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[harrythelizard]

[The feed is a little jumpy at first as Harry fumbles with the camera, but eventually he gets it angled right and it's clear he's standing on the pier on the Harbor District, Tell Phone's camera pointed to the sea, to the wall of fog that hasn't gone anywhere, and in the distance, to the lighthouse, nearly kissing that wall of fog.

He doesn't turn the camera to face it as he starts to explain, and as he does, what he's describing becomes more clear, though the display is small.]

There are things out there, in the fog, or maybe they're on the other side of it. I don't know, but they don't look nice, and any attempt to reach out and sense anything about it is fruitless.

[He breathes a sigh but keeps the camera steady, and just barely, it's possible to make out shifting shapes in the fog. It's almost as though it's lit from behind, like shadows dancing on curtains.]

Long story short,

[And this point, he does turn the camera to face him and he smiles a lopsided but somehow charming smile at all the folks at home.]

I need to get closer, and while I can make pretty bad life choices, I don't have a death wish. Basically, I need backup. Who's in?

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[neurotoxicity]

This is surprisingly mature of you. [ She 100% would have expected him to go alone. ] I can go with you.

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[harrythelizard]

See, I can learn. [After how long?] I'd be glad to have you. There are unknown horrors out there.

Literally. We have no idea what we could be dealing with.

[neurotoxicity]

It only takes you a few years. [ Kind of like them admitting feelings for each other. Yes, she had to add that. ]

We never know what we could be dealing with here, so what's the difference?

[harrythelizard]

[This was 100% not the time to talk about how long it took him to come around to anything.

But she was right.]

So far, they've followed rules, but this seems, I don't know, different. [Like something Outside, but he's not going there, not yet.]

[neurotoxicity]

Different how? Are you sure you're not just being paranoid? You do that a lot. [ Said as though she doesn't. ]

[harrythelizard]

I'm definitely paranoid, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. There's a...presence to them, when they're close to the wall of mist. It's hard to explain. They feel...wrong. Like they're from...Outside? Beyond the physical and metaphysical realms we know and lovw.

[neurotoxicity]

So you think we should be concerned?

[harrythelizard]

Maybe? I don't think we should ignore it, anyway.

[neurotoxicity]

Give me fifteen minutes to grab a few things and I'll meet you at your place then.

[harrythelizard]

Meet me at my office instead. It's where I keep my lab.

[neurotoxicity]

I still can't get over that you call it a lab. Rachel just treated it like a kitchen.

[harrythelizard]

Did she not keep her records and experiments there? How's that not a lab?