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[The video kicks in, showing a young blond man who’s looking mildly amused.]

All right, guys, while it is pretty awesome that you’ve somehow pulled off getting me here without me knowing, this particular prank is really not funny. I’m disappointed in you, I know you guys can do much better. So just give me the kill code for this program now, and maybe you won’t have to fear retaliation. Maybe.

[There’s silence for a brief moment, as Bobby gives in and admits that, no, this isn’t the kind of thing his friends would pull. Not so soon after Alcatraz. Another prank, sure, but not one like this. His smile fades a bit, and when he speaks again, he sounds more subdued.]

If the world’s been unmade, does that mean all the people on it were, too? Cause, uh, I’ve seen people being unmade, and it didn’t look fun. Or reversible. How are you putting it right? Will everything that was unmade be back, even if it’s been a little while? And if you’re making our homes new, are they going to be the same as they were before, or can we request a few changes?

[He’s not really serious about that last part. Nice as it would be, he’s not the one who should be deciding things like that. No one should, really. This whole thing makes him nervous. He’s seen what can happen when people have that kind of power.]

Ro? Kitty? Logan, Pete?

[There are too many names that should be on that list that aren’t, but now’s not the time to think about that.]

Anyone else here?

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I bet they do - half off if you buy fifty royal blue oxford button ups with a horrible print tie. Together, on Saturday only.

[She grins.]

Exactly, it'll be just like Joan of Arc or something. [She had a cause, right? Something like that. Don't ask her, she sucked at history.]

No way - it's still totally epic. But it'd probably help if at least I knew your name, right? Or does that ruin the whole effect?

The warehouse must be flooded with cartoon characters desperately buying their wardrobes every Saturday.

[Which is totally an amusing mental picture.]

You'd be the best Joan of Arc ever. Even better, because I'm pretty sure she was martyred, or something, and you'd be too awesome for that.

[...yeah, he kind of did, too. But he's going to grin about it, anyway.]

I think we'll be safe from effect-ruining as long as no one else finds out my true name. It can be a sacred bond of trust - the only one who knows the identity of the soldier is the one he fights for.

I'm Bobby.

Way too awesome. [Raven is too, because this is the best conversation she’s had in this place yet.]

Perfect – I’ll be happy to keep your secret, then. Nice to meet you Bobby – I’m Raven.

I knew I could trust you.

[He smiles, both at the comment, and at getting her name.]

Nice to meet you, too, Raven. As much as talking over this counts as meeting, anyway. I'm going to like my temporary stay a lot more with people like you around.

[She'd make a comment about her face being trustworthy, but...it's not really hers.]

What, you mean talking over the creepy interactive journals? [She grins.]

You and me both. [He was going to make it way more tolerable.]

[He laughs.]

Bingo. It's really weird having a video chat in a book. But also, kind of cool.

[Which was why he'd played with the video option in the first place. He's about to tell her that he's there if she ever needs anything, just on instinct, until he remembers that, uh, he's the new guy here, and he doesn't have much to offer.]

I'll look forward to meeting you in person, then. At the rate I'll probably find myself wandering down to the kitchen, I'm sure it'll happen before long.

Yeah, I've definitely never seen anything like this til I got here. [Like, really. The 60s didn't have a WHOLE lot of stuff like this. They didn't even have cell phones.]

I'll definitely be looking forward to it, my nameless soldier.

Do movies and books count? ...yeah, okay, no, I haven't either. Seems strange, that they'd have something as advanced as this with all this medieval stuff, but. [He shrugs.] It's not like this whole thing isn't strange.

[Poor Raven. Stuck in the days of no iPhones. Her last comment makes him smile warmly, clearly pleased.]

Until then, my one girl army.

Yeah, I think this takes the whole strange cake. [She TOTALLY AGREES.]

Seriously! You'd think they'd at least have like...modern conveniences. This book thing is pretty groovy so why not make the rest of the place normal?

[She grins - she's obviously pleased, too.]

[...and now Bobby wants cake. Damn it.]

Maybe they were only allowed to use so much technology, and our record keeping was just so vitally important that they decided to allocate it all to these things.

Either that, or they have a really strange sense of humor and want to watch us try and work with everything medieval while puzzling over the one actual bit of technology.

[Raven does too, come to think of it. Damn.]

I bet that’s it. Or we’re some kind of really weird social experiment.

I’m not sure what’s worse.

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