03 - The Fun is Just Beginning

[lockedinglass.livejournal.com]

[Susan! Speaking Greek and looking very upset.]

What in the world is going on?! Everyone I know is either speaking... What is this, is this Greek? Or some gibberish language that I--it's like nothing I've ever heard and...! I used to speak Ukrainian. I used to be fluent in Ukranian. Now I can't remember a word of it at all.

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[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[he nods!] I don't know what this language is called, but you're only the second person I've met that can speak it, too.

[lockedinglass.livejournal.com]

[She closes her eyes.] Thank God. I was starting to think I wouldn't actually be able to speak to anyone.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

I know how you feel... but I'm beginning to think there's at least two people who speak any one language. [He watches her for a moment, still kind of concerned about how upset she was earlier.]

[lockedinglass.livejournal.com]

[She's beginning to collect herself.] That's something, at least.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[Ryotarou nods. Then, remembers something.] Ah... what about your friend? Agent Creegan?

[lockedinglass.livejournal.com]

[She shakes her head.] He doesn't seem to be effected at all.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

So he's still speaking English..?

[lockedinglass.livejournal.com]

It would seem that way. But I can't understand it.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Like with me and Japanese... [:\] So it's affecting even the people that didn't have their languages switched around.

[lockedinglass.livejournal.com]

[She rubs her eyes.] Everyone back home keeps talking as though nothing has changed, switching back and forth between Greek and... whatever it is we're speaking like it's normal.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

... Really? [That is.. really strange.] I wonder if that's happened to everyone...

[lockedinglass.livejournal.com]

Has it not happened to you?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

I'm... not sure, actually. I came straight here when Deneb and I suddenly couldn't understand each other.

[lockedinglass.livejournal.com]

Deneb? A friend of yours? He must be here too, then, if you couldn't communicate.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[nods] That's right. Neither of our languages match, so it's... kind of worrying.

[lockedinglass.livejournal.com]

Understandably. ...do you have any idea what would cause something like this?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Probably the Twins... I think they were behind it last time something like this happened.

[lockedinglass.livejournal.com]

Last time? This has happened before?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Not exactly, but it was something that affected a lot of the people here.

[lockedinglass.livejournal.com]

What was it, exactly? [She and Creegan haven't been able to compare notes on everything yet.]

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Um... Friends of people who can come here started to disappear. They were found in other realities, but... they looked different and couldn't remember anything. It got sorted out, but there was a lot of panic while it was going on.

[lockedinglass.livejournal.com]

[Very dark expression.] I suppose I should feel lucky this experience is so benign.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Yeah... [nods] It happened only a little while after I could first come here, actually.

[lockedinglass.livejournal.com]

So what, a group of new people show up and everything goes crazy?

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's some sort of initiation. [only half joking here]