001 ✚ voice

[sufferably]

_{( A few hours after arriving, and after meeting up with Jim and figuring out some basics, because he's not about to make a public post that makes a fool of him in front of a bunch of people, Bones picks up the comm and says, rough southern accent and all-- )}

Alright. There's obviously no point asking about how to hail a ship that's in orbit two hundred years in the future.

_{( A great start, by Dr. Leonard McCoy. He sounds all business, and you can almost hear him rolling up his sleeves. )}

If this is a city of heroes, I'm willing to bet it's also a city of danger. _{( He says that derisively. )} If you were going to rate this place based on how easy it was to get sick, injured--how would it compare to your home ti--that is, world? Are buildings getting knocked down, people getting crazy interdimensional diseases?

I like to know what I'm working with.

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[viced]

Thankfully, I don't, ah, know of any interdimensional diseases.

I'd say you don't have to do this, and I am assuming right, that you're a doctor? But ah, I know that's kind of futile.

[sufferably]

You're assuming right. And what else would I do? Wait around until someone I know drops and then be scrambling to figure out why?

_{( Unseen, he throws Jim a dirty and undeserved look. Because that fool gets injured or sick or something just about as often as one human can manage. )}

[viced]

Well, fair enough. Some people like to get back to the familiar here. I'm sure someone's already told you there's a clinic, right?

People get hurt quite a bit around here, so you'll probably be good to have around.

[sufferably]

Always nice to be useful.

_{( But there's a tone of resignation there, like he figured as much. Heroes. Really. )}

And who're you, in all this?

[viced]

Me? I'm the Mayor.

[sufferably]

Good job.

[viced]

Well, I'd encourage reserving judgement, honestly.

Any questions, so far?

[sufferably]

It was gonna be where to get a stiff drink, but I think I got that covered.

[viced]

Oh good. There are plenty of fucking bars around the porter, for sure.

They know what people need to do as soon as they arrive.

[sufferably]

At least they're getting something out of it.

All I got was crappy twenty-first century booze.

[viced]

Well, I'm afraid that's all we have.

Of all the people we've had come in, a master distiller or brewmaster hasn't been one of them. We're all suffering for that one.

[sufferably]

Now, there's the kind of hero everyone needs.

[viced]

Shit, I know who I'm going to be voting for coming through the porter next. Screw the supervillains and superheroes, already.

[sufferably]

Can't see why you'd want anyone else, really.

_{( And for a second he sounds like he's joking. Good job, Mitch, you broke through. )}

[viced]

[ All his dreams as a sixties child come true!! ]

Shit, who knows? If you ask me, that's really the only thing left that we need now. Then maybe we'll all be really drunk by the time they figure out a way to get us home.

[sufferably]

That's one way to test if dimension-hopping can result in motion sickness.

[viced]

I don't know, I'd think it'd either result in that, or maybe spliced bodies.

At least the way all the shitty sci-fi would make us think.

[sufferably]

Eh. Can't be that different from warping. And they tell me that's safe enough.

_{( He doesn't believe it, though. Sorry Scotty. )}

[viced]

Well, we're still alive, so there's that. I'd say that's a point in safety's court, but I'm not sure I really want to repeat it all that often.

[sufferably]

If you say it three times someone's probably going to spontaneously combust.

_{( Is joking? Is not joking? Hm. )}

[viced]

Hm.

Now that's fucking tempting.

[sufferably]

You got elected, making cracks like that?

[viced]

You bet I did.

I think they like my "everyman" quality, or some shit like that.

[sufferably]

So wanting people to explode is relatable, now. Good to know.

[viced]

You haven't met the entirety of the import population yet.

If you did, you'd probably understand.