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[fujita]

[ when the video starts, it's to a close-up of a young woman squinting at the screen like she's not entirely sure whether what she's doing is working. after a second or two, her expression brightens, though, and she holds the device a little further away from her face. ]

Hi. Can anyone see this? Is anyone watching? I'm Dorothy. [ the camera swings around, showing albus dumbledore for a moment, though it's dorothy's voice that continues: ] And this is Albus, apparently. We've just met and we have no idea what's going on here, so if anyone has a clue, mind filling us in?

[ the camera swings back around to dorothy only long enough for her to shut off the feed. ]

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[darkart]

[ Oh? Oh. That's what these do. There's no actual response, just a swimmy video of someone (maybe? hard to tell with the movement) turning the device over and not understanding how to properly position or hold it. ]

[fujita]

[ dorothy's response comes quick enough: ] Whoa there. Can you hear me, anyone there? How about you hold this thing steady.

[inexhaustible]

[ leaning.. over.. her shoulder.. ]

Oh, it's a bit like a newspaper. [ albus what. ]

[darkart]

[ A disembodied voice, because Severus is still holding it the wrong way: ] Over a radio, yes.

[ He turns it the right way around but there's only a brief glimpse of his face, the angle making him look even worse than normal, but Severus figures it out quickly enough and puts the end of his index finger over the camera input irritably.

And then he.. turns it off. Ok. ]

[fujita]

A newspaper? [ dorothy asks the man standing close enough to look over her shoulder, which is frankly a bit closer than she'd prefer, but at least she gets why he does it.

she'd respond to the guy she'd caught a glimpse of over the — what, network? network. — except he's ended the connection. and she's not sure how to initiate a call-back, if that's even an option.

wait, yes, it is. ]

[inexhaustible]

Oh, yes, our newspaper photographs move. [ albus what.

he clicks his tongue at severus, though. ] .. Honestly, Severus. --Is he still there, or did he leave?

[fujita]

They what?

[ right. moving on. ] You know this guy? He - I guess he hung up. Maybe not on purpose, no idea. I'm trying to call him back, though.

[bloggings]

[Oh! Look at that, the communicator cell phone space thing actually works. As in it does more than turn on and off and let you assign yourself a username.]

I'm Iris. And I know about what you do, I think but solidarity right?

[fujita]

[ it works, and iris seems to know what she's doing at least as well as dorothy, so this is already a much smoother conversation than with severus up there. ]

So you just woke up here too, huh?

[bloggings]

[she's a millennial of course she got this]

Yeah.

Where are you from?

[fujita]

Kansas. [ and after a moment's hesitation, her conversation with albus in mind about him being from the 1920s, she adds: ] In 2017.

And you?

[bloggings]

Central City.

Also 2017.

I didn't think that was necessary to say...?

[fujita]

Where's Central City?

[ dorothy has never heard of it. and, well — ] The guy I ran into here, Albus? He's from the 1920s.

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[spideys]

Is there a club we can join?

[ Peter raises a hand to wave a couple of fingers into the camera screen. ]

Because - yeah. No clues here either.

[fujita]

[ at least he seems to understand how this comms device works. not entirely clueless, then. ]

If you figure out where to find t-shirts for our clubs, I'm in.

[spideys]

Probably gotta custom-make them. I doubt there's a place for that here.

[ He's used to cell phones. He's had one for years now, back home.

God.

Home.

Who even knows how far away from New York he is now. ]

[fujita]

Who knows. Maybe the things that spit out food can also make something like a t-shirt.

[ tip #1 from someone who's travelled to another world before: don't think too hard about it. ]

[spideys]

Wait.

[ THIS IS IMPORTANT ]

There's a thing that spits out food? Like, a vending machine?

[fujita]

Don't get too excited. It's pretty disgusting. But yeah.

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[coy]

Pretty sure not one person is acting like they know what's going on here...

[fujita]

It was worth a try.

[coy]

Have you found anything out? By this post?

[fujita]

Only that no one really knows anything. And that not everyone knows how phones work.

text — un: wanda

[hext]

hello dorothy. my name is wanda. i would like to offer my assistance.

[ and get a real headcount, ulterior motives, lbr wanda. ]

are you able to communicate your current coordinates using your comm device?

[fujita]

i'd say nice to meet you, but i'm not really impressed by this whole situation

and maybe that's possible, but i haven't figured out yet how. why?