First Mercy - Audio

[returnsmagic]

[ There is a voice, deep and resonate that does not hide the old age or the wisdom that comes with it. ]

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

[ There is a 'hmmm' and a rustle of paper. ]

Poetry here is unusual, but it is has its ingenious parts.

I have only recently arrived here. I was on a path, to go where no one has dared gone before, and then I was here. My comrades are not with me. Three strange men are triplets, and of very old age. Each one wore a unique robe - a robe of blood red, the other of pure white, and the last as midnight black, respective of the gods of magic do they follow.

I pray to the Platinum Father for their safe return.

In the mean time, I will like to learn more about this strange land, and hear more from its poetry.

[ There is a pause. ]

And what shoulder and what art. 

Could twist the sinews of thy heart? 

And when thy heart began to beat,

What dread hand? And what dread feet?

1 | Video

[disintegrator]

[On screen is a young girl who can't be older than eleven or twelve, wearing a black and yellow uniform some people might recognize. She looks like she can't decide between being annoyed or worried, leaving her with a pretty interesting facial expression.]

So this is some kind of alternate dimension? Because this looks a lot like New York. Just missing a few buildings. I mean, I haven't been back in New York long but I was just at the Baxter building and it's.. just not there anymore.

[Which is what's worrying her out of all this, since that was where most of the people she knew were supposed to be today and now she can't get a hold of any of them.]

I was kind of doing something important [birthday parties are important okay] so if anyone knows what's going on or how I can get back, I'd really like that. And if any of the Power Pack is here, this is Energizer and it wasn't my fault this time.

text;

[hello_doctor]

Finally being able to tell humans apart made me realize something - I have very little idea of what human standards for attractiveness actually are.


So, go ahead. Enlighten me.

twenty-one ✶ voice

[candidly]

[ gwen sounds just a little peeved when she turns on the comm, and a lot more subdued than she was last post, even with the annoyance. ]

Come on, Porter. If you're gonna send me home and bring me back, couldn't you have at least brought me back after prom?

[ she pauses, lets out a sigh. ]

So I'm back. Hi. [ slight hesitation ] No one important left while I was gone, right? And we're not, I dunno, having a weird alien cat invasion or anything?

o1 [voice --> video]

[f4nservice]

[and all of a sudden, you all get a lovely blast of audio, which is really just IV accidentally hitting a button in the middle of freaking out]

--THE HELL IS THIS?! HEY, ANSWER A DAMN QUESTION OR TWO YOU--

[aaaaand off. but don't worry! it's not long before the video turns on to show some weird teenager with crazy hair looking appropriately pissed off and freaked out.]

All right, what kind of stupid place is this supposed to be? [yeah, he didn't really look past the first page of the welcome pamphlet. reading things? waste of time.] This better not some kind of trick, Tron. We don't have time for shit like this.

[There's a pause where he kind of looks like he's concentrating hard on something, and then harder, and then looking a little more freaking out.]

WHY THE HELL CAN'T I GO HOME?! What the fuck is going on here?!



[ooc: remember to please check his permissions posts and reply if they apply to you!]

01| video

[takesyouapart]

 [ The video shows a woman wearing chainmail, a head scarf, and a bemused expression. When she speaks, she has a British accent ] You know, I might be new to this kind of thing, but I like to think I'm game for superhero antics. And really it's hard to get more British superhero-y than alternate universes, unless magic's involved. Still, I couldn't have gotten a bit of a break? I haven't even had time to change from fighting Dracula yet. [ After a moment, she sighs. ] No, I suppose not. If it's not one thing, it's another.  Just think, a month ago I would have been thrilled to death about this- I mean, getting to see America, plus the whole alternate dimension thing? Way better than spending 36 hours at a time awake at the hospital.

Er, I'm Excalibur, from MI-13. I don't suppose anyone else from MI-13 is here, are they? Captain? Dane? 

I guess I'd also better ask if anyone's needs a doctor? I'm one of those and if I'm going to be here for any length of time I'll need a job. [ To herself she mutters ] I wonder if I can even practice here, legally.

[Video]

[notyourchauffeur]

[Well look who's looking pleased as pie.]

Well, amongst other things I finished my online courses. I now have a B.A. ... Vector Sigma, it feels like I'm six-hundred all over again. On to the next thing, I suppose. Is the education system here always this easy or...? I feel like I could have my Doctorate in the next year at this pace. Sheesh. That is if they don't accuse me of cheating again. Really. The nerve.

Anyways, Vector is safe for anyone who was worried.

And I'll try to be around more. Sorry I kind of ducked off the face of the planet for a while. I was a bit preoccupied, obviously.

What did I miss?

03 / Video.

[heavyhanded]

[ oh look, A SADLY EMPTY FRIDGE. there's like a jar of pickles and that's it. it's just the saddest sight in the world. ]

There must be some trick to getting a ten year old [ eleven year old, jaime you are so rude ] to simply stay put. And if she insists on disappearing like some half-sized ghost, must she really take all of my food?

[ A heavy sigh, and Jaime closes the fridge door. He's looking somewhere between irritated and wryly amused when he finally looks down into the comm. ]

What must I buy to convince a Stark that she's better off here, and not... [ He waves a hand dismissively. ] Off getting run down by some yellow carria— cab? [ A thoughtful pause. ] I suppose I might try taking hostage that pig-sticker she calls a sword.

If you see a small, dirty girl that looks as though she might be a boy, do let me know, won't you? I've misplaced mine.

✷ 002 | video

[cawky]

[The communicator bounces once before it turns on, skidding up against something to give a nice view of a very orange creature that appears to be crumpled up on the ground for whatever reason--judging by the way he squints, the fact that his sunglasses are slightly askew, and the fact that his mouth is clinging to a snicker's bar for dear life...

Well, chances are he fell straight down the stairs at the convenience store lot.

He takes a moment to observe his hands and the specks of brilliant yellow blood now coating the stairs before he pulls the snicker's bar out of his mouth to speak, slightly winded. He hopes the chewing hides it, in case anyone around him actually witnessed that stunt...or if someone is just wow'd by the fact that there is a huge bird-ghost-boy creature with a missing wing half-bleeding out on the stairs.]

Well shit. Guess that answers that.