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[bypartisan]

[Is it possibly for a mental voice to sound giddy? Because there's a distinct giddy tinge to By's thoughts, for all that his words come out with his normal, lazy, lightly Russian-accented drawl.]

Byerly Vorrutyer here. We're on Earth, pre-spaceflight, although someone who isn't me will need to get a better read on the actual date and location. Linguistically, it's a hodgepodge. I can hear archaic Russian, a whole host of Asiatic and Romance languages, and something else I can't quite place.

If you can "hear" this, check in. We need to know who we've got to work with.

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[hakodate]

Hey. You got any thoughts on those balloons on the outskirts?

[protect_and_serve]

... What do you mean?

[hakodate]

Something feels weird as hell to me about this place. Can't really place it yet, but I feel like it's something to do with that.

[protect_and_serve]

It feels like I've seen it before.

[hakodate]

One person, I'd say it's a coincidence.

A pattern, though...

[protect_and_serve]

How many of us?

[hakodate]

Four so far.

And I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that "interesting" might be LeBeau for "yeah, same here."

[he loves you remy, really]

[protect_and_serve]

You and I, Riddick, Liara, LeBeau...

You know what this means.

[hakodate]

Well, I have to figure not remembering shit was going to seriously bite us in the ass sooner or later.

[protect_and_serve]

We have no way of knowing it hasn't before.

So. More than two years ago, for us, but less than four.

[hakodate]

We don't, but I'm not getting that philosophical without a couple drinks in me.

Could be something new here entirely, could be that we didn't really finish last time...or could be someone didn't like how we finished last time and wants a redo.

[protect_and_serve]

Like the Solstice Walkabout, maybe.

[hakodate]

On a bigger scale, seems like. I don't know if we're missing a few this go-round, but so far I'd guess that the majority of us are present in whatever capacity.

[There are a few he hasn't heard from or heard word of infiltrating yet, of course, but the numbers seem high.

And there are some who are missing and certainly won't be here, but the fact that his tone is perhaps a little too level when he gets to the word missing suggests that he's very carefully not dwelling on that right now.]

[protect_and_serve]

As long as we're not being asked to crash the Market into the city...

[hakodate]

No way to find out until we do the legwork, I guess.

[He would like to avoid another crash-ending jaunt. pls, trumps. pls.]

[bypartisan]

What does it mean?

[This is some sort of odd Long Term Traveler thing, isn't it?]

[protect_and_serve]

We've been here before. More than two years ago.

[bypartisan]

Ah.

[Wonderful.]

So that's why you fainted?

[protect_and_serve]

It seems likely.

[bypartisan]

Do you think they'd remember us? I mean, us as Travelers as a whole, not any specific usses, besides you and your compatriots.

[protect_and_serve]

I don't know. It depends on how thoroughly we re-arranged their world.

[bypartisan]

Someone should at least make inquiries to see if anyone remembers strangers popping up out of nowhere. If whatever happened happened publicly enough for them to remember it, we might have a clue for what we need to do.

... possibly one of our more recent members should do that inquiring.

[protect_and_serve]

Certainly not me.