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[secretlabtech]

[ He's not believing any of this. Any of it. Either everyone's cuckoo or he's on some kind of drugs, and Dexter isn't certain which of those sounds more plausible. ]

Someone mind telling me where I can get a plane ticket back to Miami? I'll settle for a freighter at this point. A helicopter? Seaplane? [ Pause. ] A yacht?

I get it. First thing everyone asks is how to get home, but I'm not the kind of guy to kick up my heels and take it all for granted. Crime scenes to get to, work to do, and there's my son--he needs me.

...

How about a kayak?

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[secretlabtech]

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Are you serious?

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[magnetic_magpie]

Sadly yes.

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[secretlabtech]

So I just wake up and suddenly I'm in Canada's version of Alien?

[ Only without the aliens, or the spaceships. Yet. ]

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[magnetic_magpie]

That is the basic of it, yes.

[Oh, there are aliens.]

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[secretlabtech]

[ But no spaceships good to know. ]

And when does Alice get to wake up?

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[magnetic_magpie]

Take a guess.

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[secretlabtech]

Great.

So get inside at night, don't run the water. Anything else?

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[magnetic_magpie]

Keep empty bottle or jugs to fill before sirens. Let the water run for a few minutes in the morning. Make sure your exterior doors and windows seal air tight. After an earthquake or storm, this is even more important.

The natives are not, over all, friendly towards us so keep alert of your surroundings. There have been attacks and murders in the past.

Watch out for the companies, one practises slavery and the other human experimentation. If they believe they can take you and no one care, they will. And have.

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[secretlabtech]

I'm sorry... Slavery and human experimentation? Did I fall into some kind of speculative horror fiction by mistake?

[ It's enough to make a guy want to go back to Miami and its serial killers. ]

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[magnetic_magpie]

That's not a bad way of putting it. Both are legal here, although there are steps being taken to stop them.

And of course, people who will abuse the system to go further than the law allows. And a corrupt systems allows more corruption to breed.

[Sorry Dexter, you're getting some of his 'The hate this place' feelings today.]

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[secretlabtech]

Corrupt systems, corrupt law enforcement--

[ Sounds like heaven for his Dark Passenger. ]

It sounds like things can only get better, right? I'd still rather go home.

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[magnetic_magpie]

Oh, things can get much worse than it is.

But yes, I'd rather be home.

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[secretlabtech]

What kind of worse?

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[magnetic_magpie]

Nightmare world is only after sundown, instead of all the time. Newcomers - us - aren't snatched off the diamond as we enter, tagged, tested, and auctioned off. We have food, medicine, and a Network to connect us to others. For starters.

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[secretlabtech]

Alright, I'll give you that. It could definitely be worse.

[ God, what kind of psycho world has he landed in that this is even a possibility? ]

[Audio | Private | unhackable] (Every time I get a Dexter tag, I get so excited)

[magnetic_magpie]

On the 'good news' side - there is a Newcomer Fund. We fund it ourselves, and each Newcomer can draw from it, if needed, for things such as schooling or testing fees or if they are unable to find a job need food or other necessitatis. Your degree will be honor but you'll need to be re-certified - I had to reseat my boards, for instance.

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[secretlabtech]

[ A tilt of his head. ] And if I go into any old police station they can push me through the re-certification? I'd rather be earning my own way rather than scrounging off other people. It's just how I was brought up.

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[magnetic_magpie]

Siren's Port PD will certainly. Lt. Re-| Mayer would be a good person to speak to.

[And there is the number.]

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[secretlabtech]

I'll give her a call, thanks.

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[magnetic_magpie]

Anything else I might be able to help you with?

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[secretlabtech]

No, I think I'm good. You've been really helpful, thanks.

Didn't catch your name?

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[magnetic_magpie]

Michael Xavier. Yours?

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[secretlabtech]

Dexter Morgan.

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[magnetic_magpie]

Pleased to meet you, though I wish it was under more pleasant circumstances.

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[secretlabtech]

Something we can agree on, for sure.