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so hey i'm Asking For A Friend ;) but how many other immortals are here in the quarantine? any?

also! important question!! what did everyone get told when they got here? what questions did you ask? i wanna know what we're working with! Let's Work Together!

p.s., if you want to answer the first question without a name there are burner phones available at [ small list of locations ] to make unattached accounts. i'm just looking for at least numbers! names would be radical too of course!

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[ Clark notices details like that. He makes a note of it. ]

That's not surprising. A lot of the cities I'm used to knowing about don't seem to be the same for a United States from other universes.

Have you got a New York City?

Which means you're probably the outlier in comparison... but I can't really tell yet if that's good or bad. Or if it means anything.

[ He nods to that question. ]

The Big Apple? Yeah, it's there.

It's there for everyone who says they're from Earth that I've spoken to.

Weird, isn't it?

What changes, and what stays the same? Yeah, that's definitely one of the things I've been asking myself about.

[ He gives Clark a tilt of his head, then adds a smile to it a second later. Too much time around Abel recently (or wishing too hard that Abel was with him now) has left him hoping nonverbal, unintuitive cues will make sense. Stop that, Cain. ]

It's a good observation. Innocuous, too.

[ All that tells Clark is that Cain is used to having someone to talk to. It might be why he's so chatty. ]

I'm not sure what it means. [ If it means anything. ]

[ In a way. If there's no one to talk to, Cain isn't opposed to talking to himself, either. ]

It might mean nothing, but... it's not necessarily irrelevant either. This whole thing is just too different for me to discount anything.

What are you used to?

Normalcy?

[ He shakes his head. ]

Uh, mostly it's the magic? And the sciences related to it. There's basically none of that, nothing aside from one thing but that isn't— [ No, let him try again. This is so weird to talk about with someone that must have such a different baseline than him. ] We can't study death magic the way we would anything else, it's nothing like all the different kinds people have here.

[ Clark pays attention while Cain talks. He doesn't know much about magic except that it can hurt him and he'd rather not be afraid of it. ]

There's a research centre in the city. They might have some answers for you.

Gramarye? Yeah, that was a thought I had, too. First I figured I'd see what the masses knew.

[ He might be a little edgy about research facilities that look into things they don't know. Poking and prodding where they shouldn't belong... It doesn't matter if they do or don't here, it's an instinctual thing and his heart does beat erratically at that. Recalling something he doesn't let show in the rest of his demeanor. ]

[ It seems like even immortals don't have long enough to control a physical response to fear or worry. Clark will remember to be careful about this subject in future. ]

There are many kinds of magic here. Did you find anything you recognised?

No. Not yet, anyway. No one else seems to have the same thoughts about magic as I do.

[ It would be weird if anyone did. Although it's fairly common knowledge, it's more the stuff of folklore for regular people. Anyone talking about it with confidence is probably related to Cain however many generations removed. ]

What are the chances of that happening, anyway? Multiple people from the exact same place.

More common than you might think.

[ They're finally here at a bustling cafe. There's a line to get in at this hour. ]

[ Cain notices, nods to himself in approval at the idea. Their conversation will definitely be well-masked here, and there's even more protection in that this place wasn't in any of their previous plans. He definitely approves. ]

How common? That just makes it even more absurd.

I have some notes... the short version is, there's a few worlds which have their own variations [ his is one ] that are separate from the others.

How do you mean? Subset worlds?

Something like that. You can establish one world as your baseline and have a few others similar to it. What they have isn't the same across any world out of that set.

For example, Metropolis. There are a few that have that city and the same multi-national corporations, which don't exist for the others.

[ Cain nods because it makes sense. Worlds just a step away from others, closer to each other yet still different somehow. ]

If I were to mention Enforcers or Reapers, would that mean anything to you?

[ If the lack of information on this world's internet is anything to go by, he doubts it. ]

No, sorry.

[ That just gets a smile. ]

It might be better that way. Hell if I know, it's the only way I've ever known. It works, but...

[ He just shrugs, watches the group of people lined up in their queue to get into the cafe. Lets himself relax despite it all. ]

It's a whole loaded—thing. Maybe it's easier when you don't see death coming.

Maybe. I've found things are different here.

[ It's a lot safer to be an alien. Clark keeps hiding because it's what he knows how to do, similar to how Cain can't shake his situational awareness. ]

[ That one's going to take a while to wear off. It isn't something you can talk yourself out of rather than waiting for it to fade. ]

Different how?

[ Clark can't elaborate without putting his secret at risk. He shrugs in apology. ]

It's hard to describe... I guess it's something you'll find out.

[ Cain shifts, gives him a bit of a knowing look. Pointedly doesn't press. ]

Pretty busy place you picked. I like it, but maybe the line could be a bit longer?

[ The sarcasm is pretty thick with this one. They'll be in soon enough and anything they say more in-depth would be totally covered. Easier to just say what they want... if they want to. If not, then at least Cain's made a new acquaintance. ]

[ Clark appreciates his discretion with a quick nod and an honest reply. ]

Some other time. [ Speaking of the line, they're in with this batch. Clark lets Cain choose where he wants to sit. ]

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