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[logicunlocked]

[ The view is of a casually seated man, the comm filming him from a skewed angle on his desk. He never takes much care about how he records these things on the network.

He'd tried to ignore it, and he knew speaking up might not lead to anything—for all he knew everyone on the ship was going to have him singled out as a crazy man after he made this post. But he wasn't one to stay quiet, not over something like this. Not after the last couple of months. ]

Okay, this might sound weird, but well, you know. Not like this is the most normal place, or anything. You know how we all went through some of the same stuff for the last couple of months? Insomnia, and all that? Well, now I'm getting flashes—not dreams, 'cause I'm awake, and they're kind of too real...almost like... Well, it's hard to explain, okay.

Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed something like that. 

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[cobaltblue]

Yeah, it's... Well, I dunno what the fuck it is, but it's not just you.

[Though yes, he has a very clear idea of what it's like and he does not like it one bit.]

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[logicunlocked]

That's a relief, I'd hate to think I've been singled out for some reason.

Whatever it is, like I told D, if they wanted to prove they can fuck with our mental processes they've done a good enough job of that.

[cobaltblue]

Dude, if they were just trying to prove it, it would've been easy. This is more than just trying to make some kind of statement to us.

[logicunlocked]

Fuck, man, right now, I don't even want to think about what that might mean.

[cobaltblue]

Ignorance is bliss, huh? I guess in this case it kind of is, though. Not like we could do a goddamn thing about whatever's going on.

[logicunlocked]

It's not bliss either, it's just status quo. I mean, I have to admit, I'm just exhausted after the last couple of months. I could use a break.

[cobaltblue]

At least we get to sleep, now. You know, until some fucked-up dream happens to wake you up, or something like that. The other night, I was actually in bed all ready to sleep and then suddenly I had this really weird need to get up and go for a run. I mean, what the hell.

... Slept pretty good after that though, I gotta admit.

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[soyed]

Yeah, something like it.

[But those flashes, those waking dreams, not uncommon for Dave. Neither is the feeling of being watched.]

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[logicunlocked]

Trippy as hell, huh? I have to tell you, it's not that I'm glad you're going through something like this, but thanks for letting me know I'm not alone.

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[soyed]

[You think this is trippy? York's little world, this spaceship, has no real concept of what trippy is. At least York has some grasp of reality left right? Dave's lost his grasp on it a long time ago.]

You're not the only one. That's how it works here. We're put in clusters and then depending on what group you're put in, fucked with according to the specifics.

[At least, that's how Dave sees things. It's not like he has some insight on the rules or anything.]

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[logicunlocked]

Oh, yeah, I'm familiar with the way this place fucks with you. But...you know, you're the second person who's implied this whole thing has to do with running experiments on us. I don't know why I didn't see that before, but it makes a lot of sense.

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[soyed]

I never said that, but maybe. Or maybe we're just toys being played with in this worldgame until we break apart piece by piece.

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[logicunlocked]

Yeah...that's kind of what I'd started to assume. And when it's your turn to be broken, watch out; fucking watch out, because they don't play games.

( voice. )

[overthought]

That's something that happens here? [oh good, trial by fire.]

How did we get so lucky?

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[logicunlocked]

It is now, apparently.

permavoice.

[overthought]

As if that's the most surprising thing about all of this. [says the lady that was once an AI.]

permavid

[logicunlocked]

Yeah, if you're referring to the fact that we're here in the first place, I definitely agree with that.

[ Though he's seen plenty over the last months that could be considered even more surprising than that is. ]

[overthought]

Glaring omission aside, I'm actually interested in finding out why they're doing this. There has to be some reason to - for lack of a better word - experiment on all of these people.

It seems ... illogical at best.

[logicunlocked]

If this is an experiment, I sure haven't had anybody come poll me for the results. I'm more interested in the fact that whoever-it-is has been able to take us all from different time periods. One of my friends is here from after my death; she saw me get killed.

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[chickenselects]

Nice to know I'm not losing my mind. [There's a beat before Garrus adds, somewhat optimistically:] Or I'm not alone in going crazy.

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[logicunlocked]

Heh. Sometimes, around here, it's the same thing.

[chickenselects]

Time travel, monsters, an evil smiley face apparently running the show-- how am I not surprised to hear that?

[logicunlocked]

At least you're getting the score early on. I was a little too rosy about it when I showed up. Things...were quiet that month.

[chickenselects]

Damn. Got to admit I'm actually jealous. Spending an entire month sleepless right from the starting line wasn't exactly what I was hoping for when I wound up here.

Not that I was really hoping to wind up anywhere.

[logicunlocked]

It catches up to you, sooner or later. I arrived here without someone important, sort of a mental partner if you will, and that made things hard.