001 [Video]

[spinorfall]

[The camera flickers on, revealing a man sitting in a chair, spinning a top on a table. The area around him seems to be nondescript, abandoned. His clothing is soaking wet, but he doesn't seem to be paying attention to that. Weightier issues press on his mind

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[specifics]

[ There are a number of ways to handle this and none of them feel very adequate to Arthur but beggars can't be choosers, or not in this case at least. He's not sure what to make of the slow close-to-completion of their team, short Saito. It points in a handful of directions, none of them thoroughly explored. But it's 'November' for all intensive purposes and Dom is sitting Arthur's not sure where dripping wet and addressing them.

He clears his throat. ]

You make it sound like a trip to the principal's office.

[ Not quite, but it was the first thing that came to mind.

He pauses. ]

Tell me what's around - what you see, or show me with the device. I'll come get you.

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[spinorfall]

You shouldn't be here.

[It's a rare time that the first thought becomes Dom's first words. He ignores the principal statement. It's erroneous and not necessary right now.

Focus and push forward. Make note of things. This is no longer him, it's the team, and the crisis needs to be dealt with.]

A building two blocks from the beach. Not my beach.

Arthur, you should be currently on an airplane, waiting for Saito and I to wake up.

Explain to me why you came in after me.

[It's the only thing he can think happened.]

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[specifics]

None of us should be.

[ That much they can openly agree on. ]

[ audio ] [ private, unhackable ]

[specifics]

We shouldn't talk about everything on an open channel. Not even here.

I don't know where we are, [ Dom, he always thinks, ] Cobb. [ He always says.

There's a pause. ] I don't even know how we got here. [ Which says plenty of course but not nearly enough - which seems to be happen a lot. ]

But everyone on the team's here except Saito. Us. And a bunch of other people.

You'll see.

[ Projections? The truth is, lately, Arthur's second-guessing that one a lot more than he'd like to admit but they'll get to that. ]

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[shifts]

You'll catch a cold, like that.

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[spinorfall]

What the hell are you doing here.

[Yes. He's now to the point where things have gone directly off the rails. Because Arthur coming down after him? That makes sense.

Eames sticking his neck out?

Doesn't.]

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[shifts]

[ Never mistake Eames for selfless, that's for sure. ]

Oh, you know, having a stroll. [ There's a thoughtful pause. ]

Where do you think you are?

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[spinorfall]

[Are you even his Eames, Eames?

He'll avoid your question, first, and ask something more testing.]

How's your forging these days?

[totallyinaband]

Dude. That thing's kinda mesmerizing.

[spinorfall]

It's a way of testing reality.

[One that is very broken.]

[totallyinaband]

Well hey, if that thing gives you an answer, let me know. I'm still trying to work out whether this place is real or not, too.

[spinorfall]

[Projections would find this to be reality. So this is--

--well.]

And how long have you been here, mister..?

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[a_parting_word]

...it will leave a dent on the wood, if you spin that too much in the same place.

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[spinorfall]

Sarcasm.

[He slips the top in his pocket.]

I know what it will do.

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[a_parting_word]

- sorry. It seemed a waste. Of the... the wood polish.

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[spinorfall]

Well that's your prerogative.

[byweavinglives]

It's a closed Network very similar to the Internet common to some worlds.

[spinorfall]

I've gathered as much.

But why it exists in a place like this--with people posting...things.

[well, it remains to be seen. It's a bit advanced. For at least his theory. That's clearly starting to fall apart around him, like the old buildings of his dreams.]

[byweavinglives]

Probably as a communication method. Why else?

[spinorfall]

But why here is the question.

Of course it's for communication.

But this place shouldn't need it.