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[startingpoint]

( spoiler warning for Blindspot season finale!)

[ The device in his hand is familiar enough. Not exactly like his phone from home, but close enough. Everything about being here is highly suspicious, and he does wonder for a moment if he had more to drink than he'd realized. But arresting Jane was real. That happened. Taylor is dead by his father's hand. He can't escape any of those truths.

But given everything that's transpired in the last twenty-four hours, this amounts to an actual kidnapping in his mind, and he's not sure who the hell would have brought them here, and why. He'd suspect Jane of orchestrating this somehow, especially since she's nowhere to be found, but even if she played a part, she wouldn't be acting alone. ]

I'm Kurt Weller with the FBI. [ Which...is probably redundant. Whoever took him knows exactly who he is. He's here for a reason, he's sure. All the lies - someone's trying to ruin his life, destroy him, his team, his family. But he's been given free reign, seemingly, and a device to communicate with people. None of it makes sense, and making he's just playing into their hands, but for now, this is all he's got. ] I don't know what you think you're gonna gain from bringing me here. [ He's concerned for his team, his family, but for the moment they're not here at least and he has to believe they're safer than he is. ] If you hurt my team or my family, I'll come for you. I won't hesitate. So start talking, tell me exactly where I am and why I'm here.

[ He thinks for a moment about Jane. He doesn't trust her at all, he doesn't know how dangerous she is, and he's tempted to warn anyone else who might be listening and want to escape this place as much as he does. But he needs more of the facts from her, he can't just spout out their business to a network of people he can't see, and certainly trusts even less than Jane. No. This is between them, no one else. ]

And for anyone listening who's trapped and needs help, come find me.

[ He's in the gardens, the mansion clearly seen behind him. If anyone is even listening out there. Probably just his captor(s), having a laugh at his expense. ]

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action #yolo

[intelligently]

( She's walking her dogs when she hears the voice, the man not exactly a quiet speaker, and it draws her attentions - finishing her walk over to his location. The closer that Lydia gets the more she hears of his message, including his demands and threat. A new person, and one with enemies, clearly. She waits until he's finished before speaking up, her voice coming from behind him )

Out of curiosity, who do you think did this?

brave girl XD

[startingpoint]

[ Despite mentioning that people were welcome to come find him, he's still a little surprised when he hears someone behind him, though he calmly turns around to face her. ]

Someone I thought I knew.

[ That may or may not really explain much at all... ]

you know it

[intelligently]

( Ah, that answer. That sounds exactly like something Lydia's heard before. It sounds exactly like what she thought when she first arrived here. The amount of people that didn't accuse someone they knew of doing this was a lot smaller than the amount of people that did accuse. Most of them were here too, or turned up eventually )

Then I have to burst your bubble. No one you know is responsible for this.

( No one anyone knows is responsible, unless you count a book )

[startingpoint]

[ That's actually...something of a relief. Jane's done a lot to hurt and betray him, but at least she's not responsible for this. On the other hand, not having a clear enemy leaves him unsettled. ]

Then who? You know who did this?

video.

[ingenii]

What help do you think you can give?

video.

[startingpoint]

[ He would say finding a way out of this place and going home, but given that he knows next to nothing about where he is, who took him, and why, he knows better than to get lost in delusions of grandeur and promise things like that. Keep it simple. He goes with what he knows. ]

Protection.

video.

[ingenii]

What makes you think we need it?

( Not right this minute, anyway. And not her )

video, to end }

[deathlessness]

[Freya is certainly amused at his valor, but she thinks he's a bit in over his head than he realizes.]

I think what it's looking to gain from you, Agent Weller, it won't find by hurting your family. I can't speak to the state of your particular world, but if they are not here, they're safe from whatever being is running Wonderland.

[startingpoint]

[ If they're not here, they're safe. He wants to believe that's true, but how would she know that for certain? Is that just a false platitude? Unless she's been here a while, understands this place.

But then... ]

...Excuse me? Wonderland? No. No way.

[ He didn't drink nearly enough for this to be some kind of alcohol-fueled hallucination, so he's pretty unsettled now. ]

[deathlessness]

I'd offer to find you a hookah smoking caterpillar, but I haven't encountered that particular resident yet. I have seen Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum, however. They are almost charmingly cryptic.

video; sir. SIR.

[nascensibility]

[When one has been in residence as long as Evelyn has been - five years - one tends to see all manner of arrivals, ranging from quiet and introspective, to boisterous and aggressive. This is clearly the latter end of the spectrum.

That said,]

When you're through making idle threats at no one in particular, I would be more than happy to inform you of the nature of this place.

video; 10 point for Evie

[startingpoint]

[ From his perspective, they're not idle. Well, he'd like to believe that anyway. But not truly knowing what he's up against, he can't be entirely sure of anything. He has every right to be angry right now (he thinks), and he could keep going, but her reprimand does serve to soften him a little. He's not happy about this, his jaw tensing a little as he stops talking. ]

I'm listening.

[ So, he'll shut up for now and let her do the talking. He's trapped in a grief spiral, more self-centered than he's even fully aware of, but Kurt has never been the type to talk just to listen to himself speak. If she can actually tell him something, it's worth it. Simple as that. ]

video; TIME FOR THE BONUS ROUND

[nascensibility]

Thank you.

[Blessedly he's willing to listen to reason (reason being a thirty-year-old archaeologist from a time period completely different from his own). Evelyn is simply happy he's decided to locate a modicum of self-control that she might elucidate on the preposterous reality of his current situation.

She forwards him a file.]

I've just sent you a pamphlet I put together not long ago, which may answer the majority of your immediate questions, but the long and short of it is that this is some sort of pocket dimension in which people are held captive for indeterminate amounts of time. Less "Alcatraz" and more...gilded cage.

[action] you want a skeleton right

[punful]

[Sans is out minding his own business when he happens upon a human clearly making a post to the network. One of those classic, threatening posts that are really popular with newcomers. Sans listens until the guy is done. Doesn't want to interrupt, after all.]

[Also he's pretty sure this guy has a weapon, so. Better be careful.]

so, uh. rude awakening in wonderland, huh?

[action] always XD

[startingpoint]

[ Of all the people - things - he could have imagined approaching him, an actual talking skeleton was not one of them. ]

What...the hell.

[action] this should go well

[punful]

[Sans wonders if one of these days someone's actually going to attack him when he does this. That'd be kind of hilarious.]

yeah, i know. [He gives an expansive shrug.] who wears a winter coat in summer? seriously. i'll never get a tan like this.

audio;

[araneidal]

[ Evenly, ]

Agent Weller. If you turn around and walk towards the mansion, there's a set of pamphlets in the foyer and usually someone around to help.

audio;

[startingpoint]

[ Hearing a calmer voice contrasting with his angry one takes him down a few pegs. ]

Oh. Okay. [ ...simple as that? Really? ] There are pamphlets? What the hell is this place? [ If there are pamphlets, that question is probably answered, along with many others he has, but he can't help asking while he has her. ]

audio;

[araneidal]

It's called Wonderland. Like the novel. Take a deep breath.

[ Video ]

[widows_kiss]

[ Natasha's reply comes a little late, since she'd been unexpectedly sent back home for a while, but upon returning, she scrolls back over the past few days still available on the Network to see what she's missed.

Which is how she sees this, her interest piqued, and has her opening a return feed even though it's a day or so later. ]

I hope someone managed to answer your questions for you. FBI, hmm?

[ Video ]

[startingpoint]

I got the rundown. [ He's surprised someone would take the time to reach out a day later. Maybe there are a few good things about this place. People here seem decent. Most of them, anyway. ] Yeah. FBI. [ Assistant Director now, but he hasn't even had time to settle into the role, and it feels like Mayfair should be there, not him. He doesn't wanna think about that right now at all. ] You?

[widows_kiss]

Formerly SHIELD. [ Her lips curve faintly. ] Which I've been informed doesn't exist in every world, but it stands for Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.

video;

[agentxthirteen]

[ Sharon spares a moment to suppress the urge to smile. Had she seemed like this when she'd first arrived? Ready to fight someone she couldn't even identify yet?

She shakes her head, wipes the smile from her face, and answers. ]

I've got some bad news, and some more bad news. Which would you like first?

video;

[startingpoint]

[ Wow, twenty points for you, Sharon, for being the first person to actually pull something that might be a hint of a half-smile from his lips. ]

I'm feeling a little more optimistic - start with the bad news.

video;

[agentxthirteen]

[ Oooooh, points. Good. It's about time she get something around here. And those points are worth... ha. Yeah. Nothing. ]

Unless the best mole in the multiverse is here, everyone here is a kidnapping victim.

The bad news is that none of us know who's behind it, only that they're... incredibly powerful. [ She frowns a moment, then decides to go for it. ] They have magic where you're from?