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[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

[Ben looks around before speaking, but nothing he sees helps — obviously. He doesn't exactly know why or how he got here.]

This is not my hotel. [another look around] Hello? Is there anyone around? It's not that I want to go to the Senate hearing, but I would like to know where I am.

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[byora.livejournal.com]

[New person? Fun. Bet get to him before the crazies...]

Senate hearing?

[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

Oversight committee, talking about the Center for the Study of Paranormal Biology. [pause] That doesn't answer where this is.

[byora.livejournal.com]

Paranormal Biology? Huh. That sounds interesting.

Oh, sorry. [Small, apologetic smile] This isn't... the world you're from. It's a connector, of sorts. Don't worry, it's safe. [Nods] I'm Travis.

[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

It might be, if it weren't an oversight hearing. You'd be better off listening to Kitty's show.

Isn't the... world? I'm sorry, what?

[byora.livejournal.com]

[Okay, first thought was "Kitten". Guilty. But that's clearly not who he's talking about. He also doesn't know what an oversight hearing is. ♥] Kitty?

Heh, er... let's... try it another way. Where are you from?

[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

Norville. Do you not listen to the radio? [The different world part isn't... sinking in, really.]

Indiana.

[byora.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I do. Haven't heard of her, though. [He can't help it, he's amused.]

Yeah, thought so. Never heard of it. [Tries to think of a better explanation] This isn't your world. Home. Whatever you want to call it. ... I'm trying to think of a better way to explain it, but it's not working. Sorry, man.

[bellachaotica]

Someone in trouble and running from the government? They have ears, you know.

[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

Believe me, I wasn't running.

[bellachaotica]

That's what a runner would say.

[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

Actually, I assume a runner would keep running. In any case, my presence isn't actually required at the hearings, I was just going to make sure Kitty didn't do anything she shouldn't.

[bellachaotica]

Corner a runner, they don't stop talking. Tried it? It's entertaining. And what kind of hearings?

[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

I'm not usually interested in what they have to say, if they're cornered.

For an oversight committee, on the Center for the Study of Paranormal Biology.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Senate hearing?

[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

About the Center for the Study of Paranormal Biology, yes.

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Study... of Paranormal Biology?

[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

... yes?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

What's that mean?

[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

They're studying vampirism and lycanthropy as if they were normal diseases.

[darkbladedstar.livejournal.com]

[She's been hovering around and listening, but she's waited until now to step forward and say anything.]

A cure? Hm. In most cases, it isn't a disease.

[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

[He's now completely on guard, for all the good that does him]

Oh?

[darkbladedstar.livejournal.com]

[Hey, you never know. But for now, she comes in peace. Someone alert the press.]

[She nods once.] In my world, at least, it's a venom. There's an antidote, but if it isn't taken within twenty-four hours of the attack, the venom has had too long to spread and the antidote does no good.

[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

Vampirism? Or both? And is this antidote sharable?

[darkbladedstar.livejournal.com]

I have no idea about lycanthropy. It's far too uncommon for us. Vampirism, though... [She just lets that hang.]

I highly doubt the antidote could make it to your world.

[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

[Well, that was nearly useful.]

But if there is a cure, it's possible someone could find another.