Okay, finally posting with her.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

[Amanda had been in the nexus for a while, however, she had been keeping herself scarce, mostly trying to find her brother, Chico, and protect Paz, as she was the one person she had seen in the nexus so far, that she knew. Well, unless you counted AIs. However, there was something she still didn't quite understand. So standing in the lobby, smoking a Cuban cigar, she attempted to catch the attention of the people passing by.]

Who is it that is responsible for imprisoning us? Although I appreciate freedom to roam around in this jaula, I have things I need to do in my own world!

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[falsusnominatim.livejournal.com]

I'd like to know that too. But nobody knows. Guess we just gotta put up with it.

[Pliskin just looked at her from where he sat on a bench.]

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

Boss?!

[She narrowed her gaze, getting a better look at him. No, he was slightly less grizzly.]

No, you're not. Who are you?

[falsusnominatim.livejournal.com]

..."Boss"? Not really sure who that is.

[He lit up a cigarette without thinking.]

Iroquois Pliskin.

w00t matching icons

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

He is commonly referred to Big Boss...leader of the MSF? You...actually have a strong resemblance to him. Un doble?

But I suppose he is not here, hmm?

\8D/

[falsusnominatim.livejournal.com]

Big Boss? Uh, yeah, he's here. A few of him, actually. He's apparently my father.

[Closest thing to truth he can say without sounding absurd.]

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

Your...father?

[She gave him a disbelieving stare.]

Are you loco?! You can't be that much younger than him!

[falsusnominatim.livejournal.com]

[He took a draw of the cigarette leisurely, watching her for a moment before answering.]

...I'm 37. Came here from 2009.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

2009?!

[She says this incredulously, looking at him, as if he belonged in a straight jacket.]

Forget loco you are un lunático! This is not some hospital I was brought to, was it?!

[falsusnominatim.livejournal.com]

Hnnn... I know it's not easy to believe, but you'll find people here from farther in the future than I am. When'd you come from?

[He doesn't really care that she thinks he's crazy. He's been called worse.]

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

[Her gaze was still one of a dubious nature, but she was willing to play along with it, for not.]

I am from 1974.

[It felt ridiculous to state even that.]

I was on the Mother Base of the MSF, before waking up here.

[falsusnominatim.livejournal.com]

Not sure what those are. I was two years old back then. Dunno how long you've been here, but if you hadn't heard about the links between worlds and times, you can't have gotten out much.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

You do not know about the Militaires Sans Frontieres?! Sometimes Boss described it as an Outer Heaven. Compared to living in the mountains in Nicaragua, I am inclined to agree.

[She shrugged.]

I have been here around a week or so. I saw a pamphlet that said something like that, but I tossed it out, because it sounded like tonterías...absolute hogwash! The kind of thing my little brother would love to read!

[falsusnominatim.livejournal.com]

...

Outer Heaven?

[That was not good.]

You're part of Outer Heaven?

[The last he'd seen of Outer Heaven had been... god, how long ago? He closed his eyes, sighing.]

Listen. It's not hogwash. It's true. Go ask around if you don't believe me.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

I am aligned with the MSF, si. However, my main focus is with the Sandinista army.

[His dismay over the ordeal confused her. What did he find wrong with it?]

It is still a lot to take in, but at the very least, it seems to be the story that people believe around here.

[Man, Chico would probably love it here. She hasn't seen any UMDs yet, but just the bizarre nature of the place should keep him happy.]

[falsusnominatim.livejournal.com]

I don't know what the MSF is, but I advise you avoid Outer Heaven.

[He looked away.]

It's the truth. There are people from all over the world, from the 60s upward.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

Boss has helped me out in so many ways, it would be dishonorable for me to abandon his cause. But do not worry, if things ever look bad for me, or my brother if he is here, I will be cautious.

[Not that she ever thought they would be. In some ways, Big Boss treated her brother, as if he were a surrogate son.]

I suppose the truth will reveal itself to me eventually.

[falsusnominatim.livejournal.com]

It's not you I'm worried about. Outer Heaven is bad news for the whole world.

[He leant back, smoking his cigarette dispassionately.]

[worlds-serpent.livejournal.com]

Haven't the slightest idea. You'll likely get the same answer from anyone.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

Al demonio!

[It seems that it really was the only answer she was going to get out of people.]

I heard something about an election a couple days ago. Do you know who was in charge before that?

[worlds-serpent.livejournal.com]

A version of my father. Not a pleasant person, to say the least.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

Not fond of your papa, I take it?

[She frowned a bit, thinking of her own, late father.]

But he is out of power now, from the looks of it?

[worlds-serpent.livejournal.com]

No, to put it simply.

And yes, he was overthrown some time ago.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

Out of curiosity, what were the circumstances surrounding that? I would imagine it would take a good sized rebellion to take someone down in this place.

[worlds-serpent.livejournal.com]

Little more than a well-organized rebellion and a conveniently timed blackout.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, so it was just good timing then? How resourceful! But it must've been hard to face off against your papa.

[Amanda's strongly tied to her family. She doesn't really quite get how one family member can hate another.]

[worlds-serpent.livejournal.com]

I wasn't the one to defeat him. That honor went to a younger version of myself. Let's simply say there was never any love lost between myself and Father.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

Younger version of yourself? Your...son...?

[She's still learning the ins and outs of this place, okay.]

[worlds-serpent.livejournal.com]

...ah, I see. You're still rather new. No, I refer to myself quite literally, from several years before.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have only been here about a week. Another version of you? Has science really evolved that much?

[No, she doesn't know about the whole cloning business either.]

[worlds-serpent.livejournal.com]

...

[Sigh.]

It's a rather complex story, destroying all rules of logic and physics.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

I see. I never really understood them myself anyways. As a guerrilla soldier, things like that hardly matter to me.

I guess the important question is if there is a way out.

[worlds-serpent.livejournal.com]

The truth is, I'm not sure. I found a way out once, but came back very soon after. The rooms seem to move around, so I doubt it would be in the same place.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

[She gave a pensive pause, taking in the story she just heard.]

Ubegripelig! Is this some machine that we are in then?!

[worlds-serpent.livejournal.com]

Not quite. It seems like a normal building, despite the strange nature.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

From the sounds of it, it hardly sounds normal at all!

[She shook her head.]

Sorry, I have not even introduced myself, have I? I am Amanda Valenciano Libre. Yourself?

[worlds-serpent.livejournal.com]

What something seems like and what it is tends to differ now and then.

James Emmerich. Pleasure to meet you.

[a-strange-love.livejournal.com]

...

You're still wearing that top? It doesn't look very comfortable.

[amandanista.livejournal.com]

Hmm? You are talking about my jacket?

[Because for once, she didn't have it tied around her waist.]

Si, it is a little hot to wear this.

[So without further ado, she actually did tie it around her waist. SURELY THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.]