raisetheearth | 2- [Video] [Gateway City]

[Arlene's never been comfortable with internet forums. She's not actually very computer literate, and the Network reminds her of those faceless posts anonymously sharing and judging opinions. But the draw was impossible to resist; once she knew about her Number, just knowing what she does about this group of special, interesting and unique people was enough to make her contact them.

Cameras seem to follow them, after all, and she's spent the last 15 odd years being practically invisible.]

Hello! Um, hi. Can you see me? Hear me? I'm Arlene Machiavelli, maybe you've heard of me.

[She grins, brightly at first, but it fades quickly. It's unlikely that she'll be recognized, and she knows it.]

Or maybe not. I, uh... did some modeling back in the day, though. People ask that all the time, if I did, so it must be kind of obvious.

[She laughs again. Her smile's broken. She knows damn well that as soon as a person is talking herself up more than others are, she's in trouble, coming off as big-headed rather than accomplished.]

I wanted to say thank you to the people who helped me out during that... whatever that was, with the dinosaurs in the zoo. I got really lucky, and you guys were so nice. So... now that I'm a part of this secret society too, do I have to pay membership or booking fees or anything? I want to do it right but I also want to make sure it's not some kind of scam. Only idiots fall for those.

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[Speaking of people cameras follow! Here's a possibly much more familiar face showing up with a bright smile.]

Ah, another new person, huh? It looks like there's a lot of us showing up all of a sudden. [A short laugh.] Well, nobody asked me for money or anything yet so I don't think you have to worry about that. It's just the occasional dinosaurs we need to watch out for.