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Cause of death: Nerve disruption
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Ivan awakes in some formal but non-military get up.

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The outfit's really not the first thing on his mind! The first thing on his mind is that he has to leap to his feet and resume attempting to foil the assassin! The second thing on his mind is that this was probably a dumb thing to do because he's probably in the hospital recovering from life-threatening injuries! The third thing on his mind is that this doesn't really look like either of those situations, a holistic impression which does admittedly take the threads into account. ...he doesn't own this outfit. He considered buying something very much like this outfit but settled on the blue one instead; he busts the blue one out for situations like "girlfriend needs a plus one to a wedding and wants her plus one to look excitingly foreign". Also he thinks the one in the store didn't fit this well.

...he goes out the door to see if that's enlightening.

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There's a guy there in a historical looking sort of garb.  "Hello, Ivan."

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"...hello?"

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"The name's Journey Carison; nice to meet you."  Handshake?

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........if that is the order of operations here far be it from Ivan to object?? Handshake.

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"Feeling alright?  Can I get you anything?"

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"Where am I?"

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"That's a complicated question!  Let's start with: a pocket dimension which is not directly connected to your universe of origin."

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He'd say "pull the other one" but there is sure something up, might as well be that. "Uh-huh."

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"You died; condolences.  We resurrected you."

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"...thank you, from whom shall I tell my accountant to expect an invoice?"

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"We're not going to charge you money for it.  Although we would appreciate the use of some of your time and effort."

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"...have I already been declared discharged by way of death in the line of duty, because if I haven't I'm not saying I can't be convinced into shenanigans but I've got a pretty high bar for the convincing."

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"...There's a bit of a time dilation situation.  I have no reason to believe you won't be shortly declared that, from certain perspectives."

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"...I s'pose a time dilation situation's pretty convincing."

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"And you can go back when you're done, if you'd like."

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"With a fascinating tale of adventure?"

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"The greatest adventure of all, if you think about it.  Say, do you watch any reality programming?"

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"...now and again. I will disappoint you if you want me to sing but I suppose if you just want me to be bad at singing for the episode that shows how discerning your judges are it's a small price to pay."

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"We could help you improve at singing, if you'd like.  But no, it's not that kind of show."

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"I will be far less even keeled about the kind where people have to survive on a half terraformed planet till they cry uncle."

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"How about the romance kind?"

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"Honestly never understood why people go on those instead of just going out and about and doing things where there are people but I suppose now I know the answer is that the television producers resurrect them from the dead and ask nicely."

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"I'm not sure that's the case for ones from your home universe," he laughs.  "Now, I have here," he gestures approximately towards an eye, "that you have 'enough androphilia to work with'; is that so?"

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"...you have that from whom?"

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