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012✖; (audio)

"Um. Hey."

[Judging right away from the tone and lack of Russian inflection this time, the one known as Safronov has checked out, and Rey is Rey again.]

"So it looks like at some point when being... unwell, the upper floor at the Speakeasy lost its Casino manager, Firo. He helped to organize the whole thing with me when Delight's bar went out of commission, so... Would rather not have to keep handling the place solo. If anyone would like to help there in any way, it'd be appreciated."

[She'll leave the convenient signup at the Speakeasy/Casino available for those who wish to help.]

"And, um. Sorry for those who had to deal with one of my... other selves." [Yeah, she remembers. Some of it, anyway. She has complicated feelings towards Safronov.]

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Oh, man. Does the Clinic even have anything stronger? Or is this some kind of--reaction to what you went through?

Wouldn't know about the clinic; barely step foot in that place. This stuff was given by a-- [hmm, hrrrnnn] --friend. [Sort of.]

Edited 2018-04-13 17:07 (UTC)

Well, they say that's what friends are for.

That and hiding the bodies or something.

[Except she probably shouldn't ask Carlisle for something like that. Special tea or no.]

Edited 2018-04-14 23:17 (UTC)

[she laughs and grins, although the grin can't be heard]

Definitely hiding the bodies. And scoring you the good drugs.

Don't need anything too crazy, at least. Doubt that a psychedelic trip would end well.

[It's bad enough how much she can change when she's just drunk.]

I've done acid once. It was fun, but nowhere near as wild as they say it is.

[Laura used to do cocaine regularly just to get through the day back home. she's had to learn how to cope without it and it hasn't been easy]

Have heard of new stuff that's even stronger than acid and the like. Stayed away from that shit though. People get really hooked fast.

[Drugs from the future sure are something.]

Seriously? Damn. Yeah, that sounds like bad news. You get hooked on something like that, not only are you stuck chasing an even bigger high but you're way too dependent on the source. No thanks.

[and she's being honest. she never liked being addicted to cocaine, but she couldn't deal with her many problems on her own]

Some of them don't even have much of a cooldown period. But hey, if people want to glow or start seeing pretty colors, that's their choice.

[Rey's not a big fan of any of that shit, herself.]

Yeah, I guess. [she sounds dubious] I guess the future's a pretty wild place.

[if even Laura Palmer thinks that drugs sound like too much, that's when you know that they're some intense drugs]

Well, it's shitty enough that it's no wonder why people look for one escape or another.

Shitty? So no happy future? At least not where you're from?

[Snort.]

Is that really so surprising?

[Look at most of the people here. At least hers isn't completely blown up to a nuclear wasteland, like Nick's.]

[she shrugs, although it can't be seen]

I guess not. But part of me was hoping that in the future, we wouldn't fuck things up like we had in the present.

[for her, the present being 1989]

If it's any consolation, my future is not guaranteed to be the same as yours. Most people here probably wouldn't understand half of the history I'm talking about over the last three hundred years.

[Sucks for Rey, though.]

[she chuckles]

I know I wouldn't. Hell, I barely understand the history of the past twenty-five years after 1989. All I really get is that phones like these are common and everybody has computers.

[it does indeed suck for Rey]

Fortunately we still have those things by my time, though the phones here are antiques, if you can believe that.

[1989 was a long ass time ago, man.]

We've at least come a long way in cybernetics and gengineering. Though naturally you've got some utilizing these things for cosmetic purposes, for those that can afford it. Who needs fleshy human legs when you can just be a bipedal half-robot?

I can believe it. It's the future, so anything's possible.

[she's aware. she has culture shock dealing with other humans from the 2000s]

I don't know, I'm kind of fond of my legs the way they are.

Most people would think that, but surprisingly there are advantages to robotics. There are even models to make them look more organic on the surface, so you can have your nice smooth legs -- but better.

...

Modern cybernetics really sends mixed messages these days.

Better? That sounds. . . different. Like breast implants times about a hundred.

Mixed messages? As in what's better?

Mixed messages as in "Hey, sorry you lost all your limbs in that car accident. It must suck being turned into a cyborg that can lift ten times heavier shit than you could before and now store all your cool shit in several secret compartments. And losing that eye so it can be replaced with some new state-of-the-art wireless prosthetic that allots you full-time access to the network and all the porn you can whack off to? Just terrible."

Edited 2018-04-23 01:38 (UTC)

That's kind of weird. If people can do all of that with--with cybernetics, why would anyone stay human? I bet it's not exactly cheap, though.

Well, you've seen how the Null ended up...

[They were organic and living once, too. Seemed they subscribed to the same school of thought that being an unfeeling machine is the way to be.]

But yes, finances has a lot to do with it. Not everyone can afford the procedure, or find a sponsor to pay for them. There are alternatives for research groups, but those can be... sketchy.

Boy, did I. I managed to stay off their radar 'cause I can't fight, but I know people who did fight them and it sounded like hell.

[there are times when Laura wishes she couldn't feel, but she'd hate being turned into something like the Null]

Sounds like a back-alley abortion. There's a fifty-fifty shot that you'd end up in a world of pain. Or dead.

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