No. 52 [voice] backdated to Friday morning-ish

[hackeralastair]

I am never complaining about the Porter where she can hear me ever again. Lesson learned, man.

[long pause. Almost...dramatic. Deliberate, at least]

I heard stuff about Vulcanus. Who wants it?

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[incywincyhero]

Forget Vulcanus for a second. The really important question is: how's that snazzy coat of yours?

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[hackeralastair]

....oh, hey, I recognize that snarky tone. [siiiigh] Ruined, I'm pretty sure. It sucks, that's my old coat from home. I love that coat.

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[incywincyhero]

Find out where all the Goth and emo kids do their shopping, and you'll have yourself a new one in no time. I'm just glad I caught up with you and that other guy before it was too late.

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[hackeralastair]

Hey! I'm not a goth!

...yeah, thanks again, for that. I don't know what I would have done.

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[incywincyhero]

Maybe not, but I bet you all have frequent shopper cards at Buckles 'R Us.

Hey, you were the brains down there -- I was just the brawn. All part of the service.

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[hackeralastair]

Brains weren't gonna save my ass, the brawn was needed. Trust me.

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[incywincyhero]

Well, I guess there's no point quibbling over it now. At least the intel we got was worth it, yeah?

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[hackeralastair]

I hope so. I'm trying to spread it around as much as I can so it's no secret. I don't want Vulcanus coming after me because I'm some kind of treasure trove of classified information or something.

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[incywincyhero]

Smart idea.

'Least until they decide to take us all out at once, but they're probably planning on doing that anyway.

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[hackeralastair]

Gee, such optimism. Aren't you supposed to be a superhero or something? [there's thinly-veiled amusement behind the sarcasm]

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[incywincyhero]

[Snort.] I didn't say they'd succeed, did I? We're a pretty tough crowd.

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[hackeralastair]

All right, you got me on that one.

I know it's bad news overall. I may be trying to stay out of it, but I'm up on that much. I'm sure you could tell I'm not a lot of good in a fight.

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[incywincyhero]

You kept your cool and out of the way -- all I could ask for.

[Beat.] So, any good ideas about this 'imaginary time' thing?

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[hackeralastair]

Yeah, well...if I hadn't kept my cool it would have ended badly for all of us. [ominously]

No clue. Although...isn't there a prevailing theory that things that are fictional in some worlds are real in others and that's how we all end up here? Like...man, I know I'm not up on a lot of American pop culture but I sure as hell know Superman and Spider-man. And Batman. Just those. So...if people can be imaginary in some dimensions, what about time?