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[notpaidenough]

[The video feed starts with Darcy looking intently at the screen and reaching over to poke at the various functions on her newly acquired tablet. So far, she's met two people. One she hadn't seen in a while but the other was brand new. Her room is still dark and Darcy looks a little uncomfortable sitting in it.]

Okay, so someone told me about invisible maids, there's my suitcase with my stuff thrown in here, a shiny new tablet thing, and --

[She wields the ukelele in front of the camera]

One of these things.

Which pretty much leads me to the question:

Is Hitchcock gonna show up soon?

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[notpaidenough]

Pettigrew.

[She thinks on it. Wait, like--but he's right there. She gives him a side eye]

No shit?

[trepidations]

Yes, Pettigrew?

[ She's giving him a really odd look, and maybe he shouldn't have tried to be nice? Bad things always happen when he tries to be nice. ]

But that's... that's me. Have we met?

[notpaidenough]

Uh, no, you just have the same name as someone else I know.

[Play it off cool for right now, Lewis. She shakes herself of it and offers him a smile]

And yeah, I'm new. So what are we supposed to be doing around here?

[trepidations]

Oh. Really? I've never... found many with my family's name.

[ A shrug, really. It's odd but a bit fascinating that someone probably from a different world knows another with his name. ]

I mean, there's nothing we're supposed to be doing. Er. Trying to find a way out. But there's... there's not really a way out. Not that anyone's found? Er. There are easter eggs you can find, though?

[notpaidenough]

Easter eggs?

[Was it Easter? Damn, she was starting to get as bad as Jane. Darcy rubs her face a little]

You um...are you a wizard?

[trepidations]

Yeah, we had some, but. They're probably gone now. I heard some of them were... well, they were explosive?

[ It doesn't matter, really. Easter and chocolate. All things Peter likes. But her question surprises him, and he blinks at her through the feed. ]

Er. Yes, I am. [ That wasn't a question asked here at all, so for someone to know... maybe they'd met? Peter isn't exactly the brightest, he could have forgotten he'd met someone, but right now he's sure he'd remember her. Especially if she was from home. ]

[notpaidenough]

[Getting interesting. Looked similar to someone she ran into back in London. It couldn't be, right? Because he was--well he looked like a boy]

How old are you?

[trepidations]

[ What an odd question to ask. But in this place, there were dozens of different types of people from all over the place. ]

Er. Twenty.

[ He blinks, shrugging. ] I know I don't... really look it, but I am.

[notpaidenough]

[she laughs]

Nah, dude, the guy that you remind me of is still in high school. I think.

[trepidations]

Oh. Yeah, not that young, anyway.

[ And it's probably for the better, really. ] The hotel gets... well. You get used to it? There's just... a group of us that have been here since the beginning. Or... we were the first group to arrive with no one here. So... so if I can help at all. Er. Let me know?