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[bookofnope]

You're not going to believe what I tell you, so I think I'll spare us both the embarrassment.

[jmencalisse]

Ohh, it is a secret. Big secrets and mysteries in this town.

Does the mystery man at least have a name?

[bookofnope]

My name is Beckett, and my nature has not been secret for a while now. But I'm not looking forward to hearing more variations on Dracula jokes.

[jmencalisse]

Hello Beckett.

[Horrible overdone AA impression? Check.]

That's good. To verbalize what is bothering you, it is an important first step. Why don't you tell us how you really feel?

[bookofnope]

Just at the moment? Cold, hungry, but entertained to see what shapes you'll twist yourself into as denial demands it. Unless you come from a world in which people really do get randomly abducted into post-apocalyptic landscapes for televisual fun and profit.

[jmencalisse]

[He pretends to ponder that for a moment.] Sort of.

This set here is the most impressive I have seen, though.

[bookofnope]

Wait until you see the production crew. [God but he needs footage of this guy meeting a robo-spider.]

At least you aren't insisting this is all a drug-induced hallucination. Points for originality.

[jmencalisse]

[Well, that's definitely what he's thinking but fat chance of him giving that away now.]

Yeah, well, I'm not stupid. I know how drugs work and this Hollywood bullshit isn't it.

[Which is the truth and scratches uncomfortably at his denial.]

[bookofnope]

An honest fellow. Excellent. So, knowing that this isn't drugs, and that you don't really believe it's a show, what are your other theories?

[Boy, does he love scratching st denial.]

[jmencalisse]

I could be dead. Or maybe I've gone insane.

Or I'm in a coma like in that one tv show.

[bookofnope]

So either your subconscious mind has come up with an incredibly complex and detailed scenario to torment you with, or you've done something to deserve a truly dreadful afterlife?