audio | tag says "MR METEOR :)"

[stupidsexymurderbot]

Assigned jobs, assigned homes. All necessities and what have you just... provided for us.

On the basis we play nice and all be heroes. Now... does anyone here think that's a bit odd? I mean, there's so much anonymity possible!

Who's to tell if one of us -- oh, I don't know -- strays from the path?

I mean, you can't even see my face! If I started running amok with these magic powers, but never said a word? How would you know? [Ultron laughs, right there, though.] Of course, there's not much a college professor could do, is there? Except fail students.

I suppose that's terrifying enough.

[Fishy, fishy Ultron. As much deadpan snark as there is in the words, every answer will be cataloged. Noted down. What better way to gather information than by mocking the system?]


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Anything of note, yet?

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audio;

[lasthugs]

And ruining their academic record and being oh so evil, aren't you?

[a bit snippy because she had a bad day ok]

audio;

[stupidsexymurderbot]

Hey, now. That was hypothetical...

I would never.

[And he sounds OH SO APOLOGETIC.]

[ video ]

[hostage]

[As one of those "strays"... Jesse really wishes the other villains would stop being so showy. Whatever happened to subtlety? Like, this is really, really obvious.]

Us imPorts got all kinds of powers. Nobody's anonymous to a telepath.

[ audio ]

[stupidsexymurderbot]

[Ohhhhhh how he really, really wants to laugh about that last part. If nothing else, Wanda proved artificial minds were very, very good at that sort of anonymity.]

Goodness. We've telepaths among us? I had no idea...

[For god's sake, Ultron tone down the innocent schoolteacher voice. Just a little.]

Wow, that's almost enough to make me jealous. All sorts of powers... I must have lost that lottery.

text; comm tag is "Hiro"

[microbrobotics]

are you satan too?

text;

[stupidsexymurderbot]

Oh, no. That would imply actually caring about the... moral leanings of people I've never met.

voice.

[glowsferatu]

If I didn't know better, I'd think you actually believe yourself the only one clever enough to have considered any of this. It's been seventeen months, do you really think everyone has played nice in that time?

voice.

[stupidsexymurderbot]

No, not really.

But now I have it confirmed. Thank you just so much.

[audio; private]

[pushtheboundaries]

...what do you think you're doing?

[yes. he recognizes that voice.]

[audio; private]

[stupidsexymurderbot]

Discussing the importance of anonymity in social media.

Or just... attempting to gain information. Whichever you like. Both are fairly accurate, really.

[bestversion]

uhm you're not being very subtle. besides, some of us like being heroes. we don't do it for the benefits.

[stupidsexymurderbot]

I didn't know having theoretical talks about life, the universe, morality... that sort of thing... needed subtlety.

Then why, hm? Why risk your life if not for some kind of gain?

AUDIO.

[selfimage]

[ really. ]

The villainous speeches over a public network usually give it away. [ as in, most people of that inclination can't keep their mouth shut. ]

But you could check the archives, you know. There's plenty of trial and consequence there.

Mortals have a saying about everything being done before, don't they? I seem to recall something like that.

AUDIO.

[stupidsexymurderbot]

Villainous? Ouch. Asking why one is a hero is suddenly villainous now?

That's just... well, that's just wrong. Isn't it?

voice

[paintjobs]

I don't think our resident heroes much appreciate your input, hypothetical as it may be.

voice

[stupidsexymurderbot]

They must need thicker skins, if a little discussion is going to ruffle feathers.

audio

[rathercommon]

[ Kitty's voice is perfectly chipper. ]

Oh - have they made you a professor? That's rather prestigious, isn't it. What do you teach?

audio

[stupidsexymurderbot]

Technology. It's fairly fitting.

Is it so rare for one of their ... heroes... to be given a 'prestigious' position?

audio;

[grimreaping]

I believe this is what Liz would call "click bait".

But in the possibility you're being genuine, not everyone here relies on faces or voices to identify others.

audio;

[stupidsexymurderbot]

You mean IP addresses, speech patterns, that sort of thing?

voice;

[servesthehuman]

[ the voice on the other end of the line is dry, British, and just a touch annoyed by this. ]

All talk of cliched villainy aside, anonymity is possible in all worlds. This world and this network really make no difference.

[ someone's speaking from experience riiiiight here. ]

voice;

[stupidsexymurderbot]

Finally! Someone gets it! That is exactly my point.

The possibility of being utterly unknown exists here.

So. Why bother being a hero?

[audio]

[forsometimenow]

Announcing your plans kind of ruins the impact, just FYI.

[audio]

[stupidsexymurderbot]

Oh, how ever shall I go forward with my horrific plan to fail the students now?

Woe. Is me.

voice;

[112ounces]

[ Coming back from home, all filthy and a little more terrible than before, Carl's mind has gone in a state not unlike the time at the prison, the time when Carl gunned down a surrendering boy. ] ]

Everyone strays, whether they know it or not.

voice;

[stupidsexymurderbot]

Well, isn't that just the epitome of pessimism there.

voice.

[nitidus]

[marvel villains always give the most subtle speeches]

Generally speaking, no matter how anonymous you are, the government is very quick to assign you the new title of terrorist should you start to run amok and cause all sorts of ruckus and melodramatics.

[rly. ]

My suggestion is always to pick up knitting instead. What better to vent your fury than to gift someone you loathe with a truly hideous, malformed scarf?

voice.

[stupidsexymurderbot]

No different than any other government, then, is it? Step out of line, and you're the enemy. Pity.

Oh, I would, but, you see... all thumbs. I can never get the little loops to stay on the hooks. Ruins the entire point of a hate-scarf, don't you think?

[Audio]

[hands4healing]

[She recognizes the voice.]
It's pretty easy to figure things out. People aren't as sneaky as they think they are, a lot of the time.

[Audio]

[stupidsexymurderbot]

I suppose they are.

Which is why there's no need for things such as police or detectives, now, is there?

audio

[oldstandard]

Hey, hey! Don't go ruining this by pointing out the obvious.

audio

[stupidsexymurderbot]

If it's obvious, I shouldn't be able to ruin it, should I?

voice;

[lackey]

Y'know, I was watchin' a movie on TV the other day... 'bout some guy and some gal on some big boat. Not a great movie, but nothin' else was on. It was like that or... those tiny vacuums for sale on the shoppin' network and I don't even need a vacuum right now so...

Anyway. Watchin' this movie and that uh... that... term new money got brought up. Somebody who just got a lot of money? They're all new and shit to being rich and some people think they're not good at it yet. People are snobby sometimes.

But it got me thinkin' just now that maybe there's a... a new evil. Somebody who just turned evil like maybe yesterday? And maybe they could use more practice with the whole evil thing. Not like they can help bein' new, right? Everybody's gotta start somewhere.

[There's a pause.]

Are you new evil, dude? Or just bored or somethin'? [Sniff.] Cool name, by the way.

not here

[hostage]

[Mike Parker!!! Jesse likes you. Somewhere not on-camera, he's listening to this and laughing.]

Video

[exsithstential]

Just as there are those that could be a risk to others, so to are those that are dedicated to keeping said risks in check.

[Though his tone is tepid, there's a bit of nuanced "think hard about your choices" in there.]

Though no one is forcing you to abdicate your chosen way of life, we all must live with the consequence set before us.

voice

[stupidsexymurderbot]

But why? You've got your basic needs provided for. What's driving you? When you might not even know who this "evil" you're fighting against is?

Mm. Nice words. Did you get those off a fortune cookie? Because wow. That sounds familiar.

[permatext]

[makethman]

Vigilantism is outlawed as much as acts of villainy, last I checked.

[Not that he particularly cares about who follows that certain law. Or quite a few of them, for that matter.]

Soldiers have a bit of a harder time being anonymous. Especially branded ones. To stray successfully, one might have to lay it on a bit thick.

[stupidsexymurderbot]

Heroism is outlawed. Being 'evil' is outlawed. Just fascinating. And yet, there's all these parties and to-do for their... 'imports'.

Branded ones. Marked like cows... like animals. You'd think someone would have figured out how to... circumvent such things.

text; private

[witchplease]

i am learning about maurtia falls. it is an interesting city. it does not sleep.

are you having fun, "professor?"

text; private

[stupidsexymurderbot]

Doesn't sleep like New York? Or Vegas? One being full of workaholics, the other... how did that movie put it... 'a hive of scum and villainy'? That. Vegas is that.

Which is, apparently, what I am. Imagine that!

For now. If anything, I've learned how paranoid these people are. How willing to jump at shadows.

. . .

I don't think I need to tell you to be cautious.

audio

[thephix]

[Agreeing with Mike tbh]

I suppose we should at least congratulate you for knowing how to bait a trap.

[The melodrama is exactly what gets heroes hot under the collar.]

audio

[stupidsexymurderbot]

Yes, truly nothing riles up the witch-hunters like the threat of failing college students and hypothetical debates.

I should be less surprised.

[ audio ] ID reads: Dominique Destine

[pmsgargoyle]

Playing hero? Hardly my thing.

But congratulations on the bait, Mr. Meteor. Though it's hardly surprising after our little chat.

[ audio ]

[stupidsexymurderbot]

No? How fortunate. We're on the same page.

Oh no. My true disdain for humanity shines through again. How ever will I recover.

[Ultron stop trying to be funny, you're really bad at it.]

audio.

[tardily]

Probably because most "running amok" incidents might be noticeable. Since that's sort of what running amok is on a base level.

[ Actually. ]

And if you're failing too many students it's also pretty noticeable and unnecessarily cruel unless they're all really bad at a class.

audio.

[stupidsexymurderbot]

Okay, okay. So 'amok' was a bad word choice. Let's forget 'amok' and go with... 'covert'. Something like that.

...

Do... any of you grasp the fact that wasn't even remotely serious?

text | id is tipsyGnostalgic

[wonk]

how do u run amok in a way that is secret

like i feel like the whole phrase running amok is not a v secret thing

text

[stupidsexymurderbot]

Okay, I get it -- poor word choice! It's not the first time that's happened.

Anyway. Forget 'amok'. Go with the rest of it.