canon ; pacific rim | because y'all need your grumpy englishman.

[integer]

I suppose this is meant to be a form of flattery.

[ as he leans on his cane and scowls. ]

And what makes you so certain that we are - I believe the term is - drift compatible? [ yeah that's totally the same thing. he rolls the r on 'drift.' ] Is that the intention? Get inside my head? Share my thoughts?

It's funny. Really. It could be of some benefit to you, as I can tell already you don't know the difference between cosines and tangents, at the most basic level - any uses for algorithms or any appreciate for cold, hard data -

[ no. ]

Unfortunately for you, I'm not going to be here to clean up your potential messes.

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[numbers_girl]

It seems we are both stuck with mundanes of remedial math skills.

[integer]

Does it? [ jfc why couldn't he be stuck with a smart girl. ]

Need we - commend their efforts or dissuade them?

[numbers_girl]

I am not quite sure myself, but I do believe going back is not an option at present.

If nothing else I must be sure Newt does not get herself killed in some foolhardy plan.

[integer]

Impossible. He's hellbent on suicide, if it acquires him some sort of greateness -

herself?

[ well that changes things a little bit. ]

[numbers_girl]

Yes the Kaiju fangirl is bound to get herself killed in this nexus of worlds.

[Welcome to rule 63 of the internet Hermann.]

[halfofhalf]

You seem certain that your mun is going to get you in trouble.

[integer]

Give me a good reason why I shouldn't be and maybe I'll consider it.

[ no he won't. ]

So make it count.

[halfofhalf]

[He slams that book he's holding shut.]

The probability of your mun sending you anywhere is exceptionally slim. Your universe has just been shown, after all.

Besides, Kaiju are pretty bad. I doubt there's anything your mun can throw at you that's any worse.

[doctorweevil]

[Owen just stares blankly for a moment.]

Thought I'd seen almost everything the Rift had to throw at me, but this is new.

[integer]

[ glasses are whipped off and he just - kind of - peers. nudges his cane towards him. ]

Well, in regards to probability, everyone has a twin. At least one. Doppelgangers, I believe they're called.

[thedrift]

[ boggled ]

Holy shit. This is a new one.

[integer]

Please, you speak as though you know her and her recklessness in these matters.

[ see. told you. someone's a little shit and it's hermann. ]

And simply because something's worse doesn't mean I can't be inconvenienced. Hah.

[halfofhalf]

A true genius can work when being inconvenienced.

[He just went there. Philip totally went there.

Sorry, Hermann, Philip can be a little shit, too.]

I've fought off numerous monsters and still managed to look up data.

[doctorweevil]

[Oh, god, his double is a nerd, not that he hadn't already guessed that from all the maths talk. This is so embarrassing.]

Right, yeah, but what're the odds of ever actually running into your double?

-that was a rhetorical question, by the way, no need to answer it.

[integer]

So that's what this place is. Fascinating.

[ it's really not. it's really inconvenient, but really, what are the odds of meeting your double?

no don't ask that he'll literally calculate it oh no. ]

How glorious to see how little's changed, regardless of what may have been - gained or added or what-have-you [ he waves his hand. it's a shaky gesture. ] in your - world.

[integer]

Of course I can work! Have you any idea how I've conducted myself in the past years?!

Any fool can look up data. Compiling it, creating it, is another matter entirely.

[integer]

Incredibly, incredibly slim.

[ sorry doctor harper you get an answer anyway. uh. ]

It's one way to welcome a man, I suppose.

[numbers_girl]

At least that is the most proper definition of this place I can sort out due to the individuals I have met so far.

[And she always prefers properly defining things. She would be right there with him calculating the odds.]

Well this explains the twinge of familiarity I was feeling. I suppose I should of noticed it as I am not prone to déjà vu.

Herma Gottlieb.

[halfofhalf]

No, I don't. You're not from my world, so I won't be able to perform a lookup on you.

[kaijurockstar]

You know, I was actually just thinking to myself, "Hey, I'm having too much fun, I wish Hermann would come along to suck the life out of everything."

(Hi, Hermann. Your best buddy's here and he's filled with enough smarm to make you want to smack him with that cane of yours.)

[integer]

Heraann Gottlieb. [ a sharp nod of the head. honestly, when she'd mentioned newt, he'd expected as much. ]

You're a doctor as well, presumably.

[doctorweevil]

[He was mostly worried about getting some mathematically precise answer, to be fair.]

Reckon so, yeah. If you can call it much of a welcome, that is. I mean, I know someone who'd love to meet someone who looks just like him, but he's a bit of a narcissistic bastard. [To put it lightly.] Me, my idea of a decent welcome would run more along the lines of attractive women, plenty of alcohol, that sort of thing.

[...I'm so sorry, Hermann.]

[integer]

Capable of hopping between worlds, but not in the practice of looking up what he can when he can. Marvelous.

[halfofhalf]

Mun-san brought me here. I can't travel between worlds by myself...

...However, the idea is very compelling...

[integer]

[ oh.

oh good.

guess who's scowling even more spoiler alert it's hermann. that cane shakes at his side ]

You mean to come along and save you from a reckless, messy suicide. A more accurate phrasing. [ to say nothing of the first name excuse you. ]