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[dynamitedarling]

[Another new face fills your feed - a middle aged man wearing a bright, bemused smile. He's a little sweaty, bow tie and glasses a little disheveled, but his tone is clear and bright. Friendly!]

Hello, everyone out there! My name is Doctor Casper Darling. I've just arrived, and as I was trying to get my bearings, I was knocked flat. It was like my atoms wanted to seperate, like every piece of me wanted to be in the same place at once. I didn't know what was happening, or even necessarily who I was.

[It's now that he realizes his glasses are crooked. He reaches up and straightens them out, still not realizing about his bow tie.]

It was fascinating. Is this normal here? This is a different dimension, isn't it?

This is my field, I would love it if I could be brought up to speed. Anything you can tell me.

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[dynamitedarling]

Well, if that's the name a group of people is using - those thoughts have power of their own. Glitching it is.

[Nodding as she speaks, he takes more notes, studious and excited all at once. He jabs the paper with a flourish to finish his sentence before looking up with a smile at the introduction.]

Zoey! Fantastic. Yes. Definitely a pleasure. How long have you been here, if you don't mind my asking?

[pythianwoman]

[Zoey watches him take notes, thoroughly amused. Maybe it's his voice that has her so inclined to like him. His voice reminds her a little of Alan's.]

Hm.

[She thinks a moment.] A day over two weeks, I think.

[Look, this is her fifth or sixth world at this point. Her sense of time is a little skewed.]

[dynamitedarling]

[Yeah, wow, that's funny, his voice really is like Alan's isn't it?

Jotting more words down, he sort of stares up at something off and above camera before looking back to Zoey.]

Wonderful. And you arrived by train as well? Where did you come from?

Please, stop me if I become too intrusive.

[pythianwoman]

[She nods.] By train. But from what I’ve gathered that’s not how it usually is for new arrivals?

[And then she laughs.] I will, I promise, but I’m not too worried about it. As for where I came from… that is a complicated question. I’m from England, by way of Australia and Greece and a few other countries [She moved around a lot as a kid and calls more than one place home.] and five or six other worlds before this one. I think. Maybe seven?

[She might have lost track at this point.] And it depends on if you count ending up in the same corner of the multiverse twice as separate.

[dynamitedarling]

Is that so? What have you been told is normal?

[He tracks along with the conversation - until she mentions worlds and multiverses, and he very nearly jumps out of his seat, becoming more animated and beaming from ear to ear.]

That's - that's incredible. Incredible! So many planes, I - well, this is going to need more than a phone conversation, now isn't it?

[pythianwoman]

Arriving outside an information booth, apparently? Which is kind of apropos for being yanked into new world, I guess.

[There’s nothing quite like a scientist’s enthusiasm, and goddamn if Darling isn’t adorable as fuck.]

Yeah, it kind of is. In person is better. It’s not the sort of thing I like talking about over network devices like this.

[And if she’s going to go into any sort of in-depth detail about... any of it, well. She’d rather be face to face.]

[dynamitedarling]

Fascinating! Fascinating.

Let's check our schedules and find a time to sit, yes? Over coffee - or something stronger, if you're the type?

[pythianwoman]

[She laughs.] I can do either, honestly. [When you travel the multi!verse as much as she has you end up drinking a lot of both.] If you’re the type to go for something stronger yourself then I think that might be a good idea.

[dynamitedarling]

Well, wonderful! I've heard of a 'Pour Intentions' in town somewhere, does that suit you?

[pythianwoman]

[The grin she gives him is brilliant, and amused, her ice blue eyes sparkling.]

It should suit me very well, I hope. I work there.

[dynamitedarling]

Oh! Well that's perfect, then! I'll stop by one of these evenings and see if I can't borrow you for a few minutes.

[pythianwoman]

I look forward to our conversation.