The Elder Luke's room, for the elder Tyler Marlocke

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The elder Luke's room, being newly occupied, has not had time to collect much. In fact, its main indication of occupancy is the Luke Lump on the bed.

Said Lump is, in fact, awake, in that he is semi-conscious and could be roused to a state of 'more conscious', if necessary.

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[basic_powers]

"LUUUUKE! GET UP GET UP GETUP!"

Tyler the elder is now shaking the Lump awake in a frantic hurry.

Don't ask how he got in, just be glad he did.

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AUGH!, the Lump is trying to say.

It comes out more like "Wha?"

Same dif.

[basic_powers]

"Luke, get up and get moving, now, and I do mean now." Tyler is checking the closet over for gear to take back, he can't stop back at the lair too much of a chance-- oh shit the mushroom samples. "Get your stuff, you can puke at your home universe later."

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The closet just contains what Luke came in; mostly standard-issue UNIT and not much of it particularly helpful in a fight. Scientific Advisors aren't supposed to be in the thick of things, don'tchaknow.

At any rate, Luke's brain is waking up the rest of him, hurried by Tyler's tone. This may or may not be fast enough for Tyler's liking, given lingering dizziness etc.

"What happened?"

[basic_powers]

"Oh a fourteen-year-old YOU just stumbled in through the door whimpering with massive head pain, so I think out chances of backstepping into our own past have now draaassstically gone up." Tyler replies, throwing a bag with Luke's things to him. "Including the chances of the other me showing up, so I'm going to run to the Lair and get those mushroom samples I brought for you."

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He catches it, amazingly. Possibly his hands are a little bit faster to wake up than the rest of him, or something.

There is a slightly disbelieving and confuuuuused "That was you?"

Massive head pain does not do wonders for the memory, y'see. Even if it is eidetic.

[basic_powers]

"Yes, it seems that within 24 hours of each event, I carried your ass to safe haven." Tyler would like to know WHY HIS TIME TRAVEL EVENTS HAPPEN IN TWOS. "I handed you, that is the you of 10 years ago to Dr. Guppy who is now taking care of you in the infirmary."

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Blink.

"Thank you."

Yes, he is aware of the implications and the possible timeline-crossing.

Regardless, it had to be said.

[basic_powers]

"...you're welcome."

After poking his head out the door quickly for a moment.

"Right, this way," Satisfied that the coast is clear in this hallway, it's time for an all out run down the hall. "238, 238, 238..."

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Luke... will just be following wherever, yes.

(It's not like he doesn't run.)

(A lot.)

(It's practically in the job description.)

[basic_powers]

That's good, just ah...look the other way while Tyler breaks into his own room, will you? He didn't have time to grab the key earlier.

"Winston, SIT. STAY. GOOD BOY." The orders to a very bewildered mini-raptor are given rapidly and with remarkable obiediance as the two rush through the room and into the Mare Obscurum. "Right...watch the monitors for any signs of the younger me wandering about...tidy up the cot..."

Oh yes, picture of Not!panicking this one.

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Because Luke has never broken into anything before.

Nope.

Not a thing.

Still a little bit behind on things, Luke does both at once! Oh the multitasking.

(And this is why he got a room separate from his younger self's, Tyler.)

[basic_powers]

(Does your seperate room come with built-in surveillance and a biometric tongue-scanning lock, Luke?)

"Right, as it was when I got here." Snatching up the case with the 2 samples of mushroom of doom. "Got the mushroom samples, secret door's this way."

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(No. But on the other hand? Luke is not as paranoid.)

He's following!

He's also wondering if the room came like that or if Tyler had it put in.

[basic_powers]

(...He's paranoid for a reason.)

One moment Tyler is there, the next there is a hole in the floor leading down into a metal slide.

Time for the fun ride!

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(Admittedly.)

BWARK


THIS IS NOT DOING HIS INNER EAR ANY GOOD, TYLER, YOU COULD AT LEAST HAVE WARNED HIM.

[basic_powers]

HIM DISAPPEARING IS A WARNING.

It is, blessidly a short ride down the slide to a complex door, with an odd looking entryplate that Tyler is licking.

"Gack, have to remember to get that thing flavored in cherry or something." He remarks, wiping his mouth as the door panel opens up behind the Bar. "Right, your first Luke."

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-That's good, then. So if Luke throws up he won't be doing so in Tyler's hair.

Thankfully, they do not stumble out onto Happy Hour, or there would be Questions.

Good, yes.

[basic_powers]

Tyler is very thankful it is not Happy Hour just now.

"Right, coast is clear, just get up, and walk calmly for your door, I'll follow."

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Calmly, he walks.

Calmly, he opens his door.

Calmly, he goes through it, and waits long enough to be certain Tyler's going to make it through.

And then, calmly, he doubles over and throws up.

Forgive him if he does not feel sorry for whoever has to clean up that floor.

[basic_powers]

That's okay, no one really feels sorry for these Aliens at the moment. That may change.

Once through, Tyler's just going to stick close and wait for Luke to finish vomiting before helping him to his feet to walk on.

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Luke doesn't actually know where he's going, but he does, eventually, pick a spot that's relatively out of the way and has panels and things to hack into, because they can't blindly wander around the ship forever.

(As for his hacking skills and whether he is good enough for this, well: the narration says consider how he was in the first season and add many years of practice with Mr. Smith.)

After a bit of fiddling, he comes up with a map of the ship, and the life forms on the ship. The ones not meant to be there are in mauve, and one particular mauve one that Luke assumes is Ross is only a few corridors away.

[basic_powers]

"Move that way?" Tyler murmurs, pointing at the nearby mauve spot that is Ross and looking at Luke for confirmation.

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"Yes."


...Momentary re-orientation, kthnx.

Beat.

OH WAIT BUT FIRST he takes a few extra minutes to wipe the mauve spots thare are him and Tyler from the system. Smart, Luke is, if still getting over druggedness.

"All right."

[basic_powers]

He just waits until Luke's done with the computer before walking in the direction of the Mauve Spot That Is An Ally.