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"So please do your best to acclimate yourself to this reality as quickly as possible."

Okay, look. This is all well and good for…whatever it is they're trying to do, but I really, really don't have time for this. [It's okay, Harry, we know you're inwardly freaking out about waking up suddenly absolutely not dead. There is a reason that he's keeping the video off for now.] I suppose they don't care about that, do they?

Right. Anyway, here's my question. Is there anyone who actually thought they were fictional before arriving here, or are we just believing what we've been told since there's nothing else to go off of? Because no offense, but the last seventeen years of my life have been a bit too chaotic to be anything but real. I can't imagine why anyone would want to fictionalize my life in the first place. Also, fictional or not, can anyone tell me what happens to our lives back where we came from? Do they just stop existing? It's really important that I get an answer.

...er. I think that's all for now. Thanks.

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[That's kind of a foreign concept, but that's good to know.] Right. I'll remember that for next time.

[Then it occurs to him.]

Wait, who are you?

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[lbr it's a foreign concept for lea too. and DID YOU HAVE. TO ASK.] The name's Lea. Got it memorized? What about you?

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Harry. Harry Potter. [THE MOMENT OF TRUTH. IS HE RECOGNIZED? He's not sure he wants to know, actually.]

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[not even a little bit, harry, sorry. you're warner bros.]

Nice to meet you, Harry. Well. Sort of meet you.

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[That's...oddly relieving, in a way. And oddly perturbing.]

Likewise. How long did you say you've been here?

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I didn't.

[... okay, that was just him being a pedantic jerk, sorry, it's a reflexive reaction]

I got here a little over two weeks ago.

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Has anything unusual happened in those two weeks?

Seriously gotta know what we're up against here.]

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Monsters started appearing, a lion went on a rampage and a bunch of people thought they were younger and/or older and in high school here, either as students or teachers. They thought that this was their own world, in a way.

Y'know, basic world catastrophes. ... Except for the last part, that was pretty weird.

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And nobody's actually figured out who's causing all of these things?

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I think the lion thing was just a runaway animal kinda deal. The getting younger stuff I've got no clue, and the monsters thing-- well, we're working on it.

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...tell me more about the monsters.

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What did you want to know?

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Do they have a name?

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Apparently, yeah. The "Unversed". I've got to admit it's a bit different than usual.

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What's the usual?

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The names are usually more... descriptive. At least where I'm from.

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Such as what...dragons, werewolves, giants? What sort of monsters?

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Those count! They're pretty straightforward. I was just talking about the usual kind of tiny dark creatures running around worlds, monster wise. But you get the idea.

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But where do they come from?

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Who knows? But usually it's some guy controlling them.

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What would happen if you took out the man in charge? Would they disappear?

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They might, but it's not always as easy as just taking out the one guy.

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Believe me, I know.
I guess I just wanted to know how many worlds were similar to mine.

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Formal consensus says a lot, yet very little. There's a lot of worlds out there. People and places can vary, but there are some things that are more universal than you might think.

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People that want to wipe out certain groups and monsters seem to be more universal than I hoped.