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CAPTAIN HOLIDAY ⥛ contact

❝ Holiday here. Leave a message with your name and what you need. I'll get back to you. ❞

[ As of October 15th, calling this line will deliver this message instead: ]

❝ THE LINE YOU ARE TRYING TO REACH HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED. ❞

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[ He sighs, slowly and very blatantly. ]

We had nothing to do with what happened in Miami. That attack was Soviet-backed, undoubtedly -- got their fingerprints all over it. Unfortunately, any place imPorts collect themselves is gonna be a target for our overseas enemies. S'why we want everyone to take this seriously.

[And here Hans kicks in his charm power, knowing full well that if Holiday doesn't want to tell him anything, it's not going to work. Still, worth a shot.]

Mind telling me more about these Soviets?

I don't think I can tell you much more than what y'might read in a book -- the Soviets have a particular idea of doing things which tends to mean forcing everyone around 'em to do things their way. Taking power from those who earned it, shutting down opposing sentiment, shutting down political and individual freedoms. We didn't like that much, so we intervened.

And they didn't like that much.

Well what are we doing to stop them? After all, those sharks were a blatant attack on our territory.

Surely we could just send one or two of the more powerful imPorts over to teach them a lesson?

Hell no, we can't do that. It's a cold war, means we aren't getting ourselves directly involved. Sending imPorts over would definitely be a declaration of something grander.

[thankfully, Hans resists the urge to say 'that's so stupid.']

You said yourselves that the sharks were from the Soviets. How is that not the declaration we're looking for?

Unless, you're worried that we can't beat them if this were to escalate into an actual war.

I don't got the authority to declare war.

[damn this chain of command.]

That's the...president's authority, isn't it. [and cue the aggravated sigh.] So what can you do about Soviet attacks like the sharks and the monorail?

We clean it up and try to be more prepared the next time. And I mean all of us.

Some of us have a different way of 'cleaning up messes' than other.

And, one final question--this time about the Porter, not the Soviets. [and here, to Hans's credit, he at least SOUNDS like this is taking a lot out of him and that he's very sad about it.] I always assumed you had no control over when people arrive. Is the same true about when they leave?

[ He exhales. ]

Yes, it is. Y'lose someone, kid?

My fiancee.

Hasn't somebody tried controlling that machine?

What do you think we've been trying to do with it all this time? We ain't keeping it around for decoration.

You have different people from different universes with different expertises--some of whom have had prior experience with machinery like this. I thought you'd be letting them study it.

We're letting folks have a look at it eventually, but first we have to make sure it's actually safe to do so. It's a sensitive situation.

Sensitive how?

Sensitive that we gotta get clearance, security, and make sure the damn thing will accept being poked at by new people.

Another chain of command thing, isn't it. [siiiiigh.]

You got it. Sort of the way things work in this country.

It's a pity you can't change it.

A pity, but I'm just one man.

However, it's amazing what one man can do when he puts his mind to something.

Sure, when it's something that's possible.

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