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[color=0072bc]'... Right.'[/color] Hardwick responded slowly. It was just as he feared: he had somehow found himself in a place beyond time, space, and potentially even beyond the fabric of reality.

A chilling sense of dread gripped him as he pulled his flask out once more and drank deeply until even the last dregs were gone. The burn from the whiskey seemed to fill every last crevice of his being with warmth, washing away the fear until it was nothing more than a dull murmur.

He turned to Ayeka. [color=0072bc]'So... What does a guy have to do to get a drink around here?'[/color]