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[survivethis]

[The video feed flicks on to show the face of an attractive brunette with blue eyes, her hair pulled back into a ponytail. She's likely in her early-thirties and has an air of confidence, despite the unusual situation she's now in having just arrived on the islands.]

Hi, everyone. I just woke up here, and I wanted to thank everyone who's tried to make this... really weird situation a little more tolerable for those of us who just came through the door.

My name is Jill Valentine. Back home, I'm a member of an anti-bioweapons task force run by the United Nations.

Strangely enough, I'm told I've been here before. I don't remember that, but something about some of you feels really familiar.

[Her eyes scrunch a bit as if trying to search the recesses of her mind, but she can't remember this place no matter how hard she tries. It's almost like trying to recall a dream.]

So I just wanted to say, if you did know me before, you don't have to tip-toe around that. I'd actually like any and all information you can give me so I can prepare myself for this place. If I've already got friends here... well, I'd count that as a very good thing.

[She ends that with a little smile.]

Thanks.

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[completelycrazy]

Hey, you're welcome. Hah.

[It's a joke probably?]

I'm Newt. Don't think I've seen you around before, but the same thing happened to me when I got here. Like, apparently I was here before. Don't remember it, but people keep recognizing me. It's weird, right?

[Though he doesn't sound like he minds too terribly. It's not like he's a stranger to the concept of the multiverse.]

[survivethis]

[Jill smiles a little. Amused.]

Can't say I've seen you around, either.

[Since his response is only audio. She wonders why.

Hearing the same thing happened to him gets a wide-eyed look.]

Really? Guess I'm not the only one. It is kind of weird, but people have been so nice, I haven't minded so much. It kind of cuts down on the ice-breakers.

[At least on one side of the conversation.]

[completelycrazy]

[He snorts.]

Yeah, I guess that's one way to look at it. It's definitely freaky, but eh, there are worse things, you know? Even the people who knew the other me seem to agree that it, like, wasn't me. Not the same me, anyway. Different universes, probably.

[Which he says like he's commenting on the weather. This is fine.]

You said some people felt familiar to you, though? I haven't had that.

[survivethis]

Different universes?

[Jill wonders if that might be the case. Was the woman who was here before not really her but some other version of her? Could that woman have been drastically different than she is? It's even more than she had considered before.]

Yeah. It's hard to explain. Maybe they just remind me of someone. I tend to meet a lot of people in my field.

[completelycrazy]

Yeah. The multiverse is all but proven at this point, y'know? Like, how else do you explain all this? I don't know if you've noticed, but we've got people here from all over the damn place. It's wild.

[And exciting, if you ask him. It's far and away the coolest part about being here.]

Oh yeah? What's your field?

[Yeah he definitely forgot that she led with that in her post. Sorry, Jill. He heard the "been here before" bit and the rest went right out the window.]

[survivethis]

I haven't met a lot of people yet, but I'm starting to get that impression.

[The more people Jill meets, the more she'll see just how diverse everyone is.]

I'm a member of an anti-bioweapons task force. We work on a global scale, which basically means I constantly live with jet lag.