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[A lot of really strange things have been happening to Nick lately, but he can safely say that somehow getting kidnapped on the walk from his aunt's trailer to his car, without actually seeing anyone or even being aware that he'd been knocked unconscious, was pretty much the last thing he was expecting.

So, of course, it's what apparently happened. At this point, Nick's pretty sure he should just stop not expecting things. As soon as he doesn't expect something, that's when it's going to happen.

He takes a quick stock of the situation - not exactly liking the look of the cell he's ended up in, but at least, for some reason, whoever captured him didn't take the duffelbag full of weapons he'd had with him. A peek in the bag says they're all there, along with his both his Glocks. And a try of the doorknob, which'd been half-hearted at best, because he really hadn't expected it to open, proves to be successful.

See? Never expect things.

His cellphone isn't getting any reception, so Nick shoulders his duffelbag and pulls his gun out from its holster before ducking out into the hallway. If he can manage to sneak his way to a place that gets reception, he can call for Monroe or Hank. Or, better yet, maybe he can just find a way out of here.]

[So, uh, nonhumans, let me know if you don't want Nick to be able to tell that your character isn't human? And also feel free to have any nonhumans be able to sense something strange or dangerous/predatory about Nick!]

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Good for you.

*He doesn't sound impressed.*

If you at least have computers you're better than a lot of people. Hope you're used to doing nothing, because that's all htere is to do here.

[Nick raises an eyebrow at the unimpressed tone, but doesn't comment on it.]

Really? Nothing is pretty much the opposite of what I usually do. Maybe I should thank this guy, I'm overdo for some time off.

This is the worst vacation I've ever had in my life.

*Also the first. But pretty much anything would be a better one at this point.*

It'd be a little disconcerting if getting kidnapped to a castle and held prisoner was in your top ten vacations.

I guess it would. But any other castle would be better than this one.

I wouldn't know. This is the first castle I've been to.

They're not so bad if they aren't from prehistoric times or crawling with monsters.
Or giant spiders.

Let me guess, this one has an abundance of all of the above?

Not as many as some, and aside from the 'guests' most of the monsters are hidden or locked away. And the spider's not nearly as big as Vriska's.

I'm not sure the monsters being hidden makes me feel a whole lot better.

[But he pauses a bit at that 'aside from the guests' part.]

Should I take that to mean some of the 'guests' are monsters?

Depends on your definition of monsters. Do I fit it? There are some non-humans here but most everybody is a human of some sort. And then there's the sort who just like killing people. That's considering a bad thing for you guys, right?

*He'll never get over how weird that is.*

[Nick raises an eyebrow. That actually is an attitude he's run across before.]

Yeah, indescriminate considered a bad thing. And no, you wouldn't fit, unless you decide to start killing people in here.

[The middle part surprises him a bit.]

Humans are more than capable of being monsters. And really? I haven't run across anyone human yet.

Unless they do something to deserve it, I'm not going to kill anybody here. It doesn't last, anyway.

I know. I know humans can be monstrous too, you guys just like to think you're better than that. But then some of the other things here try to pretend like that too.

*He raises an eyebrow*

Really? You must just be lucky, then.

*Or it might be that Sollux considers the humans-with-powers and humans-who-turn-into-animals to be just different types of humans. ~~Also what are elves, thats just pointy eared humans, right?~~*

It doesn't last?

[Yeah, the rest of that's important, too, and he'd comment on it, but no, really. Killing someone doesn't last?]

Yeah, that's me. Luckiest guy around, here.

[Sarcasm central, there. And yeah, Nick is definitely including all of the above in 'not human.']

Yeah, it doesn't last.

*He would say more, but right now Sollux is watching Nick very carefully to try and gauge his reaction to that much.*

[His reaction is pretty much disbelief. Nick's seen a lot of death, man, and all of it has lasted.]

So you try to kill someone, and they just pop back up?

Yep. A few days later, without any memories, but they all come back after awhile.

...all right, that's officially the strangest thing I've heard since coming here.

[And that includes time travel and weird, spreading tattoo brands. Not that Nick's sure he believes this any more than the destruction of worlds thing.]

Yeah, well, just wait. There's more after that.

There's stranger things than people coming back to life with short-term amnesia?

Well, for most people, but most people aren't used to time shenanigans.

Oh, yeah. That.

[He wasn't used to it either, before he came here and met someone from over a hundred years in the past. It's still weird. But given the things he is used to, not quite as weird.]

No, I'm still voting with coming back from the dead.

*That's a valid timefuck, but its not what Sollux means.*

Uh-huh, just wait. I'm sure you'll find something weirder if you're here long enough.

[Yeah, Nick hasn't experienced anything like that yet.]

That's encouraging. Have you found anything weirder?

......

*Ugh, damn him for bringing it up. Now Sollux is thinking about it all.*

...yeah.

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