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[easy_a]

[Some people might be glad to find out that they're no longer fictional. Some might maturely go about the sudden news with dignity and caution. Others might dive into the opportunity to learn about the "real world" as much as they can, quickly coming to terms with their new lives. Surely, a few have taken the most rational routes possible or even found humor in their new whereabouts.

Alisha is in none of those categories.]

Someone needs to tell me wot the fuck is going on right now.

[Does she believe anything the hospital staff told her? No. Not in the least. Actually, she's of the opinion that some storm-empowered jerk is running around, using his power to change everything up, some way, somehow. At any rate, there has to be someone in this God-forsaken place that knows what's truly going on; without any way of knowing where to even begin looking for a person, she turns to mass video.]

At the very least, please tell me someone else out there doesn't believe all that hospital doctor bullshit.

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[easy_a]

And wot exactly do you mean by that?

[If they got into this place, there has to be a way out, right? Surely, if there's a way to find out how everything works, there's a way home; it technically should make a difference... or so Alisha thinks.]

[eggplantier]

I mean, like. There's this guy I know.

[Her ex and once crime-fighting partner, but Alisha doesn't need to know that. No one should need to know that, but Steph's brain keeps reminding her because now she's stuck on an island with him.]

He said he's been here for, I don't know, two years or something? And he hasn't been able to leave. So it...doesn't look good.

[Which doesn't mean Steph doesn't want to try, but that's what she knows so far.]

[easy_a]

...Shit, seriously?

[That doesn't sound good. It doesn't sound good at all.]

Has he tried leaving? Or is this some sort of fucked-up concentration camp?

[Not exactly the most tactful comparison on her part, but it gets the job done.]

[eggplantier]

Yeah, I know. Put a damper on my day, too.

[Ah, yes, Steph's old friend, severe understatement.]

Him, and a bunch of people too. You can't leave when you try, but apparently some people do leave. It's just not...he said it seemed random.

[easy_a]

Well... fuck.

[Really, she's way beyond sick of all this crazy sci-fi shit; first the storm, then the storm shitheads, now this... It's Simon's specialty, not hers.]

Do we all just sit here and do nothing then?

[eggplantier]

Well.

[And this is just what she's gathered through the grapevine, but.]

I've been hearing we might turn to pirates at some point, so maybe not nothing.

[Steph has never been the kind of girl who sits around and waits for stuff to happen when she can go out and get herself in trouble, though.]

But I'm guessing that's what we're expected to do. Which, if you ask me, is the biggest pile of crap I've ever heard, after the whole fictional thing.

[easy_a]

Uh, I won't be sailing ships any time soon. Everyone else can do that pirate shit.

[If Alisha can't seduce her way or walk out of a situation, there's not much else she can do. She's a lover, not a fighter. Well. Physically, at least.]

You can say that again. It's bullshit left and right here, isn't it?

[eggplantier]

I feel like I'm swimming in it. Which is kind of a gross mental image, but you know.

Also kind of accurate.

[easy_a]

Seems like. Guess we're supposed to think that as long as we stay afloat, everything will be alright, yeah?

...Kind of makes it sound like community service all over again.

[eggplantier]

Wow, your community service sounds intense.

[easy_a]

Yeah, you could say that. Wasn't supposed to be, but we had a lot of shit thrown our way.

[Like blood-crazed probation workers, a mentally unstable shapeshifter seeking revenge, and a girl who brainwashed near-everyone to be goody-two-shoes cult (Alisha included). Fun stuff.]

[eggplantier]

What can you do, right?

[Haha, that caped hero life.]

I wanted an island vacation at one point last year, but I guess I'm getting this instead.

[easy_a]

[Well, you could kill your probation workers and run around trying not to get killed yourself. That's always fun.]

Seems like you got a shitty deal; better fire your travel agent.

[eggplantier]

He is never gonna hear the end of it.

Steph Brown, by the way.

[easy_a]

Alisha Bailey. I don't say this often, but it's nice to meet you.

[Genuinely, it is, much to Alisha's own surprise. Perhaps it helps that she doesn't have a reputation here like she did back in Wertham.]

[eggplantier]

Oh hey, color me flattered! It's nice to meet you too.

[Ah, yes. Reputations.]

[easy_a]

I so guess I'll be seeing you around a good bit, or do I have to pick up some hotline to socialize here?

[At least Steph wasn't known as the Cock Monster. A fresh start actually might be exactly what the doctor ordered.]

[eggplantier]

Oh, definitely. I mean, unless I magically figure out a way to leave in the next few days, but I promise if I do I'll come tell you.

[easy_a]

You better. Might never forgive you if you don't.