First Burn - [Video] - Forward dated to tomorrow morning 1/6

[alittlebitfiery]

[When the video feed clicks on, it reveals a blonde teenager with a lot of hair, holding it up selfie-style, perched in a chair at a coffee shop somewhere, her legs propped up on another chair across from her and a large coffee resting on the edge of the table. She has a large piece of paper crumpled up in her lap, but she's looking at the camera. She gives a big smile and a friendly wave.]

Well they said we can use this to talk to everybody else who got so...Hey! I'm Yang! I guess it's nice to meet all of you, I mean, we're all in this crazy thing together, right?

[She stops to take a sip of her drink.] Though I guess it's not that crazy. Except for the whole 'other world' part, that's pretty wild. But the powers thing, they acted like that was weird.

Maybe it's weird for everybody else. Was it weird for all of you? Do most people seriously not have a semblance here? Or an aura? Everybody has an aura.

I guess that part is kinda weird.

Anyway! Iiiii've got a couple questions. About something much stranger than all that. Well. One question. No, two. Okay, first off, if anybody's seen a girl in a bright red cape, goes by Ruby Rose, let me know? She's my little sister.

[She sets her coffee down and picks up the crumpled up paper, which upon closer inspect is a map! Of the area around Maurtia Falls, probably the kind you would buy in a gas station.]

Second! The big weird question. Once I get a bike somehow, and I just hop on it and drive, you know, past whatever barriers are around these cities. Go like fifteen, twenty miles out. Is it really, actually, completely safe out there?

[She says this like it should be stranger.]

No grimm? No wrecked cities or old ruins?

'Cause that sounds kind of amazing. Big safe world. [A beat and she grins.] But also really boring.

video; forwarded to 06/01

[garrick]

So, world hopping and sudden super powers? Can't say I've heard that one before. [Jay gives a grin at the video, somewhat at ease with the technology at least to not be worried about it. He's not sure if he should be giving out a lot of information on the network and in all fairness he doesn't know who is actually around. The superhero stuff, for now, can stay on the backburner. There is a chance that there are people who know him in this place but in the same vein there could be those on the network who aren't on the side of good. Sticking to the basics is definitely going to help for the time being.]

Do I have to do the introduction thing? I guess I should, huh. Might be some folks around here that I actually know. My name is Jay Garrick, part-time chemist and part-time physicist. This place is quite similar to my own world but it has a good few differences here and there. Are there many problems here with everyone getting superpowers? I mean that can't be healthy on a grand scale, not everyone can be expected to get along. Guess it's a testament the city is still standing.

Apparently coffee is now the universal constant. Can't say I'm too upset at that one. Right, are there labs here for people to use?