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[Thanks to a gorgeous, no-nonsense brunette he'd stumbled across in the hospital section of the ship, Jimmy's got the basics down for the MIDs. It'd taken him a couple tries, but you live and you learn and you sometimes fuck up. A few taps, quite a few considering the state of his prosthetic, and his face pops up on the network - curly hair styled, and a wide grin for anyone and everyone.]

Friends, the name's Jimmy. Jimmy Darling.

[He's not looking for a tour guide. He's not looking for someone to explain all these shiny metal machines or how he got to be up in the stars. No, Jimmy's looking for something else.]

Anyone from the 1950's? Heard that people round here are from all over the place. I need someone from back then to catch me up on some local news.

[Jimmy's wrapped his head around the fact that people come from different times, but alternate universes - well, that's going to take a minute.]

So if any of you good lookin' folks can point me in the right direction, i'd be mighty grateful.

[A wink. The feed ends.]

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In which direction? Met another fella who said he was from way before the 50's.

What's it like? Restless. Anyone and everyone was tryin' to be someone. Yeah, America. Where are you from?

The other one, I think. After.

Brazil. If that's the way it was, I don't think the world's changed at all, we just got a lot better at broadcasting it all!

[and killing each other but he leaves that part out.]

Never been to Brazil. Heard it rained a lot there.

[Not that he knows for sure. Gossip isn't exactly fact.]

How much better?

It rains about the same as anywhere else, man.

[travel brochures...]

You see the hoodickey you're talking into? Something like this is considered bulky and unfashionable where I'm from.

[Jimmy comes from a place where phones have cords and only well-to-do people had them. The fact he can carry his around, attached to his wrist, is more advanced than what he knows.]

How much smaller can these get?

These MIDS? I haven't seen anything smaller than human sized ones. Tech in general? You could have an entire library on a chip that fit on the end of your finger!