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[pierrotlafraude]

[The video feed is activated! . . . to the image of someone tapping at the camera a few times with his finger before pulling back, looking perplexed.]

Oh wow, is this thing really on? Geez, you guys must be really high tech here! Hey, stop me if you've heard this one before, buuuut I think I'm kind of lost. Er, make that really lost, because the last place I was at definitely wasn't some techno-fantasy mansion place. I mean, not that I'm knocking that sort of thing. This place is pretty cool! I wouldn't mind having a thing like this for my own; it could be fun.

— yikes, I'm really getting side-tracked here! So, uh. Would anyone mind helping a guy out and steering me in the right direction? Ahaha . . .

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[Video]

[notapsychopath]

[Tim catches the video feed from his room, where he's been safely hidden away for the past day or so. The last event was pretty unkind, he's in no real hurry to get back out into the rest of. Well. Anywhere. Not anytime soon, anyway.

But it really wasn't that long ago that he arrived here. A month, maybe two. And even though this guy's in an irritatingly good mood, Tim figures he can offer him a few helpful words.]

There is no right direction. You're pretty much stuck here. [Helpful. Helpful, and not at all bitter.]

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[thneedifestdestiny]

[Well, this guy sure seems nice enough! Better help him out.]

I guess it's pretty cool for what it is! But, uh. There's no right direction to go in. This is some other world and we all got snatched up and plopped here in Wonderland. You're probably going to be stuck here for a while.

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[pierrotlafraude]

[He raises an eyebrow at that, looking a bit perplexed.]

Stuck? Like a prison?

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[pierrotlafraude]

Whoa, whoa— some other world? Stuck? Slow down there!

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[notapsychopath]

Something like that. [He lets out a dry laugh. There's still a little part of him that's sure this place is better than where he came from, but at least at home there was really only ever one kind of thing to be afraid of.]

You're welcome to try and leave if you want, but you're not gonna get very far.

video; 1/something

[eatsyourscience]

[...?]

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[eatsyourscience]

[...!]

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[eatsyourscience]

[Um.]

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[eatsyourscience]

[Well, okay.]

Hi, Adachi.

[video]

[jivitadana]

[Oh. It's you. But let's not reveal all our cards (lol) just yet.]

This is Wonderland.

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[pierrotlafraude]

[He grimaces immediately, but recovers soon enough.]

. . . You, huh.

[video]

[pierrotlafraude]

And by "Wonderland," you mean . . .

[Video]

[pierrotlafraude]

And why's that?

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[eatsyourscience]

Yeah.

What year is it?

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[pierrotlafraude]

It's 2012. ... April.

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[eatsyourscience]

For me, too.

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[jivitadana]

It's the name of this place.

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[pierrotlafraude]

[He eyes the feed warily at that.]

Oh, yeah? Is that so . . .

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[eatsyourscience]

Where are you? I'll come explain things.

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[notapsychopath]

I wish I knew. You can only get so far from this place before you find yourself right back in it again. [He shakes his head.] I can't figure it out. All I know is you're stuck here.

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[pierrotlafraude]

Do you really think I'm going to fall for that?

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[eatsyourscience]

What do you think I'm going to do?

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[pierrotlafraude]

I've gotta wonder about that myself.

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[eatsyourscience]

I can explain things like this then, if you're nervous.

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[pierrotlafraude]

I'm not nervous.