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[flashknickers.livejournal.com]

--Right. This is a bit weird, isn't it? Standing in the middle of nowhere, all alone and talking to myself. And the stars, I could be talking to them, as well.
I need to stop spending so much time with Sam. Madness isn't contagious or anything, but I've been starting to talk to myself more lately, and, well, it is Sam.
Anyway. Am I still asleep? That'd explain it. I've had a dream like this once before. Well, not exactly like this. But close to it.

It's nice, though, this place. Sort of pretty, even if it is a bit weird and I have no clue where I am. And it's quiet. That's nice, too, considering. It's a bit loud everywhere in Manchester, I think. Hard to hear yourself think, sometimes. I think that's life everywhere, though, unless you're out in the country. Maybe I should consider that. But it wouldn't be nearly as interesting.

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[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

It's all right. I can explain, if you'll allow me. I take it you know Sam Tyler--he's here as well, somewhere.

Section-Chief Kirihara Misaki of NPA Foreign Affairs. And you are?

[flashknickers.livejournal.com]

I'm Annie.

--did you say Sam's here?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

He is. He was the first person I met when I appeared here, ironically. This place is called the Astral Plane. It's a sort of nexus--a meeting point between realities. You come from Manchester, 1973, is that correct? I am from Tokyo, 2008, and a very different Earth than the one you know.

You can leave any time you wish. You just need-- [And she vanishes, to reappear moments later, looking a bit surprised and frustrated.] I'm sorry. This is the first time I've ever had to explain it to someone. Just--think about going home, and it will happen. Like it did to me, just now.

You have questions I'm sure. Please, don't hesitate.

[didorothy]

...Oh, no.

[flashknickers.livejournal.com]

Nice to see you, too.

[didorothy]

But if you're here - you haven't been into work today, Annie. Which means the Guv'n I need to spend some quality time with you drag you back into our reality, and we have to make up some sort of temporary excuse for me'n the Guv being gone from your reality, and we have to find a way so you can siphon cases through to us. We can't leave you in charge; Ray has authority. I just don't want to make Carling responsible for the entire department. And then there's the Master... I'd really hoped no one else from CID would show up here. [talking to himself a bit, yes, perhaps]

[madamemoiselle]

...Sam? You know Sam?

[flashknickers.livejournal.com]

I do know Sam. Do you?

[madamemoiselle]

I do. Who are you?

[lamb_of_gold]

[Someone's getting a workout because his master is still asleep. Hey there, pretty lady!]

[flashknickers.livejournal.com]

[...um, blinkblink]

...er...

[theguv.livejournal.com]

...oh bloody hell.

[flashknickers.livejournal.com]

--sorry, sir?

[cyfor.livejournal.com]

[Comes running up and jumps on her foot.] Dibs!

[flashknickers.livejournal.com]

--what?

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

Sam? That wouldn't be Sam Tyler would it?

[flashknickers.livejournal.com]

One and the same. I'm guessing you know him, as well?

[contract_star]

Sam?

You must be a police officer as well. Sam Tyler is here--along with Gene Hunt. And this is the Astral Plane. Ah...think of it as a crossroads between worlds. Everyone here is from a different world or reality.

[flashknickers.livejournal.com]

...that, er....a bit weird, really.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

Another Manchurian? [looks a bit amused] Sam's uniqueness shouldn't be contagious. Well, I don't think so.

[flashknickers.livejournal.com]

I don't really think it is. And uniqueness is a good way of putting it.

[twelvemasks.livejournal.com]

Sam's not crazy. [Stated casually. And yes, he believes this :|]

[flashknickers.livejournal.com]

You sure?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Offering up the obligatory Lewis Carroll reference, we're all mad here.

[flashknickers.livejournal.com]

I was sorta waiting for that.

--odd, but you look like my mate Sam, but you sound a bit different.