[CALL] Video; UN: ironiclabcoat

[new_toys]

[The woman on the screen is not wearing a lab coat, despite her username, but if she's not a mad scientist she's missed her calling in life. Despite the punk-ish shock of bleached-blonde hair and the glimpses of best-of-Goodwill-chic clothes, something about her just screams it.

She peers at the camera through yellow-tinted safety glasses, checking to make sure it's on, then pulls back and flashes the network an enormous grin.]

This is awesome.

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Video; un: skaldinghott

[story_and_teller]

Yes, it is.

[The woman on this end looks a bit more... Ren-Faire-reject than anything else, though the singe-marks on her sleeves are very genuine to he trained eye.]

[new_toys]

[She can dig it. All aspects of it.]

Anything I should know that I woulda missed on the self-guided tour?

[story_and_teller]

Well that depends entirely on the nature of your tour.

[new_toys]

Wandering around, jaw agape...?

[story_and_teller]

So the usual then.

[ There's a good humoured warmth in her voice, though her eyes glitter with mischief. ]

In that case, what are you interested in?

...if the answer to that question is 'everything', then perhaps you'd like a guided tour...?

[new_toys]

Well.

[She tips the camera just enough to show the grounds of St. Vidicon stretching out behind her.]

I've seen enough to know I'm putting down roots here, but if I'm missing out on anything cool...

video. un: igniferous.

[lightmagic]

[ As tired as she is, Lily can't help but smile at this woman's enthusiasm - and, thankfully, at this point in her life she's rather used to mad scientist looks. she has her hair tied up and her own clothes are very 'late 1970s' chic. ]

It really is, isn't it? I've only just arrived and it's been quite the experience already.

[new_toys]

[Well, hello, fellow closet-time-traveler -- or so Holtz thinks. She likes Lily's shirt, anyway.]

Ohyeah? [It's one word, the way she says it.] Where did you end up?

[lightmagic]

Tomorrow, I believe. It has the closest level of technology to where I was previously, at least.

[new_toys]

Hey, me too.

[She grins broadly.]

Pretty kickin', right?

video; un: wardenka

[boundinblood]

[A tattooed redhead sitting beside a fire, if the flickering light is any indication, responds with a little smile of her own at her enthusiasm.]

It certainly seems like it! I...well, I was going to wait until morning to venture in, myself, but it appears it's daytime there? Very strange.

[It is very clearly night in Katherine's own location.]

[new_toys]

[Interesting. Not an unknown phenomenon to Holtzmann, but early nightfall also usually coincides with ghost activity. She leans forward with her elbows on her knees and peers at the screen, trying to make out what else is around the redhead.]

Where are you?

[boundinblood]

[She's definitely outdoors - in fact, in the wilderness. There's no signs of civilization anywhere in the background, not even noise. There's very little light pollution, as well; what she can see of the sky is filled with stars.]

My own world. Do you think time passes differently between each one?

[The concept of it being a different time of day somewhere else is a little strange to Katherine. Her concept of her world, is, in fact, her continent, and that means generally day is day and night is night and that's true for everyone.]

[new_toys]

We can call in from the other side? I missed that part.

[Huh.]

Well, anyway, axiomatically, time passes differently between planes.

[boundinblood]

I've only found that to be true of our perception of time-...

[Wait a minute, she's forgetting that for any one person everything could be different.]

How many other planes have you seen? Here, there are only two, or there were until I was given this device.

video; un: a.stark

[iron_man]

[ The wardrobe choices are definitely interesting, but the yellow-tinted safety glasses and the username are hard to ignore. And, he has to admit, they're both pretty cool. ]

Not bad, huh? Have you gotten to explore the cities yet?

[new_toys]

[Very, very cool, yes. Exceedingly cool, thank you kindly.]

Some. Apparently I'm about to get a space tour from one of you good Samaritans.

[The city is also exceedingly cool, and she remains pumped about this.]

[iron_man]

Wow, that's pretty awesome. So you're in the City of Tomorrow, I take it? Aren't the cars pretty damn awesome? I'm going to need to make one when I get back home.

[new_toys]

[She senses a fellow tinkerer and perks up.]

Do you know what makes 'em tick yet?

[iron_man]

Working on it. I'm actually going to try and get my hands on one and take it apart while I'm here.

[ His to-do list is getting pretty long, but whatever. He is truly a tinkerer, so taking the flying car apart is definitely a thing he needs to do. ]

text; UN: galeas

[fivenareff]

Any particular favorite sights so far?

[new_toys]

I'm a nuclear engineer, s o . . .

Who is this?

[fivenareff]

[WHAT A GOOD QUESTION, he thinks, and there's a moment's pause.]

Arthur.

[It certainly fits in with his username.]

I'm new as well. Very new, in fact; I only arrived a few days ago.

[new_toys]

[Arthurian legend is lost on Holtzmann; she'll be the first to admit it. She doesn't draw any immediate connections there.]

Jillian Holtzmann. You don't like the phone?

[Skyping a stranger is weird, but texting with one feels weirder. For all she knows, he's actually Rowan North, back from the dead yet again.]

[fivenareff]

I don't like the way my voice sounds, if you want the truth. Texting is easier on me.

Besides: it's easier to do two things at once if I'm texting. I can give both the conversation and whatever I'm doing my full attention instead of constantly splitting it.

What does a nuclear engineer do, exactly? Or, more importantly: what does a nuclear engineer work on here?