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[sentbytheseer]

[The voice is that of a young man, a little East Coast in accent.]

Late getting here, but look, ok. It took me a minute to cope with whole...thing. Kind of crashed my bike on that first memory, so, you know, wasn't exactly up to hanging out and making friends on the "Different Social Media Channel."

Anyway, I was gonna come on here and be like "Nice to meet you all," but then there's some guy talking about having memories of dying and instead I want to know where we un-sign up for this. Because it was kind of fun-and-games when it was like ...fighting monsters and voice-in-your-head prophecies, but--yeah. Not cool.

...Sorry. Not to make light of his--memory, but it sounds like I got off easy.

I don't really have a question, since I take it we can't really unsign-up. Just thought I should check-in on this thing.

[A pause]

No, actually I do have a question. The Martin guy said he was the, uh. [He fishes out the business card.] The, uh, Head of the Department of Containment at the Bureau of Inter-dimensional Activities.

Are we all supposed to be from different dimensions, or like...the same one?

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[hardtoignore]

Sorry to hear about your bike, dude. I usually have my memories come back to me in my sleep, so I guess I've lucked out.

I think a lot of us are from different dimensions if these memories are real at all. Like, I've seen quite a few things from my past life or whatever, but there's never been monsters involved for me, thank heavens.

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[sentbytheseer]

yeah really hoping it's not gonna be a trend or anything. bike made it this time, might not be so lucky next

idk i feel like I was maybe gonna be ok, even w the monsters. like there was this sort of heroic feeling to the whole figting monsters thing? I'm not really that big of an optimist, but it was kind of cool

[hardtoignore]

It sounds dangerous. Hopefully you'll mostly get them in your sleep from now on.

Lucky you. Not everyone gets to be a hero, so that's kinda neat. I mean, as long as you're not being traumatized...

[sentbytheseer]

I'm guessing we don't get a choice, but hopefully

I'm sure we're getting htere. whats a hero without a tragic backstory?

[hardtoignore]

Tell me about it. I wish I could rewind back before all this. Sometimes.

Eh, I guess as long as someone else pays for the therapy, it's all good.

[sentbytheseer]

totally. How long have you been in for?

I don't know if fantasy lands offer therapy, aside from slicing and dicing monsters

[hardtoignore]

You make it sound like it's a jail sentence.... Been in this mess since February I think? Most of the year anyway.

Maybe the Bureau will pay for you to have it here?

[sentbytheseer]

well, idk maybe. has everyone been in this since feb? am I the only new guy? the kid said he was here since Feb too. didn't ask the other two

I'd rather the Big B stay far away from my mental health k thx

[hardtoignore]

No, people have been phasing in all year. Now I wonder if maybe inevitably all of New York City will end up as Different...

Fair enough. But I mean, not everyone can afford it on their own.

[sentbytheseer]

that's like a couple million people, isn't it? you think the bureau is euipped to contain that many?

yeah but there's clinics for that. i'm not drinking more of the bureau's koolaid than I've got to

[hardtoignore]

Heck no, by that point they'd basically have to stop calling us Different and just call us New Yorkers.

Wouldn't that still require you to have insurance? I don't really know what it all entails.