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[itsjustamike.livejournal.com]

[Mike waves and smiles nervously at Cambot.]

Uh...hi, everyone! Just wanna say that I’m sorry you guys got stuck up here, too! Wish I knew how to get you off the ship again, but there’s a whole lot I still don’t know about this place. But uh, if you want, I can show ya around. Or you can ask Gypsy, she knows a lot about the ship. There’s places to sleep, a whole cafeteria, actually a whole buncha stuff you can do or make around here, too.

Also, just a little secret for ya...apparently the Mads really don’t like it when we’re happy, because their whole...deal is to make us miserable! So my advice is to keep up the morale best you can...you know, jokes, art, songs, anything like that! And making fun of the experiments, of course. I bet if we’re all ridiculously happy enough, those Mads will give up and let us all go free! It’s definitely driven them nuts before!

Again, sorry about all this!

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[punsofiron.livejournal.com]

[...That's Mike Nelson.

Mike Nelson just apologized to her.

Well, that explains why this all looks familiar. Liz blinks for a minute, trying to figure out what to say.]

Well, I can think of worse places to end up.

[itsjustamike.livejournal.com]

Well, true. Guess you could of, uh... [He has to think about this for a bit.]

Suppose you could have ended up in Wisconsin! [He chuckles to himself]

[punsofiron.livejournal.com]

[...Yeah, she's not gonna comment on that, Mike.]

Actually I was thinking more along the lines of...evil mirror universe?

[keeperonenya.livejournal.com]

[If you look closely at Galadriel's face, you can see a hint of sorrow along with the more obvious confusion and unease.]

Well... this was not where I was expecting to end up.

[Her face gets even more confused as she looks into the cambot.]

Is this some sort of palantír?

[itsjustamike.livejournal.com]

[WOW. This woman is uh...very pretty and serious. And tall.]

Yes, I'm afraid I understand that feeling.

Uh...I don't know what a plantir is, I'm afraid?

[keeperonenya.livejournal.com]

[Well, at least she's not alone, wherever she is]

I suppose I might as well make the best of my stay here.

[sailorlaughter.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, ooooh! I know some jokes! You wanna hear one?

Knock, knock!

[itsjustamike.livejournal.com]

[Mike is kind of forgetting about the joke right now.]

...You're a bright pink pony.

[sailorlaughter.livejournal.com]

That's not how it goes, silly! You're supposed to ask who's there! But that's okay, we can do it again!

Knock knock!

[iamaman-punch.livejournal.com]

[Those were the Mads and this is Mike. What is this he doesn't even.

Looks like he's landed squarely on the opposite side of the fourth wall here. Might as well make the most of it.]

If we make them miserable too, do you think that'd help? [Because oh, does he have ideas.]

[itsjustamike.livejournal.com]

Well, I think it'd help us, yes.

[felisphasmatis.livejournal.com]

Okay, slow down a minute. What's a "Mads?"

[itsjustamike.livejournal.com]

Well we just use "Mads" to mean the Mad Scientists down on earth.

And are you a talking cat?

[felisphasmatis.livejournal.com]

Oh. A scientist. I think I get it now.

It's kind of a long story but yeah, I'm definitely a cat.

[halfdarkened.livejournal.com]

...Guess I've been in stranger worlds.

What experiments?

[itsjustamike.livejournal.com]

[Other worlds? Are there aliens here now?] ...Oh. Have you?

Yes, we're up here for the Mads to conduct experiments on us. Bad movies, you know. And I guess now...bad fiction?

[halfdarkened.livejournal.com]

With floating platforms and water going upwards.

...No, I don't know. And what do you mean, "Mads?"

[wavesinherheart.livejournal.com]

Do you know how we got here?

[itsjustamike.livejournal.com]

Uh, sorry, no. Lots of weird things happen around here, but I have to say that lots of people randomly showing up without knowing how is...a bit new.

...That's some interesting hair color there.

[beforethemoon]

Does this happen often?

[itsjustamike.livejournal.com]

[Another blue hair kid! What is this?!]

Uhh nope, can't say it does.

So is blue hair all the rage with the kids nowadays?

[verygassy.livejournal.com]

...Experiments!?

[itsjustamike.livejournal.com]

Yeeeup.

[thrownoffgroove.livejournal.com]

[Oh wow long and boring speech. Kuzco tunes out around "everyone" and tunes back in on "before." Oh good, his turn to talk now.]

Uh, that's great and all, Mr. Kidnapper Guy, but I was kiiiind of in the middle of ruling a country, so if you would kindly send me home so I could get back to my emperoring, that would be great.

[itsjustamike.livejournal.com]

Um just so we're clear here, I'm not the Mr. Kidnapper. I'm the Kidnap-ee. The kidnappers are back down on earth.