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[diastereomer]

Bugger.

[ A pause because, oh, yes, that would be the button that turns the blasted thing on. Well... we can only hope that there is a delay between Yusuf's annoyed mouthing off at the little piece of technology and it actually turning on. He's holding it much too close to his mouth and, as such, his voice is unaccountably loud for the calm way he asks, ]

If anyone can hear me, would you be so kind as to let me know?

[ The sound of the device being turned over and over in his hands. Hopefully he won't accidentally click it off... ]

Honestly... this is hardly intuitive...



[ ooc: new, fresh meat, etc. not cursed, just confused! ]

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The unicorn's loss.

[ As much as Yusuf is wont to joke (and it is a joke, Yusuf is not a fan of messy deaths in dreams, and impaling has very little positive connotation when it is at the mercy of a snarling mythical horse-- or otherwise), Arthur's admission is worrisome. He can only assume if he's under with them, that they're using one of his compounds. If Eames can't forge then there is something very, very wrong with the mixture. Everything seems per usual as far as dream mechanics go, with the exception of Yusuf not being able to remember... exactly how he got here, but that might be an imbalance of hydroxyl groups. So long as there isn't any additional oxidation going on, they should be fine until the timer runs out.

It can't be that long, surely. ]

That is unfortunate to hear. I will have to look into that. Surely it only requires a little tweak. Though... [ Yusuf sighs, frustrated at drawing such a massive blank. He is almost positive that he hasn't seen Eames in two weeks, and Arthur in much longer; but that doesn't make any sense, now does it? Too cheerfully to be entirely appropriate, Yusuf shrugs. ] This is very confusing. Hopefully I am not giving us all ethanol poisoning.

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More than a tweak, I think, but that's your area and we haven't been able to ask you until now, so with any luck, we'll find out.

[ One tweak or twenty, a small or large one, Arthur is picky only about the accuracy of said tweaks but that of course means everything. It's hardly worth commenting on when the table remains empty for the moment anyway however so he sends the next message through voice instead with a mild, more usual sort of humor - dry but not falsified. ]

Hopefully not. Poisoning might be the least of our worries though. Eames's been here longer. He say how far he is from you?

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[ Yusuf would beg to differ-- poisoning is a very real and kind of horrible way to die (especially when you consider the compounded time down in a dream, that agony could go on for ages before your mind finally gave out)-- but he sees no reason to voice his opinion. Really, what good will it do them if he is? ]

No, just that he is on his way. I suppose you will know when he arrives just as soon as I do. [ Because the device is on, picking up the sound of whatever Arthur is doing on the other side, so the same must be true for the noises around the chemist. ]