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[storyseeker]

Hey everyone. One of the new kids in town here—I'm Elena Fisher. It's nice to meet you. Well, smartphone-meet you.

[The video shows a blonde woman in a borrowed Henley shirt who apparently scaled some structure before deciding to introduce herself. It's not as high up as her husband's first network post, but apparently "arrive, go higher" is just something members of their household do.]

I get that there's a lot going on here—Nate's been catching me up, and I've been trying to get myself up to date. So I'll try not to ask any dumb questions.

[She read the guide, she saw Chris's post. So far her basic response is: yikes.]

Hopefully this doesn't immediately contradict myself, but has anyone been able to figure out if there's some kind of pattern as to who comes through the Door, and when they come from? It's a pretty small sample set, but so far half the people I've talked to know someone else here from their home—which strikes me as pretty unlikely, considering how few people are here and how many different places the Door could be drawing from. What's more, those people aren't even from the same point in time, so whatever power brought them here didn't scoop everyone up at once. Pretty inefficient.

I don't know. Even if there is an identifiable pattern, I can't say what it would mean, what the goal would be. But suddenly I've got a lot of time on my hands, so...it's something I wouldn't mind figuring out.

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[storyseeker]

Sounds like an unfortunate common quality.

Really? Do you get to put that to work much here?

[She would have thought not, but then she's heard about the bones.]

[notimpervious]

Yes, it is, yet in my partner I find it endearing now.

No. I find I am largely useless here. Or rather, my specialization is. I am competent in other areas, but I am unable to be at my best without bones to examine.

[Zack was much more of an asset than she is, but he is gone now, safe from the whims of their alien captors.]

[storyseeker]

Sometimes I feel the same.

[Not right now, though.]

Well, you're not the only one who needs to try something new. I'm a journalist, but something tells me there aren't any news outlets here.

[notimpervious]

You may do better than most as far as speaking with the "gods" is concerned. You have both training and experience in asking questions in ways that most of the rest of us do not.

[storyseeker]

True. Although a lot of my experience is as a war correspondent, so I'm not sure how well that would translate.

[Or maybe it would translate too well.]

[notimpervious]

In fact, you will find that we are caught in the middle of a sort of war between the "gods" and a species known as the Null. Your skill set may prove quite relevant.

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[storyseeker]

Is there a lot of fighting with weapons in this war? Guns, RPGs, etc.?

bless this canon tbh; sorry she just. drops the heavy shit here

[notimpervious]

I believe the weapons in use our beyond those available to most people's home worlds. I don not know specifics about prior skirmishes, however, so I cannot attest to anything regarding this war, except that the Null are advocating for genocide.

no worrieeeeees

[storyseeker]

[That's sobering to read.]

The it could go either way. I've reported from conflict zones but I don't know if that experience will apply to what you just wrote.

[notimpervious]

Perhaps you will be good at ensuring that those of us who were abducted here will know the truth.

[Sometimes, that's the true battle.]

[storyseeker]

If I can do that, I'd like to. I really would.

[notimpervious]

[Brennan smiles. Elena reminds her of Hannah, who had been a friend despite the ache Brennan got every time she'd seen Hannah and Booth together. She wonders if they'd be friends now. She hopes they would be.]

Then you and I are similar in that regard. That is where we start from. Seeking the truth.

[storyseeker]

Despite the reputation my profession has in some circles, that's always been my goal. If I could contribute to that in some way here, I'd be glad.