imitation/fake 01

[afieldofswords]

[Morning - 768 Bunker Street - Action/Phone]

[Out of one hell, into another. The last memory Archer had was fading away at the end of the Grail War and hearing Rin promise not to let his past self follow the same road he did. He smiled at her and spoke with his old voice, then faded away. It was a nice, hopeful memory. But that was the first thing that was wrong as Archer slowly came into consciousness...he shouldn't have been able to remember that so vividly if he had truly resumed his role.

Shouldn't in a flesh and blood body, either.

Or in a bed.

Or in really, really terrible nightwear.

Archer's good at hiding how he feels about things, so while he looked like someone had only stepped on his toe, Archer was rapidly trying to piece together where the hell he was and why he had somehow been demoted from Counter Guardian to some random person in a suit. Once the initial confusion wears off, he eventually finds his way over to the phone and makes use of it.]

Alright. I'll bite. Where is this, when is it, and why am I here?

[The very blunt way of asking this did a poor job of masking both the head-spinning confusion of suddenly being human again and the irritation he had apparently entered the bizarro world of the 1950s.

Boy was he in for a few unpleasant surprises.]

Comments

[ phone ]

[normality]

Technically it's the 1950s in America, but.. there's no way to tell whether that's true exactly, it could be that they're probably just pretending it's that time and place, right?

[ phone ]

[afieldofswords]

I don't know, I'm the confused newcomer who's asking strangers on the phone for help.

[ phone ]

[normality]

I'm just mentioning it.. The drones might tell you it's the 1950s, after all, but they probably just can't be believed.

[ phone ]

[afieldofswords]

So it's safe to assume we're not actually backwards in time, then.

[ phone ]

[normality]

Yes. After all, the drones must have been created with some sort of technology that never could have existed back then. At least, that's what I think.

[ phone ]

[afieldofswords]

Fascinating. And I'm told we can be 'droned', as well, with this technology?

[ phone ]

[normality]

Yes, they drone people who cause too much destruction or are too much trouble, I think.. But sometimes it seems to happen to people randomly for no reason too. It's weird.

[ phone ]

[afieldofswords]

Hm. I suppose its sporadic activity or prioritizing would explain why this brainwashing hasn't gotten all of its captives. It's possible that it's not perfect. Or...that's an educated guess, I suppose.

[Beat.]

Not even here that long and I'm already speculating.

[ phone ]

[normality]

We're all doing nothing more than speculating, really. It's been years and nobody has found a way out of this place yet, even after all this time.

[ phone ]

[afieldofswords]

Well. That sounds promising.