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[A pair of big brown doe eyes are peering into the camera at extreme closeup, like he's trying to dive into the lens and spot people on the other side. Finally, the eyes pull back, and the video focuses on the rest of the face to go along with the eyes. It's a teenager, with a really weird and ambivalent expression on his face. In the background are his new digs, still shiny and new and clean, and obviously a suite in the Earth sector.]

Wow, okay. This Skype connection is weird, it says I'm on but it's not giving me any user names or pings or anything. It's either broken or I'm doing it wrong, either of which is possible, I guess.

Um.

Yeah, so, I'm Stiles, I'm seventeen, I'm new here and I'm apparently dead. Or something, maybe not. Gotta love that whole hot mess. I thought the afterlife was supposed to be a bit more, you know, well-defined and concrete. ...For an ethereal possibility that's never been proven, except on bad basic cable "Reality" shows.

[Oh, the sarcasm.]

Anyway. Okay, this is a long shot, but does the town name Beacon Hills mean anything to anybody here? Maybe? Beacon Hills, California? 94166? Yes? Holla at yo hometown. ...Please?

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Man, I know Beacon Hills is a small town, but this is ridic.

So, uh. You must be the lizard guy that rock dude was talking about.

Maybe it just doesn't exist where the rest of us are from? [He shrugs.] We're from different worlds around here.

That depends entirely on what he said about me. [He chuckles.] I'm Victor.

Yuuup. I was never a big believer in the whole 'multiple worlds' hypothesis, but I'm changing my mind pretty quick.

And he just said you were a lizard dude. NBD.

Seeing it for yourself is a good way to get one's mind changing. And it's bound to happen more if you thought the same about time travel, magic, and aliens.

I was joking. Santo's a friend of mine. So yeah...I am the lizard guy.

You seem much cooler than the last lizard dude I knew, for reals.

He said something about mutants, though. Can you clarify for me a little bit? Because it sounds like something out of a comic book.

Thanks. What was this other lizard dude like?

I'll give it a shot. Being a mutant means we're born with the X-gene. And in most cases, once someone hits puberty the gene kicks in and bam, special powers.

He was a giant murderous d-bag, honestly. As long as you're not going around killing people, we'll be cool.

...So...it basically is something out of a comic book. Wow.

Yeah...I don't do that. I'm sorry you haven't met any good lizard-dudes until me.

You have a comics about mutants where you're from?

We have comics about Batman, and Superman. And the Flash. And Green Lantern. Detective Comics is a big thing where I'm from, yeah.

Well this may freak you out but there are guys named Superman and Green Lantern around. There's supposedly a Batman too but I've never seen him.

No. No freakin' WAY. For real? Batman is a real thing here?

Okay this makes up for everything else.

That's what I heard. I know I used to hang out with a Batgirl that was here.

...This isn't Turtle Hell, this is Turtle Heaven.

Thanks for the info, Victor. I'm now going to freakin' find Batman.

If you say so. [He's amused.]

Don't mention it. Good luck out there and be careful. We're in the middle of a fuzzball infestation.

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