what do you do here? Long story. My first jobs were reading people's destinies for cash, sometimes performances at demon shindigs. After I got enough capital, I made Caritas. Ran that for four years or so. Then I worked for Angel Investigations, then for Wolfram & Hart. Here, I run Caritas again.

5. How many people from your dimension are also here, right now? A lot

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Hmmm, I wonder if I could make the conversion. I think I did that while I was cave-living, but I don't know if I remember it.

I'm really glad to see Caritas again, Lorne. I think I've said that, but it bears repeating.

Cordy counted sixteen! We have a lot of people from our dimension.

Chocolate chip! Haven't gotten too many requests for that, but it's my favorite, I think.

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[greenballadeer]

If I was smart like you, I'd do it myself. It's just complicated, with the two suns and all.

I sure missed it. The Hyperion's home, but Caritas is home too.

Sixteen? Really? I need to get out more.

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It made it really hard to figure out how to notch the wall, I'll tell you that much. But that got covered up with quantum dynamics pretty quick anyway.

Yep, that sounds about right.

Yeah, I know! I knew there were a bunch of people from Sunnydale, but I didn't think it was that many.