Grand Theft Sofa

[illestgangsta]

Niko has found his way into the Nexus, and in his hand, he has a six-pack of Sprunk soda in his hand that he plops down on a table beside him. "Not sure what this place is, but anything has to be better than that apartment." He comments to nobody with a thick Serbian accent, and he takes a seat in a comfortable chair. After a hard day of driving, a taxi for his cousin and getting his cousin out of trouble Niko looks exhausted.

"Guess I ought to ask a question like it says on the paper. All right, I got one. Has anyone told you a something that was too good to be true? Something like they've got millions, drive fancy cars, or live in a gigantic house. And then only to see that it's a tiny apartment where the only thing that's big are the cockroaches." Niko does his best to try explaining his question for any ears that might catch wind of what he has to say from his seat on his couch.

"And for something simpler. Where's the farthest you've moved or traveled to?"

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[kalel_ofkrypton]

"Well I suppose I can't discount that either, but yeah, that's how the Nexus works. It seems to know when you need to just get away for a bit."

[illestgangsta]

"I guess that's an easy way of putting it. And that's a bit troubling to think this place knows when I need a break."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"You get used to it." It's hardly the most troubling thing about the Nexus, to be fair. And Clark has long since stopped paying attention to anything out of the ordinary here.

[illestgangsta]

"I'm not sure if I like things getting into my head. That's if that's how this place works." Niko looks down at his pamphlet, sure it doesn't explain everything, but he's trying to grasp it and not panic.

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"No one really knows how it works, at least not that I've met. You can get here on your own though, as long as you know where the door is. It's not like you're at the mercy of the whims of the multiverse or anything."

[illestgangsta]

"So have you been here long?" Niko asks, and it does feel good to know he isn't going to be drug here against his will. "I'm just asking seeing you seem like you're used to this kind of place."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"Not consistently, but yeah, I've been coming to the Nexus since I was seventeen." He looks as though he's in his late twenties or early thirties now, to give Niko some idea of just how long it's been.

[illestgangsta]

This gets a laugh from Niko as he looks at Clark. "I'd almost would say you lived here. And I can already see the people you meet can teach you quite a bit."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"Sometimes it's seemed that way," Clark agrees, smiling. "I actually met my wife here."

[illestgangsta]

"That sounds complicated. The whole meeting your wife here, and I'm not sure how that would work."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Clark can really only shrug at that. "We met here a few times, started dating, she moved in to my universe and now we have a whole house full of kids. It wasn't as complex as it sounds, at least not for us."

[illestgangsta]

He raises an eyebrow, and he asks. "So there was no threat of your universe blowing up?" He makes a dramatic exploding sound, and motion with his hands. "Sorry, I've been having to watch a bunch of movies with my cousin."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"No, why would there be?" Clark isn't sure what movies might have someone destroying a universe by being where they aren't supposed to be, but they sound pretty silly.