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[thepoweroflove]

[Hey, remember that dumb kid who acted all fine soon after arriving here because "haha, I'm obviously dreaming. There's no way I can just randomly end up in space for no understandable reason!"? Yeah, he's starting to realize that he feels very awake right now.

And so here he is looking scared and barely keeping himself from freaking out right now.]

I... I'm not dreaming, am I?

[It's more of a rhetorical question and possibly a cry for help, but feel free to crush him even harder by directly answering that question.]

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[hastoburnthis]

[Direct answers? Can do.]

No, you're not.

[Video]

[thepoweroflove]

[He rubs his face with his hands.]

Great, just great. I really wanted something like this too happen.

[... Again.]

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[hastoburnthis]

No one did, really.

[But hey admitting it is the first step.]

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[icy_heavens]

No. None of us are. [Crush hopes? Sure, why not? You ask, you get an answer.]

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[thepoweroflove]

At this point I don't think I'd be that upset if it did turn out to be someone else's dream.

I really just want a break just this once...

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[icy_heavens]

I doubt any of us are in for a break anytime soon. They say two months, but I have little enough confidence in their ability to engineer a fix in that time, considering how drastically they fouled up in the first place.

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[knowdeathknowglory]

[Anzu sighs, deeply, and rolls his eyes at Marty.]

No, darling, you are not. Dreams are rarely this coherent, I'm sorry to say.

[video] Wow how'd I miss this

[thepoweroflove]

[He sighs.]

Figures, I can't seem to have a break for five minutes anymore...

Re: [video] Wow how'd I miss this

[knowdeathknowglory]

[Anzu makes a grimace that's half sympathetic and half derisory.]

Oh, come on, darling! Look at it this way: we're alive. And nobody's trying to kill any of us. Er. Yet.

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[tinywife]

[Pinoko is actually out and about wandering if the scenery behind her is any indication. But she answers the network video. And she, at least, is a little sympathetic. She gives Marty a small smile.]

It's okay. You're not the only one here, you know. A lot of us ended up here together. So it's not like you're all alone.

[It might be small comfort, but it was an attempt. And Pinoko wasn't crushing Marty's hopes entirely.]

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[thepoweroflove]

[He actually manages to smile at that.]

Yeah, I guess I should be glad that at least I'm not alone here.

[And y'know, that he's not forced to keep this a secret this time. That's always nice.]

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[tinywife]

Exactly! So cheer up! Besides, they said that they would try to get us home, right? So maybe this won't be so bad. Think of it as a vacation!

[Not like that was working for Pinoko, but she sounded more cheerful than she felt about the whole situation. And really, she was wondering if the fleet would be able to send them back. Not that she was willing to voice those thoughts aloud. Yet.]

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[ja307020]

[Don't ask how Tron got on this dizzying vantage point, ok? It'll keep anyone from shooing him off anytime soon.]

If you are asking that question, you probably are not.

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[thepoweroflove]

Thanks.

[That was sarcasm by the way.]

I'm sure I had a dream like that sometime...

[ja307020]

[See that unrepentant smirk? It is unrepentant.]

If you are sure, why are you asking?

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[norefunds]

Do your dreams usually involve incompetent space patrolling confederacies yanking you out of your rightful place in the universe?

I mean mine do, but that's only because I live with Star Fleet.

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[thepoweroflove]

[Marty pauses for a bit before replying, suddenly realizing that there are in fact alien species.]

Not... not normally? I mean for awhile I just assumed that I fell asleep watching some show and it got into my dreams.

[poorlycopingstrategist]

Probably not. You'll get used to the weird stuff, eventually.

Either that or, y'know. You'll actually go completely insane, which I don't recommend.

[thepoweroflove]

I'd rather not "get used to" this stuff though...

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[littlecrowgirl]

[Oh boy, what's the best way she can let him down easy?]


Afraid not, buddy. This is the real deal. The Final Frontier.


Space.

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[thepoweroflove]

I know what space is. [Kay that's not helpful at all.]

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[driftlock]

Hnf. Why? Scared?

[Because if so, boogaboogaboo.]

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[thepoweroflove]

No I'm not!

[He says this a bit too quickly.]

I'm just... I dunno I'm not quite sure how this is happening.

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[stimpakaddict]

If we don't get to be dreaming this shit up, kid, neither do you.

[Hello, this will be your resident courier with a shipment full of stress-induced snark at your service.]

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[thepoweroflove]

Hey, we could have been dreaming the exact same dream. Makes about as much sense as waking up in space for no damn reason anyway.

[Snark at him? Well you get some snark back!]