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Claudia Donovan (clauds) wrote in makebelievelog,
@ 2012-09-22 23:34:00

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claudia donovan, myka bering

Who: Claudia Donovan, Myka Bering (Other WH-13 cast, at some point, if desired by people?)
What: Welcoming committee
When: Saturday Sept 22nd, 2012
Where: North wing, third floor hall
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 / Potential for language
Status: Closed(ish) / Complete

First Pete, then Steve, now Myka. Claudia was still beyond excited due to Steve's arrival and Myka only added to that, even if she was trying not to be too excited and overwhelm Steve with info. He had gone from right before death and, even if he wasn't dead, that was never a fun feeling. But Myka - well, Myka had come from right after H.G. and Mrs. F's deaths. Not happy things either. Claudia wanted to squee and hug Myka, and be hyper, but she also didn't want to unsettle her more.

She hoped if the familiar face didn't help, the big bag of Twizzlers tucked under her arm would help with that. "Mykaaaa." Claudia knocked on the door, bouncing impatiently as she waited for her friend to open the door. She didn't know if anyone else would join them, but she figured to act as the welcoming wagon regardless since she had been there the longest and knew the most. "Twizzler delivery!"

She would have to find out if Myka had her Farnsworth or not, too, as well as her TESLA. If not, Claudia would add to her to-do list. She had already been hard at work to make a broadcasting device to allow the Farnsworths to work, though that was easier said than done. Farnsworths had diagrams online, due to fans' desire for such things, but there wasn't anything about the actual broadcast-allowing device outside of the fact they were supposed to work anywhere on earth. If only Artie had let her poke into it more, but Artie also couldn't have anticipated the random transport to another dimension and the need to know such things.

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clauds
2012-09-24 04:34 am UTC (link)

"Pretty much. Just a bit more gray in the eyebrows and hair, probably." Claudia admitted with a brief laugh, then a sigh. It was a little weird to miss him as much as she did, but it was like missing a father.

Claudia caught the confused and disbelieved look and understood it. She watched Myka sit and waited, patient, until Myka said something else. Even in her hyperactive state, she knew she had to be still for the moment. When the remark finally came out about Thor, she laughed. "TESLA practice with Thor. He asked me to turn it up and - I hit him with a top power stun, Myka, and he fell on his butt and ended up laughing. Tiny char in his armor."

"He's gone, he got sent back, but - this place is insane in an awesome way, sometimes. Gigolo Joe from A.I. Artificial Intelligence was here, ages ago. Jude Law. I got to look at the inner workings of an A.I. so advanced that I would argue for humanity of a machine that conscious." Claudia sat up, grinning as she described a techie goldmine experience. There had been some serious down aspects of it and, considering she had come from after the Warehouse had blown up at her re-arrival, she had needed a lot to distract her. Her mood in private had been far from what she portrayed to a number of people around, either. But that had been taken care of and was over, now, thanks to the TV show and presence of most of her surrogate family. "I got to hold a real working Jedi Lightsaber the other day. Pete jealousy level and all, there are massive upsides to this place. There are some downsides, almost artifact-y, but no artifacts thus far outside of the ones I have."

"There's - weird stuff. And I can give you the basics to the mind-boggling, or I can save some of the 'my brain just exploded' severe stuff for later. That's up to you." Claudia really didn't want to cause a massive overload. She knew the fact they were fictional some places could certainly have that effect on a person's mind. She still wasn't entirely used to the idea. "No point in frying the CPU."

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beringandwells
2012-09-24 05:40 pm UTC (link)

Myka couldn't tell whether Claudia was upset that Thor had been sent back or if it was just something to be expected. As she continued to go on she smiled and shook her head. Same ole Claudia. She sounded like a kid in a candy store at everything that she'd been able to experience here. At the mention of artifacts a wave of sadness came over her again. The explosion playing before her eyes like a movie, seeing Helena's face before the blast took her away, standing in the wreckage. It was all too soon. They'd barely managed to make a plan to fix what Sykes had taken from them before she had appeared in this dimension. Time obviously went on after one was taken and she only hoped that somehow that plan had been carried out. It was painful knowing that she herself wouldn't be part of it but if they succeeded the Warehouse would be all right. Claudia was sure that it had been so she knew she would just have to hold on to that knowledge to bring peace to her battered soul. However difficult that it might be.

"Why don't you start with basics and we'll move from there." Myka was entirely sure she was ready for the sensory overload that was coming. For now small doses would have to suffice or it was very likely that she would breakdown. The hold that she had over her emotions was fragile at best and could snap at any moment.

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clauds
2012-09-25 03:21 am UTC (link)

"Um - okay, the stuff from home is much less. Basic. So I'll go with here stuff first! So, Land of Make Believe. City is New Creandi, which we're not actually in it. The city is a metropolis. We're on a different timeline here from home and, like I kind of said, when we go home we go right back to the exact same spot." Claudia started to rattle off, thinking through things and trying to put it into a logical order. She figured Myka could, and would, tell her what she wanted to know once they got past the basics.

"Sometimes weird things happen that are artifact-y, but no artifact cause. Like, people turning into animals. But it always ends after a portion of time with no one doing anything to stop it and, no matter what anyone does to stop it, it never changes it. So. That's a bit of a - blah." She paused briefly, pausing, trying to think what else to toss in. "Like I said, some fictional people - so Thor, Harry Potter, blah blah - magic is real here."

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beringandwells
2012-09-25 04:36 am UTC (link)

She vaguely remembered someone mentioning New Creandi when last she checked the phone she'd been given. Myka continued to take in everything that Claudia was rattling off. Storing away the information to be recalled at a later date. A feeling of dread came over her body when she heard the phrase when we go home we go right back to the exact same spot. As strange as it was being pulled into a castle in a world in a new dimension going back was even worse. Here she had Claudia, Pete and Steve, and maybe Artie would arrive too. Going back to that moment with Steve, Helena, and Mrs. Frederick dead, and the Warehouse gone was too painful to imagine. "Do we remember our time here when we are sent back?" Of all the questions floating through her head that was the one that came out. Myka wasn't entirely sure why she wanted to know as she had no intention of going back. No, she was determined to stay here no matter what. But nonetheless it had been the first thing to pop out of her mouth.

"Artifact happenings with no apparent cause and that end on their own." Myka said more to herself than to Claudia. It didn't make hardly any sense but neither did the fact that she was seemingly pulled into a new dimension either. Growing up in a bookstore had given her a creative imagination. While it would be a mind blowing experience to meet fictional characters Myka knew that she'd get through it. She'd survived learning H.G. Wells was a woman and she liked to think that the Warehouse had prepared her for anything thrown her way. "So long as you don't say Alice Liddell is lurking about the castle I think I will be all right."

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clauds
2012-09-26 07:25 am UTC (link)

"No, we don't remember. It's a bad dream, daydream, that fades really fast. The harder you try to remember - the faster it slips away, if anything." Claudia had wanted to remember to stop the Warehouse's destruction and Steve's death, but it hadn't helped anyhow.

"But like I said on the phone, things get fixed. Artifacts are good and - all of us are good too. Except Artie is a little less than - great, but it's another thing that we can tackle. Steve isn't good at first, but - I take care of it and then things get set completely right down the line." Claudia left a lot of details out, with the main goal of not utterly traumatizing Myka. She didn't know how much she should say without really upsetting the other woman.

"I don't think Alice is here. If she is, she hasn't spoken up. And anyhow, I think if she showed up it would be the book version instead of the actual one." Claudia admitted with a small shrug. "There have been a lot more people who are known from TV shows and movies instead of books, but there are some book characters around."

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beringandwells
2012-09-26 07:56 am UTC (link)

Of course they wouldn't remember. Myka subconsciously knew the answer to the question no sooner had she asked it. Being sent back with memories that could potentially be used to alter events. Memories of a place that shouldn't exist and doesn't on any normal spectrum of reality. It would make life all the more confusing for those sent home.

As she listened to Claudia ramble on she knew immediately that she wasn't being told everything. In the beginning she had insisted on taking things slowly and not being overloaded with information. But it was something about the way that Claudia pieced the information together that spoke volumes to her. No, the young woman that she had thought of as a little sister was tap dancing around some vital information. "Claudia please stop tap dancing around telling me something. I'm a trained observer and I can tell you aren't saying something."

Book version or not, Myka would rather Alice not turn up in the castle. The girl could be the sweetest person alive and it still wouldn't make a difference. That classic had been ruined forever by Lewis Carroll's Looking Glass and Alice Liddell.

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clauds
2012-09-26 08:11 am UTC (link)

"That's almost as annoying as when Steve does it." Claudia made a face and sat up straight, looking at Myka with a serious face for a few moments. She had gone for awhile on her own. She didn't want to get Myka back only to have her become despondent or not be around due to the shock of things. She hoped that wouldn't be the case.

"In - some other places, we're fictional. Or, rather, there's a fictional portrayal of us. We have a TV show." Gone was the joking demeanor, the attempted sarcasm. "Pete and I have been watching what goes on at home on TV. And - Pandora's box was blown up in the explosion, thus the world lost all hope. Artie manages to reset everything 24 hours back and keep Sykes from blowing up the Warehouse, with the help and death of a few of us which don't stick because of the artifact. But the artifact he used to reset it creates a random 'evil' and we don't know what that evil is or how to stop it yet." It all spilled out of Claudia's mouth in almost one giant breath. The look on Claudia's face likely said it all, especially since it was Myka opposite her. She was worried how Myka would react. Claudia wasn't even fully used to the TV show, nor did she know what to make of it at times.

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beringandwells
2012-09-26 08:39 am UTC (link)

She gave a slight smile at her response. When Claudia sat up straight with a serious look on her face she knew that the slight joking was over. Whatever was said next was going to be extremely serious and what she wanted to know. Myka readied herself as best she could by clearing her mind and keeping it open.

When Claudia finished what she said Myka sat there staring at her. While on one hand it answered how she'd been certain that everything was all right. On the other hand it was unsettling. She was being told that she was a fictional character on a tv show. The thought was just absurd and her hand gripped Helena's locket around her neck as she shook her head. She refused to believe any of what she had just been told. But if it wasn't true Claudia shouldn't have known that Pandora's box had been destroyed and that they'd planned to use the watch to fix everything. No, there was just no way that she was a character on a television show. She was real not fictional. Looking Claudia in the eye she said, "Jokes over Claudia. Now tell me what you really wanted to say." Blissful denial was what she was going with for the time being.

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clauds
2012-09-26 09:29 am UTC (link)

"I'm not joking, Myka. We can drag Steve in here if you need the 'not lying' thing." Claudia sighed, reaching to pull her phone out. She also had stuff on the show she could pull up and, back in her own room, she had the DVD set. Part of her figured the actual physical DVD set would

"I mean, the show is once a week for an hour. That includes commercials. They don't cover - a lot. It's the stuff that would be 'show worthy,' but -" Claudia shrugged, still looking at Myka with a worried stare. "There's a TV show about our lives, on at least one alternate earth, and the show is on TV here."

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beringandwells
2012-09-26 09:40 pm UTC (link)

When Claudia mentioned bringing Steve in Myka knew that it wasn't a joke. Hell, she'd known from the beginning that it wasn't but denial was better than accepting reality. Standing she began to pace around the room. Being pulled into a new dimension she could handle. It was the sort of weird that you would expect with the warehouse and artifacts. But learning that your entire life was a source of entertainment for people in other worlds was another. The pain and heartache they'd all been through. All being interpreted different ways by an audience that would never know just what was going through their minds. In a way she felt cheated.

"No, I know, I Just don't know how to process this." Which was absurd really. She'd processed the wonders of the Warehouse rather quickly. Taken the news that H.G. Wells a writer whose works she loved was a woman. And yet for the first time in a really long time she was unable to process something. "We don't need Steve here but I would like to see him."

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clauds
2012-09-27 07:34 am UTC (link)

"Honestly, two stays in this place and nine months later I still don't know what to think about it. Exactly. I just think - I guess - people view Alice as fictional, really, but we know better. Right? If there are alternate dimensions out there where the Warehouse isn't real and we aren't agents... even if we have different names and lives and stuff... we still found each other, extended family wise, and still work together." Claudia admitted after a moment with a small shrug and a sigh. She didn't know if they were the people who portrayed them on the TV shows, but she knew (by logic and research) that there had to be actors behind the roles. It was the route that made the most sense to Claudia and, really, she didn't want to entertain the idea that they were truly fictional without a doubt. It was far too sanity-questioning to invoke such a question.

"I still don't know how the Warehouse aspect is known and knowing our lives are broadcast on TV isn't fun on some standards. I mean, there can be some embarrassing and personal stuff. But - a lot of people love it, 'fan' wise, and more importantly... it's given me a link to you guys when you weren't here. So I don't know if I can completely hate it." Claudia rattled off, then pointed at her phone. "We can call Steve and tell him to drag his butt over here, if he's sulking in his room? Or - call him later. Or he's in N34 if you want to wait until you've processed more."

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beringandwells
2012-09-29 08:30 pm UTC (link)

Myka merely took in all of Claudia's rambles. There would be no argument on her end about Alice. For so long Alice had been fictional, a fairytale that she'd read as a child. That was until Myka had her body taken over. If that hadn't been enough she'd been trapped in the mirror that had once held Alice. When it was all over she had to stop herself from taking every copy of Lew Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and sell them. That whole experience still a figment of her worse nightmares to this day. Myka was still uncertain about the being fictional or at the most their work being fictionalized. But one must eventually accept reality.

Myka couldn't be angry or upset with Claudia for finding some comfort in the show. To have been separated from them not once but three times must have been devastating. Myka shook her head at calling Steve to have him come over. The sensory overload that she had been given was exhausting. Her body still coming down from the adrenaline of the Warehouse explosion. Seeing as Claudia, Pete, and Steve were down the hall from her meant that she could stop by and see them anytime. "You don't have to call him. You're all right down the hall and I can stop by once I'm rested" Myka said and then looked at herself. "And after I clean up."

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clauds
2012-10-01 03:00 pm UTC (link)

Claudia pointed toward the bedroom doors like some sort of tourguide, a helpful (but sarcasm-included) explanation coming out. "The bathrooms are connected in the bedrooms. I don't know which is your bedroom, but I'd consider going in and getting a bubble bath... and I can give you some bubble bath and shampoo if you need it. I probably should've just done a full-on welcome basket, but - there would be the issue of getting the cellophane wrap on it without the dog getting upset that I was using the hairdryer that much. He really doesn't like it."

"They give newcomers $100 and I can be Claudia the loan shark if you need more to buy a wardrobe and stuff." Claudia also offered, a sly grin on her face. She knew Myka was upset and rightfully so, but Claudia felt a notable sense of relief that Myka wasn't losing her marbles or something and, really, that was rather big given the context that they were in another dimension.

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beringandwells
2012-10-04 12:43 am UTC (link)

Myka let a smile appear on her face as Claudia pointed out where everything was. She could clearly hear the sarcasm hidden beneath the explanation. In the past she might have raised her brow or said her name in a slightly scalding tone. But here it was comforting. With everything she'd been through and multiple trips to The Land of Make Believe she was still the same Claudia. Inserting humor awkward or otherwise whenever she could. Myka wasn's ure what bedroom was hers either but as she hadn't seen anyone since she'd arrived, she planned to just choose one of them. "I would never turn down a Claudia Donovan welcome basket. But for now bubble bath and shampoo would be amazing."

She knew that she needed a new wardrobe or else she would be stuck wearing what she currently was the entire time. A laugh escaped her lips when Claudia referred to herself as "Claudia the loan shark." The title was never something that she would have attributed to the junior agent. " Only until I find employment here and I will pay you back."

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clauds
2012-10-04 12:45 pm UTC (link)

Claudia pointed toward the exit from the apartments' shared living area. She took on a faux tour-guide impersonation, enjoying the little opportunity to act up a little. "While not clearly indicated, given the fact it's where I knocked and came in, I do believe you recognize where the exit from the suite would be; I shall now use it to retrieve said bubble bath and shampoo."

She slid back into her own regular ol' personality when she stood and leaned to give Myka one more quick hug. "I knew you would say that, hence the loan part. Not that you're predictable but - that one thing I did mentally predict. I don't mind loaning; I know you or anyone else from the Warehouse would be good for it. I'm just - really glad you're here. And I'm off to grab bubble bath and shampoo! Be right back." And with that last bout of random hyperactive energy, Claudia went for the door.

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