10° VIDEO

[faceofthe4]

[There's a pause before Johnny's face appears on the screen, bent over to press the buttons. Once he confirms that the screen is on, he straightens and makes sure he's in frame, wearing very basic clothes.]

Aw, Reed. You shouldn't have! It's a little small, but I admit, I like what you've done with the place.

[He waits a beat, as if Reed might actually respond.]

There are two obvious possibilities for why I'm here. One, the Emperor is a crazed fan who abducted me to find out if The Torch is really as hot as they say he is – I am, by the way – or, two, I'm actually dead, they're lying to me, and I have a motorcycle and a pile of women waiting for me somewhere.

[A split-second pause.] I'll tell you what. If it's the first option? You can come find me. If it's the second, let me know and I'll come find you. Until then? This Fire Sector is like home, sweet home.

Johnny out.

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[littlecousin]

Johnny?! Ohmigosh, you're here!

[Nita is leaning way in to her console, peering at Johnny in surprise.]

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[faceofthe4]

You must be a fan! Autographs are five dollars, but I'm sure we could work something out if you're a little short on cash.

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[beganwithamask]

[Have a very, very skeptical looking young man who looks to be in his late teens or so.]

Johnny? Last I checked, the Torch's name wasn't Johnny. [Don't mind Bucky, he's from 1945 and the only Torch he knows is Jim Hammond.]

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[faceofthe4]

Anyone can call himself 'The Torch,' but there's only one Human Torch on the Fantastic Four. And that's me.

[He snaps and a fireball appears above his fingers.]

See?

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[demon_brat]

[Damian stared for a while at the feed before turning on his own camera.]

I wish you all the best of luck in dealing with your crazed fan.

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[faceofthe4]

Thanks, kid.

[...]

Did you, uh.. Maybe you know some place to go to get a good meal around here?

[Video]

[alpha_squad_leader]

It's possibility number three, actually. You got kidnapped to an alternate dimension.

Does that offer to find out how hot you are extend to just the Emperor or can anyone take you up on it? [He couldn't resist.]

[Video]

[faceofthe4]

Huh.

[He considers that for a moment, though it doesn't seem to tarnish his mood any. Then he shrugs.]

I'll show anyone what I can do as long as they can pay in clothes, food, and whatever else people can't really get a hold of right now. I have needs.

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[trifurcate]

You know, if there's a pile of women somewhere, chances are they're already too busy with each other to give a fig about waiting for you.

[She's just saying.]

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[faceofthe4]

I have a way of heating things up wherever I go.

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[storm_warning]

Are you for real?

[That's not awe in her tone, it's disbelief. Ororo's not seen someone so confident about his sexiness factor since Brandon and that? Well. The fact he's up and gone is still a sore spot for her.]

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[faceofthe4]

I know. It's hard to believe, but I really am everything they say and more.

[donttouch]

Are you for serious? _{( A beat. )} Johnny.

[faceofthe4]

Not if I can help it.

[A smile as he's obviously joking, then he continues more sincerely.]

You know my name, but I don't know yours. I think we need to change that.

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[tactile_telekinesis]

[Wow, what a cocky son of a bitch. Why does he get the sense of familiarity with him? Hmm.]

Ha, right. Pretty sure option one isn't the reason, you haven't met her yet so yeah. Option two...maybe. But more than likely you've just been brought to the turtle for a sucky vacation. No motorcycles and very little in the way of babes.

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[faceofthe4]

I have a lot of fans I haven't met, including some in powerful places. It wouldn't be surprising. [He flashes a grin.] That's a shame about the motorcycles and girls though. What about fast cars?

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[wintershepherd]

[ Jack responds in kind using video, but he'll wait to see if Johnny can see him or not. ]

Maybe you'd better go with the less obvious possibilities...

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[faceofthe4]

Like what?

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[flamingshortshorts]

Torch? [Toro almost wants to comment on how he doesn't look like any kind of Torch to him, but then he remembers that Vic told him about their being a new one in the future, someone who took up the name after Jim. Guess this must be the guy.]

You must be the new kid.

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[faceofthe4]

They must go crazy for your stating the obvious.

[Because clearly that's a remark on his being new to the turtle.]

[angermanaging]

What kind of... Torch? [Bruce sounds wary, like he's not sure he wants to know. That pun. Why.]

If Nita recognizes you, then we might be from the same world. Or at least a version of reality that is more alike than not. [His thoughts idly start to contemplate string theory again (proximity of universes? implications for physical closeness between branes along one dimensional axes?) but he spares Johnny the ramble about science. He assumes he's not interested.]

[faceofthe4]

The Human Torch. From the Fantastic Four.

[Johnny snaps and a small ball of fire hovers above his hand. He snaps again and it's gone.]

Don't tell me you haven't heard of me either. [His ego. :c]

Do you have powers too? Where are you from?

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[trainwrecked]

[Johnny.]

[Johnny, have a very, very startled face staring at the console at his end.]

[This is like. Steve, Steve's face, but with a personality mixed between Stark's and Bucky's own and, just.]

What?

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[faceofthe4]

[No, that's not uncomfortable at all.]

Which part did I lose you on?

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[backwordscompatible]

[So many comments, so little time.]

You might want to rephrase that exit line of yours.

People might get the wrong idea. Or not.

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[faceofthe4]

And what idea is that?

[Video] Anonymous / Net Café

[wallcrawler]

Ah, the power of wishful thinking.

[Because really, it's Hidden Answer C: Turtle-napping]

Hey, so do you mind if the rest of us start up a betting pool on how long it's gonna take for you to snap out of it, or is that a little too much even by my impressively high standards?

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[faceofthe4]

You can bet whatever you want, but you should really rethink that suit.