3rd Kick [action]

[windsorknot]

[The scene seems normal enough. It's an office on the first floor within a larger office building with grey walls, a few framed images (M.C. Escher's work, mostly), and a mahogany desk. Someone's seated at the desk in a very comfortable-looking leather chair, his hand idly playing with a red die on the polished surface of the desk as he gazes

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[idmakeitaweek]

Slacking at work already?

[Tony steps inside the office, hands in the pants pocket of his suit.]

[windsorknot]

[ For a second he thinks of Cobb, but the voice is far too different. He leaves the die lying face up with a four and turns his attention to his visitor, who looks nothing like Cobb. ]

I was put on an extended vacation, unfortunately.

[idmakeitaweek]

Ah...in that case. [He looks confused at Arthur and takes another step toward him.] Cutting costs?

[windsorknot]

[ He considers Tony for a moment before deciding on his answer. ]

Not quite. It was an occupational hazard, you could say. I'll be here for awhile longer.

[construire]

[ This is Ariadne we're talking about, so she of course manifests on the edge of the shore, close enough to the waves that they splash against the top of her boots. Curiously, she gazes toward Arthur and the desk, staring at him in close study before she takes her first step.

It looks like Arthur, right? Was it really?

This had to be a dream. ]

Arthur!

[windsorknot]

[ He at least recognizes that voice, as long ago it seems that he last heard it. It's startling, to say the least. He pockets his die and follows the sound of the voice to find Ariadne just outside. ]

Ariadne. [ It's more recognition, than anything else. ]

[construire]

[ She throws a warm smile as she approaches closer, a smile that barely covers the edges of uncertainty. If they had been in a dream, then what could this be? Another level of limbo to add to ever growing, ever-convoluted pyramid? ]

A dream within another dream?

[windsorknot]

[ He considers her question for a moment. ]

This is limbo, Ariadne.