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[littlebityeah]

Shit -- sh -- hey -- Hermann? Hermann!

[ There's the sound of panic and stumbling as Newt nearly trips over a chair and runs into the desk, knocking over a -- what is that, a journal? ]

Wh--heh--hahahaha--

[ Excuse him while he just laughs semi-deliriously; the sudden change in scenery is so crazy that he's considering that maybe he's just gone crazy. The journal drops to the desk and Newt turns away. ]

Did--did -- oh, no, nonono -- Hermann! Hermann, I-I-I'm--I'm stuck in--in what I'm guessing must be your -- alarmingly swanky memory, what -- what do the Rangers do? [ That could be the sound of him smacking himself in the head. ] Focus!

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[littlebityeah]

[ Uuuuugh, it's like being on another planet! -- Well, technically, he is. But. ] It's -- put simply, it's connecting the minds of two people via a sort of neural handshake so that the mental strain of piloting a two-hundred foot robot could be spread out and not completely fry the pilot's brain. The connection itself is the Drift, so -- like -- getting lost in memories is a real danger!

[threeweeksago]

Wait wait, hold on, back up. [Did she seriously hear that right?] Piloting a giant robot? Seriously?

[...] Holy shit, that is fucking awesome!

[littlebityeah]

[ A CHILD AFTER HIS OWN HEART. For a second, he forgets about the whole imminent apocalypse thing, because hello, he's been dorking out about this his entire life. ] You bet your ass it is! And you know what they're fighting? Giant monsters. I mean, this is real life, I'm not even messing around.

[threeweeksago]

... No way. You're totally shitting me right now.

[That sounds like the kind of shit that seems ridiculously too awesome even in the books and comics she's read.] There's no way a world out there can be that cool.

[littlebityeah]

I know, right? [ ... Aaaaand then reality drops back down. ] ... But if I don't get back there, it's not gonna be around a whole lot longer.

[threeweeksago]

Oh. More apocalypse shit, huh?

[So not a zombie apocalypse, but a monster apocalypse... that one's new. And a bit more terrifying.]

Well, you're in luck. Kind of. You know how you said that time's irrelevant here? Turns out any time spent here doesn't pass back home. Or.... some shit like that. I still don't completely understand it.

[And she probably neeeever will.] I was here for two weeks before anyone I knew showed up. And when they did? They didn't even know I was missing.

[littlebityeah]

More? -- Oh my god. Like--like we're in a bubble. That almost sounds too good to be true.

[threeweeksago]

... "Bubble"? That's the first time I've heard someone use that word to describe this place.

But yeah, it's pretty fucking awesome. Sure as hell takes a lot off your mind... for a while, at least.

[littlebityeah]

No kidding. Maybe that's the entire point.

Oh -- I'm, uh, I'm Newt. By the way.

[threeweeksago]

Yeah, probably. This place is supposed to be taking care of us [cue eyeroll], so I wouldn't really doubt it.

[She then grins, holding out a hand.] Ellie.