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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]

Of course I was. I did a lot of war coverage—civil war overseas, tense situations that might erupt. Not all of it was between official militaries either. There's a whole wide world of conflict out there.

[ghostlocked]

called it.
sounds altruistic. or exploitative depending on what u were doin w. it ig.
good for u.
either genuinely or sarcastically depending on which side of the aforementioned coin u were on.

[storyseeker]

The first one. Or at least I tried to be. I know one reporter with a cameraman can't save the entire world, but I tried to shine a light on the dark places. People can't make a difference if they don't know what's going on.

But that was a while ago. I've been doing more work in the travel industry lately. So I could tell you what gun to carry for self-defense in a civil war zone or about the hidden gems of Bangkok.

[ghostlocked]

why tf would anyone want to travel to a civil war zone? wtf?
i doubt a gun would do much good in that kind of situation anyway.
what made u change angles?

[storyseeker]

It wasn't for a vacation. There was a lot more to the conflict than anyone outside the area knew about, much less was willing to report on. And a handgun can do a lot when you're at the point where you really need it.

But like I said, long time ago. I got married and dangerous work wasn't fair to either of us. So we dialed it back.

[ghostlocked]

hm. u must be from a place w.o magic.
in that case sure. a gun can prob go a long way.
we? did ur partner do dangerous shit too?

[storyseeker]

[Uh….she probably shouldn't mention the thief/treasure hunter thing to someone who doesn't know him well.]

Nate's worked a lot of different jobs, and not all of them were in safe places. Marine salvage based out of New Orleans is a lot more reliable, except maybe in hurricane season.

[ghostlocked]

o shit. thats cool.
there decent money in that? r u sayin u like loot sunken ships and shit?
thats awesome.

[TELL HIM MORE... I hope you like talking about yourself, Elena.]

[storyseeker]

We do all right. Our house is nice and we don't have trouble paying the bills.
It's more like recovering trucks that went off a bridge into the river during an accident. Or at least that's the job his company had not long before we both ended up here.
I was working on a travel article about Bangkok.

[ghostlocked]

lol. a lot of trucks drive off bridges in new orleans?

[storyseeker]

At least one did!