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[It was mid-afternoon in Luceti and about an hour or so had passed since Jake came to and found himself not where he was supposed to be. After the initial shock, he managed to work out the journal and heard about some guide that led him to re-locate his things. Now he was taking stroll through the village. None of the technicalities of this place made sense to him, but he got the idea that he was stuck playing prisoner. That was what it all concluded to really. Nothing new to him, though this beats China's facilities any day. Was he happy? Not in the least. He was in the middle of something pretty damn important, like stopping an epidemic. Yea, he read that time would stop, but just leaving the job undone, when they were so close was pretty frustrating. Besides, he was still skeptical about a lot of things about this place.

He came to a halt in front of House 31, and gave it a look over. He walked around and locates a window. It looked like no one was staying in this house and it was surrounded by other homes that didn't have inhabitants in them either. Perfect. This particular window was facing the river and CB4. Anyone who happened by or just looked in the direction of the river would probably notice an explosion that was set off by a grenade. On closer inspection, a window had been blown off and took a chunk of the wall with it.

A few minutes after that, Jake goes on the journal.]

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So how much of a beating can this place take before the magic repairman stops coming by to fix everything?

[People can probably hear the the river, as he had moved himself away from House 31.]

Also, this is to anyone who got dumped here from Earth, if the words "Neo-Umbrella", "B.S.A.A." or "C-virus" sound familiar to you, talk to me. If you don't know know what I'm talking about, consider yourself lucky, I guess.

[...Should he mention Sherry? No, she'd likely answer this if she was really here. Anyone from home could be here afterall]

Just wanted to get an idea of how many people are on the same page as me.

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[...there's a long pause on Jake's side.]

First name, Claire?

[ and an even longer pause on hers... ]

We have a winner. [ hesitantly: ] Who are you?

...Just a mercenary for hire. [He may as well tell Claire something now that he made it obvious he knew her, but man, what are the odds? Still, he should probably tread carefully about certain details.]

The name's Jake Muller. I met your brother a few times during the latest outbreak and your friend, Sherry. She told me a little bit about you.

[ jake. a mercenary. her stomach flips in a way that reveals to her that she's not necessarily on board with the concept of mercenaries. she might even have made an argument if the guy hadn't then mentioned chris.

hadn't then mentioned sherry. jeez. as much as she wants to ask about her brother, there's something she wants to clear up: ] You saw Sherry? Sherry Birkin?

[ because in 2005, sherry is still a closely guarded government secret. in 2005, claire is the only civilian simmons allows to visit sherry. and eight years later she's... ] Where? Which outbreak?

One you don't know and too far in your future, but I think you can make your own conclusion after I mentioned Neo-Umbrella and C-Virus. [Oh boy, if they get to Simmons. ]

Edonia. Her job was to fetch some guy there who was immune to the C-Virus so a vaccine could be made.

Ironic. [ after all, sherry has her own immunity to contend with. ] On who's behalf?

[ in her own present, there isn't yet any discussion of sherry becoming an agent with anyone. had there been, claire would have had some choice words to say on the matter. ]

Under National Security's behalf. [...Right, eight year gap]

Little Sherry grew up and got promoted to agent at some point. It was Simmons who gave her the order, but he turned out to be a real nutjob.

...Simmons. [ her voice betrays deep distrust and criticism. in fact, had claire been allowed to live out the next few years back home? she would eventually send a letter to sherry warning her against simmons.

sadly, that letter was destined to be intercepted. ] And where do you fit into this tale, Jake?

[...This is where things might get tricky. Claire may be good friends with Sherry, but there are some personal things he wasn't willing to just tell to someone he only knew by name. If it gets to that point, then he's going play being oblivious.

Flatly, he gives her response.]

The guy I told you about that was immune to the C-Virus? Well, you're talking to him.

...I suppose that makes you rather important, doesn't it?

[ hmm. of course, she has no way of knowing whether sherry approved of the mercenary. but if she knew the girl well enough eight years prior to what was now being discussed, claire knew that sherry wouldn't abandon someone so vital to the cause.

in that case, claire ought not to abandon him either. ]

It's my blood that's important. [Adding in a more frustrated tone.] And my blood was about to help everyone until I got dumped into this mess. Picked a great time to summon me here.

[They were so close. After everything they went through, fate decided to keep making things difficult.]

Are we done with the 20 questions now?

Just one more. Arguably, the most important question...

How is she?

Probably confuse and panicking right now. [If time didn't actually stop.]

...She's doing fine. She handles herself all right as an agent. Probably happy she's doing this than...not being able to go anywhere.

I've tried to get her out...[ for the first time this conversation, claire sounds borderline helpless. ] Unfortunately I don't come with the same clout as other individuals. One lowly Terra Save rep doesn't mean much in the face of the US government.

[ but she gets to visit her -- as often as she can. it's better than nothing. ] Eight years. God, she's gonna be great.

[He hears that bit of helplessness in her voice and frowns. Maybe he thought of his own past experience or their connection with Sherry that was making this difficult for him to just ignore. In a reassured tone, though the words came awkwardly to him.]

...Well if it's any consolation you mean a lot to her. I bet she knew you would had gotten her out in a heartbeat if you could.

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...She told you that, huh? [ of course she did. and, of course, if sherry had trusted him enough to tell him that much then perhaps claire could trust him too. it isn't as though she has anyone else to trust.

so: ] Have you found anyone else from -- uhm -- home? Because before you, I was sure it was only me.

[Sherry did a lot of things. He could had turned his answer into some snarky remark, but Sherry's concern for other people had rubbed off on him. Still a strange place for him, but he's willing enough to support a friend of a friend. As long as they don't piss him off.]

Unless we got some shy people, it's just us so far.

Still trying to decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

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