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[traumatizing]

[fun fact: Terrance Ward is massively uncomfortable with any kind of video chat type thing]

[another fun fact: he's having real issues trying to determine what exactly he believes about where he is and why. so for now he's going with 'this is probably Norman Osborn's fault somehow']

[SIGH] So if this was some kind of elaborate ruse to make me learn my place, I'd probably know it was happening right? It's not like Osborn's exactly great at subtlety.

[he pulls a face at the camera and leans back in his seat] I don't even know who I'm talking to here. It's kind of hard to gauge what to say when I don't know who's listening. Do I introduce myself?

[ :\ ]

I'm Trauma. It's- [...] There's a good chance it won't be terrible to meet you.

Probably.

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[wholenewstory]

[Her smile is warm, and slightly amused.]

Honest. That's - good.

I'm Cass.

[traumatizing]

I try to be. I feel like lying right now would only be a hindrance anyway, if I could think of anything worth lying about.

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[hackingyoursensors]

Uh... that's the spirit?

I'm Dick. Welcome aboard the S.S. Giant Bioluminescent Turtle.

[video]

[traumatizing]

I'm a bastion of optimism.

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[sharpes]

Trauma.

[a beat.]

Is that like, an emo kid thing? Or are you secretly a supervillain and 'trauma' is what you're going to do to like, puppies or something?

[video]

[hackingyoursensors]

I can tell.

By the way, I haven't heard of anybody named Osborn since I got here. If that helps.

[a few minutes later]

[sharpes]

Waitaminute, did you say Osborn?

[video]

[traumatizing]

[IGNORING YOUR OTHER QUESTIONS trauma is a perfectly fine name okay]

Yeah, Norman Osborn. Probably voted 'most likely to abuse power' in high school. [he's been sitting on that one for a while] You know him?

[video]

[sharpes]

Much as I wish I didn't, yeah. The Initiative. You?

[video]

[traumatizing]

Well, it means he's obviously not here. I don't think he'd know how to stay under the radar.

[video]

[traumatizing]

Same.

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[sharpes]

Score one for the home team, I guess. The Avengers and the X-Men having their slug-fest yet for you?

[video]

[traumatizing]

... What slug-fest?

[video]

[sharpes]

[A very visible shrug.]

Don't know much about it. Sounds like a few of their first-stringers are planning on duking it out over the whole Scarlet Witch thing. I don't keep up with the politics. It'll end with a team-up to take down an invading alien army or something and a month later it'll be like it never happened. You know, just like the last million times.

[video]

[traumatizing]

[rolls his eyes]

Well, at least some things never change.

[wholenewstory]

[Cass nods, and her smile fades as she speaks again.]

Haven't heard of an - Osborn. Don't think they can hurt you here.

[video]

[sharpes]

Fundamental laws of the universe exist for a reason, I guess.

So. 'Trauma', huh? What's that all about?

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[unchimerical]

[ Wow. What a downer. Pot, meet kettle. ]

I have no idea who Osborn is, so I can at least assure you that I'm not part of the ruse.

[traumatizing]

I'm probably just being paranoid anyway. He's got more important things to deal with than a rogue therapist.

[video]

[traumatizing]

shrug] I used to be pretty great at accidentally traumatizing people and I wasn't feeling particularly imaginative when it came to picking a codename.

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[traumatizing]

Or maybe that's just what you want me to think.

[despite the entirely serious look on his face, he is joking]

Anyway-- I know this place is probably exactly what they said it is. It's not like it'd be the weirdest thing to happen to me this year.

[video]

[sharpes]

... Define 'accidentally'...

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[littlecousin]

Norman Osborn? He's not here. I really doubt he had anything to do with this.

[Nita is peering intently at the screen. She wouldn't necessarily have jumped to that conclusion, except Brandon said something similar when they first talked.

Depending on how up on things Terrence is, he might be able to recognize her as the person who got blown up in Stamford and kicked everything off. She's not blue at the moment, however.]

[video]

[traumatizing]

... I'm not talking about my powers with a stranger on a public network.

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[sharpes]

Okay, so you're a little paranoid.

[It doesn't particularly bother him. Really, it's just One of Those Things at this point.]

Name's Striker.

[a beat.]

Brandon.