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[Man that whole Darkforce thing messed up Vic really bad. He's really still not sure if he's having weird android dreams and if they are android dreams why aren't there electric sheep hanging around?

Man, this kinda sucks, the whole 'being lost' thing. He thought this was LA first, but there's no buildings like the ones back home. Same for New York.

On the feed is a guy, about 16 years old, with his hair kinda all over the place, and really confused green eyes.]

Uh. Guys. We're not in Kansas anymore, are we?

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You could always acquire a plane ticket!

[He pauses, god it's hard to keep all these kids straight sometimes.] ...Have we met before?

[What, the Beast is here too?]

No, but I know a lot about you?

I don't know, you certainly seem vaguely familiar at least.

Tell me this, am I fictional on your world?

What? No, dude, you're the Beast, you're part of the X-Men. You're pretty real in my world, man.

Well, that certainly doesn't rule it out, then. You have a name, son?

Yeah, name's Victor Mancha. Everyone calls me Vic though.

Mancha...Mancha... [Wait, there's something, but it was in L.A., not Kansas.]

Ah ha! With the Pride's children, isn't it? Your delinquent friend stole my glasses a few years back, Toto.

Espera un momento, what friend? We've never met the X-Men.

I've actually met your friend Ms. Hayes on a number of occasions! Never directly while she was with the X-Corporation, [counting on his fingers,] but there was that...unfortunate incident in L.A., another after we moved to San Francisco, I hear you and the rest had a run-in with our kids then, and a chance encounter once by the tar pits.

You're not exactly strangers to us!

[He scratches the back of his head, trying to think back.] I think I'm from a different time than you. Last I remember we ran into the Avengers in New York and the only X-Man there was Wolverine.

[He smiles wistfully.] Yes, he mentioned that. Not everyday he's clobbered by a twelve-year-old girl, he kind of took it to heart.

But that was actually a couple years back from my perspective! This sort of phenomenon is unfortunately common among us imPorts.

Yeah, he was kind of a jerk.

[... You didn't hear him say that.]

Another girl named Kate said she'd met me too, along with the other guys, but I've never met her. I'll get used to it I guess.

He can be, sometimes.

But yes, staggered timelines are the name of the game. It will cause you surprises on occasion, but with all the others who aren't even from ours, the transdimensional shenanigans do get easier to deal with over time.

Are there a lot of people from our time, or world or whatever? I haven't seen or heard any of the other guys being around, but Kate said a few were here before.

Quite a number, in fact! I can't say I recall any of your acquaintances, [Since he never met Xavin or Alex in either universe.] but we have a considerable docket of Avengers and X-Men, along with a few from adjacent universes.

Of course, don't let the "Hero" title fool you, Lachesis has something of a blindspot when it comes to the morality of those she chooses to bring in.

Someone mentioned that earlier, yeah. I'll keep an eye out. Shouldn't be hard to tell them apart, right?

Sometimes. Those who are from our world you may already recognize, and there will always be more subtle practitioners.

I don't know if there's really a proper way to warn against those.

Just like back home. Thanks for the warning, though. I'll stick to the people I know for now.

That doesn't sound like too many people, if you don't recall meeting either of those who've yet recognized you.

[He frowns a bit at that. He has a point.]

Well, you gotta start somewhere, right?

It can be a delicate process, determining who to trust, but I should think it holds in everyday life that same as it does here.

Yeah, it really is. I'm gonna go ahead and look for the apartments Kate mentioned. Gotta settle in first. But, seriously, thanks, um... should I call you Beast?

I that's what works for you! Beast, Dr. McCoy, whatever.

I'm pretty fond of Hank, personally.

Hank. Sweet.

['Cause Bruce said to call him... well Bruce so why not Hank?]

Vic works for me, so you know.

Very good. Pleased to meet you more properly, Vic.

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