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[A dark-haired kid who seems to be in his late teens appears on screen. He smiles, but it looks a bit forced.]

Hey. Tony Stark. [He gives a small wave.] I just... got here, I guess, and got the rundown on the whole scary death chaos monster situation. And all the giant magic turtle stuff. Sounds like a good time. [He laughs awkwardly, and rubs the back of his neck.] Better than centipede monster void dimensions, at least, [he mutters. This is not the first time he’s been suddenly yanked into a different dimension, evidently.]

Anyway, uh, if anyone needs some tech stuff or heavy lifting done, hit me up. I haven’t had a chance to take a close look at the tech here yet, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out. [He seems to brighten a little at the prospect of new alien technology to play with.

He looks like he’s about to cut the feed, but then he hesitates. There’s a couple seconds of anxious silence, and he fidgets, his cheerful demeanor faltering even more.] And, um, just out of curiosity... When they send us back home, there’s... There is something to go back to, isn’t there? [He laughs, but it’s nervous, like he’s not sure he wants to know the answer.] Nobody would really give me a straight answer, but... They’re not going to send us back if we’re just about to... Well, you know, get blown up or something. Right? I mean, that would be pretty messed up.

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I should probably tell you now that a lot of the stuff that happens around here probably won't be what you were expecting.

I'll keep it in mind. My birthday celebrations so far have included stopping an alien apocalypse and being dimension-napped onto a giant turtle that houses an army of interdimensional space hobos - including two alternate universe versions of myself - so I'm pretty open to the unexpected right now.

That sounds like one heck of a birthday. Wait-

You mean you got dragged here on your birthday?

Worst. Birthday present. Ever.

I'll bet. Sorry. That really sucks.

Well, it kind of already sucked before I got dragged here, and it would still suck if it wasn't my birthday, so I guess I was stuck with a whole lot of suckage no matter what.

But maybe I'll go and buy myself a cake so it's not a total loss. They do have cake here, right? [he asks, a little plaintively.]

Mm, well...kind of? A lot of the food isn't quite like food back home, but you can probably find something close enough.

At this point, if it has sugar and doesn't make me sick, that's good enough.

Well then you should be good. Don't go too crazy now, birthday boy.

[Tony grins again.] Who, me, go overboard? Never.

[~~Yeah, just don't go whining to Darcy when you regret eating an entire alien sort-of-cake, Tony.~~]

Of course not.

[She laughs, shaking her head.]

I'm Darcy, by the way.

Nice to meet you, Darcy. Hope I didn't blow your mind too much.

Nah. When you've been here as long as I have it takes an awful lot to reach mind-blowing levels.

Yeah, I'll bet. So how long have you been here? How long-term is this gig likely to be? [Just what has he gotten himself into, here?]

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