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[slipperysoul]

[ The feed is shaky at best when it starts up, and even a second or two later all there is to see is the sidewalk under someone's feet. There's a lot of grumbling, and-- ] You'd think these things would come with an instruction manual...

[ And then he flips it around and oh look, it's an Angel, though he’s kind of upside down and still shaky and

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[tastesrainbows]

[ sup angel, here's a helpful thirteen-year-old girl ]

I'm unfamiliar with this "New York", but this city is rather uncreatively called just that. The City.

Come to think of it, I believe New York is the name assigned to the larger political structure. A "state", I think it was?

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[slipperysoul]

[ He takes advice from thirteen year old girls, too. Most of the time. ]

It's the name of a state and a city. And last time I was there, pretty sure they left this place off the map.

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[tastesrainbows]

Left off the map? I'm uncertain of what you mean.

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[slipperysoul]

Place just called The City? Think I would've noticed it before.

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[tastesrainbows]

Well, it exists nonetheless. You're currently inhabiting it, that should serve as proof enough.

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[slipperysoul]

What do we have to do to leave?

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[tastesrainbows]

From what any of us have been able to gather, the only course of action is to wait. I've seen it happen that people will be returned home, but each of them has subsequently returned as well.

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[slipperysoul]

Any idea what happens when you get sent back? Where you go, what you remember? I'm guessing it doesn't change anything back on our own dimensions since there's people here I saw a few minutes before I showed up.

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[tastesrainbows]

To my understanding, you return to the moment from which you left, with no recollection of your time spent here. Otherwise, affecting our home timelines would be unavoidable!

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[slipperysoul]

Well as long as it doesn't effect the timelines back home, then that's perfectly fine. [ it's really not nice to be cranky in the direction of young girls, Angel, so he sighs, starting over again. ]

So whatever runs this dimension gets to take our memories, too.

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[tastesrainbows]

Only the local ones, to my understanding.

[ beat ] So, you appear to be acquainted with the Slayer.

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[slipperysoul]

Acquainted?

Yeah, I uh- I know Buffy.

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[tastesrainbows]

I can never tell which to call her by. She's stated to prefer the proper name, but can't seem to help inspiring an emotional distance which would make the official title more appropriate.

Are you in a...similar profession, then?

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[slipperysoul]

You can call her what you want, I kind of like Buffy.

But, I- guess it's kind of similar. Haven't staked a vampire in awhile, but uh- I'm just as hands on, like to work in the field. Try to, at least, when I can get out from behind the desk.

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[tastesrainbows]

Why do you do it, might I ask?

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[slipperysoul]

I've got a lot of reasons.