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[whipcracks.livejournal.com]

[ a young woman's voice comes on the Vine. she does not sound pleased. in fact, 'furious' might be a more appropriate way to describe it. ]

What is the meaning of this?! I demand an explanation! Right now! [ there is a loud, sharp CRACK!, the sound of leather hitting hard against the ground. ]

Any foolish answers will be met with a whipping! I don't want to waste my time hearing nonsense explanations!

[ she ends this with another CRACK!, to emphasize her point. ]

Comments

[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

Actually, I don't think a spaceship would be capable of taking you to an alternate universe. It's not as if you get to the edge of space and there's a door you can step through into Alternate Universe #12, or something. You'd be better off with some sort of... device, like a teleporter, or something that could disturb the universe's, uh, structure enough to let you break through.

Sooooo, anyway. I dunno how we got here. Probably some sort of disturbance in the space/time continuity. Keep an eye on the cats and all the—interesting individuals turning up. You'll start to believe it, sooner or later.

[whipcracks.livejournal.com]

Quiet! If you have any point to get at all, hurry up and get to it without any more long-winded drivel! [ CRACK! ] But if your point is to convince me that I am, in fact, currently located in an alternate universe, then I suggest you spare us both the trouble and shut up instead!

[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

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[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

I'm Steph! Stephanie Brown. Mild-mannered college student.

Who're you?

[whipcracks.livejournal.com]

In no point in time did I ask for your name, occupation, or nature! [ CRACK! ] Do not saddle me with unnecessary information!

[whipcracks.livejournal.com]

... Regardless, my name is Franziska von Karma, the prosecutorial prodigy. You'd do well to remember it.

[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

Good to meetcha, Miss Karma. Unfortunately, I don't think we have any courts around here.

[whipcracks.livejournal.com]

That's von Karma. And I care little for any courts that may or may not be here, as my only interest is how to get out.

[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid there's no in-built emergency exit, vK.

[whipcracks.livejournal.com]

[ CRACK! ] Do not refer to me in such a familiar manner! And despite your foolish insistence that this is an "alternate universe", there's got to be a way out! We got here, didn't we?!

[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

Jeez, starting to think I shoulda stuck with ma'am. For the record, I'm not up for a whipping. Not today, anyway.

We're looking for a way out. Trust me. Nobody wants to be stuck here.

[whipcracks.livejournal.com]

That's too bad, Stephanie Brown, as you've already accumulated a total of five whippings, and that's only within the course of the last ten minutes.

That aside -- how long have you been at it?

[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

One whipping every two minutes? That's... thirty an hour, seven-hundred and twenty a day, something-something and something a week. Er. Let's keep this budding friendship firmly Vine-based, 'kay?

And how long have I been looking for a way home? Well, I've been here for a few weeks, so not all that long.

[whipcracks.livejournal.com]

[ ignores that first part in favor of being OUTRAGED ] A few weeks, and you still haven't found a way out? You're useless enough to belong to America's police force!

[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

Did you miss the part where I'm a mild-mannered college student... ?

[whipcracks.livejournal.com]

That's no excuse for such complete uselessness! [ CRACK! ]

[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

What are you, like, fifteen?

[whipcracks.livejournal.com]

Excuse me? I think you'll want to be taking that back!

[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

Or what, you'll whip me six times? Y'know, after the first three lashings, I feel like I'd lose count, anyway.

Additionally: being so defensive is making my estimation of your age drop waaay lower.

[whipcracks.livejournal.com]

Grr...! I'll have you know that I've whipped adult men into unconsciousness! Ill-mannered college students such as yourself wouldn't stand a chance against my whip, no matter how nonchalant you might act about it!

[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

Fourteen? Thirteen?

[whipcracks.livejournal.com]

Stephanie Brown! You will regret this until your last day!

[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

You mean we aren't going to become B.F.F.?

[whipcracks.livejournal.com]

And spare me your foolish internet slang! [ CRACK! ]

[gravityfists.livejournal.com]

You're right. Maybe I am taking it too far. I mean, the other day, my ex lectured me for using pwned in real life. Apparently you don't pronounce it like that? Y'know, with the P.