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[Topher's been lurking in the locker room, being avoidant and generally displeased with this entire situation... Also on the verge of panic, because this? This is not good. He's dressed, however, because even if the clothes are weird and not entirely comfy, they're better than pantslessness. The only other thing he took out of his locker is his silver bracelet, which you can see him fiddling with when the feed clicks on.

Yeah, to be perfectly honest, he has no intention of following the nice disembodied voice to the passenger quarters. It reeks of rabbit hole to him and aside from the crazy assortment of posts to this... Channel, he supposes, he has no idea what the eff is happening. And honestly, those posts could mean anything. So he has one theory. Too many unsolvable problems, the adrenaline, the fear, the disorientation...

When he speaks, his voice is tight- he's holding in so much... Spazz.]

Instead of... Blind, probably pointless panic, I have one question before I agree to... Going anywhere the voices tell me. And that question is this.

If I say The Attic, you people- everyone out there, whoever you might be- all think of... What?

[Look, if Echo was right, then at least everyone in The Attic knows of The Attic, even if they don't know they're in it. And right now, this is feeling pretty Attic-y... Which makes sense, considering he just helped blow up Rossum's HQ.

The fact that he isn't throwing up is a testament to how much control he's maintaining over the situation... Or the fact that he's legitimately too disoriented to think about throwing up.

After a second, he continues, because he just realized something.]

I don't know what I'm expecting here- even if you tell me it's that thing above a house, you could just be messing with me. [He rubs his head and whines.] And now my brain hurts.

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[ A female voice, odd accent. Like Scottish draped heavily with American. A flat sort of delivery, so it's hard to tell if she's being facetious or not. ]

It's that thing above a house.

Edited 2012-01-16 21:10 (UTC)

[You can practically hear Topher throwing his hands up.] Of course it is. What else would it be?

[ Hey, you asked, buddy. ]

You tell me.

The Matrix if the Matrix was run by Freddy Krueger? [Because that's better than... Any other explanation for it.]

[ Topher, what are you even. Her end of the line's silent for a long pause and it seems like she's just not going to respond, when: ]

There are no references to an 'Attic' on the public networks.

[ There doesn't seem to be one behind any of the encryptions she's hacked too, but Aberdeen keeps that to herself. ]

[ welp. in the absence of trying to talk the guy down, spock does send over a text transmission with directions to the medical bay. ]

While rest is the most effective means of coping with the effects of the stasis chamber, you may benefit from the supplementary use of pain medication.

[Because amusement can't be gotten across well in text alone, it's time to finally make a switch to audio.]

All the questions you could possibly be asking right now, and that's what you go with?

Uh, no, I don't know what that is. And also, I am not messing with you? Not even in a tricksterish way.

[He says this despite being a grey child with GIANT BULL HORNS, mind.]

...Did... Did you really just check that? [He doesn't know whether he's impressed or intimidated... Which doesn't generally happen in either case, so that's surely a sign the world is ending.]

[Topher is glaring at his phone. He hopes you feel his judgement, Spock. FEEEEL IT.]

Yeah, and I'm just supposed to take the words 'stasis chamber' at face value or something?

If you knew what it was, you... So wouldn't be saying that.

[Yeah, and Topher is staring at those horns. It takes him a long time to actually speak, because... He cannot get over the damn horns.]

...Am I dead?

[ A beat and then: ]

You asked.

Thorough. Nice. If I wasn't in the middle of the worst day ever, I'd probably appreciate it more. [He couldn't even get Ivy to do things for him that fast... Poor Ivy. She better be safe somewhere.]

[ It's her training, partially. Mostly it's just the fact that Aberdeen is a bit of an obsessive but that obsession focuses mostly on work, so it's a trade up in productivity. ]

The disorientation lasts a few hours.

[ You'll get over it, Topher. ]

[ what are feels. ]
Do you possess an alternative?

Or maybe I know exactly what it is and this is all a test.

Or I could just be fucking with you.

That's the beauty of it. You could be. I wouldn't know. So... Why did I even ask? [That last part was more at himself than Wesley. He exhales and tries... Another tact.]

Let's just assume you're not messing with me. Where is here exactly and why is my only wardrobe option... bad sci-fi movie extra costuming that doesn't breathe?

[DAMMIT. FOILED AGAIN.]

I possess a very firm understanding of the fact that ten minutes ago, I was in Arizona. [...He thinks it was ten minutes. What is time?]

Great. So when does the "going back to LA part" happen? [No, he wants to be unhappy and bitter about it forever... Or until he finds something shiny.]

[ A new person! Ariadne can see the uncertainty going on here with the man on the screen, and she honestly can sympathize. And she is fairly uncertain about all of it herself after all. But trying to help - that seems like something she must do - or more wants to do. (Working together, that is the general goal here, right?) ]

An attic; a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building (also called garret, loft or sky parlor.) [ A small face, realizing, yes, she just quoted the definition of it. (Seriously :/ ) A soft smile crosses her face then, as she leans slightly into the device, letting her curiosity and concern show. ] I don't think there is one here - at least I haven't found one that is.

Are you okay?

It doesn't.

[ Define 'shiny'. It's a spaceship! ]

You're not buying in to that spaceship crap either then?

What? ...Why?

[Give him... The amount of time it takes him to get to the elevator. Then it'll be all LA WHAAAT?]

[Awkward silence.] ...Spaceship what?

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