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[uzi]

_{( The voice is clipped, sharp, and to the point-- no scuffling with controls or stopping to take things in, here. Also? Whoever this woman is, she sounds pissed off. )}

So, City—great name, by the way, though I think someone beat you to it—stop me if I’ve got any of this wrong.

Alternate dimension, time travel, and duplicates of people we might already know. Superpowers, overly ambitious AI, and absolutely no discretion about who it pulls in, despite claiming to want “heroes.”

And apparently no reliable way back, since you’re all sitting on your hands, here. Perfect.

Just one question—is the universe as I know it going to implode because of all this crap?

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[webline]

[ wait a second is this

is this who she thinks it is

oh my god ]

permavideo

[webline]

[ THANK BRUCE CAMPBELL ABOVE ]

B-Black Widow!?

permaencrypted GOD JESS

[uzi]

<sub>( see monica.

see monica's expression.

see monica's very pissed off expression. )</sub>

I know they don't teach subtlety in preschool, Spider-woman, but you could at least try for it.

voice

[plantpacifist]

Probably not. You'll be brought back at the exact same moment you leave, plus you won't remember anything that happened here.

permavoice

[uzi]

You can't honestly tell me that's not going to screw anything up.

[plantpacifist]

I dunno. I was sent back home for two years and nothing happened that wouldn't have happened if I hadn't left at all.

I'm more worried about the state of THIS reality.

permavoice;

[mocks]

No.

[uzi]

No, as in "I have proof that it will not," or no, as in "it hasn't happened yet?"

[mocks]

No, as in "people come and go from this universe all the time with no observed adverse effects to this world or any other". While you're in this reality, no time will pass in your home dimension. No one will know that you were here and you'll lose all memory of this place even existing.

It's like you never even left.

[enigmaestro]

I see you've already caught your breath. Quite the transition, isn't it?

[uzi]

I'm good at landing on my feet. And all things considered, I guess it could've been worse.

permavideo;

[hulk]

...I'm pretty sure there would be no implosions on. At least hopefully not.

[ that's a thought that's going to fester ]

permavoice

[uzi]

Thanks for the confirmation. If there's anything else you're pretty sure about, be sure to let me know.

voice;

[nottheanswers]

Sounds like you've got the basic picture. Of course, if the universe is imploding, you'll never know it while you're here.

[uzi]

Thanks. That's really going to help me sleep better at night.

permavid.

[elongates]

I. [ he blinks. ] Oh.

Avengers, now? The machine works in―well. I can only imagine there will be more of you.

permavoice NO VIDEO FOR YOU

[uzi]

Oh. It's you.

Apparently the machine's failing at its job, if it thought you were a good idea.

video;

[hacktivist]

Ah. I take this denunciation of present company's capabilities to mean that now that you're here, we can rest easy, and you can return us to our homes, correct?

video;

[uzi]

Frankly, I don't give a damn whether you all return to your homes or not. It's not my job to get you there.

I was just making an observation.

voice; ht frickin' ml

[incywincyhero]

[A thoughtful noise, and then, in an undertone:] Black ... Widow?

[Louder:] Well, finally. Nice not to be the only duplicated Spider-Guy around here anymore. More like quadruplicated at the moment, but who's counting.

[uzi]

They just keep finding new ways to make you creepy, don't they, Spider-man?

_{( because as much as the alternate-reality point has been hammered home, you are dead and also a teenager. )}

voice;

[candidly]

[ after a few minutes of resisting the urge to sassily reply, gwen's just saying fuck it, you only live once, carpe diem, and all that jazz. ]

Great. Just what the City needed.

Re: voice;

[uzi]

_{( flatly: )} Then it's in even worse shape than I thought.

Miss Stacy, is it? _{( not really a question. )}

[video]

[catcherintherye]

[Aoi's in a dusty old MAC room. When he "speaks" his lips don't move and the voice is a little too tinny and computerized to be entirely normal.]

"Was it going to implode before you left?"

permavoice

[uzi]

It was dangerously close, yeah.