|[ 001 ]|

[cold_dry_pieces]

|[VOICE]|

Hello?

[taptap.]

Can't seem to get a line out... Can anyone hear this? I think I'm lost.


|[ooc; BACK, restarted, details forthcoming in tldr <3 open to action/whatever.]|

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audio;

[thenormalsquint]

[Unexpected but not unfriendly. Her guess is clearly correct because Angela didn't hear him denying his name being Rudy.]

It's Angela. Angela Montenegro. I was a friend of Debra's?

audio;

[cold_dry_pieces]

I'm sorry... I don't recall meeting you?

[Trying to phrase that as politely as he can, because he sure doesn't remember being introduced to any of Deb's friends.]

audio;

[thenormalsquint]

[Angela gives a sharp intake of air. Again, somebody was thrown back into the City not remembering a thing. It's one thing to go from home to an alternate dimension, it's another to do that and forget everything you've know about the place. But hey, Angela's okay starting from square one for the second time in as many weeks.]

Well, now you have. I'm sending you the guide to the City.

audio;

[cold_dry_pieces]

What City?

[Just a hint of impatience, color him confused. Meanwhile he is skimming what you're sending, strange lady.]

audio;

[thenormalsquint]

The City. That's the name. Don't blame me. I didn't name it.

[Tone down the impatience, Rudy. Angela's just giving you the run down of what she knows.]

If you need a place to stay, the Welcome Center in the Square will set you up until you get on your feet.

audio;

[cold_dry_pieces]

[It's not his fault, he gets bored easily. Especially when the situation is out of his control.]

So... you're saying I'm in a parallel universe?

[He laughs a bit, because, come on. A psychotic break seems likelier.]

audio;

[thenormalsquint]

[Boredom never happens in this place. Well, no boredom for the deities. Misery's a much better candidate for the residents.]

I didn't say that but yes, yes you are. Welcome to the club. We don't have cookies.

audio;

[cold_dry_pieces]

Great.

[The sarcasm, it drips, as sarcasm is wont to do. He sighs quietly, a stall as the evil little wheels in his head are a-turnin'.]

You said... you're a friend of Debra's?

audio;

[thenormalsquint]

Mmhmm. We worked together for the Police Force for a week or so, but we hung out a few times before that.

[And Angela really misses her. Debra was really the only other female in the City with a mouth filthier than her own.]

audio;

[cold_dry_pieces]

You're from Miami, too?

[He may not really like his girlfriend, but she's useful, at least. It unsettles him horridly that someone knows her, knows him, that he's damn sure he never met.]

audio;

[thenormalsquint]

[Well, he'll have to get used to it. Angela isn't the only person who'll remember him.]

No, I'm from D.C. I met her here. Same place where I met you.

audio;

[cold_dry_pieces]

[Lucky him, at least it's being broken gently.]

I've... you're saying I've been here before?

audio;

[thenormalsquint]

Yeah? How'd you think I knew your name? You're Deb's boyfriend and we all went to a barbecue together back on the fourth of July. Here. Not in Miami.

[And here she thought that much was obvious.]

audio;

[cold_dry_pieces]

...I hope there's evidence that I haven't just lost my mind.