Science and Clocks

[mapsincolor]

Dear Mun,

I appreciate the new research facilities, and am quite excited about the opportunity for some fresh data!

But would it be too much to ask for clocks that WORK?

Does anyone have the time?

Comments

[cheese_for_everyone]

That is a loaded question Mr. Wonderful hair. You're in a nexus connecting many different worlds. So it is both every time and no time at all.

[mapsincolor]

[laughs sheepishly, running hand through hair] Uh, thanks for the compliment!

Another interdimensional nexus? Must be Monday.

Where/when are you from, then? Roughly?

[allaroundusstrex]

Certainly!

I believe it is nine forty-six where I am, as of this moment.

[mapsincolor]

Thanks! [Makes a note, then takes a long, long look at the speaker] Do I... know you from somewhere?

[allaroundusstrex]

Maybe?

[He holds a hand out eagerly.]

Name's Kevin. Radio broadcaster for Desert Bluffs?

[mapsincolor]

[Shakes. As he draws hand away, notices a vague tingling sensation but brushes it aside.]

Carlos. You know, this is the first time I've actually met someone from Desert Bluffs! I was starting to think Cecil was making it up.

[The man really does look AWFULLY familiar. The smile though… is it a smile? It's throwing Carlos off. LOTS of teeth.]

[allaroundusstrex]

Thank you! And you must be from Night Vale. [Kevin sighs dreamily. Oh, I always wanted to go to Night Vale. Some people there actually listen to my humble show, can you believe that?

Cecil? Oh! You mean my double right?

[mapsincolor]

[Laughs] I'm not sure I'll ever be in Night Vale long enough to say I'm FROM there. I think you have to be born into it.

[Carlos squints. He is having the hardest time reconciling this man. He's definitely not short. Or tall. Still, there's the vague resemblence...]

Double? Oh, from the sandstorm?! I was out of town that day for a conference. Too bad, it sounded like a truly singular phenomenon!