001 ━ [ holo ] / [ location: the sanctuary ].

[cametolife]

Ten o'clock sharp. Perfect. Today was the day Liz would be meeting with Congresswoman Whitaker for the first time. She'd contacted her office while still in Florida at her aunt's, wanting to actively take part in her community in a way that wasn't alien-related. It had been something of a long shot, being that Liz was just a junior in high school and not a college student who surely had more qualifying credentials than her, but to her amazement, the congresswoman had expressed near immediate interest in her filling the position. Something about a lack of applications. Never the less, Liz was grateful for the opportunity and nothing, not Max Evans or any of his alien drama, was going to stop her from getting her life back on track. She didn't need Max. She'd forgotten about Max.

Okay, she was still in the process of forgetting about Max, but she'd come a long way from walking way from him at the crash sight back in May. The new school year was starting and Liz was restarting herself. Back to being Liz Parker. Back to being--

...not in the backroom of the Crashdown. Last she checked, the stairs from her family's apartment did not lead down into some creepy, metallic room.

And here she thought she was alien fiasco free. Of course.

"Hello?" She ventured, seemingly unphased. If anything, she was more annoyed than she was afraid. There was fear-- there was always fear in these types of situations-- but Liz had seen them do worse. (Them, of course, being those she assumed were to blame for this.) She continued on, despite the lack of an answer. She hadn't really been expecting one right away. "I want to speak to Agent Pierce."

Still nothing. Alright. Liz moved off the platform to the floor, closer to the tablet that she had no idea was recording her right now.

"I know why you've brought me here. I'm not going to fight you. I'm willing to talk, but only to Agent Pierce. I'll tell you everything you want to know, but just him or I'm not saying a word about what I know."

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[ voice ]

[cametolife]

Oh. Twins. Sorry. [ even she's surprised by how genuine her laugh sounds. she hates that this whole thing with max has turned her into such a good actress, and for all the wrong (well right, moralistically) reasons. ] Logic usually doesn't factor in with a prank.

That I've been abducted by aliens. Because no-one's ever used that one before.

[ voice ]

[adeadringer.livejournal.com]

[ she manages a polite chuckle herself, though hers sounds less sincere. ] Don't worry about it. You're not the first to mistake us for each other. [ elena, you might want to try a little harder to keep the bitterness out of your tone, there. ]

She's...actually not lying about that. You see that band on your wrist?

[ voice ]

[cametolife]

[ liz lifts up her wrist and discovers, for the first time, the bracelet that all lucky abductees get upon being kidnapped to taxon. she pulls at it, yelping a bit when the tug pulls on her flesh in turn, sending a sharp pain up her arm and down into her fingers. she shakes her hand out. this... this was starting to scare her more than the usual alien uneasiness that she'd somehow grown accustomed to. ]

What is this, superglue? Doesn't anyone read the tube; it's not supposed to go on skin.

[ voice ]

[adeadringer.livejournal.com]

It's not glued, it's more like...fused onto our skin. You can't remove it, but it keeps track of your budget and what you hatch. Something like that. It's how you can tell who was abducted and who's an Extra.

[ pause. ]

Extras are like the natives here, but they're more like robots than actual people.

[ voice ]

[cametolife]

I need to sit down.

[ and she does, crossing her legs and resting her elbows on her thighs as she drops her head into her hands. this is getting to be a little too much. ]

Whoever you guys are, you're taking this prank way too far.