text; anonymous.

[dislocked]

What does this giant turtle eat?

[ he knows steve is here -- and who knows how many people gunning to catch him. which explains the anonymous text.

also sometimes ex-winter soldiers get curious in between relentlessly stalking the network. ]

Comments

text;

[highprofilerichkid]

Now that you mention it, so am I. Maybe the kedan know something we don't. Maybe it eats magic or something.

[Why the hell not? It wouldn't be the strangest magical mechanic he's encountered on this world.]

Why do you want to know?

text;

[dislocked]

If this city's got a ritual of sacrificing people to it that only old-timers know about, that's a potentially important thing.

Eating magic?

text;

[highprofilerichkid]

If there is, I guess we'll both find out the hard way, because I've never heard of it.

IDK, everything else around here runs on magic. I don't know how else anything this big could ever get enough calories to survive. Unless they've evolved giant internal biological nuclear reactors. [Which would be awesome, actually.]

text;

[dislocked]

Isn't magic just another word for science that hasn't been discovered yet?

Nuclear reactors are your thing, I assume.

text;

[highprofilerichkid]

Sure, but "magic" is a lot shorter to say than "physical phenomena not yet understood by our current science." Plus the magic users get all worked up about it.

Nuclear reactors are old-school. Arc reactors are more my thing. I know a guy who's big into nuclear physics, though. You a science guy?

text;

[dislocked]

You'd think that they'd keep an open mind, magic and all.

Not really. Arc reactors?

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[highprofilerichkid]

They like feeling special.

Yeah, arc reactors. Just the most advanced and efficient power source that currently exists in my world. [Can you sound smug through text?]

Unless you want to start talking about alien tech. But that doesn't count. [It doesn't count if you just found it. Tony invented all his tech.]

text;

[dislocked]

[ bucky can definitely sense the smugness through text. well, he's assuming it's excitement, because he doesn't know who it is on the other line.

But wait a minute -- ]

Alien tech?

text;

[highprofilerichkid]

Right, aliens. The outer space kind. Makluans, Asgardians. Anyone else who's left their stuff lying around for us to find.

Or hidden their stuff in a series of secret temples that make you pass tests of worthiness and defeat super-powerful guardians to unlock them. whatever. [Just, you know. Hypothetically speaking.]

text;

[dislocked]

You know a lot about this. Who are you?

text;

[highprofilerichkid]

Tony Stark. I work at the College. Advanced tech is kind of my specialty.

Can't help you much with the magic, though. If you're curious, I know some people you can talk to.

text;

[dislocked]

[ tony stark? ]

Friends of yours?

text;

[highprofilerichkid]

[The one and only. Except not really because there have been two other versions of him here. But yes, Tony Stark. That Tony Stark.]

I guess so. They're other Foreigners.

[They're all basically friends, right? Except Solomon. That jerk.]

You want a list?