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[Patty isn't a stranger to waking up in peculiar places. In fact, she's awoken in places far stranger than this. The first thing she noticed was the nostalgic, salty smell of the sea. Then, the crash of waves that were rocking her little 'boat' back and forth. It was really quite calming. However, all dreams must come to an end and it wasn't long before she regained consciousness entirely to realize that she was in a bit of a pickle.

She was in a washtub. In the middle of an ocean. Wearing a plain white dress. ... Well, it could always be worse. Not quite noticing the book beside her just yet, she begins to speak.]

Oooh, my head... I know that when it's time to abandon ship and you're out of lifeboats, you should float along in a powder keg, but I've never heard of washtub boats before.

Ah, looks like I'm caught up the creek without a paddle. [Silence, then a little crackle in the microphone.] ...This book will do, ya know!

[What follows is a very loud splash, as Patty dunks the journal into the water to try and paddle her way to shore. This... may take a while.]

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[So mean, old man. She just smirks into the camera.]

It's a deal, then! You'd better be there when I arrive, ya know. If you're not, I'll leave no stone unturned until I find you!

That wouldn't be hard ta do either, I live in house twelve. I'm guessin' yer gonna need a place ta stay yourself?

[She thinks about that for a moment, but then it hits her. "Duke has been here before himself", "It's not too bad once ya get used to it", "I live in house twelve"...]

Old man... How long have you been here?

That's not important ta know, is it? [he pauses, sighing.] Around two years now.

Two years?! [fslkjfdklsjf]

But I saw you yesterday!

That'd be the whole "messed up time difference" thing I mentioned before. [It really doesn't seem to bother him, maybe he's just used to it now.]

Oh... I guess that makes sense? [Sort of. Except she doesn't really get it just yet.]

Who else is here? Is Yuri here?

Nope. At the moment it's just you, me and a certain someone ya really don't wanna know about.

You know saying something like that is only going to make me more curious.~

Alexei is here.

[Straight to the point, no messing around.]

[Oh, she really didn't want to know about this. She can't say she wasn't warned, though.]

Alexei? But he's... [... Dead?]

Remember what I just said about magical time difference thing? Yeah, it can pull out dead people too.

That's... [An incredibly eerie concept, really. Her first thought goes to Cypher, but she hastily brushes it off again. She can't think like that.]

He hasn't been giving you any trouble, has he?

Nope! He's been a good boy, might even earn himself a gold star if he keeps it up. He has been here fer quite a while though.

[Alexei? A good boy? That's gotta be some kind of ruse.]

Not a lotta people here to walk all over, I suppose. And nothing to gain from it, if we're all stuck in the same net.

That's the basic gist of the situation, yeah. Doesn't mean that the experiments won't find some way to change that though.

Experiments...? [...]

Gimme a few minutes to read through this guide, old man. I get the feeling there's a lot that's still going over my head, ya know.

Gotcha! Let me know when yer done readin', I'll try answer any other questions ya might have.

Aye aye!

[Except there'll be radio silence of almost two hours, as the guide is so overwhelming she'd rather just process it herself. While it's all still sinking in, she makes her way to shor, has a few encounters with residents and eventually proceeds through the teleporter. That's when she gets back to Raven at long last.]

Hey old maaan?~

[It takes him a few minutes to reply back, he was having a nice quiet drink on the living room couch and kind of left his journal in the kitchen. He doesn't even notice until he goes to get another bottle of wine.]

Huh? Oh right! I forgot you were here. Uh... what's up?

[Wow old man, rude. But she'll just let that comment bounce right off, because she knows he didn't mean it badly.]

I'm at the village! Can I get a heads up on your bearings?

[I'm just an old man at the end of the day. Besides, you did vanish for two hours.]

Where about in the village are ya? Any landmarks?

[Hey now, Patty was fending for herself because the old man couldn't be bothered to come pick her up at the beach. She ran into Alexei without any weapons on her, for crying out loud.]

I just came through this teleporter, like you told me to! If you take too long, I'm going to the stores without you. A hat isn't a hat until it has a head to rest on, and right now mine is lying around on a shelf somewhere, ya know.

[NOT MY PROBLEM.]

Do ya want me ta meet you at the fountain then? It isn't hard ta miss, bein' in the village center and all.

Sounds good! Try not to break your hip hurrying over here, old man!

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