(IC) Lost In Dreams [Peter]

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Kumar starts bombarding Peter with questions. They seem both friendly and prying at the same time. Kumar wants to know about what movies just came out and what TV shows are big. He wants to know about politics. He wants to know about what the nicest models of smart phones are, and about any sports Peter watches and who the big stars are. Peter knows some of the answers ... and not some of the others.

The energy peaks, and then its gone. two seconds later, a ding lets everyone know that the conveyor has arrived, and the door opens. They are sitting on a concrete pad. Trucks are there to meet them, and soon they are driving through a mostly empty world on a shuttle. various concrete pads, some with the conveyors, are all over the place, as is traffic -- and little else.

They enter a town of sorts. A crazy town. People are dressed like you took the extras from five completely different movies and smashed them together. Historical North American clothing dominates, but there's a little bit of everything. Most of the folks trickle out of the bus over three stops. The fourth stop is in front of a building that boldly proclaims: "Miracle Workers". They file into the building. Kumar gives the dog a look "I suppose he's behaved so far.". He leads them inside.

Kumar goes up to a woman at the desk, and explains that they are trying to figure out where Peter is from. She directs them to a room in the back of the buildings. Its quite a secure room. The walls are soundproof, a white noise generator is unlocked, and Peter has to sign some non-disclosure forms about not telling people about non-public worlds. Then they start searching.

30 minutes later, they've thoroughly shot down every possible world. Requests have been made for more worlds, but Kumar doesn't think they'll come up with anything.

Kumar: "where ever your world is, we aren't aware of it. We are constantly looking for more worlds, but if we haven't already found it ... you're likely to graduate from college before you get home."