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Boil your water before you do anything with it is the biggest rule of thumb. There's some major write up about why somewhere in the feed, but it's gross as fuck, honestly.

[His eyebrows go right up at that.] I hadn't even thought of that. I guess I've been a little spoiled about free water access where I'm from.

Gross as fuck... how?

I mean, it shouldn't be something you'd have to think about in freaking Maine, but this place is bullshit about a lot of things.

It's like... dead bodies in the reservoir kinda gross.

I thought Maine is where rich white people lived. Someone's going to get a nasty letter from the homeowner's association.

... okay, that's. Really gross, actually. That's two letters to the homeowners association.

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[So you know what's great? The town going crazy (again) and your reserves slowly drying up. He refuses to do anything but put on a brave face, keep going forward and... well. Keep everyone else up and running. So, you know, of course the town is throwing this curve ball at him.]

[The biggest curve ball in the face of curve balls.]

[It felt like his heart stopped when he skimmed the network -- and that voice came on. He's hallucinating. He's got to be. The last time was definitely not real. But last time, the hallucination didn't speak.]

Adam...?

[It's not just the illness going around that makes his throat go dry.]

[It feels like he's been drenched in ice water. It's a voice he never thought he'd never hear again. A voice he'd know anywhere.

And he'd never forget that face. He'd seen it in his dreams for the last two years.

His own voice is a bit hoarse now, and more than a bit hesitant. This had to be another dream. Or another nightmare. Seeing Takashi in a place like this?]

Takashi... ? Is that you?

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Yeah...

[Wow, out of everything he could say, "yeah" is probably not the most eloquent. There had been the vision. The potential future. The stupid tree Lance tried to burn down. But this is...]

[This sucks the words out of his chest.]

You -- Where are you?

[Look, okay, maybe he should not be out and about right now, but some things you can't wait for.]

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[ Krolia is being cautious here. 'Galaxy Garrison' means that he has a good chance of being from her own world - she remembers hearing Keith's father mention them once upon a time. And she's pretty sure that Keith has mentioned them as well.

And she's pretty sure being an alien might spook him, since last she knew, Earth hadn't truly made contact with aliens as of yet. ]

The Galaxy Garrison. My son has spoken of that place.

[It's a smart move, because all Adam knows about the Galra right now is that they

1. Kidnapped his boyfriend
2. Tortured him
3. Came to earth to invade it
4. Murdered him

It's not a great chain of facts for friendship]

Really? Was he a student there? Maybe he was one of my students.

[ Yeah, Krolia certainly isn't about to do anything like that.

Especially since she had relations with a human.

Intimate relations.

And honestly, she likes Keith's friends, so... ]

Perhaps. His name is Keith.

[ Keitherson, because what are last names? ]

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[The next to reply was a three-eyed woman. She was rifling through a few effects, looking for clothes more appropriate to delving underground than her usual choices. Glancing up at him, she smiled sympathetically.]

Welcome to the nightmare. Perhaps it is a dream. Perhaps not. it is real enough for the moment. Nice to meet you, Adam.

Sadly, I think you might be best to ask a few of the others about suggestions. I am still floundering a little when it comes to living in a city like this.

[Its probably rude to point out that she has three eyes. I mean, ideally she knows that already. So he decides to leave that there.]

Ah, yeah. Thanks. A few other people here have had some useful tips.

[Definitely well aware of the third eye, yep. Quite proud of it too. And it blinked, so it was very real.]

Excellent to hear. I would be leery of the hospital. There's a very large hole in the ground there and it seems whatever horrors we are dealing with right now are within it.

...oh, and please wear a face mask. the three eyed dogs were quite insistent. [She looked almost amused as she said that. Sorry, she found some of the aspects of this place funny.]

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[ Honestly, this would normally be just another new Human appearing on the network. Or rather, it should be, if not for a few key details. One, she immediately recognizes the designation of the "Galaxy Garrison". All the members of her Paladins were from that organization. Or, they all were at some point, from what she understands of Keith's past.

And, two, well...something a little more personal that she might not know otherwise, if not from some of the more supernatural aspects of this place. Deerington had given Shiro a glimpse of Altea, and it had also given Allura glimpse of the Earth he knew. And those who were in it.

So there is quite a while as she's looking at her fluid before she decides to respond. And, sure enough, Shiro's own response confirms her suspicions. ]

There are quite a few things that you should know, although I imagine Shiro is already filling you in at this point. Nevertheless, welcome to Deerington, although the phrase "welcome" is largely ceremonial at this point. This town is hardly welcoming.

[He gives the stranger a polite smile.] It could always be worse. We're at war where I come from, though, so I guess my bar isn't set too high at the moment.

You're a friend of Takashi's, then?

Are you? I'm sorry to hear that. I hadn't realized Earth was having trouble.

[ Hm. None of the Paladins had mentioned an ongoing war.

"It could always be worse" is a dangerous phrase, though. Deerington has a reputation of doing just that. ]

I am. My name is Allura. It's nice to finally meet you, Adam.

[ There's your friendly alien quota. ]

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[ Oh hey.]

I mean they're saying this place is a dream but it doesn't make enough sense. Everyone having the same dream at once? Like that's not suspicious.

I thought about that on the way in, too. If it is a dream it would have to be some kind of... shared consciousness.

Either that or we're all really one person's dream, and whose dream that is could be anyone's guess.

Even that would be weird, there are so many people here from different worlds and places.

Maybe the dream of the person who left that letter.

Have people been giving good advice that's not in the book?

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[Oh hello there Adam, Lance is peering at you closely like he's sizing you up and trying to figure out if you're the very same Adam Shiro mentioned once. In the memory he saw, Adam was more of a ghostly silhouette so he only has that to go off of in terms of appearance. But he's pretty sure this is the same Adam, yep. Seeing Shiro's reply definitely didn't help that at all, he's clearly an ace detective.]

Hey, I'm Lance, cadet at the Galaxy Garrison turned awesome defender of the universe, welcome to Deerington. [Finger gun.] You'll wanna watch out for wendigos, werewolves... baaaasically, if it can kill you it's probably around here somewhere waiting for the chance.

[He shrugs, this is just a fact of life, you see.]

[He lets out a short laugh at the exiberant introduction.] I'll do my best to avoid getting killed.

Nice to meet you, Lance. Let me guess -- you were in the pilot program?

It's a good habit to get into. [He says a bit flippantly, then perks up more when Adam accurately guesses he was a pilot.]

Heck yeah I was! What gave it away? Was it my undeniable aura of cool?

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I wouldn't completely deny what this exactly is. [He can understand why though. Everything feels terribly real and all.] I also wouldn't worry about what this place is though since what it is probably means very little in helping us right now.

[He's got a cigarette lit and takes a drag.] Based on what we're told it's some town in Maine, so I'm going to imagine we're supposed to be somewhere on Earth.

Cain. [His name.] Galaxy Garrison? You're involved in a space program of some kind then?

You can never be too sure about what knowledge will be helpful later on. The more you know about a place the better your odds are of surviving it.

Earth, maybe. But which year and which version of it are probably still up for debate.

Sort of. By the reactions of most of the people I've met here, I'm in the future for many. The Galaxy Garrison functions as a kind of military force, though it's more exploratory than aggressive. We mostly fund science projects to test ice clusters, that sort of thing.

Later on being the keyword. I think we'll have plenty of time to be concerned about the nature of this place with our stay being indefinite.

I believe it's been mentioned that we're in Maine or something. As for year, I want to say it's an earlier era. The dress and look of people. I also didn't get in trouble for smoking within buildings, which is far less acceptable in a more modern era. [Something he is happy to take advantage of.]

Interesting. I mean that truthfully. I don't know much about space. It wasn't my cup of tea so to speak.

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