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[Now he's had more time to practice filters, he's trying one out. He's sure this matter has been brought up before at some point in time anyhow, so it's not like it's too sensitive. But he has to ask, since it seems like people never discuss it. At the moment, Mulder can be seen holding a small handheld mirror and tapping it absentmindedly into the palm of his other hand. He has a thoughtful expression on his face.]

...I bet it's been tried before, but... Has anyone ever had the barcode on the back of their neck examined? Is there a doctor in the house, or anyone with a medical background who's ever tried removing it from someone? ....Or maybe just someone in possession of a state of the art grocery store scanner to check it out? [What, YOU NEVER KNOW.] For that matter, can we be entirely sure they haven't implanted anything additional in us?

Aside from that, I'm almost starting to feel a sense of routine and normality, between my ongoing quest to commune with the spirits and now working on what's essentially becoming the Lucetian X-Files. I have some faint hope that documenting the experiments will give me a better understanding of this place. Although I would kill for a computer to type them out on. Uh... not literally kill, for the record.
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A flood of newcomers means I get to officially upgrade my New Feather badge to the next level... [Warning! Warning! Incoming snark mode!] Welcome to paradise, everyone. The food is free, but the TV reception is terrible, the recreational activities consist of reality-altering experiments which will make you wish you were on reality-altering drugs, and the vacation staff running the place have a mysterious fetish for wings. Overall I give this resort a half star. You really should have gone to Disneyworld instead.

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It actually has less negative stars than it used to have. We used to not have electricity. Those were dark days. Both literally and figuratively.

And I bet some of them would find enlightenment through finding new purposes in life... say, as toasters or vacuum cleaners.

[And that's next on Mulder's mind as well, speaking of their droid 'friends.']

...How are you doing, by the way?

The so-called happiest place on earth. It's a park filled with rides and attractions. The kind of place people go on vacation, to unwind and enjoy themselves. Price of admission doesn't even include monthly experiments.

[Oh, give Giles a second before he goes on to serious talk. That is a truly glorious mental image.

But after a few seconds, he sighs.]

My arm is healing.

My eyes aren't. Not yet. The best I can say is that they might be a little less sensitive to light than they were at first.

You have a tricorder? How did you come into possession of it, if you don't mind my asking? [He so needs to keep a closer eye on the shops! His AU-self had had all kinds of cool stuff along those lines, alas he does not.]

But I guess it's not surprising that it doesn't pick up the Malnosso-brand of technology. Theirs seems to be unlike anything else in any world, by all accounts. Still. The barcodes have to give off some kind of signal, and possibly store information as well...

It's not the barrier. After all, we can communicate back and forth with the Malnosso, who reside outside the barrier. But this world seems to be a whole different dimension than our own worlds.

Depends how long the line is. Five hours of the It's a Small World song can start gettin' on people's nerves, but on an average visitor's day, I'd take my chances with the annoyin' music.

[ McCoy's fervently hoping this isn't going to lead into a "you're a fictional character" conversation. it's somewhat of a mood dampener. ]

One of the best. It's been outfitted with the latest technology, but it doesn't mean a damn thing in a world as advanced as this one and it makes sense it can't pick anything up.

Canadian?

[Blinkblink.]

No, Disney Town's one of the worlds I visited.

[Robert is too serious for the snark - which probably would go mostly over his head, he doesn't pick sarcasm up well - and the filtered part catches his attention (he summarily bumps it up out of habit). He runs his own fingers over the barcode under his lab coat's lapels as he speaks.]

I have analyzed it using my nanocomputer's holophotography, but I do not recognize the configuration. It is nothing like any sort of encryption that I have ever seen... and at any rate, it is mostly outside of the ability of my nanocomputer to process. [Terrans had never exactly had to think about grocery store barcode scanners.]

It may be a means of identification and sequestering, or it may be a manner of quickly extracting information about us as encoded in whatever method of storage it must be. It must be subdermal, rather like some form of tattoo, otherwise we would shed it; but I do not think it is made with any ink... Have there been any cases of allergic reactions to the barcodes? We might be able to ascertain what material it is from if there have been.

And I do not think we can be certain... [Robert makes a disgusted little noise.] I long for Terran biomedical scanners, so that we might get a more accurate picture of our own bodies here, and perhaps see how the wings connect.

[And though Robert is kind of anxious of having random people touch his nanocomputer, he might make an exception for Mulder...]

Ah. It sounds like Luceti Land, the amusement park they had here once. It was a nice break from experiments, but it hasn't been repeated so far.

No problem.

Damn, you and I must be in the bargain bin, then.

Kind of a long story. I've been trying everything I can think of with it, but so far I can't pin down the frequency.

And we're short a few transdimensional communicators, unfortunately.

Perhaps the blue CEO, Catherine, can provide you with one if you ask him nicely.

However, I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.

Pretty much. The majority of people where I'm from don't even believe in extraterrestrial life.

[Exceedingly wrong, in Mulder's opinion.]

I have to wonder if the barcode would just grow back if anyone tried removing it...

Knowing them? Probably. I'm not up for trying it, though.

Ok, true, even the sanest mind would crack after hearing that song repeatedly. But you can be sure that the people in the rides won't come to life and start abducting you for tests, at least...

You must be from my world, roughly.

Ugh. It still surprises me that the town didn't revolt in a mutiny back in the days of old. Maybe keeping us comfortable was their reason for giving us electricity...

[After the Battle Dome thing, Mulder isn't trusting ANY motives for giving them 'rewards'. There's always some ulterior motive.]

[Such amusing mental images are how to stay sane around here. Mulder gives him the time he needs to answer.]

I've heard the effects can last a while after the kidnappings... so it's good to hear that you're having some improvement.

I've always wanted one of those... [At least a couple months here has gotten Mulder used to things. Or there would be a lot more outwardly geeking out.]

Anyway. It's frustrating, when their technology corresponds to nothing else, on any other world. Still, I figured it couldn't hurt to ask. The tricorder probably doesn't pick up much during experiments, either?

...Huh. So this is an entire world of its own? What's Disney Town like? Maybe we can have a little compare and contrast to the place I'm familiar with.

Luceti Land?

[Oh what will they think of next.]

I'm surprised they did something so beneficial for the town here. Though of course, what wouldn't surprise me was if they had some hidden motive behind putting on such an event.

They're clever, they wouldn't let something get into our hands that could threaten their work in any way...

I take it that it can't pick up on anything to do with Shifts in general?

Well, part of one! There's gotta be more to it than the town, but I didn't get to see it.

[A beat.]

Anyway, it's a really fun place! Bright, colorful, and there's a ton of stuff to do there. Racing, fruit ball... there's even a machine that lets you make your own ice cream. Plus, the people there are really nice... well, except Pete.

Edited 2011-05-11 05:03 (UTC)

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