Video.

[flightforfreedom]

[ For such a chatty guy, Poe doesn't seem to post to the network all that much. And today? He looks decidedly less than chatty.

He's standing on what seems to be the tarmac of a military airfield, dressed very purposefully and carefully in his full Air Force formal uniform, the double bars on his epaulettes marking his rank as Captain. He isn't usually a man for pointless theatrics. (Pointless stunts is another thing altogether, but this doesn't seem to be about that either.) Clearly, the uniform and the setting have a point.

So he gets right down to it. ]

As you may have heard by now, the State Department has declared a national state of emergency thanks to the mess that's going on, and looks like it's getting worse, fast.

I've been asked to talk to all of you on behalf of the brass, here.

While the military has been - uh - less than enthusiastic about hiring imPorts as a whole, and we're still barred from active duty, they've decided to open up recruitment during the current crisis. Just not exactly for the Army.

Essentially, they're looking for super-powered personnel who are equipped to help handle all the damn weirdness that's going on. They're putting together Emergency Response teams, debriefing and giving a little training, then sending them out into the wild. Mandate is to suppress and contain inter-dimensional anomalies and try to stop the things from spreading.

I know a lot of you have mixed feelings about the Military on this world. Trust me, they've got mixed feelings about you, too. But as long as we're living on this planet, we're sharing it, and if everything is going tits up, then it's going to happen to all of us. We may as well work together.

Anyone already on super-powered teams is probably better off staying where they're at - though I can help coordinate you with Government efforts, if you're interested.

Anyone looking to sign up as Emergency Responders should know that only Registered imPorts can apply. Sorry folks, I didn't make that rule, I'm only here to repeat it.

[ He clearly looks a little uncomfortable, though what exactly about the circumstances or what he's saying is making him feel that way is unclear. ]

Regardless of what you think about any of this - for all intents and purposes, and however long you've been here: this place is our home. I don't really care how you figure out to protect it or who you do it with, but we all need to stand together before everything falls apart.

[ He stares at the camera a few more seconds, and then the screen goes black. ]

Comments

[hellogoodhigh]

[ Poe isn't exactly a familiar face, and he's only vaguely aware of the name "Dameron" from his talks with Hux. But still, not the most important thing to be talking about right now. ]

Oh, my brother, Luther. He's kind of our fearless leader.

[ He laughs, waving his hand like he's waving off the idea. ]

[flightforfreedom]

And who is our...?

[ Guess who didn't go to the birthday party. ]

Point is - you don't need to join the army to help. Trust me, they aren't actually recruiting. This is more just a mobilization effort.

[hellogoodhigh]

[ Klaus can't help the wry little grin, because unfortunately, he and his siblings are kind of all over the Majority Report. ]

Hargreeves! Umbrella Academy! Whatever you want to call us!
Either way, there's five of us with heroic and daring-do experience, and the other four are actually useful.

[Even if he's been drafted already by Luther, he doesn't exactly consider himself useful for things like cleanup and control. His telekinetic powers, untrained as they are, are more a liability than an asset. The rest of his abilities are for information gathering, and one of them? Doesn't even work. At least not anywhere but Jeopardy.]

[flightforfreedom]

[ ..... oh suddenly the world makes a lot more sense. ]

Uh... wasn't there something really terrible involving you guys just recently?

[ He didn't read the newspaper, he was distracted... ]

[hellogoodhigh]

[ Klaus shrugs, and tries to shrug it off. But lying had never really been his forte. ]

I mean, we threw a party? You know, all six of us having the same birthday... Bit of a rager, cops might have been called...

[ His sister might have been pushed to the brink and blew up a city block, you know, family drama things. ]

[flightforfreedom]

Uh huh.

[ Luckily for Klaus, Poe is not a cop and he's not much of a reader, either. ]

That's a big - the same birthday? Really? [ Weird. For someone who's never hand siblings - that seems weird, right? ]

[hellogoodhigh]

[ Lucky him, instead he just happens to be the mortal enemy of his ex. He's trying to remember why Poe Dameron sounds so familiar... Maybe it'll come to him as they talk. ]

Yeah! Yeah, kinda this whole freak accident thing. I mean all of us are adopted, so it's not like any of us are twins. Septuplets? What's the word for seven at once?