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[bookbrawler]

[Jacob Stone comes from a world of both smartphones and magic (and sometimes those smartphones had magic in them), so he isn't entirely unfamiliar with this. The Omni is a little awkward at first to deal with, but he's managing.

What he isn't managing, is the rattlesnake that seems intent on curling around his shoulders in a cozy fashion.]

Hi. My name is Jacob Stone, I just got here, so there's a lotta new things I ain't quite got the hang of yet.

Uh.

So.

So can y'all tell me if there's an incantation or something to get rid of--of whatever this little critter is?

[The snake looks just as grumpy as he does, for a moment, and hisses at him. He looks mildly offended at the gesture, or maybe the snake might have said something rude.]

I'm not--I don't use magic, I mean, but this thing just sort of appeared outta nowhere and now it won't go. I didn't mean to summon it! But I guess I did and now I don't know how t'make it go away.

[He's just...a little stressed. Being a Librarian whose job it is to find magical artifacts and hide them from the world and as a rule doesn't use magic because he's terrified of it is now in a world absolutely steeped in it, and he just accidentally summoned a smoky creature right out of his chest.

It's fine. He's fine?]

Comments

[slayerskiss]

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Okay, unrelated and all that, but do I know you from somewhere?

[bookbrawler]

[There's a long pause, this keeps happening to him and he's not sure why? Ah Jake, if only you knew about evil lawyers with your face in alternate universes...]

Uh. I don't...think so?

[He squints, as if he's trying to place a name with a face. Nope, nothin'.]

I'm from Oklahoma, if that helps?

[slayerskiss]

[Wait, yeah, he looks uncannily familiar because of that one lawyer with the boyband haircut. Huh.] Yeah, not you... god, resemblance is uncanny though.

You got a douchebag twin up in LA? Named Linda or something?

LMAO I played Lindsey in Deerington awhile back

[bookbrawler]

Not that I'm...aware of.

[There definitely has got to be some alternate universe shenanigans happening here, he figures, or he just has one of those faces...]

I'd like to hope that if I had a twin they'd be at least a decent person?

i love lindsey. little bastard man

[slayerskiss]

[She shrugs.]

I mean, if it helps his business partner was super hot. Anyway, sorry, you just kinda look and sound like this one guy I met.

me too, he's terrible

[bookbrawler]

I guess at least they did a good job pickin' their business partner?

Nah, don't worry about it. Who knows, I really could have a long-lost twin I know nothin' about. Weirder things have happened.

[slayerskiss]

Well, I kinda got the vibe she was actually more evil than he was, but at least in terms of being hot and badass she seemed like a good pick, yeah.

Anyway, I don't think you can get rid of the fuckers, they're like... uhh, you ever read "His Dark Materials?"

[bookbrawler]

Huh. Well, good for him.

[He had kind of a crush on an evil badass lady villain too so he gets it.]

Yeah, I have! You're sayin' they're like daemons? [That actually makes perfect sense.]

[slayerskiss]

Yeah! They're like that. Except a bit more abstract I guess? Mine tends to come and go.