one █ voice

[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?

Comments

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.

video;

[hacktivist]

Nice to see someone so career motivated.

oh whoops i meant permavoice

[uzi]

Well, the guys paying my pension plan aren't around, so I don't really see the point.

o7

[hacktivist]

Federal employee?

[uzi]

That's one way to put it.

[hacktivist]

[gently testing] S.H.I.E.L.D.?

[uzi]

_{( carefully: )} Have people been that unsubtle, around here? That that's the first thing people go to?

encrypted;

[hacktivist]

Heh...heh, heh. No.

Personal proclivity only. I will consider that affirmation?

I am Ghost.

encrypted;

[uzi]

_{( she considers this, carefully. not a codename she's familiar with, but that's not surprising considering the alternate dimensions thing. so, after a pause: )}

Black Widow.

permaencrypted;

[hacktivist]

[he twitches in surprise at the name] You don't look like--....Hhhh.

Understood.

[uzi]

The second, if that helps you rationalize it more.

[hacktivist]

What were the initials of the first?

[uzi]

_{( normally she'd tell him to fuck off, but since the identity of a dead woman doesn't mean much to her... )}

N. R.

[hacktivist]

Similar. Definitely a universe discrepancy somewhere, but...similar.

[uzi]

I guess as much.

Though if S.H.I.E.L.D. has their fingers in more than two universes, than wouldn't surprise me, either.