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[Hardison steps up to the podium, trying to be as smooth about this as possible. He's not really succeeding very well, but points for effort, right? He's wearing a suit and everything. Never mind that it's for a con.]

...If I'm having my midlife crisis at 23, does that mean I'm going to die at 46? I mean, hypothetically.

((ooc: voice testing, have seen through 2x7!))

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It's certainly possible.

But then, you could theoretically freeze your age at 45 for a good number of years, if you're frightened of dying.

[He just stares at her for a moment; it's like she's a tiny version of Parker.]

I'm not afraid of it; it's just something you tend to think about when you go risking your neck for your work on practically a daily basis. [He's totally afraid of it. Can't they do a nice, safe job once in awhile? Preferably with no bombs involved.]

...Freezing myself might be pretty cool though, no pun intended. I might wake up a few centuries later and meet aliens.

Edited 2014-10-08 01:55 (UTC)

No, don't freeze yourself. You'll lock your arms in place and contract Rictus Immobulus and when they unfreeze you, all your bones will have disintegrated.

[Hey, Hardison, have another Weird Girl.]

Life expectancy patterns are location-dependent.

[She needs more information if you want this answered, man. :|]

[He seems to attract them like magnets, what is up with that? Not that he actually minds.]

Are they really? I'd have thought they were more occupation-dependent. Well, I'm from Boston if that helps.

[The weird ones are the best ones! Plus, she's adorable, don't even pretend she isn't.

And River eyes him dubiously, because that is not a name she recognizes.] What planet.

[Okay maybe she's a little bit adorable. He raises his eyebrows at the planet thing though.]

Earth. What planet are you from?

Osiris. In the Core.

[And she eyeing him even more now, because... Earth-That-Was.] Your chronology is out of alignment.

Obviously I'm not the only one, here. You know, if we were anywhere else I'd have a hard time believing you, but... [He glances up at the sky, and shrugs.]

So what year are you from? 23rd century? 24th? Or does that count as a spoiler? [He might be grinning now, because omg future person from space Eliot will never believe him ever.]

[She tosses her hair, because River is 100% a brat and enjoys knowing things other people don't.] Can't tell. It's a secret.

[Rude!!! Well fortunately for River, Hardison can also be a brat when he wants to be.] Well I won't tell you anything about the past if you won't tell me anything about the future.

Got history classes for that.

[She's bluffing. Recorded history doesn't go back that far.]

Obviously not very good history classes, if they don't even know where Boston is. [He's so smug right now.]

[She makes a Face at him and only stops short of sticking her tongue out.

So there.]

[Hardison just laughs at that.] Are you at least gonna tell me your name, or do I just have to call you Future Girl?

[She tilts her head for a moment, like she's thinking about it.]

I like Future Girl.

...Of course you do. [It's the same sort of there's something wrong with you tone he has with Parker that says he's still fond of her anyway.]

I'm Alec Hardison; though most people just call me Hardison. And also "Past Man" just sounds weird.