hologram.

[uneulogized]

Got a question.

[There's a very casual way about the way he's sitting in his bed, legs stretched out in front of him. There's very little to show off right now, but he doesn't mind announcing himself.]

And honestly, the sample base seems like it's mostly gonna be robots, but I'm not counting you out. See, I don't doubt that we can all be pulled from our worlds and even from different times. The science works out, but I want to make sure that there's more cases of it.

See, there's a pickle here, and it's in the shape of someone claiming he knows me. I want to make sure he knows me, and not just some other-Earth version of me.

I think we all know that there's no telling these things for sure. Of course there isn't. But I'd like to start lining up the cases.

[There's a pause where he shrugs in an almost dramatic fashion, as if he's trying to make it seem like it's no big deal and just a thing he wants to know. He doesn't have that big of a stake in answers, except for the part where he has too much of a stake. The contempt in Robin's voice was almost too telling.

Jason doesn't like it.

He does go on after a moment:]

For those of you who don't know about that, or don't give a damn, I'd like your take on this. C'mon, let it out. Vent a little. I think we could all use it.

Comments

[getoffmyearth]

Well, technically, this is my Other-Earth universe, so to speak, and my teammate is also slightly behind the times.

[uneulogized]

Wow, that's gotta be frustrating. At least you worked it out quickly, right?

[getoffmyearth]

In the sense that I now know where she's coming from, sure.

[Kinda not hard to figure it out from her attitude.]

[uneulogized]

That's what I was getting at, but whoa, sudden baggage.

[getoffmyearth]

Kid, I used to know this space station like the back of my hand, and now I can't even find where my bedroom used to be. I have bigger problems than her being behind the times.

[uneulogized]

Yeah? You have a funny way of putting it.

[getoffmyearth]

You know, people tell me that a lot.

[uneulogized]

Sounds like you're gonna have a lot of time to take charm classes.

[There's a beat.]

From robots.

[getoffmyearth]

I've got nothing against robots. Provided they're not trying to wipe out all organic life in the universe.

[uneulogized]

There's been a few biased remarks about organics.

[getoffmyearth]

If I got out of bed for every biased remark from one species about another I could single-handedly carry the entire market on caffeinated products throughout the universe. I'll get concerned when they start showing signs of pulling a stunt like seeding the galaxy with a techno-organic virus.

[uneulogized]

I'll let you know if there's a threat of that coming up. Sounds like you know how to resolve it.