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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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Wow. I mean, there's Batman. Which is awesome. But there's no fun stuff to do. Maybe that's what I need, I'll just start a Batman fan site.

Dude, there are way better superheroes here than that jerk.

Edited 2013-08-01 06:17 (UTC)

...Wait, I'm sorry. Did those words really just come out of your mouth?

Uh, yeah? He's a total dick.

Okay first of all, one? He is the night, and how dare you. Second of all, two, you're wrong and I pity you.

Edited 2013-08-05 00:28 (UTC)

He's a guy in a bat suit. Big whup.

[HE ALSO TOTALLY TOLD ME OFF ONCE WOW.]

He's got nothing on Quicksilver.

[IF BATMAN TOLD YOU OFF YOU DESERVED IT]

Quicksilver? Really? Did you really just compare a third-stringer with a C-List title to the motherfreakin' Batman?

[I WAS ONLY KICKING TRASH CANS GOD.

He stares at Stiles.]

Quicksilver's my Uncle. And Magneto is my grandfather. Pretty sure they both got more than Batman.

I mean I got more than Batman.

Edited 2013-08-06 22:16 (UTC)

[Have a gaping, jaw-dropped Stiles.]

What? Magneto is your grandfather? The Magneto? No freakin' way.

[He squints. His brain just clicking into place. How the hell does this guy know Magneto and Batman? Different universes.]

Uh, yeah. It's complicated. But Batman's still a jerk.

[Yeah, no kidding it's complicated. Although clearly these two need to stop fighting and be friends because snark calls to snark.]

...Wow. Okay, well, um. Then I take back what I said about Quicksilver, and I'm sorry. Batman...can be kind of intense but I still really like him. As a...public figure.

[Oh lord how is he gonna explain this?]

[Good lord these two would be terribly together. So much snark.]

He doesn't even have any powers. [I MEAN COME ON. Powers are cool.]

Yeah, but that's what makes him cool. He doesn't need powers. He just needs his brain and his guts and his strict moral code. ...And a bunch of teenage boys to follow him around and help him.

--You sound like my brother. He's a giant nerd too.

Your brother sounds like a gentleman of discriminating tastes and values. You should take lessons, peon.

I'm good staying out of fanboy territory, thanks.

I don't understand. How can you be related to Magneto and not appreciate how cool that is?

....Hey. Question. Settle a debate for me. Mag-NET-oh or Mag-NEAT-oh?

It is pretty cool. But I don't have an action figure of the guy.

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Uh, Mag-NEAT-oh? C'mon, dude.

Yeah, but...magnets.

Not mag-NEATS.

[He's on the other side of that long debate apparently!]

...Are you seriously gonna argue that?

It just makes logical sense!

Everybody knows it's pronounced that way.

Fiiiiiiiine.

He's...not here, is he?

Nah. [A pause.] The Scarlet Witch is though.

...

[Don't make a comment about depowering all the mutants don't you dare shut up Stiles.]

Okay that's cool. If I ask for an introduction will you sneer at me again?

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