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Our champions turn out to be alts of people here. You want Jane to invite 'em?

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He laughs. Sure, go for it.

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"Sue says go for it," says Aegis.

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[Okay. So Giles, if you were a military recruitment officer who worked mostly with super-genius six-year-olds and your livelihood had just been rendered moot, what would be the best way for me to invite you to a party on Mars in Eos on behalf of one of your erstwhile charges? Jasper, if you were a military psychologist who liked yelling at bureaucrats - same question!]

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"Military psychologist? Wonders never cease," mutters Jasper. "Skip straight to the brainphone, I suppose. Tell him - he's the one who worked on Sue? - tell him it's do to with Sue, I suppose, I can be a surprise."

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"...I have no idea," says Giles. "I suppose... just use the brainphone, yes, but do tell him about me if he lets you get that far. He may not believe you, but I can't imagine that he'd rather be surprised."

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[Hello, Jasper Whitlock,] says Jane. [Sue, your erstwhile subject, would like to invite you to a party in another world!]

[Hello, Rupert Merryweather,] also says Jane. [Swan, your erstwhile recruit, would like to invite you to a party in another world!]
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There are varying lengths of silence from each recipient.

Whitlock speaks first: [Who are you? What's going on?]

Then Merryweather, a few seconds later: [Who are you and how do you know anything about my connection to Swan?]
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[I'm a friend of Sue's!] Whitlock gets. [I'm your ride to and from the party, if you want to go. I can do this nifty teleporting trick.]

[I'm a friend of hers!] Merryweather gets. [And she's been hacking into the psych records since she was twelve. She likes you, though.]
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[...Okay,] says Whitlock, [you know what, sure.]

Merryweather hesitates a little longer.
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[I can pick you up and put you down if you'll stand in front of a camera,] Jane tells Whitlock. [You heard about the kidnapped kids whose building got dropped in the Hegemony complex? Like that, but I don't want your whole building so I can't just use the sattelite photo.]

[Lots of universes,] Jane says chattily, [have copies of people from others. There's a you here. He's friends with another of Swan.]
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[And you're what,] says Whitlock, [the same thing to computers that Sue is to people?]

After a moment, Merryweather produces a hesitant, [Er, really?]
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[That's actually a very good way of describing me!] exclaims Jane.

[Yes,] says Jane. [He says you'd probably rather he not be a surprise and so I should tell you if you let me get that far. There are eight of Swan here, total, and they have brought all their friends.]
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Whitlock laughs.

[Good Lord,] mutters Merryweather.
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[Ah, there you are. Ready?] Jane asks when Whitlock steps in front of a networked camera.

[Any other questions?] Jane asks Merryweather innocently.
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[Yes,] Whitlock says resignedly.

Merryweather pauses, then says, [How am I meant to get to this party...?]
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Jane yoinks Whitlock and drops him next to Jasper (Cullen).

[I'm your ride,] she explains to Merryweather. [Did you hear about that building that mysteriously appeared in the Hegemony complex? I put it there. You just have to go somewhere I can see you and say when.]
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Whitlock... stares.

[And where,] asks Merryweather, [can you see me?]
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[In view of any camera hooked up to the nets,] says Jane.

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"Hi," says Jasper. "I'm an alternate universe version of you who lived during the Civil War and was turned into a vampire at age twenty."

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Whitlock shakes his head slowly.

Merryweather doesn't say anything, but he does appear in front of such a camera, looking disgruntled.
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[Ready?] Jane asks Merryweather brightly.

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"The little admiral's alternate universe version," Jasper adds, gesturing at Aegis, "married my brother, is why I'm here. Adoptive," he adds. "I fell in with a vampire family, you're unlikely to know any of them."

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[You seem inappropriately cheerful about your surveillance abilities,] says Merryweather. [Yes, fine, let's see this party.]

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Yoink!

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