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[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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[Smiles] Thanks.

Has anyone... gone after your family?

No, can't say they have. It's....happened to other people I work with but never me. Then again, I don't have much of a family to speak of. [One of her brothers is dead, the other hates her, her father is dead and her mother is still convinced that she's a horrible daughter. Add all that to the fact that she can't feel anything towards her family anymore and it's not exactly a heartwarming story]

[Damn it Mark, stop poking random stranger's bad memories.] Sorry.

I just... I've had people come after my family before, and I was wondering if it was the same on other worlds or just here--there. Where I come from.

No, don't worry about it. It's okay. [It's a detail of her life that she's kind of gotten used to. It's not fun but it's still there]

Yeah, it happens. That's why we have secret identities. Most of us, I mean. In trying to help people, we make enemies and those enemies would do anything to hurt us.

And they do.

They do. [She knows. It's never happened to her but she definitely knows] The price we pay for trying to keep the truly evil people from hurting the innocent ones.

[At least his brother is old enough to help... though how he'd help is a matter for debate.] He had no reason to go after my mother.

[Pause.] Uh, sorry. Happier subject?

They never have a reason for anything they do. [Besides sadism. She smiles sympathetically]

No problem. You got any teams where you're from or is it sort of just a solo deal?

Yeah, a bunch: Guardians of the Globe, Capes, the Actioneers, WolfCorps... I'm not a member of any of them, though. I don't have the time.

We've got a bunch too. One thing you learn about superheroes is we really likes groups. [You get more done as a group, really, and there's less chance of crazy people fixating on just one person] I am on a team and I barely have time for a team so I get that. Solo work was nice when I did it.

This is very true. I guess I'm just weird like that.

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