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[11calls]

[Alex really doesn't normally do video posts; her medium is audio. She's still on the planet obviously, sitting with an extremely large cup of what is obviously coffee in front of her, especially if anyone has met her before. But there's something unsettled about her right now and obviously so as she fidgets. In front of her is a small electronic device similar to a phone, and clearly there's something familiar to her on it, indeed it's embossed with a familiar image and an equally familiar back inside of the logo.]

Uh, so two things. One, does anyone else think that maybe we should be worried if Navi doesn't come back soon? I mean it's weird right?

[Alex fidgets harder and bites her lip before she asks softly:]

Has anyone else found anything from their own world on one of the planets? I mean not necessarily our own worlds because I've never seen anything like whatever this recorder is, but the stuff on it? I mean, that's...

[Alex pauses and then continues.]

This is my show, my podcast. It's weird that it's here in outer freaking space.

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[betterhavemammoney]

There's stuff here from other worlds? Like where we came from? Cool!

You haven't seen any Harrison Porter stuff, have you? [That dorky wizard school movie has a special place in his heart, okay. And yes, that's what it's called in his universe.]

...Navi's gonna be okay, right? Like, no way they'd really be in trouble?

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[albatrossomen]

They did say they would be delayed, I am sure they'd send word if something had happened.

[Probably.]

As to the second question... nothing I recognize.

[But then again he can hardly claim much citizenship of his own version of Earth, and might not be the best to ask in this situation.]

[11calls]

I haven’t seen them. I found this at the bottom of some stuff I was looking for music in. Which is kind of hysterical.

[For reasons. ]

I hope not. I mean we would know right? Cause we’re connected to her?

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[11calls]

It’s so weird. I mean I found it in a giant like tub of music when I was looking for something familiar.

We would know if something happened to them right?

[betterhavemammoney]

Yeah, who sells podcasts? Thought they got paid through ads and sponsorships. I looked into it once, seems like a lotta work for not a lotta money.

Uh, I think so. Did they say what they were off doin'?

[albatrossomen]

That is very strange, quite the coincidence.

[Of which he doesn't entirely accept coincidence as a thing.]

Given our psychic link I would be inclined to think so? When they do return I think this is something we should definitely clear up for our own peace of mind next time it happens.

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[imarealistnotacynic]

I thought you had that with you.

You didn't?

[11calls]

Not the whole show, no. Just the stuff from the last few days I was home.

[imarealistnotacynic]

Just the stuff involving me?

[Well. That's disconcerting.]

Where are you?

[11calls]

That’s how they’re made back home: sponsorship and ads. Mine is mostly bombas sucks, square space and the post office. But I mean that’s assuming everyone has a podcast app of some sort, you know?

They didn’t say anything to me, no.

[11calls]

I know. It’s really weird.

And yes, I definitely agree.

[11calls]

You were who I spent my last few days back home with. I just hadn’t gotten the chance to dump my recorder with everything. And then when I was here I didn’t want to.

And I’m at the coffee shop.

[imarealistnotacynic]

[Right. With Coralee. Apparently the final time he'd see her. There are too many memories that are associated with Coralee, both bad and good, to not feel a churning in his stomach.]

I'll meet you.


[Richard has obtained a second suit and a pair of pajamas - also a couple of books but he'll settle for his old suit which looks a little rumpled despite him moving to find her.]

...Hello Alex.

[ugh. He stares]

Can I sit? We should...talk.

[11calls]

[In the time that it takes him to arrive, Alex manages to order herself another coffee and him his preferred tea. There’s also a pair of brownies on the table too. ]

We should talk. Please take a seat, Richard.

[betterhavemammoney]

Well yeah, everyone does. At least everyone back home does, I don't know about here. I had ad-free Akumaster on my DDD. What was your podcast about? [He says that as if everyone would know Devildom app names and phone brand names because, well, why wouldn't they?]

Huh. ...They're probably fine, right?

Hey, did you pay for that recording or did they give it to you for free when they heard you?

[imarealistnotacynic]

[The tea gets a surprised look - but then he sits. It's perfect, it's literally the perfect temperature. It tastes perfect.]

...There's a bit too much sugar in this.

[He takes another sip and stares at those brownies which are also a favorite.]

That said, I want to ask you about the recorder. Where you found it, the details of it.

[11calls]

I paid for it. I don't even know if they knew what it was that they had. It was pretty cheap, honestly. A part of me is a little bit offended by that. But it's definitely me on the recording, and it starts how I remembered. But there's twenty-four episodes, not counting the mini ones, and I definitely haven't had time to listen.

[But she had listened to the end in order to see how Nic had ended up cutting it for the finale because there had been a lot to process there; it was fine even if it's not what she herself might have done. At least she would have made some arguments with Nic about it anyway.]

It's about a paranormal investigator who doesn't believe in the supernatural and how he had these cases that he couldn't solve to his satisfaction. Yet, anyway. But it's a lot more than that, and he's here now. I don't know what if anything I should share.

[11calls]

[Alex knows there's not too much sugar in it. She's been making his tea for long enough that she could have done it in her fucking sleep and considering her lack of it, she definitely feels as though she has. So her brow goes up into her hairline and she doesn't comment on it verbally, but it's clear from Alex's expression that she knows that Strand is full of shit and she's not exactly thrilled with that.

There's some small petty part of her that wants to take back the brownie, but given how she knows that Richard doesn't eat when he's stressed (and how hangry he can get when he doesn't) so she just pushes it towards him without commenting on it. Getting into a fight with him about any of this is the thing that Alex wants to do the least and she can already tell that he's spoiling for one right now. But aboard Navi, there's really no where for them to run from one another which is a set of problems that Alex doesn't want to deal with. Both of them need timeouts from one another, and this environment isn't really conducive for that.

So, instead Alex focuses on the question that he asks her.]

The recorder I brought with me. I had it on me when I was taken. This [Alex lifts up the device that she'd found.] was in a big bin of music at one of the shops. I was digging through to see if I could find anything familiar. But this was in the bottom of it and I didn't find anything else from home when I looked around the rest of the shop.

[imarealistnotacynic]

...Like it was taken from you?

[That makes him stop and bristle a bit because it's Alex's and he ignores the brownie, folding his hands.]

This Navi is gone? That's another concern. I was talking to someone named mur and he said that there was a robot of some sort here. That robot is gone?

[11calls]

No. I mean not unless you having it counts. I meant when I was taken from home. I literally had it in my hand.

[But Alex smiles brightly at the mention of Murmur. She can’t help it considering he’s an Angel and the reason that Alex has gotten any sleep at all. ]

Mur is great. But I confess I’m not sure what robot you mean. Navi, they are the ship.

[albatrossomen]

Is it at least useful to you?

Not that I'm entirely certain what we're to do should something befall Navi when we're planet-bound.

[betterhavemammoney]

That's a scam, makin' ya pay for what you made! When I do magazine gigs I always get copies for free. ...Or I just take 'em. You shoulda done that.

Huh. Sounds... [Kind of funny, actually.]

Did you get the whole thing? Can we listen to it?

[11calls]

Well, I mean they didn't know I made it, and besides I didn't want to turn it into a thing and let them know that I've like got a stake in it.

[Or how dearly Alex would have paid for this.]

Um. There's someone from home on it, and he should probably listen to it first. It's not just my show... it's his life.

[Never let it be said that Alex doesn't learn anything.]

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[11calls]

I don't know. I mean I'd like to think so given everything but I'm not sure. At the very least it may help with...

[Richard Strand.]

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[albatrossomen]

How is he adjusting to all of this?

[Yes, he knows. They spoke, had tea even. But Alex would know his heart the best here.]

And how are you adjusting?

[Given her mention here there's an implication of difficulties.]