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[The transmission opens on a tall boy sitting on his bed. He's making eye contact with the communicator, so from a viewer's perspective it might look like he's looking right at you. But he's not really trying to be creepy or anything. It just kinda ends up that way, since the colour of his eyes is somewhat unnatural.]

Uh, hi. So... they gave me the welcome packet and all that when I got here, but could anyone fill me in a little better? I'm just kinda curious about this whole place. There aren't any Heartless that I can find, and I'm curious what kind of stuff we're supposed to be heroes about. You know? That kinda thing.

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[heavyhitter]

oh heres one me! im heartless!

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Somehow I doubt that.

[heavyhitter]

nope im the biggest jerk around, its me

ok but seriously what? u said it like it meant something

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Yeah. They're monsters that eat hearts and make more Heartless.

text; comm tag is "Hiro"

[microbrobotics]

heartless? nah people are pretty nice. usually.

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No, they're monsters from where I come from. The weapons we use call them, but... I haven't seen any.

[microbrobotics]

monsters? what do they look like?

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[earnedmystripes]

[ID printed: WILD TIGER]

Heroes are supposed to help the people! Y'know, catch crooks, protect civilians when there's fires and earthquakes and floods and things like that.

[Not even touching that 'Heartless' thing because he has no idea what it means and also isn't relevant to heroing as he understands it, so.]

audio;

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[Hasn't he heard this voice before? He puts it away in his brain to think about later, turning his attention to the conversation instead.]

Are there those kinds of things? Frequent disasters, I mean. Crooks are everywhere, I think.

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[earnedmystripes]

They happen often enough, anyway.

[...Well, fires, at least. There are lots of goddamn fires. Mostly because of crooks.]

And sure, crooks're everywhere. That's exactly why we gotta stop 'em when they commit crimes!

video.

[bioshift]

Heartless?

video.

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Yeah. Monsters. Usually the worlds are full of them, but I haven't seen any here, and a guy I know told me the same.

video.

[bioshift]

Monsters called Heartless? What ... kind of monsters are they? I mean- I guess it's good they aren't here, but. It seems kind of an odd name to have. A bit ironic, maybe.

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[onhold]

( Communicator ID reads 'Blue Rose'. )

somebody wrote up a FAQ which you might find useful.
i don't know anything about 'heartless', though.
isn't it obvious what a Hero should do?

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Heartless are monsters.

[He's kinda regretting that he mentioned it now. Nobody seems to know, and he's answering the same questions a lot.]

And not necessarily. I mean, another person told me it's disaster relief and stuff. But why all the fanfare for those sorts of things? Bringing people from other worlds? It seems excessive.

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[onhold]

haven't seen any monsters here
unless you're using a different definition.
i don't think they're bringing us here on purpose.
are you sure you don't want a link to the FAQ?

voice

[runningstart]

[The ID reads "Kid Flash."]

I know a lot of people aren't doing the Hero thing here. Like, they just wanna go to their nine-to-five and mind their own business, and there's no problem with that.

...But if you're looking for an insider opinion on how to be a superhero, I have experience with that. [wow so humble]

voice

[resipiscent]

Well, I'm curious about the superhero thing. Not all that sure if I'm into it, but it's worth a look, you know? Besides, where I come from, it's just a 'hero'. What makes it super?

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[runningstart]

...huh. Y'know, I'd say it's powers but there's a bunch of guys back home who are superheroes and they don't have powers. I'm not sure.

I guess it's more of a culture sort of thing now? Like, superheroes aren't any better than heroes which are like, firefighters or policemen or people who save people and stuff, but I guess what separates superheroes and heroes is that superheroes usually also fight off alien invasions or people who can throw fireballs or freeze oceans solid and stuff. All the really crazy stuff.

[acclimatized]

A woman named Kate Bishop made a FAQ. You can find it here. It's really quite amazing and very helpful.

What are Heartless?

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Excellent, thank you. They're monsters. They hunt those with hearts and steal them.

[acclimatized]

Wow. If it will put your mind at ease, I haven't heard about any hearts being stolen while I've been here.

video

[huntergames]

It's kind of... confusing! This country is at war with another, but it's called a "Cold" War. I guess we're supposed to be defending the country from the Russians, but helping out wherever else we can.

video

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"Cold", huh...? It's strange, though, because you'd think that being in a war, the government would be focusing their funds on that. Instead they seem to be spending a lot of money on us.

video

[huntergames]

I wouldn't know much about how much money is spent on imPorts. I didn't think it would be a lot... we're a very small group compared to the rest of the country.