[ 1 ] forward-dated to saturday!!

[retropolis]

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,

IF YOU CAN READ THIS MESSAGE,
HELLO!
MY NAME IS NELSON.

IM AFRAID I MUST BE BRIEF I CANNOT SEE MUCH ON THIS SMALL SCREEN NOR ON THESE SMALL KEYS.
THESE DEVICES ARE
NOT EFFICIENT IN THE SLIGHTEST.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I BELIEVE THE EFFORTS THIS CITY IS MAKING ARE INTENSELY ADMIRABLE.

GOOD JOB HEROES!

OF COURSE THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYONE I MET OVER THE PAST WEEK. I WOULD NOT BE AS WELL ACCLIMATED TO THIS CITY IF NOT FOR YOU! ANYWAY, IVE GOT TO GO NOW, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK EVERYONE!

BEST REGARDS,
NELSON GARDNER

( Responses will be ICly delayed about 30+ minutes, depending on the length of his response. He's typing carefully, communicator on a table, pressing each key individually as one does. He only knows how to use text at the moment. )

Comments

voice; Spidey's comm

[incywincyhero]

Um. You're... welcome? That's real -- [why is he tempted to say "swell"] -- nice of you to say.

text forever

[retropolis]

WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. IM GLAD TO GET TO MEET SO MANY OF YOU.
IT WAS NO TROUBLE, REALLY!

voice;

[incywincyhero]

So how long have you been in our fine City?

[Seriously, what is going on. Why is he talking like this.]

[retropolis]

ITS BEEN ABOUT A WEEK NOW.
LUCKY FOR ME I LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY, IVE HAD NO TROUBLE FINDING ANYTHING I NEEDED.

permavoice, why not;

[incywincyhero]

Hey, fellow New Yorker! What part?

tee hee

[retropolis]

GRAMERCY PARK IN MANHATTAN.
HOW ABOUT YOU, GOOD SIR?

[incywincyhero]

Oh, you know, I don't like to pin myself down... I guess you could say I'm a Queens boy. [Especially with that accent.]

[retropolis]

I WAS GOING TO GUESS.
QUEENS IS A FINE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALTHOUGH I HAVENT BEEN IN YEARS.

[incywincyhero]

Yeah, my home base is the MAC now. Speaking of, how're you getting settled in? Find your place and everything?

[retropolis]

OH YES,
THE TINY APARTMENTS YOU MEAN. I SURE DID FIND THEM.
ITS TRUE WHAT THEY SAY,

SOMETIMES YOU DO GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!

[ His actual house is huge, okay. ]

[incywincyhero]

Hey, for this town they're not that bad. What kind of New Yorker are you?

[retropolis]

I JUST USUALLY PREFER
A BIT MORE SPACE. I CAN MAKE DO JUST FINE, OF COURSE. BACK WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO NEW YORK,
I LIVED SOMEWHERE MUCH SMALLER.

[incywincyhero]

Tch, you've forgotten your roots.

So where'd you move from originally?

[retropolis]

I WAS BORN IN MICHIGAN,
I DONT KNOW IF YOUVE EVER BEEN TO STRAW VALLEY. ITS PRETTY SMALL.

[incywincyhero]

Yeah, can't say I've been there. Or, ah, heard of it. Farming town?

[retropolis]

SOMEWHAT. THERE ARE FARMS BUT I DIDNT LEAVE NEAR ANY OF THEM. NOT MUCH TO DO,
THOUGH. NEW YORK WAS A TREMENDOUS CHANGE OF PACE.

[incywincyhero]

I can imagine. Well, not really, since I've always lived in the city, but I can guess.

[retropolis]

I SORT OF ENVY YOU,
IT MUST BE A NICE PLACE TO GROW UP.

[incywincyhero]

If you ask me, which you didn -- well, I guess you kinda just did, didn't you? How about that? -- there's no place better.

[retropolis]

I DONT DOUBT IT, REALLY!
THERES SO MUCH GOING ON.

[incywincyhero]

No such thing as boredom in this town.

[retropolis]

THATS USUALLY WHAT I LIKE BEST ABOUT IT.
AROUND HERE ILL HAVE TO GET USED TO IT AGAIN,
IT APPEARS.

[incywincyhero]

I guess even if it's more or less the same place the time lag must need some adjustment.

[It's kind of obvious...]

[retropolis]

[ Cries. He's certainly no Steve Rogers. ]

YES,
YOU COULD SAY THAT. THAT AND IVE NEVER BEEN TO A WHOLE OTHER UNIVERSE BEFORE.

[incywincyhero]

Hey, man, don't worry about it. All things considered, you're adjusting really well. Better than I would in your sitch.