At Aiden's house; New London, Britannia:
Mrs. Esterly (to Ms. Dvorak): Hello, Margaux, dear. I have a few loaves of fresh baked bread if you'd like them. You know how I get to baking when I'm thinking.
Ms. Dvorak (to Mrs. Esterly): Oh, that would be lovely, dear, thank you. I believe Miss Kobayashi is up to something, but I can't figure out what it is for the life of me. She's playing it quite close to the vest.
Mrs. Esterly (to Ms. Dvorak): I do too, dear. I've been worrying on it with nothing to show for it but far too many baked goods for one person.
Ms. Dvorak (to Mrs. Esterly): Well, how do you think we should proceed? Sit back & see how it goes or call on her young man to stop her?
Mrs. Esterly (to Ms. Dvorak): I doubt very much that she'll like it, but I think perhaps we should fetch her. Something about this whole situations stinks.
Ms. Dvorak (to Mrs. Esterly): I agree. I've got just the girl to send to grab him.
Mrs. Esterly (to Ms. Dvorak): Sooner rather than later is better I think.
Ms. Dvorak (to Mrs. Esterly): Alright, I'll take care of it right now, dear... Let me use your telegraph. I'll have a scotch while you're pouring things.
Mrs. Esterly (to Ms. Dvorak): Of course dear. Double no water?
Ms. Dvorak (to Mrs. Esterly): Of course. Is there any other way?
An hour or so later, outside of Marlena & Victor's apartment; West Piedmont:
Ariadne (to Victor): Excuse me, are you Victor?
Victor (to Ariadne): ... Do I know you?
Ariadne (to Victor): Not this time around, little man, but it'll take too long to explain. You need to go get your girl.
Victor (to Ariadne): ... This has something to do with that whole alternate bloody timeline, doesn't it? Is Yuki OK?
Ariadne (to Victor): I'm not sure but, Ms. Dvorak is worried she's up to something. She suggested that I get a hold of you & send you to grab her. I'd do it myself but, I'm not sure I can find her quick enough and I've never met her so she might not appreciate me grabbing her.
Victor (to Ariadne): Heh. Probably not. It's alright, Hari. I can do it. ...You didn't tell me your name, did you?
Ariadne (to Victor): Heehee, no I didn't, sweetcheeks. But, it might be a residual effect from me. Just do it soon. Here's my address. You can bring her there, if you need to keep her out of the way for awhile.
Victor (to Ariadne): I'll do it right now. Thank you. Out of curiosity, do you remember the other timeline as well?
Ariadne (to Victor): I remember several timelines, Victor. It's been a friggin' headache.
Victor (to Ariadne): Ha ha ha! Yeah, that's one way to put it. Alright. I'll see you shortly.
A few moments later, somewhere in Qin:
Victor (to Yukiko): Shit! ... Well, that was a little more challenging than I thought it would be.
Yukiko (to Victor): Victor! What are you doing... in the middle of nowhere? Is something wrong?
Victor (to Yukiko): Hey... Sorry to surprise you. Mrs. Dvorak asked me to come pick you up. She thinks... She thinks something's going on.
Yukiko (to Victor): ... Oh. Like what?
Victor (to Yukiko): I'm not sure. I didn't get the full story. She sent one of her... She sent one of her... Oh, god... Excuse me.
Yukiko (to Victor): Oh god, Victor, are you okay? Sit down. You look a bit peaky... I know this isn't really the best time to say this, but I'm happy to see you.
Victor (to Yukiko): I'm happy to see you too. Um... Do me a favor, and remind yourself you said that. I'm sorry. I am so, SO sorry for doing that without asking... You... You won't be able to use that generator.
Yukiko (to Victor): What did you do to my generator!?! Damn it... It's dead.
Victor (to Yukiko): ...Fried it. Sorry. The portable kinds can't handle the kind of power a strong enough skipper can kick up. I did it... Sorry. I did it on purpose. Were you scrambling your signal? That was... That was WAY fucking harder than it should've been.
Yukiko (to Victor): I was, but I was going to use it to skip to the other side... eventually.
Victor (to Yukiko): I really am sorry. I'll help you... I'm sure I can help you... Shit. I'm sorry. I need to sit down.
Yukiko (to Victor): Oh, Victor, let me help you. I've got my camping site setup just to the east of here. Can you make it?
Victor (to Yukiko): Yeah... I should be fine. Heh. I'm tougher than I look, I promise.
