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[Victor is looking straight into the camera; he's got nothing to hide, after all. He seems fairly nonchalant about being here, and he mostly is, except for a couple of concerns about people he's left behind. Sure, giant turtle cities are pretty weird as alternate dimensions go, but he can cope. At least people seem to be friendly enough, and it does sound like his help might be needed.]

Hey. My name's Victor, and I just got here, so I thought I'd say hi and see who else is here. I, uh, don't think many people will recognise me, unless my friends turned up as well and I just didn't see them. Mostly I'm looking for a couple of kids called Molly and Klara, so if anyone sees them can they let me know?

[He shrugs, and looks down at the console itself, now looking a little confused.]

Anyone know how these consoles work? I usually do okay with technology, but I can't even tell what these are made of. I don't want to mess around with them if I don't know if I can read the code... if they even run on code.

[He'll avoid mentioning why he's usually good with technology, though. He's not sure what kind of prejudices people even have here, and cyborgs usually make people a little uncomfortable even at home. He looks up again suddenly, having just remembered something.]

Speaking of which, I'm meant to find a job, apparently. Anyone know anyone who needs a mechanic or an electrician? I'm not officially trained, but I'm good for an amateur and I pick things up pretty quickly.

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There's two Tonies here. The other one seems more like the one I remember.

[Rictor shrugs.]

Not that the other one sounds much different, but I don't know if he's gotten around to finding a new way to register mutants. Why'd he wreck your place?

If he was part of the whole Registration Act thing, then the other Iron Man is probably the one I remember too.

[He sounds a little bitter about the registration act, with some reason.]

We didn't get to ask. I guess it was probably something to do with foster care, though, or something like that.

[Registration brings out the best in everyone. ]

Foster care. [He thinks about the sad sack orphanage that Layla was in. Yeah. Foster care would be a great place for a kid worried about the Registration act.] He's an idiot.

I guess it's not like it matters too much here, but yeah. I'm not sure it would have gone well for me. Uh, us.

[He's still not sure he'd have actually even been considered for foster care, or if they'd have just shut him down. He looks sideways, but then curiosity hits and he looks back. If this guy's from his world, maybe he's someone back there.]

Oh, yeah. Sorry, I didn't catch your name.

Here? We've got teenagers crawlin' all over Tu Vishan, and nobody's put them on a leash yet. I think you're safe from social workers and curfews.

And that's because I didn't throw it out there. I'm Julio Richter. You ever do any work on a motorcycle?

I kinda guessed that when they gave me my own place. Man, this place is huge.

[And quiet. He's so not used to quiet. He doesn't recognise the name, but that's not entirely unexpected.]

Petrol engine? I can probably tell you if something's up with the frame or anything like that, but I'm not sure about the actual engine.

Compared to what? [Ric makes a face, scrunching his eyebrows together in disbelief. It's a huge turtle, but it's not all that big as a country.]

I might have a job for you, if you want something while you look for a real one. I think it's out of alignment.

[Or it will be, in a few minutes.]

I'm used to sharing a house with about six other people and a dinosaur, so compared to that, I guess. Don't get me wrong, it was a huge house, but I'm just used to having people around.

I can look, if you want. Like I said though, I'm not pro and if it's anything complicated or not-Earth-standard I can't make promises.

[And he should probably be a little more suspicious about this, but at the end of the day he can probably get out of most bad situations, and this has all been pretty public, so it shouldn't be that unsafe, right?]

[When the feed clicks back on, Ric is clearly just getting over laughing. That sounded like a description of X-Force, with Cable as the dinosaur.]

Maybe your friends will show up. If you know Tony Stark, there's been others that know him too.

[Some suspicion wouldn't hurt, on both accounts, but Ric is counting on two things. One, Tony doesn't get along with lots of people from the looks of it, and, two, he can take a teenager.]

It's your Earth-standard chopper. [And he won't break it in a way that he can't fix.]

[Victor's not quite sure what the laughing is about, so he's just going to ignore it, mostly.]

Yeah. Someone I... know from back home already said hi, and one of her team-mates is here too, so I'm not completely alone at least.

[There's a brief hesitation on the know, because he's not sure if he should be using the past tense. Also, not the entire truth.]

In which case, uh, if you give me directions I can look at it whenever you're free. Nothing else came up yet, anyway.

[Ric nods, unwilling to say that it's 'good' that more teenagers are here.]

I live at EA-1C. If a hot Monégasque chick answers the door, it's still the right place.

I have to meet someone first, but if you're still going to be free later this afternoon I can turn up then, if that's okay.

Whatever you wanna do. I'll be around.

Sure, then.

[And with that, he'll turn off the console.

He's got a girl to meet first, but after that he might as well go see what's up with this bike, so it's probably mid-late afternnon by the time he turns up. He's a little nervous about knocking, honestly, but he was invited, so it'll be fine, right?]

[That left plenty of time to do some damage to the frame - serious enough to need a repair before riding it, but not so bad that he can't fix it himself should the kid's claims not pan out.

Julio answered the door in due time, stepping inside as he waved the boy inside.] Come on in. I've got tools you can use somewhere in this mess.

[He hefts a toolbox- he'd been working on the Leapfrog when he was taken, and they'd managed to come with.]

That's okay, got some with me. They're like the only thing I own right now, though, so if you're going to mug me or something it's really not worth it.

[Ric can only roll his eyes at this mistrust.]

I'm not about to mug a kid for his Gameboy. Calm down.

[The teen has a right to be suspicious though. He certainly would be, were he in similar shoes. Ric doesn't recognize him at all. With that, he steps past Victor and outside.]

The bike's out here. How'd you pick up mechanics, anyway? If the words "I read it online" come out of your mouth, you aren't touching the motorcycle."

[Unfortunately, Richter's still an adult, and not even one Victor knows anything about. Distrust is pretty much mandatory.]

Sorry. Guess it didn't come across as a joke.

He shrugs.]

Hands-on experience? I used to keep the team vehicle going back home. First few times it had to tell me what was up, but I pick things up fast. And when I say I'm good with machinery, I mean in a powers sort of way, so touching it is pretty much exactly what I need to do.

New kids kill my sense of humor, sorry.

[He was mildly interested before, but now Victor is the recipient of a prolonged, searching look. There are a few people - Doug Ramsey, Forge, even 'Star to an extent - that he'd expect a statement like that from. Hearing it from a kid who's not on any team that Ric knows about is disconcerting. Five minutes ago, he'd have told you he knew them all.]

You guys got an SUV or something?

[Please tell him they're not giving out Blackbirds to teenagers now.]

[Rather more hesitantly than previously, because the Pride's not really a topic for casual conversation with people he's only met like, today and how does he explain the Leapfrog without going into that?]

Not exactly.

[He scratches the back of his head, trying to work out how to word things.]

My friends' parents aren't around any more, but they left a lot of tech behind. Including the vehicle we used to get around. It was some weird mix of modern tech and future science, but it wasn't difficult to work out most of the time, and I was the only tech guy on the team, so.

[That isn't the first time Victor has mentioned a team, and Julio hates beating around the bush if he doesn't have to. Screw subtlety.]

What team is this again?

[It's nonchalant, as he brings the motorcycle, complete with damaged frame, over. He points out the crack in one of the support bars.] It snapped when I hit a pothole.

[OOC note: work with me here, I know nothing about motorcycles. /waves hands around. "Make it work!" /tim gunn]

We... didn't have a name.

[He sighs.]

Look, you know anything about Los Angeles?

[He eyes the bike slightly dubiously, not entirely sure what he's doing, but the easiest way to do things is still to just do his usual thing and touch the bike, powers firmly on. He's pretty low on juice from the summon, but this is only a small use anyway.

Of course, he is sparking around the eyes, and his hand where he's touching the bike. Some things can't be avoided, even if they might be slightly alarming.]

That doesn't feel like normal wear and tear. Someone got a problem with your bike, dude? Also, one of the brakes isn't really calibrated properly and the clutch is getting a bit worn, and I can't even tell you how I know what a clutch is

[OOC note: Neither do I. Then again, technically neither does Victor. we will make it work anyway!]

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