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[Nita's posting from a public terminal, so the ID is technically anonymous, but it's not like she's made any secret of her identity. Also, "Devin Craig" has never posted from "home," so she can't filter to him, and thus this is viewable to all.]

Professor Craig? Are you still in one piece? Check in, huh?

[She peers into the camera, concerned for "Craig's" squishy, baseline body.]

Or, I guess, since this is all public, has anyone seen him lately?

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[Ororo's curled up in her suite,and looks actually concerned by the idea that the 'musty old professor' might be gone or hurt.]

He better be bird-watching.

[It's a tense statement. He said he wouldn't get in trouble, augh. After the whole mess at the turtle's head, the idea that maybe he shared a similar fate is not something she wants to think about.]

I'll happily fly him anywhere he wants to bird-watch as long as he's not out wandering around alone while the city is burning.

[ACADEMICS, MAN.]

I know the feeling. [She still looks almost worried about this.] When's the last time you heard from him?

Right after things went crazy on the last day of the Festival.

[It's been a long time, and Nita, always an open book, is obviously worried.]

Yeah, that's about the last time I saw him too. [Ororo braces her hands on the desk to hold her balance as she unfolds her legs and sets her feet on the floor.] You happen to know where he lives? I'm thinking maybe we should pay him a visit and make sure he's okay, since he was nosy about the whole execution thing. Maybe he got the wrong kedan's attention.

No. I don't even know which Sector. That's why I'm hoping he'll see this. I could get Kon and we could go street by street, but that would take forever.

[Shame she doesn't know about Tommy.]

[She frowns. It's a good point -- Keeliai's too big and things are too messy right now for it to be anything close to easy. She drops her weight back into the chair.]

That sucks. We could probably ask a bunch of kedan, but that's like asking the rattlesnake for a kiss. You get the wrong one and -- [She pantomimes shaking a rattle.]

I'm not scared of kedan.

[For her own sake, anyway.]

Must be nice. [It comes under her breath more than anything.] So, what do we do about the professor? Just wait? Or do we ask the kedan and punt the ones that don't care for it?

[Weird look. You're Storm you can take like any 12 kedan jeez.]

I'm going to wait for a little while to see if he catches this, then I'm going to go start jacking gang members up against walls until I get some answers.

[Yeah, 616-her maybe. Ororo here'd have, like... three of them covered?]

Okay. Hey? Give me a shout if it comes to that and I'll have your back.

Will do.

[Nita is the best at making plans.

By which I mean kind of not so good.]

[ There's something very...expected about anything with "Professor" attached to their names going MIA at one point, or another. ]

Do you have any visual or audio records of him? The tech here passes muster just enough that I could lay down some roots in the system and at least rule out a few possibilities.

Uh. Hang on.

[HOW DOES COMPUTER

Nita's pretty good with early-90s comic book computers, but, um. It takes her some poking to finally attach a link to a "Craig" post.]

Ah, yes, that will do.

[beep boop cross reference and other prime time drama computing phrases ]

Hold on a minu --

They're using some kind of anonymous for of networking. Does this Professor even want to be found?

Edited 2012-09-15 23:58 (UTC)

All the cafe consoles are anonymous. I'm anonymous right now.

[Ducked into Starbucks after a hard day punching gang members.]

Great. I give it a week before the anonymity makes people too comfortable with sharing their opinions. [ How fucking dare they. ]

I'm no detective, but if this is someone who needs to be found? The best I can promise is an ear to ground. Picking things apart is something of a nasty habit of mine -- so he's either hiding, or not. At least you can have that narrowed down. Not the hardest thing in the world.

I don't think he's hiding. I'm worried he's hurt. He's just a normal human.

[What has two thumbs and falls for all the secret identities?]

Normal humans are perfectly capable of screwing themselves over without preternatural influence. [ Coming from somehow who thinks the worst scenario is usually the right one. ]

Is he of some significance? Normal, boring human status aside.

Not college professors.

[Jeez, Miranda.]

...He's my friend?

[Jeez, Miranda.]

College professors aren't made out of wet cardboard, or much for being ineffable.

[As far as Nita's concerned, most people might as well be made of wet cardboard.]

He's a noncombatant!

So is the majority of the human race, and you're going to assume they're all rotting in a ditch because you haven't gotten a phone call in some allotted amount time? Please. If he's a professor worth his salt he could just be busy.

I already said I'd run a cross-reference for anything on this Craig; I don't understand why you're so attached to the idea that he got himself killed. I mean. Why bother him with him in the first place if he's such a liability you're not attentive of?

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Edited 2012-09-16 06:58 (UTC)

[YOU ARE GIVING HER SOME SERIOUS SUPERVILLAIN VIBES, MIRANDA.]

Whoa, lady, did you fail kindergarten or something?

I don't understand the joke.

[ beep boop I am a humorless automaton ]

I care 'cause he's my friend, jeez.

That still doesn't explain the j- [ She gave up and dropped it. Understanding humor was not within the parameters of her mission, or, whatever this was. Time killer. ]

There's a lot of noise what with the gang activity, but as I've said, I'll do all that I can.

Well, thanks.

[Nita is clearly Out of Sorts, but it's (mostly) not due to Miranda.]

[Tony's tinkering with the Mark VI helmet when he comes online, but he pauses to rest his arm on it and look at her, an eyebrow raised.]

Professor? You and he have the whole 'teacher-naughty student' thing going on or something? [Because really? A teacher here? Yeah, right.]

[What fresh hell? Nita's about to snap at the guy for being so crude, but then his face registers.]

...Mister Stark?

[Oh-kay. Now she's projecting it on him, THIS COULD GET AWKWARD. Who's he kidding, he'd roll with it. Kinky.]

Bingo! A+ for association, Miss...?

[Oh, another one. Nita's face falls. She's not sure how the Tony Stark from her universe would react to her, but not being recognized over and over is giving her psyche a beating. She might as well still be dead.]

Prentiss. Namorita Prentiss.

[Well, well, well, now she appears to be a damsel in distress.]

Prentiss? Can't say I've ever heard the name, but no time like the present to remedy that. [Dashing, debonair smile.] Now, correct me here, but am I supposed to know you from somewhere? Because you seem quite disappointed.

I know a version of you in an alternate timeline.

[SO RESIGNED.]

You don't say. [An oddly thoughtful comment and he strokes his chin a few times before, nope, dismissing that thought.] Different time, different place, or are you talking about the me that lives over the rainbow in an Emerald City? [Because he is totally the Wizard of Oz, what are you saying.]

Different universe. The armor is about the same, I think.

[What he's got his arm propped up on looks a lot like what she saw in her rapid-fire catch-up on all the history she missed. Like Tony outing himself as Iron Man.]

Huh. [He blinks, then looks down at the helmet and twitches a grin.] Good to know I have the same fantastic taste that I do here. Home. Wherever. [A dismissive shake of his hand to the particulars.]

Though, I admit. I'm a little bit distressed that you seem to like him more than me. Are not all Tonys created equal?

You seem pretty similar so far.

[But Iron Man is so serious business, and Tony Stark is so...not.]

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