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[theorizes]

[The NV does not show a person. Instead, he sends out a text. Because Skyping is for people who have achieved the first three tiers of friendship.

He's also rather freaked out by the Darkness and doesn't particularly want to show it on video feed, so he's just going to sit in his new starter apartment and pretend everything is perfectly normal and Leonard is going to come get him, thank you very much.]

I have been told by one [1] so-called expert in the field that I have been brought to an alternate dimension. As this is both ridiculous and impossible as I have not discovered it yet, I am waiting for an explanation that is both reasonable and able to be proven.

Until then, I will be waiting within this house of the American past-time, attempting to find a train station to return me to Pasadena.

Should they be within this "alternate dimension Canada", I require the presence of one [1] Leonard Hofstadter, provided he is not off wasting his time entertaining the company of two [2] scientists by the names of Rajesh Koothrappali and Howard Wolowitz or one [1] Cheesecake Factory waitress that lacks the education to know this is a ridiculous hallucination by the name of Penny.

By the terms of our friendship agreements, they need to be within this baseball diamond.

Now.

[And then, just as this text is sent out, another one follows it, from the same feed number.]

Amy, if you can read this, call me. Please.

I need to speak with you immediately.

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text;

[momchester]

I'm afraid it's all true. None of those people are in Siren's Port, unfortunately, but honestly they're better off back home.

text;

[theorizes]

Are you absolutely certain?

The four individuals I've listed are incompetent. They might have wandered off and gotten eaten by a grue.

video;

[paterelohim]

Friendship agreement? Are we talking blood pacts or friendship bracelets?

text;

[theorizes]

An eighty-four page comprehensive document listing their responsibilities.

[Sheldon is woefully serious.]

video;

[athermercy]

Sorry, but it's real. If your friends are around, maybe they out to wait until morning to reach you. It's not safe out there during the Darkness.

text;

[theorizes]

[The face looks familiar... but Sheldon dismisses it and sticks with text.]

I'll suspend my disbelief for ten seconds in order to continue this ultimately useless conversation by asking a question.

Is there a way of accessing a listing of everyone inside the city on this device? The operating system of my phone changed and nothing is in its designated folder.

[video]

[universaljanitor]

[Someone requesting information about an alternate reality? Game on.]

Well, it actually really is just as simple as an alternate universe. See, time actually isn't just a line of cause and effect, it isn't some straight line between point A and point B. It's more of a clump of all sorts of different twists and turns, some folding in on top of each other, wrapped around in knots and bows. So intricately intertwined it's hard to tell just where the string goes. It really just becomes a great big ball of timey wimey stuff.

But! Every now and then the string breaks, frays, and branches off. One thing happens but the possibility of another happening is so great the path splits in two. It could be something as simple as the flip of a coin, or something as complex as a city getting bombed, but either way the potential future that could be created with either of those happening is so strong, so developed when it comes time for that one event to happen... it happens both ways. In one timeline, one universe you flip heads, in the other you get tails.

In one world there's no such thing as Siren's Port, in another we're all trapped here. There's a whole wish wash of science-y terms I could say, but I doubt even the words my people use for equations and chemicals could make sense.

Alternate Universes are kind of common, actually. Not surprised many people don't know about that, though.

[He grins] Welcome to the Port! Not as bad as some folks make it out to be, so long as you're a bit careful after hours.

[video] jacked for a minute

[doctor_mccoy]

You're gonna break the kid's head the first five minutes he gets here.

[Text | Unhackable | Private]

[magnetic_magpie]

I could show you the maths.

[Why is he reaching out to a stranger? No idea, other than it's late, he can't sleep, he's lonely, and he doesn't want to go bother Michael or Lucifer. And he can pretend that this is 'normal'.]

[Text | Unhackable | Private]

[theorizes]

[FINALLY. Somehow offering concrete evidence.]

Please.

[Sheldon never says please. This is a mark that he is actually quite terrified and needs an answer that makes sense before he has a panic attack.]

[Video]

[thelittlestbub]

[She's flicking her fingers, sparks racing from them. Off screen there's a PING as they hit cans. She's on the roof.]

Sorry dude, all true. Alternate dimension, time is wonky, ya know, all that fun stuff.

[She's wearing a t-shirt that says, in really faded letters 'Xavier's School For the Gifted'.]

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[theorizes]

[What in the actual fuck.]

voice;

[gabriel_gray]

Pretty sure there aren't any trains around here travel over water, pal. You're on an island.

text;

[theorizes]

I've noticed that, thank you. I'm still banking on the fact that someone slipped a date rape drug into my water when I wasn't looking.

Probably Wolowitz. He seems the type to carry them around.

There isn't any other reasoning for his engagement.

video;

[askedtobe]

If it's impossible, then how did you get here?

offline; 1/2

[theorizes]

[OKAY SERIOUSLY THIS STOPPED BEING FUNNY ONE DOCTOR MCCOY AGO.]

[video]

[vaguelysauntered]

Okay. If you're waiting for an explanation that is reasonable, why don't you come up with some of your own? Let us hear them, I'm sure you'll figure out all the mysteries of this place.

...And, by the way, your friends have the weirdest names, just so you know. Hofstadter? Wolowitz? Koothrappali, really?

[text]

[theorizes]

I'm going to place a bet on 'sarcasm' for the first portion of your asinine statement.

As for the second, Howard is Jewish, Raj is Indian, and Leonard is of a Slavic descent.

Why does that matter?

video;

[andr_ai_a]

At risk of being the bearer of bad news, but I have to agree with everyone that said this situation is true. I'm afraid I can't give you a detailed explanation. I'm still figuring things out myself.

I'm sorry you've been separated from your friends.. You'll be very lucky if they end up here with you.

text;

[theorizes]

Luck is a ridiculous term.

How long have you been here?

video

[recidivus]

[...She's almost sorry for the very public, very large walls of text the Doctor has sent this poor kid. Then again, he seems to be taking it ... fairly well. Oh joy, another genius. Ten is going to have a field day.]

Gods I miss th'Cheesecake factory. [They didn't have them in Pete's world. Can you believe that?] What's that about a friendship agreement? Doesn't that sound a bit ... not friendship-y?

text

[theorizes]

[What in the fuck.]

Is everyone from Doctor Who in attendance today? Because I wasn't prepared for this deluge of British science fiction.

Second, it makes the entire process much easier.

[text/anonymous from 'kurigohan']

[kuritsun]

wwwww you gave me a good laugh

hate to break it to you but you really are in alternate dimension Canada. True story.

[text/anonymous from 'kurigohan']

[theorizes]

I'm sorry. Was my questioning supposed to be funny? Because I find everything about this situation horrific.

[Video]

[ofthursday]

While dimensional travel may be an impossibility in your world, it is not in others.

[Like this one. Obviously.]

[Text]

[theorizes]

And how, exactly, is it possible? By the work of magical leprechauns jumping over rainbows?

If there was a way to do it, I would have discovered it by now.

[He tries to break open dimensions on his lunch break when he needs a break from his day job. >:c]

[doeswhathewants]

I believe the internet expression for your post is "tldr;"

We are in an alternate dimension of Canada. And it is not my fault. Enjoy the hockey and the maple syrup. Survive and you might yet return home one day with both of your kidneys in tact!

[theorizes]

Unleashing the rampant herds of teal deer seems to be my specialty. I applaud your ability for casual observation.

Why would this be your fault?

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[manicpixiedreamgirl]

Sorry, it's real.

I think there is a Cheesecake Factory around here somewhere, though.

[text] <3

[theorizes]

Coordinates. Immediately.

[hisoldgirl]

You're right: whoever told you that was incorrect. This place is much more like a dimensional nexus point.

[theorizes]

[what in the actual fuck]

Oh my god, is Steven Moffat literally accessing my subconscious?

Hello. Dimensional nexus point. Wonderful.

Should I pick up a laser gun on my way home in order to defend myself against the oncoming alien hoard?

[Video: Dorian don't to text. Too pretty.]

[mostbeautiful]

[Dorian Gray looks at the wall of absurd text. It all sounds like one of those penny dreadfuls, full of pretend modern science and machines and nonsense.]

What is this drivel? Have you just arrived?

[Text] WELL. WELL. ... sheldon has issues ok dorian 8(

[theorizes]

[ ... :|]

No, I've been here for years, happily toiling away at the earth of alternate dimension Canada, wondering where my life is going to take me.

[LOOK. HE CAN DO SARCASM. LOOK.]

[video]

[thehighcost]

No one here by that name. And I don't think the port has a train station that goes out of it. [Grins.]

[text]

[theorizes]

So I have gathered.

This is ridiculous.

Video; So you can see her adorable face. ALSO I'M LATE. FIGHT ME.

[myselfexcluded]

[Heeeere's Washu, looking ever-so-pleased with herself.] Looks like the Doctor beat me to the good explanations. So how're you holding up? It can be a little much to take in, but I find if you approach it with an open mind, it gets a lot easier to deal with. Seeking answers is more productive than just assuming the questions are fakes, after all.

Text; SHELDON DOESN'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE HIS FACE GET OUT

[theorizes]

[ . . . ]

What part of my introduction to this world wasn't about seeking answers?

[Video] Equally super late, but too good to pass up. >83

[scienceshow]

Hm... I was wondering what Washu was snickering over.

[He's not actually looking at the NV; he's too busy with something he's assembling on his desk.]

It would be in your best interest to listen to the greeters. However incompetent they may be over all, they do know what they are talking about.

[Text] <333

[theorizes]

Concerning what, alternate Canada?

[video]

[doesfeel]

[A little linefacing Vulcan appears to greet Dr. Cooper.]

Alternate dimensions do, in fact, exist. If you have not yet made the discovery, it is simply because you have not looked in the right place.

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[theorizes]

[ -- what.]