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[A shortish, slender man with shock white hair and red eyes appears on the Plane. He's wearing a long, fitted jacket with buckles on the back and at the throat, and the loop of a chain, much like a wallet chain, hangs down his right leg. His hands are stuffed in the pockets of the jacket and he's just...looking around.]

...what is this? Am I dead again?

Tch. Lame. I wasn't even with that idiot Badou or those jokers from that gang this time. Must've been pretty fast, I guess. I don't even remember it...

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[contract_star]

Only sometimes.

I take it you're used to dying? [Hei needs to stop being surprised by this place.]

[straydogsbite.livejournal.com]

At least if I were dead I'd know what was going to happen next.

Situations like this are just a waste of my time.

[contract_star]

More fortunate than most, then.

Situations like this, huh? Do you usually find yourself in pandimensional nexuses?

[straydogsbite.livejournal.com]

Maybe I could tell you if that meant anything to me. Is there some kind of a way out or am I fighting my way out?

[contract_star]

You only have to think about going home.

[straydogsbite.livejournal.com]

What, no ruby slippers? Now this just seems too easy.

[contract_star]

Of course it's not that easy. You can come and go as you please, but there's no actual escaping this place. No escaping the experiment, I mean.

[straydogsbite.livejournal.com]

[...you just said the magic word, son. In about half a second the white Mauser is out of its holster on his back, the chain hanging between the gun and his belt.]

Experiment?

[contract_star]

[And in about the same amount of time Hei throws a wire, wrapping it around Haine's gun and hand.]

I'm not the one running it, alright? I'm as much a guinea pig as you are now. If you're going to point that at someone, point it at the Twins.

[straydogsbite.livejournal.com]

[He looks down at the wire, unconcerned, then back up at Hei]

Then point me at them. I'm through being a damned science experiment.

[contract_star]

They would have been in that shop you saw. They look like children, pale and identical.

[straydogsbite.livejournal.com]

Then tell me how to get back there.

[contract_star]

I already told you. You just think about going home, and you go.

[straydogsbite.livejournal.com]

[Haine disappears]

[contract_star]

[Hei's wire drops to the Plane floor. Hei sighs a little and gives it a yank, retracting it into his belt.]

Experiment, huh?