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[tookashirototheknee]

[Not long after the Liminal Space Transition, a voice comes through the network. He's not shouting by any means, and there's the monotone-robotic sound of someone who is quite unfamiliar with the network.]

oh stars, there's people in my head, and there was that room and everything there, and I don't know if I'm dead, and I'm looking at a flying saucer, and what even is going on, where am I

why are there people in my head, who is everyone, what the shit did Haggar do this time.....

[The ramble goes on for a while, getting increasingly panicked]

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[sees_red]

Dude. Hey. You're in our heads, too.

I think we've been kidnapped by aliens.

[tookashirototheknee]

I've been kidnapped by aliens. This is not that. There are more weapons. And more shouting and more... everything.

[sees_red]

Okay, but... weird landscape plus flying saucers.

[tookashirototheknee]

Note the lack of aliens.

To be fair, we could be dealing with some kind of alien species with a quite different biology to human that we do not recognize.

Also, flying saucers are such a misnomer, but that's beside the point.

[sees_red]

Hey, they could be hiding in the walls.

If there are... walls, somewhere. Trust me on this one.

So we've both met aliens before. And now we're... somewhere.

Talking in each other's heads.

[happyhalloween]

There's a Floor!

It's where you go when you die.

[sees_red]

Yeah, I'll skip it.

[tookashirototheknee]

So when you die when you're dead, you go to the floor?

[Matt is so confused.]

[happyhalloween]

You get fixed up with goo and it spits you back out!

[tookashirototheknee]

What sort of species did you meet?

[Somehow talking about aliens is normal in the middle of this utter chaos of a moment. It's helping him calm down.]

Sorry. I, uh, well, people at school always said I was too obsessed with the idea of aliens.

I'm Matt, by the way.

[sees_red]

Jason.

Not obsessed with aliens myself, but I still got kind of mixed up with them. Uh... humanoid? I think. One was a face in a wall, and the other was a... uh. Mostly human, but some lizard and scorpion mixed in.

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[vrepit_no]

[Wait. Waaait wait wait. He knows that ramble. He knows that voice! Shiro's face in a bathroom mirror and his voice come over the Network. ]

Matt? Matthew, it's me - Shiro - Takashi. It's ok, this isn't Haggar's work. Where are you? I'm going to come find you.

[tookashirototheknee]

Shiro?

[This isn't helping him feel like he's not dead.]

What's going on? Why are you in my head too? I'm... by a flying saucer. Why are there flying saucers? I think I'm dead.

[vrepit_no]

You are not dead. I promise. I swear that you are not dead. This place is just weird. Climb up on top of the saucer for me, ok? Can you see me? See what I'm wearing?

[His Black Paladin armor, as usual in liminal space. He turns partly so he can see the back and points at the protrusions on his shoulderblades. ]

Jet pack. I'm going to need to be able to see you over the fog. I'll explain as much as I can, I promise. Just don't... don't go anywhere.

[tookashirototheknee]

Yeah, I see. Looks kinda funky.

[There's a pause, and then Matt's voice is back.]

Made it to the top of the saucer. Promise I won't try to fly it. You sure I'm not dead?

[vrepit_no]

I am positive you aren't dead. [It's been what's kept him hopeful. He's seen the footage. Not going to let himself believe otherwise. ] Ok, I'm going to go radio-silent for a bit, but I will be there as fast as I can. Stay right there for me.

[tookashirototheknee]

But... you're dead. How would you know if I am or not?

[He stays where he is, though, standing on the top of the saucer, looking thin, weak, and more than a bit scared.]

[vrepit_no]

[Shiro looks his reflection right in the eyes. ]

Because I am not dead. I escaped the Galra, Matt. And I found friends. Allies. We're going to take down Zarkon and his empire. We're been fighting him ever since I escaped. I don't know what they told you, but I am still alive, and I am going to find you and get you home safely. And I'm going to come get you now and bring you to a safe, quiet place where we can talk. I'm not going to hurt you, and neither is anyone else.

[Or so help him he will put someone in the floor. ]

[forcechanic]

I don't know who Haggar is, but this is probably way weirder than anything he can do.

The voices in your head are just the network. It's how we communicate over distance here. THere are ways to work with it if you find it too much.

[tookashirototheknee]

[If there's a way to make a monotone seem even flatter, Matt manages it.]

You haven't seen what she can do. Get in your head, mess you up with purple space lightning, and I don't even know what else.

It's... a lot right now.

[forcechanic]

How is she at yanking you from universe to universe?

[tookashirototheknee]

No idea. I wouldn't necessarily put anything past her, though. Then again, there does seem to be a notable lack of purple around here.

[forcechanic]

So far the Arcana haven't turned out to be from anyone's original universe.

How this looks changes pretty regularly. SOmetimes there's purple.

[tookashirototheknee]

Oh. Well that's reassuring. I think.

A space that changes regularly? Um.

[In spite of everything, it's starting to sound really fascinating.]

Anyone know how it works?

[forcechanic]

In a way. They all have their own goals.

This is... we call it Liminal. It's basically a place between places, so everything about it is malleable. We can even tap into it ourselves.