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[fraud]

So.

[ well hey, you guys, have a new face on the feed today. he's one of the new arrivals, trying to get used to this new space lifestyle!! which means friends are... probably a good thing. maybe. he's not sure yet, but he knows he needs to meet people. the ~general populace~, so to speak. ]

Space, huh?

[ wait no. he kind of frowns at that. worst opener. but then he considers all the posts that he's seen (memorized) since he's arrived and well, this ain't so bad. ]

I was... woooonnndering, uh. How many of you are from... New York City? Circa... 2011 or 2012. Ish.

[ man this is chalking up to be one of the most awkward experiences of his life. it's just-- this is like skype alright, except when you use skype you usually know who you're talking to-- here? way different. haha posting to a network, that's weird.

he is usually not this bad but you are also all strangers so. yeah. wait, here's a good idea. i mean, he has a lot of free time now so-- ]

Oh yeah and uh, does anyone know where I could get a camera? Thanks.

[ does he end the post now DOES HE END THE POST NOW he totally ends the post now! yes! good job, mike ross. you successfully completed the goal of posting a video post to the network. next time, maybe have an idea of what you want to talk about beforehand. ]

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[lawyer]

Oh, I am. I'm from New York in 2012, a lawyer in fact.

[Still trying not to lose his shit laughing over here.]

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[fraud]

[ NO ]

You're hilarious.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

Asking that question will, for the most part, not lead you to people you know.

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[fraud]

[ oh voice, he can do voice. it's like a phone call!! ]

I didn't think so. [ a beat ] But what about people familiar to where I come from? Bond over our terrible fates, so to speak.

[meddler]

Well... my last stop was 2010. But I've been to 2012 before.

[ pause ]

Don't invest in anything owned by Henry van Statten.

[fraud]

[ RIGHT he just. kind of processes this a bit. okay sure 2012 TO 2010 that-- counts? Whatever he means by that. A vague wonder if time travel is a thing, but-- ]

I've never heard of the guy if it helps?

[ and he's a corporate lawyer!! he debates saying this but decides against it ]

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[chainreaction]

Poughkeepsie which is, which is relatively close.

[Thrice is well aware that it's not New York City, but considering they're lost in space somewhere, being from the same planet at roughly the same time isn't too bad.]

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[fraud]

[ He shrugs and gives a sheepish grin. ]

Hey man, at least it's not New Jersey, right?

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[peccadillo]

close to there.

[ BREEEATHES, he's relating to someone. +10 social points! ]

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[fraud]

[ text can totally be done too oh man text is so much easier ]

Close? Like another state or another country?

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[doc_pompous]

Huh.

[MORE PEOPLE FROM EARTH.]

I take it you've never been to space.

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[fraud]

Nooooo-- should I have been?

[ wait that's a weird question to ask, he shakes his head ]

I mean-- I never thought I should? I mean, it's not possible at home. Sort of. We went the moon so-- That's good, right?

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[starked]

Manhattan. 2012.

[ Because you legit want to hear Tony fucking Stark telling you that right now, right Mike? ]

Good enough or you want my address too?

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[fraud]

[ oh good god give him a moment. he coughs gently and-- okay now he can respond. ]

N-No no, addresses aren't really... yeah. I mean, I can tell you as far as Williamsburg for me but...

[ a shrug wait you can't see it ]

... That's it.

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[unforgives]

I'm from The Hamptons— as for the year, it'd be 2012.

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[fraud]

People actually live in the Hamptons? -- I mean, no offense but, I thought it was mostly... vacation houses.

[ but it is in new york too so there's that. huh. ]

voice » i refuse to be sorry

[aggressively]

[ hey mike you wanted more avengers, right? ]

I was, uh-- [ helping blow it up to save it. ] there. Pretty recently.

...great shawarma.

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[fraud]

[ OH DEAR GOD ]

... Shawarma.

[ flashbacks to trevor stealing his peppers yes ]

Yeah, I can agree on that.

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[tarheel]

I'm from 2012, does that count?

[ chapel just sounds really amused by the question... and also way too southern to be from new york. ]

Your communicator's got a camera, by the way. Unless you meant a film camera, in which case you might be shit outta luck. Sorry.

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[fraud]

It does, yeah.

[ wait-- sigh!! he knew that! ]

Yeah, film camera is what I meant. I figured that part out about the community, obviously.

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[vindicating]

New York? I'm from there too but it was 2007.

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[fraud]

Whoa, 2007 is a few years back. I mean, you still had Bush for one.

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[ringbearer]

I'm afraid I've only seen cameras here. Though from what I do know, things from home have been made to be brought here, mainly through our lockers.

Are cameras common, where you're from?

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[fraud]

They're a... thing, I guess? People use them, pretty commonplace. What you're using now is a camera, for one.

[abrahamic]

Dude, your phone has a camera.
And I'm from 2011, but NorCal, not NY.

[fraud]

I am super well-aware of this fact by now as shown by me using video to post this!

Thanks!

[ sob so many people have pointed that out by now gdi ]

I meant film camera. And another from 2011 and North Cali, is it nice there?

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[mathematically]

You're using the video setting on your communicator and yet you're asking about a camera. Is that one not good enough for you?

And 2011 California, for the record.

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[fraud]

[ sneering at his comm as he writes a text back. ehehehe you're hilarious. ]

Film camera. Need something to occupy myself with. Thought "why not?"

North or south?

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[rhymeswithdeath]

Space, indeed. [ she raises an eyebrow. Mike Ross, you are no Mr. Smooth, but this post does help with information gathering, so props for that. ]

I'm from 2011 and live...near-ish New York, actually.

Also, pretty sure the fancy, space phones we're using have cameras built in.

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[fraud]

[ he is sorry for his failure, stephanie brown ]

Good year and good... area? I guess. Near-ish.

[ a shrug ]

And it's not like... a real camera? I was figuring I'd kill some time and... be arty.

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[kingofbabylon]

2003, Pittsburgh. But I took a few trips into New York?

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[fraud]

Whoa, 2003. I was only 20 then.

[ whoa!! okay sorry mike's being ... himself. he nods though, in acknowledgment. ]

Still pretty in the area. So, Earth, and human too. All good things.

[mansuetus]

Is it interesting?

[ have a smile. She is all Renaissance and evidently has no idea where New York is but this is exactly why it's curious! ]

In your New York City, circa 2012?

[fraud]

[ !!! you must not be... from either. or when. because all these responses of being actually around there so-- ]

Yeah, it is. I like it enough. Where -- and when -- are you from?

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[growling]

Boston, 2012 - born in Ithaca, though. It's not NYC, but it's not another time and/or universe. Counts for something around here, sadly.

And I'm guessing you mean a camera camera? Maybe check in with the science department. What do you need one for, planning a documentary? Indy space horror film?

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[fraud]

Good enough for me! Even if your baseball team sucks.

[ oh yeah also-- ]

No! [ yes ] No, I just-- I don't know, I figured it might be a good hobby to take up. In the... interim.

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[biffail]

Sorry dude, I'm a Los Angeles type. 2016 for me.

[He shrugs. By the way, he's upside down on this video transmission because he's lying down in his quarters, head hanging off from the edge of the bed like a dazed teenager.

For all the world he COULD be a dazed teenager.]

Ya think there's a souvenir shop on this thing?

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[fraud]

[ ................ 2016 what. ]

Dude, you know you're upside down, right?

[ just gotta question ]

Also, probably not. Compared to what I've heard -- you don't want any sourvenir's from this place.

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[showbizpanache]

I just came back here from New York.

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[fraud]

You came back? Voluntarily or...?

[cargojet]

Hyde Park, 07.

[OOC: that'll teach me not to tag important things and run away without doing my research. /all the embarrassment. ]

TOTALLY FINE BRO no worries here, still text i assume?

[fraud]

2007? Wow, that's pretty far back. Still East Coast though, there's a lot of East Coasters here. Huh.

[logicals]

I'm from London, England. 2012. Why?
SH

[fraud]

Curiosity. Sort of want to know what the general timeline is here. Also, what does "SH" mean?

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[stacked]

Yankees suck.

[ AN EMPTY ROOM SAID THAT no faith is just out of frame. ]

Sup, brain?

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[fraud]

[ HEY ]

Uh-huh, you keep telling yourself that.

[ a beat ]

... Brain, now? My name's Mike.

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[inebriety]

[With only the barest hint of a slur despite how much he's had to drink.]

2012, normally based in New York, but had to visit Texas because they wanted to secede.

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[fraud]

[ what ]

What.

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[firstofficer]

You are attempting to locate individuals from your primary continuum?

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[fraud]

Preeetty much, just in a ... more--

[ wait then he goes silent. oh, it's spock. all his holy shits. ]

... In a bit more simpler sort of... way... yeah.