Not down on any map

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For a moment two men seem to share the same spot in spacetime, then Chris vanishes, to get replaced by Connor.

When he notices Daniel, Connor addresses him in the very same voice Chris had used before: “Call me Ishmael!”

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“I admit you’re rocking that voice, Connor, but I still don’t understand what’s going on.”

Shivering, Daniel rubs his hands. The temperature is far above impeding the android’s functions, and as computers they can deal with cold better than with heat anyway, but even so Daniel cannot stop shivering.

“Cold, cold, cold!”

“We should find Chris and then a place to spend the night”, Connor suggests. “A motel or youth hostel would do fine.”

“Hard agree! Strange as that sounds, something’s urging me to say I’m not used to the northern hemisphere’s harsh climate."

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“Same here.”

“You’re cold, too?”

“No. But I feel an odd desire, too. I want to... to kick hats off people’s heads.”

“Connor the rebel, haha!”

Connor and Daniel start looking for their missing friend, but after having taken a couple of steps they have already forgotten that there had been three of them.
The night is darker than they are used to from Detroit. All light there is in this town comes from candles or oil. The nearby lighthouse seems to have a carbon arc lamp installed, but nothing more sophisticated. When the androids feel around with their minds, they cannot detect any internet hotspots either.

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After walking along the boardwalk for some time, Connor and Daniel find an inn, but realize they have no cash on them and no access to their bank accounts. But the night isn’t too cold and as androids they don’t need to sleep anyway, so they decide to look around some more.
They hear the sea gulls screech, just like home. But the smell of salt is in the air, and a quick glance into the water reveals that the local fish are salt water species. Where-ever they are, it’s a coastal region, no longer the Great Lakes.

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Eventually Connor breaks the silence: “We can already infer that what happened to us, also happened to the other victims. This must be the place where they got spirited to, and where they drowned before re-appearing in Detroit.”

“So whatever tossed - or pulled - them into the sea, is still on the prowl? Let’s find some high ground, then!”