ONE [Video]

[rocksforbrains]

[When the video starts, it just seems like whoever recording it dropped their communicator. It's a still image of slate grey stone.]

Ugh, still feels like I'm gonna break this damn thing. Hey, this on?

[The same twists around to show that, no, that was the palm of someone's hand. Specifically, a tall, bulky rock man frowning down at the device, stone brows furrowed over faintly glowing white eyes.]

Alright, cool. So. Hey! Dropped off in another realty again. Super awesome. I love going to sleep and waking up in freaking Florida. On an army base. Surrounded by humans. With no gate in sight.

[He pauses, presumably for effect, before quickly adding.] That was sarcasm, by the way. This whole thing sucks. Like, it sucked the first time I was here, but now it's a brand new level of suck 'cause now I don't even know if this is a real alternate reality or another trip inside someone else's head. Sure, I remember this happening before, but memory doesn't count for jack when it can be changed, right?

[With the set-up delivered, his grimace suddenly switches into a big smirk.]

Luckily, I'm a genius and I've got a foolproof scientific method to figure out if this place is real or not with just two simple questions.

[He holds up a finger.] One - has anyone seen a Fake White Jesus-looking dude with one-glowing eye running around? If the answer is yes, then this is totally his fault, and I want to punch his stupid face in.

[A second finger goes up.] Two - and I wanna remind you guys, this is just a scientific question - are people allowed to bang in this reality? Don't laugh! It's super important. Just gimme a yes or no answer. Or send some photographic evidence I'm not gonna say no to that.

Okay, got all that? Good. Now while I wait to see if this is all bullshit or not, I'm gonna go run a test by going to the nearest sandwich place and seeing if they'll give me a free hoagie. Y'know. For science.

Comments

[divaricate]

I suppose that's understandable for it to have stuck out. This reality obviously gets weird sometimes, but not...that..weird.

[ A beat of silence, then a half smile where she adds: ] You have a name? I'm Wanda Maximoff, hi.

[rocksforbrains]

Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm Rockslide! Or Santo if we're doing human naaahey wait a sec.

[He just completely rolls to a stop there, and now he's leaning in close to the screen, eyes squinting.]

Okay, just. Quick question! Let's say it's also for science. You haven't ever, uh, depowered like a billion mutants or anything before, right?

[divaricate]

Nice to meet you. And, no, but thanks to being here almost four years, I do know about that version of a similar reality to mine. I don't pack that much of a magical punch, here or home.

[rocksforbrains]

Alright, then we're cool.

[Maybe the the absolute shitstorm that rained down on mutantkind in general and all of his friends in particular wasn't totally their world's Scarlet Witch's fault but the name was still enough to make him uncomfortable. That's passed now, though, switching back from suspicion to the same goofy easy-going grin he had before her name came up.]

If you don't magic then what do you do? I thought witch stuff was kinda the whole deal there.

[divaricate]

Still magic. Just not... you know, high level, gonna wreck reality and turn it on its head magic. More, stable, I guess you could call it, for however good a term 'stable' is to describe magic.