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[hugmagnet]

 [Carol is seated in front of her console, in civvies. Actually, sitting might be the wrong term. She's more floating a few inches above her chair, legs crossed. She does this sometimes without thinking when she's sitting. She looks mostly unbothered by this whole thing. A little frustrated maybe but at most it seems to be a minor inconvenience]

So. Alternate universes are a bitch, huh? Or whatever you'd classify this as. You would think whatever bigger power it is you believe in would have decided by now that this has happened to me enough but I guess not. Oh well, what can you do? [Said oh so casually like she has just seen way too much of of this shit. Which she has. Weird happenings are sort of a thing in her life ]

Anyway, alternate universe craziness aside, my name's Carol. Nice to meet you guys. Under the circumstances and all. I'm sure you hear stuff like this a lot but let's just get this out of the way first: What's the progress on not being here anymore?

And while I'm asking things, how many people here are from Earth? Better yet, who here has heard of the Avengers, the X Men or Captain America? Or who knows anything about superheroes at all, even if it's not any of the things I just mentioned? Let's just say I want to know for my own reference.

[She'd also like to see just how many people ended up here from her world. Or a world similar to hers. Having more superheroes around never hurt. She pauses and glances off to the side, looking at something intensely for a minute as if considering something very important before turning back to the console]

Unrelated but can the fires around here actually burn things? Just, you know, curious.

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[animalhats]

[ Really, Tommy and Rikki should restrict her console use, probably. Why? Weeeell... ]

The X-men are mean jerk fartfaces, especially Wolverine. And so's Captain America. But I guess I know who they are. [ As if that weren't already evident. ] I used to think they were super cool, but they're not. Even if Rikki says Captain America's awesome. She's basised.

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[hugmagnet]

[She has never met this kid before a day in her life but obviously they're from the same Earth]

Well, okay, I'll give you that Wolverine's kind of a jerk. He's just grumpy. He's perfectly agreeable if you keep him supplied with beer. But what's up with you and Cap, kid? Also I think the word you were looking for was "biased".

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[crotcharrow]

[Have a raised eyebrow, from the couch.]

'Fartfaces?' You better not be talking about me, squirt.

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[sciencewhizard]

[ Yowza. Talk about easy on the eyes. Wally offers a huge grin when the video feed opens up. ]

Nice to meet you, Carol. Name's Wally - Wally West. I haven't heard of the Avengers or Captain America, but I think I've met a couple of those X-Men you've mentioned. My universe has the Justice League - The Flash, Batman, Superman, Martian Manhunter - though I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess they don't exist in your universe.

[ He just leans in a little closer, staring almost dreamy-eyed. Teenage hormones are a terrible thing. ]

As for trying to get home, no one's got any clue on a permanent fix that I've heard of. My friends all tell me I was here a few months ago, but I can't remember anything about that.

But hey, speaking of- while you're here, are you in need of a hero?

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[hugmagnet]

[Oh geez. Teenage boy alert]

Huh. Never heard of any of those so I guess we're from different Earths. Similar ones though, it sounds like. Good enough for me. And thanks for the info.

[Pfft is he hitting on her? Oh that is just adorable. She smiles and leans her chin on her hands]

Kiddo, I can bench press a tank. I think I'm good. But I'll keep you in mind if I ever need help.

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[beganwithamask]

[Bucky's out of costume, at a cafe in Wood Sector probably, leaning on his hand and looking bored. He's been checking the feed about as often as he can, just in case, but he was definitely interested in the mention of 'Captain America'. The Avengers, the X-Men, he's only heard vaguely of those, but...]

So who are you supposed to be?

[hugmagnet]

[Carol leans closer to the console, squinting at the face on the video. Well he certainly looks familiar. She can't place it right now though]

Ms. Marvel. Who're you? [Secret identity? What's that? She doesn't care. That's been public for a while]

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[alpha_squad_leader]

Alternate universes are bad but at least they're not Hell Dimensions. [Vic shrugs a little.]

I'm one of a couple X-men here and we don't have a lot of progress at all on getting off this giant turtle. Sorry I don't have better news. There's a few other X-Men here and the only Avengers I've seen here are from some universe where there are no mutants or something.

And you mean the fires in the Fire Sector fountains, right? They're just decorations. I don't think they can burn anything.

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[hugmagnet]

Been there, done that, don't recommend it for a vacation spot. [She waves a hand dismissively]

It's okay. I wanted info on how close we are to getting out of here and I got it. Thanks. Wait, no mutants? That's weird.... [She can't imagine a world without the mutants and the X-Men] You're one of the kids in the school, right? Last I heard they were still doing that.

Hmm, disappointing. But thanks. [Why did she want them to be real fire? We'll never know]

[crotcharrow]

[Hey Carol, have a tiny speedster.]

We're stuck here 'till we're not. I think is general gist of things. It sucks, 'specially when you're friends go and you get stuck here.

[He pauses, crinkling his nose.] There's a whole bunch of us here. Avengers and X-Men and people in between, Ms. Marvel.

[hugmagnet]

[Oh hey, Young Avenger. Which one is this again? Speed? Yeah, that seems right]

Awesome. Just what I wanted to hear. I've heard about the whole Avengers and X-Men thing too. Apparently there are a bunch of weird alternate universe Avengers? Should be fun.

How many of your teammates are here with you, kid?

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[andaway]

[Carol is most certainly a hero, so it's Superman she gets and not Clark Kent.]

I didn't hear of them before I got here. Back at home we have the Justice League.

[hugmagnet]

[She most certainly is]

Yeah, the redheaded kid hitting on me right now told me about that. Apparently we're from different but very similar Earths. Hi.

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[tactile_telekinesis]

Hear it from almost everyone that shows up, guess you've already been told there is none, right?

I'm from Earth and I hadn't heard of X-Men or Avengers until I got here. I kinda hope I know stuff about superheroes, I am one.

[He sits back and shrugs.]

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[hugmagnet]

You're the third or fourth one who's said that to me so far. The not knowing the X-Men and Avengers thing, not the first thing. But a bunch of people have told me about the first so, yeah, I know. [He seems young but she's not really bothered. There are a lot of young superheroes where she's from and she was never one of the ones that had a big problem with it]

You from the Earth with the Justice League and all that?

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[candystriped]

If I had to be known by horribly tacky names like those, I wouldn't want people to know I was here either.

Seriously, did they lose a bet or something?

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[hugmagnet]

Hey, if you can think of better names for teams of superheroes you be my guest. [Okay maybe Avengers is sort of a dumb name]

And in at least Cap's defense, he was named in the 1930s.

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[notdreaming]

Hello Carol, I'm Kara. I'm not from Earth, but I now about a few superheroes.

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[hugmagnet]

Hi Kara. Nothing wrong with not being from Earth. Where are you from? If you feel like sharing, I mean.

You wouldn't happen to be from the Justice League universe, would you?

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[flamingshortshorts]

[Gorgeous woman. Toro almost feels flustered just looking at her, but she mentioned Captain America and really there's no way Toro can stay silent when someone mentions him. Especially when it's coupled with the X-men, since he's heard about them from Vic and Santo.]

So you know something about Captain America?

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[hugmagnet]

[Toro plz. Although you aren't the first person she's gotten that reaction from today. Either of those reactions. She's not bothered]

I know a lot about him. We're teammates back home. Or we were. We've kind of both been shuffled onto different teams.

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[cantbewalled]

Too many Earths around here and half of them don't make any sense. [Like all these Earths with no Nations since...really, how can so few of them not even have an inkling of them? France ran around naked half the time and the French just put up with it.]

And tell me the "Captain America" name is a joke someone got stuck with after losing a bet. I can only think of one guy who would seriously call himself that.

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[hugmagnet]

Pfft, you're telling me. Try living with crap like this all the time. [Marvel Earth is weird and if there were Nations there, it would probably collapse. There's already a million different alien species, people with superpowers, robots....you name it]

In his defense, he was named in the 30s and was intended to be like a symbol of patriotism during the war. They even made comics about him to rally American troops.

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[shorttempered]

Uh... I have. I think. That's the team Spider-Man's on, right? With Fabio and the Robot?

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[hugmagnet]

Right. Spider Man is an...wait, what? Fabio? [The robot part isn't weird to her. There have been robotic Avengers] The weird Italian guy from the cover of those crappy romance novels?

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[superoverachiever]

I work for SHIELD! [Don't mind the tiny bundle of Tiger-themed excitement over here. She had to pull on her costume and then run out to a public console to talk to Miss Marvel.] My team has helped out the Avengers a few times.

And I've heard of the X-Men but I haven't... really met any. [One time Wolverine got body-swapped with Peter and then went to school but it's hard to tell if that counts.]

[hugmagnet]

[Well that sure is an excited teenage girl] Oh yeah? Well, on behalf of the Avengers, thanks for your help then.

Yeah, the X-Men are kind of....isolated. For good reason. But there are probably a lot of people who have never met any.

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[wallcrawler]

Superheroes, huh? I might know a few things.

[He may just be being difficult. Also, first order of business: at 5'6", he is considerably shorter than whatever Spider-Man Carol's used to.]

Just like I know there's a pretty decent chance the "alternate universe" craziness is probably gonna get worse before it gets better.

[If recent history is any indication, anyway. Most people mentioning Captain America or the X-Men seemed to know some other version of him.]

[hugmagnet]

You would, huh?

[The face is sort of familiar but he's young so it doesn't ring any bells. With that attitude though, he's most likely a superhero]

Pfft yeah, I'm getting that. I'm gonna have a migraine before the day is through. So, you wanna tell me what you know about superheroes?

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[wholenewstory]

The fires - are safe. [Yes, she did in fact just stick her finger in one of the fountains.]

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[hugmagnet]

[That is precisely what she was gonna do. Thanks for saving her the time, Cass]

Well, okay. Thanks. For the answer and the demonstration. Not gonna lie, I was gonna do that exact same thing so you saved me some time.

[thetyrant]

Superheroes?

[An interesting term. Perhaps related to the one from his own world? Most people don't seem to know what he's talking about when he mentions Heroes.] In my world there is a type of person called a Hero, with command over a particular school of superhuman abilities. Does this sound like your superheroes?

[hugmagnet]

Yes. That's exactly what superheroes are. Well, some of them don't have powers but yeah, it's basically the same. [Shrug. Hawkeye doesn't have powers and no one would question his hero cred] They use their powers and training to protect people and handle threats to the public.

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[donttouch]

_{( Looking at the screen kind of skeptically, but she raises a gloved hand. )}

I don't know what an Avenger is, but the X-men and Cap are 'round in my universe.

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[hugmagnet]

[Don't mind Carol staring for a brief second. That's Rogue, isn't it? Except she doesn't seem to recognize Carol and fuck, she doesn't even know about the Avengers. Alternate universes, you can just stop it right the hell now]

Uh, yeah. Actually I....might know you. A version of you from my Earth. Since if you don't know the Avengers we're obviously from different Earths.

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[traumatizing]

Do I raise my hand, or...? [it feels a tad weird to just reply with "yes I have heard of these things"] There's a Captain America here too, but he's not the same one from my universe.

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[hugmagnet]

If you want, I guess. This isn't school or anything. [She'd be a shitty teacher. Actually, she's pretty sure no sane school would hire her. Oh well] Yeah, I've heard about Cap. Apparently he's not the one from my world either so welcome to the club. Cap, the Avengers and the X-Men are all things in your world too?