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[internship]

Okay, proposing that after our next Zumba class we find somewhere to get charcuterie.

Is this what manifesting is? We're manifesting the gachapon room around our first corner.

I'm not sure I actually believe in all of that, but I didn't believe in magic or pocket dimensions until a few weeks ago. I still think there might be scientific explanations for all of the magic, actually.

[begot]

sounds good to me. 😊

you know, i never read the secret, but i think it's something like this.

i'm still not sure what i think. about this place, i mean. the earth i come from doesn't really have anything supernatural to speak of, but it's not like i can come here and say none of it's real — unless this is a really, really elaborate break from reality. (which would be a shame. you're too sweet to be just a figment of my imagination!)

are you on a science track?

[internship]

You're also sweet, Amy. Fingers crossed we're not both figments of each other's imagination? (I don't think it works like that, but you know.)

Some wild things have happened in the New York I come from, but definitely not "multiple universes" wild. Mostly genetic experiments gone awry.

I was actually supposed to be starting a biochem program at Oxford right before I blipped here. I guess I'm having parts of the college experience, but not the ones I was expecting.

[begot]

genetic experiments? i'm starting to think i might come from the least interesting version of earth.

oxford, how exciting! congratulations! hopefully you'll still be able to make it there.
i'm assuming you mean the partying, to put it politely. it's kind of crazy, isn't it? like a totally different take on the usual alien abduction theories.

[internship]

If it makes you feel any better, "interesting" in my world meant my old supervisor tried to turn everyone in New York into lizards.

Thanks! We'll see if they make an academic exception for getting warped back to 2007.

God, do you think there are any aliens here? Apparently there are werewolves and vampires.

[begot]

oh my god.

[ A pause — well, there's not much else she can really say about that. ]

i don't see why not! i haven't seen any little green men walking around, but there's nothing to say aliens wouldn't look like fabio in a place like this.

[internship]

The possibility of supermodel aliens coming to one of our Zumba classes makes me feel like I've walked into one of those goofy middle grade novels? The ones with titles like "My Librarian is a Werewolf!" or something like that.

[begot]

i'd prefer that to another horror movie scenario, at least. and maybe i wouldn't mind meeting a sexy alien! 🤭