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This is absolutely not her fault, to get that out of the way immediately. One minute she's consulting with a once well-respected neurosurgeon who now hangs out in the world's best haunted house about some legal issues tangled up with his property, and the next she's tripping on his stupid cloak that doesn't seem to quite conform to the laws of gravity. She accidentally knocks some kind of weird amulet or something off a table in an attempt to not fall flat on her face, and then -

Well, she's still in the world's best haunted house. But instead of standing next to Dr. Strange, she's staring shell-shocked at a guy who could practically be her brother. Dr. Strange re-appears before the sheer what the fuck factor can set in to full effect, which thank god, because even if he's utterly confused about their presence, he's quick to invite them into the parlor for some soothing tea while he examines the amulet that was still clutched in Foggy's hand.

The deal is, apparently, that the amulet is a kind of magical escape hatch. Once activated, it scans nearby parallel universes for the closest safe one and sends you there for a period of time. It's like the world's weirdest Kit Kat break. There's a timer on it, lasting somewhere between three to four weeks, after which it will automatically return her to her universe. Bringing the guy to her location - Franklin P. Nelson, holy shit, apparently her counterpart on this Earth - was the magical equivalent of a glitch, grabbing two Foggy Nelsons instead of one. After explaining all this, Dr. Strange asks if there's anyone they want contacted, and they both say Matt Murdock at pretty much the same time. Stephen leaves the room to go call the Matt Murdock of this world and explain the situation and then to see if he can get in contact with the Stephen Strange of her world to pass on the message that she's okay.

And then there's two Foggy Nelsons sitting in a room with cups of tea that magically refresh themselves every so often. So that's... something. "I feel like we should be comparing notes or something."

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Luckily - because she's not sure she wants to hear the answer to that question right now, and she's really not sure that's a conversation they'd want to hear with a visitor, even if the visitor is another Foggy Nelson - Dr. Strange enters the room to announce that he spoke to the Dr. Strange of her world, who will get in contact with her Matt to explain what happened as soon as possible. He then kindly offers a room at the Sanctum for her if she needs a place to stay until the amulet brings her home.

Which is absolutely, 100% Not a Thing She Wants To Do but as she opens her mouth to decline politely, it occurs to her that she doesn't technically have a place to stay in this world and her assets consist of pretty much the cash she has in her purse. So. "Uh - "

Foggy looks between the three other people in the room and shrugs. "You can stay with us! Right?" He turns to Matt. He can't imagine Matt saying no. In fact he'll take it personally if he decides to turn a fellow Foggy out the door. It's him just shorter and more ladylike and with a few different life experiences but still!

Matt turns and nods his head, first at his own Foggy then at the visiting one. "Yeah, of course."

She lets out a breath because - really, she did not want to stay here. "Thank you."

And then, to Dr. Strange, awkwardly: "Uh - thanks for your help." Because he's been nice, even if this was kind of his fault? Or a Dr. Strange's fault? God, she doesn't know. This has been weird as hell.

"Unless you guys want to stick around, maybe we should... go." Before someone else trips into an amulet and gets sent to another universe.

Matt offers Strange a handshake and politely excuses himself. "You know where to reach us. And please keep us updated. If it's possible at all for me to speak to the Matthew Murdock of that universe briefly I would be interested. If he expresses interest let him know that I would be open to it."

Now if he could just reach across and hit him with his cane or something.

Foggy pats Matt on the back. Serious Matt talk. He is guessing that could yield some good results if it doesn't turn into a self-hatred brood jam.

"Guess we get to compare apartments and interior decor between universes. Let's catch a cab home. Are either of you hungry? I'm hungry. Discussing the physics of reality and translating Strange's magic talk wear a guy out."

Dr. Strange nods to Matt and tells him he'll see if it can be arranged and then turns to Foggy to wish her the best and remind her to keep the amulet with her for the foreseeable future so she doesn't have to worry about any difficulties returning to her universe.

"I'm kind of iffy on food right now - " hopping universes apparently unsettles your stomach a bit " - but." She gives a slight shrug because she doesn't want to prevent him from eating or anything.

"We can order in something," Matt suggests, "Then we can speak freely about the multiverse without any strangers overhearing and getting concerned."

"Ah! Smart. Can't let potential clients think we spend our free time trippin' on something bad." He turns to the other Foggy as he lifts an arm to wave down a taxi. "We have our pride and our reputation to uphold as Those Two Penniless Lawyers. We can't have them thinking we can afford shrooms!"