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[spideyfanone]

[It's hard to be sure of the camera's angle, but it's definitely propped up somehow, with the speaker hanging upside-down from the ceiling, because why not. Scrawny, scruffy, in his early teens, and some kind of fuzzy, blue elf-demon. When he speaks, it's with a clipped Brooklyn accent.]

So... the turtle is new and different. I've done space whales, but not reality-turtles.

Anyway. Longshot, but any of my team here? Lookin' for a General James Howlett especially, or Miz Alison Blaire? ...Hercules? ...Emmaline Frost-Summers? I mean, she doesn't even like me and I think she's a goddess now, but worth a shot.

Guessing not, though, so does anybody need somethin' fixed? Because I hate being bored, and unless somebody's got a mission that needs doing, I'mma be a huge pain in the butt.

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[alpha_squad_leader]

I see. Well, I still think they let you stay around for more than mascot reasons.

[spideyfanone]

Yeah, I can also fix stuff, and Xave kinda hijacked my porting to boost the ghost box.

[alpha_squad_leader]

Wait, did you say ghost box? [He doesn't know all the specifics but everything about those in the X-men files was under that 'extremely dangerous!' banner.]

[spideyfanone]

Yeah, amazing what you can do with one of those. Lots more than we covered in junior engineer summer camp.

[alpha_squad_leader]

Aren't ghost boxes just technology from an alternate dimension that uses them to invade others though?

[spideyfanone]

Well, you could. Or you could jury-rig an awesome mass-port device to move the whole population and infrastructure from one doomed earth to an unpopulated one in another world. And all the cats!

[What, he likes cats.]

...Pretty boss. I helped.

[alpha_squad_leader]

[Victor's just going to stare for a moment since that's an impressive feat. The comment about the cats gets a little smile from him though.]

Did you get the dogs too?

[spideyfanone]

Think so. I'm just sure about the cats.

[alpha_squad_leader]

I'm sure the SPCA would have some kind of award for you. [He chuckles.]

It sounded like a pretty awesome thing to pull off.

[spideyfanone]

Well, it kinda broke the multiverse a little... Or I guess exacerbated an existing weakness in the multiverse? But it was still a better solution than the one they had before, so it probably comes out even.

[alpha_squad_leader]

[And facepalm.] I have to ask...what was the one they had before?

[spideyfanone]

Um. Kidnapping mutants from other realities and draining us in a big spooky machine to hold their earth together? After they killed off most of their own, I mean.

[He needs to get better at only talking about random crap.]

[alpha_squad_leader]

[Victor just stares for a moment.]

Right...I like your plan better.

[spideyfanone]

Yeah. Uh, I think it's mostly fixed. The multiverse, I mean.

[alpha_squad_leader]

It's the multiverse. When is it not semi-broken and in peril?

[spideyfanone]

Well, okay, we fixed a little bit of it. Maybe. Until next time.

[That's... grim.]

[alpha_squad_leader]

You saved the day, it's still awesome.

[spideyfanone]

Sure, let's go with that. Cake and ice cream.

[Sweet denial.]

[alpha_squad_leader]

Cake I'll join you for but it is way too cold for ice cream. Or ice anything for that matter.

[spideyfanone]

...I have fur, so my opinions probably don't count. But it's never too cold for ice cream. It's just sometimes inside weather for ice cream. Or extreme challenge never-melt ice cream weather.

[Eating sundaes in snowstorms is awesome.]

[alpha_squad_leader]

Having fur is totally cheating in this weather. You can have all the ice cream.

[spideyfanone]

If it makes you feel better, summer bites.

[alpha_squad_leader]

No, I just feel bad for you during the summer. [He offers a small smile.] Maybe that's a project you could work on here? Wearable, portable heating and cooling systems. A friend of mine has a cooling one since Summer is bad for him too but maybe you can make more?

[spideyfanone]

Heating, maybe. Cooling is tricky to do without some real nasty chemicals, especially if it's open to the air...

[alpha_squad_leader]

What about if it's worn under clothing?