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Yes...and where is that, exactly?

[He looks over at the person talking to him]

Not where I thought it would be, [He says it much more matter-of-factly than he's feeling] considering I'm fairly sure this isn't a rainforest.

No, nor is it where I went to sleep.

Please tell me you don't sleep in a rainforest, because lemme tell you, I only feel like handling two layers of mystery at a time right now.

Of course not. I sleep wherever icons of my existence are held. [Which is so much less of a mystery, right?]

[He looks over, raising an eyebrow]

Well that made no sense whatsoever. Today's just full of mysteries.

[He will start moving about a bit, weapon at the ready. Never huts to make sure you're not being watched.]

I'm Hermaphroditus. What I say makes perfect sense with that in mind. [Se paused, looking at the weapon.] Do you think we're going to be attacked?

[He'll just blink slowly at that.]

Well that's an interesting name. [He has no problem with the concept, really. He's of the opinion that everyone is equal in that they can both do the shooting to save your butt, or be shot at. Illusions don't survive long in his line of work.] Certainly a conversation starter.

And yes, because of precedent. Sooner or later, I always am.

Actually, the word was named after my name, so no matter what my name had been, it would have ended up being interesting. I'm very old. [Of course, being an ancient entity didn't mean se was used to charging into battle, and while se could probably survive anything that happened, that didn't mean se'd find it to be a pleasant experience.] I think I'll stick with you, then.

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That you are. Pardon me, sir, but ... what are you doing on my ship?

[He blinks a few times, then slowly lowers the gun]

Well, if it helps, I'm not supposed to be on your ship. We're not...[He turns around. Ah. Nobody there.]

Ok, that's a problem.

[Wait a freaking second.]

...Sir, is that the logo for the former United States Air Force on your uniform?

[He looked down, then back up at the man, frowning]

Yeah. Obviously. And you might want to explain the 'former' part to me.

I'm terribly sorry, sir. I'm Lieutenant Commander Warren Matthews, with Starfleet.

You're on my ship, the USS Thomas Jefferson ... and I say former because the United States hasn't existed as a country for at least two and a half centuries.

And yet, the 'USS'. [A brief smile] And Commander, huh? General Jack O'Neill, with the SGC.

Is that still around? Just checking.

That's 'United Star Ship' now, General. As for SGC, I'm not familiar with Old American military divisions. Was it pre World War Three? A lot of classified operations and their history were lost because of it, and it has been a while.

Oh, great, another one. Just what we needed.

Now, when you say 'a while'...

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That's generally what I say when I don't know where I am.

[He looks this man over for a moment. O...k...]

Y'know, I think that's universal.

[He lowers the gun he was carrying. Pretty sure this guy wasn't a Goa'uld.]

[Jim lowers his hands, and he leaves his phaser where it is, but he keeps an eye on the man. American. And his ordinance is... ancient.]

I thought I was on Arcturus IV.

I thought I was on P7R-JT1, but that was apparently wrong.

[He turns around in a slow circle.]

You happen to see a big ring around somewhere? Kinda goes 'whoosh' and looks like it has water in it sometimes?

[The thought makes his blood run cold a little.]

Did it tell you it was the Guardian of Forever? Don't go through it.

[Well, that's an interesting turn of events. And he really hopes it doesn't mean a gate has gotten sentient]

Well not so far. Never heard one of them speak before. Not exactly eager for a time when they do.

[Jim shakes his head.]

Maybe it's something different--I've only seen it once, and it was a long way from here. [He frowns.] So... how did you get here?

Stargate. Big shiny thing. When it goes 'whoosh' people tend to come out of it.

[He's hoping any of that will help]

Before that I drove in to work. Colorado. This isn't Colorado, of course, but hey, once in a while I'll get a frame of reference kinda thing going.