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[mattersverymuch]

[ There's the tapping of fingers, the click of a tongue, and a long silence before anything's actually said. When the marquis speaks, he sounds hoarse, as well as almost cheerful. Spoilers: he's not really. ]

Naïveté is catching these days, I notice. Whose idea was this? I have places to be.

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[an_abomination]

The Admiral's. You're here because he believes you are in need of and can be redeemed. Though depending on who you ask here, you'll get mixed responses.

[mattersverymuch]

Name. [ He snaps. ] Location.

[an_abomination]

[Blinks.] Kon-El, I'm just leaving the gym.

[truth_is_cold]

It's most likely the Admiral's idea.

Though I wouldn't worry about any missed appointments. You're either dead or temporally challenged. [Rhade is the most comforting individual when he puts his mind to it, in a way that he's not actually at all. But he recalls being an inmate too well.]

[mattersverymuch]

Death is a temporary condition.

[truth_is_cold]

That statement is more than accurate here. Though it's not normally the way of things as I'm used to them.

[timesbureaucrat]

Then you'd better clear your appointment schedule because I'm afraid you won't be leaving here any time soon.

[mattersverymuch]

It's in permanent ink, I'm afraid.

[timesbureaucrat]

What a shame.

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[surfaceshine]

Welcome to the hugest timesuck since YouTube, dude. Get comfy.

[mattersverymuch]

I'm sorry, I didn't realize I had asked for a welcoming committee. Best watch my wording next time.

[surfaceshine]

That's actually in my job title. Kinda. [Somehow, this is true. We don't know how. Yeah Dean is still confused about it, too.]

We're working on cookie baskets. People keep stealing the cookies. [This is a lie. There are no cookie baskets.]

[technophilic]

The history of this place is unclear by its very nature. Any changes over the past several years are easily erased.

[mattersverymuch]

Are they? And yet you know about them.

[technophilic]

I have only anecdotal evidence, which is not reliable.

[buywithme]

Ah, I'm afraid your other appointments may be somewhat delayed, Comrade. They will wait though, if that's any reassurance.

[mattersverymuch]

Explain.

[buywithme]

This is the Barge, if you come here without knowing why, that means that you've died, and that you... misspent your life. Usually it means that you were a bad person, or that you made some really terrible mistakes, but what it always means is that some force in the universe believes that you need a second chance, and that you need to change profoundly in order to be restored to life.

This is where you have to spend the time working towards that change. You will be assigned to a warden, who will attempt to guide you through this process and help you to understand where you went wrong, eventually leading to graduation.

When you graduate you can go anywhere you want in space and time, so even if you spend months or years here, you won't miss your scheduled appointments.

[deadliestviper]

Isn't it just? You're hardly the only one.

[mattersverymuch]

I never implied that I was.

[deadliestviper]

At the risk of spreading naïveté further, I assume you've gotten the answer to your question already?

[strangehistorian]

I am afraid I can confirm Prefect's description of this place.

[mattersverymuch]

Terrible shame. But at least you're all so forthcoming.

[omar]

[Omar's been laying low since Risa, quietly hanging around and info-gathering to the best of his ability. He's been avoiding the communicators, listening but not speaking.

But seeing this -- a dude that almost looks like he could be from West Baltimore, except for the crazy hair and voice, and a post full of information on where the hell it is he's actually found himself -- he can't quite resist.]

Who is it you think being naive?

[mattersverymuch]

Our dear Admiral, to start with. Followed by everyone who has faith in this system.