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[ Given how much FBI and police blood, sweat, and (mostly) tears went into quelling the vermini outbreak in Locke City, similarly suspicious occurrences in Las Vegas are bound to inflame a few fears, even all the way in New Jersey.

It's how this YouTube video ends up sliding across the FBI's desks this Tuesday morning, not 12 hours after it was filmed and put up. It will probably be going viral shortly. ]

Two very important public service announcements this morning. The first, for those of you in Vegas, is this video.

CW: bunny violence.

[ The following is a shaky phone cam video of a blonde man in a top hat and a glittering, sequined tuxedo. He’s mid-patter, about to set up a card trick, when he suddenly starts to sneeze. He apologizes and tries to blow his nose, except his handkerchiefs keep turning into doves and flying away. Finally, with a look of dawning realization, he sweeps off his top hat (first tipping it to the audience, demonstrating that it’s empty) and theatrically reaches into it.

“Why, it’s as I suspected! You see, I’m terrrrrribly allergic to — AAAAAAAA!”

He yanks his hand out of the hat, hurling it to the ground. Something white flies out of it and attaches itself to the man’s throat, bowling him over. There’s blood everywhere, the man is still shrieking, and at this point the video gets too shaky to see clearly, one hopes because the particular audience member doing the filming is too horrified to continue, but actually it’s because he (along with the rest of the crowd) is laughing too hard. ]

I know the cops aren't exactly our favorites around here, but if you end up running into something you don't think you can handle, call the police. Or animal control or... I dunno, somebody with a net. Personal safety first, secure your own mask before helping others with theirs, etc. etc.

Second public service announcement: be kind to our fluffy animal friends, because they have feelings, too. And also teeth.

[ THAT ONE'S FOR YOU, ALEX I-DON'T-NEED-FLUFFY-DUCKS MERCURE. ]

Oh, and our good friend Mr. Mercure is mostly fine, before you ask. Turns out everything's more dramatic in Vegas.

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You're much more of a realist than I would've guessed...

[ SNIFFLES but ok no he's fine ]

Like one of those warrior princesses from ancient legends or something.

[Kara laughs, but trails off as that familiar far-away look of someone receiving an echo settles onto her face. when she comes back to the conversation, she looks fairly surprised]

I do not think that you are so far away from the marker with that statement!

[ This is the first time he's seen it happen to someone else, honestly. For a moment, it's kind of alarming. ]

Whoa- really?!

Yes! [she presses the tips of her fingers together, smiling a bit uncertainly. she's not really sure if this is a good thing or not quiiite yet] I am apparently second in line to the throne of Tamaran.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Wait.

Should I have been addressing you as "your highness"?

[ HE'S BEEN SO INADVERTENTLY RUDE TO A PRINCESS THIS WHOLE TIME ]

I do not believe so! It is not as if I am royalty here in this life, and none of us were aware of this past lineage until now.

[PLEASE DON'T START BOWING EVERY TIME YOU SEE HER]

[ With exaggerated relief: ] Oh. Well, good then! Disrespect is a serious offense. I try to only do it intentionally.

[ NO PROMISES ABOUT THE BOWING ]

Seriously, though- you seem surprised. I'm guess nothing else you've remembered so far gave you any hints about princess-ness?

Not at all! Most of it was either the superheroing or space - there has not been anything which has suggested any sort of noble role.

[she shrugs, very perplexed]

I do not even know what a Tamaran is supposed to be! Unless it is the city in which I remember fighting, I truly have no idea.

Wait- superheroing and space?

[ You have his attention!! Or... well... even more of it. ]

What do you remember about space?

Edited (fingers pls) 2014-06-04 02:53 (UTC)

I was traveling through it in one memory, without any protective equipment, bringing a boy there to die so he would not harm others. And in the other...

[she tilts her head to the side, frowning lightly]

I am fairly certain I was in the city which I had seen in my other memories, but there was a large spaceship resting in the bay. A very unpleasant looking alien made a holographic broadcast from it, saying that they were on the planet to hunt me down and would destroy anything or anyone in their way.

[ Holy shit, Kara ]

Oh... that's pretty heavy stuff. [ He's going to casually sidestep the part about leaving a boy to die in outer space because hahahahaaa ] I'm surprised you're as enthusiastic about space as you are, what with all that.

The planet... was it Earth?

Terrible things can happen anywhere, even in the far reaches of space. It would be silly to allow the suffering I felt in the past to color my opinions on the matter.

[she flashes a brief smile before shrugging at the question]

As to the location, I can only assume it was Earth! The city appeared to be quite normal and full of humans, although I suppose that with the nature of pulses this does not mean very much.

I like the way you think - the optimism, that is.

[ Just not the... mercy-killing animals thing... Still, she gets a return smile that's just a bit more genuine than the usual. ]

If it was Earth, I have a question that might seem kinda strange. Does the name "Project Seeds" sound familiar at all?

[Kara hums to herself lightly as she racks her brain, trying to think of anything that could possibly relate to the term]

I am sorry, but I am afraid that the bells are not ringing! The only thing I can think of is that it sounds fairly similar to what we are being called by the people of the internet.

Nah - I kind of figured. It was a long shot in the first place.

Honestly, I'm just interested to hear about more people who remember things from space. It's almost like a sci-fi novel.

It truly is! Although I find this entire experience to be very fantastical. I am simply glad that I have accidentally prepared myself for such a close association with the rest of the galaxy!

[seriously who thought her astrophysics studies would be this useful this soon]

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