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[nohsatsu]

[ His understanding, upon arrival, was that he wasn't unique in this place. Others, from other worlds, worlds far different even from the one that he had been stranded on, had arrived here too. He should wait, reason told him - other members of the Kree might be here. Avengers might be here. An infinite number of universes meant the probability of anyone with a specific grudge against him was minimal, but the world rarely ever functioned at its best, at least in terms of luck and fate.

He noticed these consoles allowed for three different options: video, audio, and text. Video would be brazenly inviting trouble, and although brazen was his usual MO, he was still recovering from recent events.

Text was... so not him.

Audio - well, voices were pretty easy to mistake?

The feed opened to a few seconds of silence. ]

...Hello. [ Another pause. ]

I seem to have found myself, like many of you, far from home. For the second time in my life. At least this time there's no one trying to vivisect me.

[ An attempt at humor? It was hard to tell with how flatly that was said and because of the third pause that followed. ]

Aside from these consoles, what sorts of technology are available here? Anything more advanced?

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[nohsatsu]

I'm glad that's not the case. [ Sob. If it's not the vivisecting, people are trying to mess with his head and make him some kind of living weapon. It's a horrible life.

Green Lantern, though? He's never heard of any such designation. At least, he was assuming it was a title and not a genuine name. ]

Likewise. I am Noh-Varr.

[imaginate]

[Interesting name. But since Kyle can't look it up in the Corps database-] What planet are you from?

[nohsatsu]

Hala, home of the Kree. [ It was something to be proud of, until very recently... ]

Though I had been stranded on Earth for a while.

[imaginate]

[Okay, hadn't heard of them or the race. Could be in Controller space, or Spider Guild territory.] Which sector?

[nohsatsu]

[ Sector? ]

It's the homeworld of the Kree empire. Unless- [ Groan. ]

I'm probably not from your universe, Green Lantern.

[imaginate]

Yeah, sorry - I figured as much from your name, but it couldn't hurt to ask. [Beat.] So, have you met anyone here you might know?

[nohsatsu]

There seem to be people from the universe I came to call home.

No one who knows me personally, though.

[imaginate]

Is that a good thing or a bad thing for you?

[nohsatsu]

I made some very... big mistakes recently.

Made enemies of former teammates.

[imaginate]

[A pause as he considers what this entails.] People are from different points in time, too. So some of them might not have experienced that... yet.

[nohsatsu]

I can only hope. [ Some part of him clung on to that. ]

I don't wish to deceive them, though. Not anymore.

[imaginate]

Well, good luck with that.