Room 406, Evening

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It had been a long night followed by a slightly longer day. But it hadn't been a bad day. It was good to know she'd helped Bel put to rest his worries about his demon. And nice to actually spend some time talking to Cam.

Isabel didn't feel like wandering out in search of company tonight. Instead she's sprawled on her bed getting a start on reading next week's assignment for Western Lit.

The door's open.

[ooc: slow liek whoa till about 8ish EST]

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Aeryn heads up to the fourth floor after class, knocking on the open door. "Hi," she says.

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Isabel looked up, surprised to see Aeryn this high up. "Hi. What's up?" she asked, although she had a good idea.

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Aeryn closes the door behind her after stepping inside. "Have you been listening to the radio?" she asks.

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Isabel nodded, "What exactly is wrong with him? The radio wasn't particularly clear."

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She's not sure how much she should be admitting, but to ask this she knows she has to put it all out there. "There's been some sort of chip implanted in his brain," she says. "He's hallucinating all the time, talking to and fighting with a person that isn't there."

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"Oh god," she said. "Who did it? And why?"

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"What I'm about to tell you doesn't leave this room, all right?" she asks. "It's just personal and doesn't involve just me, but I should tell you."

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"I'd never tell a soul, Aeryn. I know all about keeping secrets."

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Aeryn smiles a little at that, then sobers and leans against the door. "John and I exist in an alternate reality," she says, and suddenly that sounds strange. "In that reality, we knew a person named Scorpius, who was after some of the knowledge that John had. He implanted a neural chip in that John's brain in order to get it."

She takes a breath, and goes on, "Scorpius was here last weekend. In our reality. Bridge did a scan of John last night, found something that's not supposed to be there. The best we can figure is that Scorpius did it just because he could."

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Isabel was silent for a few minutes as she processed everything Aeryn said. Alternate realities was one of the odder things she'd heard since coming to Fandom, but it wasn't totally outside the realm of posssibilities.

"What can be done to help him?"

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"I'm not exactly sure," she says. "He doesn't react well to the idea of surgery to remove it, but he's already doing what Scorpius tells him to do. You mentioned the dreamwalking thing, and I don't know if there's any way you can just see what's happening or... find out something from it. Is that something you can do?"

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"If he agrees, I can go in and see what's happening. But I don't know that I'll be able to do anything," she said. "I've never dealt with anything like this before. But of course I'll try."

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"He said he was open to the idea," she says. And after Tactics of War, she will kick his ass if he's still stalling. "You should know, though, in case it's not obvious so far, Scorpius is not a good person."

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"He is? Good." She nodded when Aeryn mentioned Scorpius. "He sounds like a bastard. But it's okay, what happens in the dreamwalk isn't real even if it does scare the hell out of you," she said, remembering the fireball. "You know, I could bring you in with me, if you wanted."

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She blinks at that, because that's new. "I think I'll leave that up to him," she says. "He and I might need to talk about it again before we can do this. Can I call you with an answer?"

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"Absolutely. I'll be here. And if I'm not, I'll have the phone with me."

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She nods. "I should be getting back. Thanks, Isabel."

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"Anytime, Aeryn. Good luck."

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She nods again, and leaves the door open again when she walks out.