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[eyething]

[Damon is not happy, and definitely not drunk enough for this. At first, he assumed he'd been hallucinating, on some trip after drinking bad blood. However, he has been roaming Wonderland for hours on this bright and early morning, while everyone else was likely asleep. He’s poked his head in where it doesn’t belong, waiting for the hallucination to fade. Spoilers: it doesn’t. He finally studies the communication device, accepting that this is either one very long dream or he’s actually here. Somehow. He’s on the main floor, pressed up against the marble pillar, staring up at the ceiling. It takes minimal effort to skim through previous entries before he switches to video.]

Question #1, for the masses: How drunk do you have to be for this place to start making sense? Because I’m starting to think this poor, lonely bottle's not gonna cut it. [Damon looks to the bottle in his hand with a little sigh, tapping his fingers on its surface.] Looks like we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto.

[He takes a long drink, swallows, and sends the camera a slow but absolutely charming smirk:]

Question #2: what’s the one thing you wish someone had told you on your first day in the merry old Land of Wonder, but failed to?

[Damon points a finger at the camera with the hand that's still partly wound around the bottle] And go. Best answers get a pony.

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[widows_kiss]

[ Natasha looks amused as she flicks open a video feed, chin propped in the palm of her hand as she eyes the man in the video screen. Unfamiliar, but most newcomers are to her these days. ]

Answer #1, how drunk you need for the Disney cartoon to make sense? Multiply that by at least ten, and you'll probably have a start on it.

Answer #2, I can't remember my first day here. The second time I had a first day here, that was probably the most important information dropped on my lap. Apparently someone listened to too much Hotel California.

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[eyething]

But here's the thing, I can be completely sober and understand a Disney cartoon with perfect clarity. That's not a good level for me.

[Also, it's scary that a serial killer has such perfect understanding of a disney film tbqh]

Why can't you remember your first day here? Too drunk, too high? So basically I listen to that song, I know all I need to know. Well, this has been informative.

[widows_kiss]

Even the Johnny Depp version?

[ That is a little scary, it's true. ]

Neither. According to my companions, I was here for about a year, but this place sent me home for a while. When it brought me back, I remembered none of it. Highly inconvenient.

[eyething]

...there's a Johnny Depp version?

[Damon makes a face at the thought. It hasn't yet come out in Damon's world with the time he is from.]

Sounds annoying. I've heard I was around before but no memory. There are people who know me who I don't know.

[widows_kiss]

[ Natasha laughs at his expression. ] Yes. You're not missing much.

Yes, that happens. I'm still getting use to it myself. I suppose it gives you at least an idea of who you would find interesting already, I suppose. Still, disconcerting, at the very least.

[eyething]

And here I was worried I was missing a masterpiece.

[Damon makes a face again] But you're also on an uneven playing field with them. They know about you, who knows how much, and you, on the other hand....

[Know nothing]

[widows_kiss]

Are at a disadvantage. Yes. There are ways to even that playing field, however.

[eyething]

Care to enlighten me on those ways?

[widows_kiss]

[ Her lips quirk. ]

Most people have a conversation and ask questions. You'd be astonished what you can learn with the right inquiry.

[eyething]

Here I thought you had some secret way. [Damon smirks at her, tilting his head to the side as he meets her gaze.] The right inquiry still requires the other person to be giving.

[And if they already know what a dangerous, psychotic dick he is... they may not be so forthcoming.]

[widows_kiss]

[ She just gives him a wry look, because really, when did someone else's cooperation ever stop her from finding out what she wants to know? ]

Maybe. Or maybe you just need to know how to ask. Or what to watch for to find your answer. People have a lot of tells no matter what happens to be coming out of their mouth.