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[abrahamic]

[Isaac had tried calling every single number he knew, without any success, even if he wasn't sure this phone-looking thing could call the numbers he typed into it, but he chooses to be optimistic that it's in his possession for some reason; he had to try. In the end, though, he went with the tried and tested method of hitting buttons at random and hoping for the best — which is how he finds himself looking at what he's pretty sure is a video call.]

Oh, huh.

I guess this is working? I was trying to call someone but I don't think it worked, this phone is kind of new. Can you tell me where I am, by the way? I'm... lost.

[No duh, Isaac.

He's just going to plow through the implication of the fact that he's missing a good chunk of memory from when he left the Hale house to now, whenever now is. He figured kidnapping was par for the course with being a werewolf, he really did, but this?]

This is too weird.

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[abrahamic]

[Isaac is being reminded of Stiles. Jury is out on whether this is a good thing or not.

He really wants to say something, maybe mouth off, but the thought crosses his mind that Derek might not be too happy he's making a nuisance of himself to someone potentially dangerous and— and yeah.

Visibly backing down, here.]

I wasn't kidding when I said I was lost, you know.

[growling]

[ And that's the cue for Josh to feel like a total asshole for being a jerk to a kid who's in the same crappy situation as he is (more than Josh even knows, woops). He mistakes Isaac's reserve for something more like humility than what it really is - deferral to a higher power - and backs down in turn.

He sounds more patronizing than nice, but either way the concern is genuine and the sarcastic edge is gone - even if he still has a tendency to talk in circles. ]

As in can't find your way back to your room lost, or lost in space lost? I can try to help with the first one, the second one I probably know as much as you do. Did you read the "welcome pack"? [ okay, so the sarcasm is back for that last phrase. ]

whoops late tag

[abrahamic]

[Isaac stares at him blankly for a couple seconds, and then he's ducking his head even as his mouth curls in a half-sneer.]

I didn't even know there was one. There wasn't exactly a welcome wagon when I came to. [ He tries not to think about what "coming to" had amounted to; it wasn't a fun experience in any way. ] I mean I figured something was really wrong when I woke up in a tank, but... space, okay.

That's a whole other kind of weird.

no worries i am the late tag master

[growling]

I don't think it was official. And I wouldn't recommend reading it before bed, it's a bit melodramatic.

[ Specifically the rundown on the 'smiley' situation, because what the actual heck is up with that. ]

Basic idea is spaceship malfunction, pods kidnapping people, now there's a boatload of strangers stuck in a tin can in space. Assuming any of it's even real, which I'm frankly still on the fence about. I've had weirder dreams, so I'm holding out hope.

[abrahamic]

Tell me about it. I guess it's a good thing I don't read before bed at all. [If he even sleeps on a bed. Derek is winning all of the Unconventional Parenting Awards this year.] Is it very long?

I mean, all I ever know about space I learned from movies, right, the kidnapping part is the normal part from what I've seen. Maybe they think we're farm animals.

[growling]

On the contrary, it's very short. I could've done with a few hundred more details. You should be able to access it on your... space iPad network, a few days back maybe?

[ He lets out a quiet, nervous laugh at the farm animals comment, one hand coming up to run through his hair before scratching at the back of his head - not because it actually itches, but he has a tendency to fidget when he's anxious. He's pretty much been anxious since he got here. ]

Yeah, maybe. Farm animals. I haven't seen any aliens wandering the hallways just yet, but I haven't seen much crew, either. Hard to figure out their motivation when they won't even show their faces.

[abrahamic]

Huh. I'll go look, then, thanks.

—Think about it though, why would they bother? It's not like most of us are gonna be able to get out. [A beat.] What if we're repopulating a planet? That's a thing, right? I've seen it in a movie once, these aliens kidnapped kids and put them on a foreign planet because Earth got caught in a solar flare.

...It had Nic Cage in it.

[He can't remember the title right now, though.]