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[arches]

<sub>Help pack the bags, Barton. Take down the tent city, Barton. Yeah, right. If they want to rebuild the pentagon every time we find something, they can tear it back down...

( whoever's talking, it's clear they are unaware that they have an audience. it's barely-discernible muttering, with some typing in the background. suddenly, it stops. )</sub>

Well. This is definitely new. But it does kinda explain why certain people can't seem to get off the computer, lately. I'd be more interested in this than watching rain fall, too.

_{( the voice laughs, at that, a chuckle that's warm but a little self-mocking. )}

So, right now, I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere, though people keep telling me the proper name is New Mexico. I was going to kill some time on Penny Arcade or something, but I guess this is just as good.

Inter-dimensional internet and Norse gods. I don't think I’m being paid enough for this.

But hey, I'll bite—what's the weirdest thing that you've seen, here?

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[enma_ai]

[She's just going to stare at you. It's what she does best.]

[arches]

_{( he'll just stare right back. )}

You know normally, when people ask questions, they get answers. But I guess if you just want to do... that... you're more than welcome to.

[text; anon]

[trickstering]

Norse gods?

[arches]

maybe it was aliens

i don't like paying too much attention to debriefs

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[p_a_r_a_d_o_x]

[New mexico? Norse Gods?]

...you are from Darcy and Jane's world?

[arches]

world is kind of a broad term, don't you think?

there are what, 7 billion people in the world?

i'm good, but i'm not that good.

[Video]

[material_guy]

A singing, dancing, lawyering bondage turkey. There's so much weird right there in that I wouldn't even have to touch the whole interdimensional community magic thing.

[arches]

Sounds like something out of an x-rated Macy's Day parade.

So why do you bother, then?

[mightletyouknowme]

Talking to other worlds isn't weird enough for you?

[arches]

Oh, it's plenty weird. I'm just trying to see exactly how much worse it gets before I freak out a bit.

[makewayforroze]

A lot of things seemed strange at first but it all seems normal now.

[arches]

Is it the kind of thing you really want to get used to?

[6collegecredits]

New Mexico and Norse gods. Are you with Coulson?

[arches]

He's not exactly my type.

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[notmyfirstrodeo]

[...HA. Familiar voice. Familiar griping. Coulson's actually a little thrilled at this.

Doesn't show though. Well, mostly doesn't show. He's amused. Happy to know someone else on this bizarre little network.]

Middle of Nowhere and New Mexico are interchangeable terms, agent Barton. But if you're serious about salary concerns, I can forward an official memo to the director. Maybe add something about paid vacations to.

[arches]

I'd take you up on that if I thought it'd get me anywhere. But if I remember right I was supposed to be on vacation before I got called down here to shoot aliens.

And I didn't exactly get to do that, did I?

[greeneyed_demon]

While I haven't heard of New Mexico, I can assure you that it isn't the 'middle of nowhere'. Trust me. I'm in the middle of nowhere at the moment.

Also, the weirdest things on here are demons and monks that drink and smoke and carry guns.

[arches]

Maybe nowhere's got more than one middle.

Those sound like my kind of monks, actually.

[ voice ]

[doyoufondue]

Weirdest? Daffy Duck.

[arches]

Cartoons. I think a younger me'd appreciate that more.

[wormhole]

New Mexico and Norse god. Are you another agent then?

I didn't think there would be so many from our little part of the universe. This is quite an anomaly. I wonder if something major is going to happen.

[arches]

You make it sound so unimpressive. Usually I get shock and awe. Or people trying to shoot me.

Major pretty much just means bad, doesn't it.

( video. )

[descry]

A puzzle.

[arches]

I'm guessing you don't mean jigsaw.

voice;

[papshooshing]

Nothing is weirder than the shit I have to deal with on a daily basis - if that's even a thing you can say since I don't even know what goddamn time of day it really is out here.

[arches]

Yeah, I won't lie. That sounds pretty miserable.

[video]

[yumadbro]

Here, specifically? Nothing as weird as everything else I deal with.

[arches]

You know, that kinda surprises me. Because different worlds would take the cake, for most people.

[wasabloodknight]

A duck wearing clothes. Pretty damn weird.

[arches]

So is the duck thing just a coincidence or does it actually mean something?

[dekillerqueen]

If I had to choose...

Perhaps a man who travels through time in a police box.

[arches]

Time travel. That's... _{( impossible. )} new.

[oceanicbutterfly]

That's a bit like asking what part of the ocean is the wettest.

[arches]

Or maybe which part of it's the deepest.

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[glaived]

Then it seems as if you are familiar with Thor.

[arches]

_{( wow you're pretty. )}

Oh, yeah. I'm his biggest fan.

[tenminutes]

[ Ignoring the question to pick out bits and pieces of the muttering? Definitely. The muttering parts are always the best. ]

Tent city? Are you king of the homeless people or something?

[arches]

Not exactly. It's a very high-tech tent city.

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[ginrouken]

Unfortunately I think my line of work has numbed me to most of the weird things that go on around here.

[Rei shrugs with a bit of a smirk.]

Sorry to disappoint.

[arches]

I'll try to contain my disappointment.

Your "line of work," huh?