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[Doctor Holiday appears on the screen in the lounge of her apartment complex (Building 2, if you must know) and she looks rather worried. Every now and then, her eyes will glance off screen.]

I know this sounds ridiculous, especially for the time of year, but have any of you-?

[She turns around quickly, before slowly looking back to the screen.]

I think I'm just really paranoid or... someone's trying to prank me? I don't know, I just-

[She turns again... Then quickly glances back to the screen.]

Am I the only one seeing things?

[Holiday realizes how crazy she seems in that moment...]

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I have noticed that they do not wish to speak to us, but I cannot understand why. Co-operation would better suit our circumstances.

I think I'd prefer to know that something is wrong right away and save the explanations for later at this point. [There's a beat, and then Ataru finds himself giving a small, slightly resigned sigh, rubbing his forehead.] Hopefully this won't develop too much further than this. It's... making me paranoid.

Glad I could help in some way, even if it's just talking. [Oh he probably should introduce himself as well.]

I'm Steve Rogers. It's nice to meet you, ma'am.

That would be the logical approach... They've admitted that they are hiding certain details from us, but I'm starting to think they're hiding more than they're letting on. I don't like it.

Agreed.

In my experience, things always get worse before they get better... Hopefully, I'm very wrong.

[She smiles back to him.] Dr. Holiday. It's a pleasure.

I suspect that standard investigative techniques will yield very little.

We may need to proceed with any plans without the native scientists. The available technology here is... nearly sufficient for repurposing.

[A small smile will appear at the offer as he begins to look thoughtful for a moment.]

Thank you very much. It would be greatly appreciated if you would be able to, Holiday-sama. She could definitely use the company. She does not know many people within the city yet.

[He could add more, but decides her favorable response should be more than enough to calm him down.]

When would you be most convenient to bring her to you?

Nearly, yes. At any rate, working on something would take my mind off of my, uh... visitors.

Do you have any prior experience with this sort of thing?

Well, I have work tomorrow, so any time after three would be just fine.

[And hell naw, she ain't skipping out on work because of some little shadow thingys.]

Thank you. Both of you.

.. Something in their labs messed up? [ He's still pretty new, so he didn't know about any of this. ]

What exactly happened back then? Was it a lot like this?

[You are brave and conscientious, Holiday-sama!]

I'll let her know over the arrangements.

[Then at the gratitude, he will shake his head.]

Do not worry. It is a mutual arrangement. We are currently even, correct?

Not really. A lot of people felt like they had a fever, others hypothermia. When the opposites touched, the symptoms disappeared.

I don't know how the labs made that error or how they fixed it. They don't really like to talk about that stuff.

If you say so. I don't expect to be repaid, though, for future reference... but this is appreciated.

I do. I have assembled devices out of twentieth century electronics before. I needed to remove someone from time. Ultimately, I did not use the device, but I did successfully assemble it.

[Wow. No filter there, at all.]

They should talk about it more if they actually want us to trust them. Not disclosing important information to us even though it's hurting us only makes them seem more like they're just kidnappers.

[ And he frowns at that thought - his sense of justice doesn't exactly like the people in charge of this place by now. ]

... Oh.

[Remove someone from time? What? Who is this guy?] Okay, well, it's sort of in the same ballpark... unless you're thinking of removing these things from time, as well, as you put it.

My point exactly. I don't entirely trust our hosts, but there's not much that can be done about it.

.. There's got to be something. [ If not because his.. Jojoness won't let him give up that easily. ]

If we all stand up against them together, then we should at least stand a chance.

[Oh, that's a story if you've got a few hours to kill. He's willing to tell it, though, as he's quickly realising that 'forthcoming' is an advantageous thing to be in this place.]

[He actually ponders the idea, though.]

I do not think that would necessary. However, I am confident that I can create a multidimensional communications device. It is probable that we will not have an opportunity to use it for these beings, but it is also very probable that the need for it will arise again.

I will keep it in mind for next time.

[Which he will simply forget next time, oops.]

It was a pleasure to have been given the chance to speak with you again, Holiday-sama. If there is anything else you need, please do not hesitate to ask. I will do my utmost to be at your service whenever I can.

We don't know what sort of defenses they have. We don't even know a lot about this sickness. A man was reported to have threatened them over the disappearance of his friend and was incapacitated due to unknown causes for at least a week.

[She may or may not think that they have somehow weaponized the physical contact illness.]

We need more information before making any sort of rash decisions, strength in numbers or not.

I'll have to ask the same of you, Soushi. Thank you.

[She would love to hear it someday. His knowledge seems to exceed hers, but she doesn't usually play with time and such things.]

I'm not familiar with this sort of technology, but I can get you any materials that you need. I agree that something like this will more than likely be needed in the future, especially if these... things get worse.

Are you talking about the blonde man? [ He did see that, after all. But he really did figure the answer to it was just strength in numbers - how could their captors handle all of them? And he knows he still has his Stand with him too, so he could use that to fight too.. ]

I thought he was merely taken off guard since he was doing it by himself. If we would all go there together..

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glaaahh... late late late.... >.<

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Np!

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see, I do the late dance, too XD

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