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Let's examine the situation.

Recklessly swinging (see what I did there) into a place you know zip about just because you like some of the people involved? Throwing me into dangerous situations? Yeah, that sounds exactly like something I'd do, actually. 

So, your biggest problem is deciding who to "app" first? This is a no-brainer, lady. I'm obviously the most adorable. You'd better do it before I start gathering dust again. What - were you expecting me to protest?

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[ If it's anything like hearing The Lizard snarlcackle through the sewers, then Belle have her sympathies. ] Bummer. [ Wait, that's actually not the best thing to say. ] I mean - no. That's ... not good.

If I seem confident, you're, like, the most optimistic person ever. "Oh, I'm gonna die in this big plot, but the scenery is beautiful." [ She fidgets with her bangs. None of this is really a joke, nor is it very funny, but how else does she handle that kind of information? ]

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I'm going to come back! [ she starts to laugh. yeah, that probably should have been mentioned before. OOPS. ] In this case, it's more of an inconvenience, than anything - even if I won't say it's pleasant.

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Oh, this information would have made that sound slightly less horrific.

[ A nanosecond into considering it, and you can almost see a neon-lit "SCIENCE!!" written in her eyes. ] So. They've got technology a bajillion years into the future. Cool, very cool. I'm glad you're not really going to die, Miss.

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[ just a sheepish grin. she hasn't figured it out in-game, either, shh. thank goodness for being meta as hell. ]

It's - I suppose. Everything looks like it's several decades in the past, apparently. But there's aspects of it that even we haven't developed yet.

Oh! It's Belle.

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Belle? Piper. Hey. [ She lifts a hand to wave sheepishly. ]

So, we've got a retro futuristic Meet the Jestons world, people dying but not dying and funky substances that will probably kill you but are supposed to be amusing? [ Alleged smartypants, here. ] I guess I might be able to find a place for myself there.

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The substances - that particular one, at least - aren't a permanent thing. From what I've gathered, they're due to an accident.

Nearly everyone's in this situation accidentally, honestly. Nobody's just thought to fix it yet.

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Some accident.

I take it that that's what happens in most of these game type situations, because half of them seem like less-than-ideal settings for a person to make a new home. [ 'Has anyone done a Truman Show type game?' she wonders, rubbing her chin. ]

Who's in charge of all of this, anyway?

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I've only ever been in one other, really. And not for very long. Long enough to gather that our presence there was completely on purpose. [ it was time to ollie on out of there when they were putting things in the food oH WAIT MAYBE THERE'S A COMMON LINK HERE. ]

Someone named - Andrew Ryan, I believe? I've only heard of him from others; never met him myself. Yet.

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[ It's probably a HUGE conspiracy, Belle. It's for the best that she ollied out of that. ]

... I don't know what kinda name I was expecting, maybe one of those names you can't pronounce like in Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings. Anyway, he sounds like a dude I don't want to mess with. And I've messed with some weird dudes recently.

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He sounds - unassuming to me, really. [ she shakes her head. see, she's supposed to be talking to some people about these things and stuff and it hasn't happened yet and she doesn't want to assume about him but totally is? ] I've run into my fair share, believe me, but this is - a bit different.

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I'm sure. In the end, though, I guess I'd just, uh, have to see for myself.

[ She's all about adventure and would like to websling elsewhere, but the the fact that this isn't the world she knows is really off-putting. What would they even do with a girl with her abilities anyway? It's hard enough keeping it in check in the real world.]