Duped, part 4

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Artie's Office
Warehouse 13
South Dakota

Whatever's going on with Lewis Carrol's mirror, it definitely requires further analysis. Which means bringing it up to the office, a dicey proposition at best. If they drop it and break it--Artie doesn't even want to think about that.

As it turns out, though, the danger is less to the mirror than to his and Claudia's patience with each other.

"Careful!"

"Stop yelling!"

"Start listening!"

"Oh, I am so running over your toes--"

"Alright, just get it straight--not like that!"

"Okay!"

"Could you close the door behind you?"

[Dialogue from Warehouse 13 episode 1x09, "Duped."]

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[k39zzz]

"Nothing."

[doyousmellfudge_archive]

"So what is it? Just a shadow-play?"

[k39zzz]

"Well, the glass is--is like a barrier," says Leena, looking frustrated. "If that's alive, I can't tell."

[claudiometer]

...oh for god's sake, people.
"Let's just ask her."

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"It."

Anthropomorphizing Artifacts, while sometimes appropriate, is usually a bad idea.

[claudiometer]

"It. It might have something to tell us. I mean, why can't we just talk to it?"
Seems like the easiest way to get to the bottom of this.

[doyousmellfudge_archive]

"Because we do not converse with reflected entities, okay?"

[claudiometer]

"...Because?"
What, you thought she was going to stop pressing for answers there?

[doyousmellfudge_archive]

"Because two words: 'Bloody Mary.'"

[claudiometer]

"That's just an urban legend, though, right?"
(Someone's still adjusting to the realities of her job.)

[doyousmellfudge_archive]

See icon.

[claudiometer]

"...oh, of course it isn't."

[doyousmellfudge_archive]

First rule of the Warehouse: Nothing is ever 'just an urban legend.'

"Shadows have power. You let this thing speak--" he jerks a thumb toward mirror!Myka-- "and there is no telling what could happen."

[claudiometer]

"Pete was playing ping-pong with one of those things."
On a fairly regular basis, from what Claudia knows.

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"Weren't you supposed to go pull files or something?"

Y'know, go do something useful instead of just snarking?

[claudiometer]

...Fine, fine. She rolls her eyes and stalks off.
She can at least give him something to work with while she goes and puts her own plan into action, right?

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"Thank you," says Artie. "Okay. Oh, and pull anything on Studio 54."

[claudiometer]

"Got it."
No, really, how many hands does he think she has?

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"Fifty-four!" he repeats for emphasis.

[claudiometer]

"Heard you!"
And after she pulls him some damn files, she goes and pulls herself some parts. One way or another, this needs some answers, and she still thinks the best bet is asking Myka.