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[khajidont]

[The feed flicks on to reveal Jaime, an entirely normal looking teenager, sitting on the curb outdoors, watching the world go by. Why not? It’s a nice day out, and being outside of his supposed residence makes this all seem a bit less permanent. He's not overly eager to start what is supposedly day one of his new life, after all. He wasn't going to bother with this thing at all, but he's hopeful that there will be someone he knows around here. Titans Together? Anyone? Can that still be a thing?]

You know what’s weird? The cars here. I mean, yeah, flying cars are pretty cool and everything, but they really went all out with the designs. I was thinking that by the time people made flying cars, they’d go for something a little less... old school. Something more like the Jetsons, maybe, [he says with a quiet, subdued laugh, mostly at himself for the absurdity of the comment, the absurdity of the situation.]

Something else that’s weird is being shuttled here and branded like a bunch of cows, but I’m thinking you guys get that complaint a lot. [He sounds a hell of a lot less chipper about the tattoos than the flying cars, but leaves it at that with a muttered,] At least they stuck with just tattooing our wrists.

[Always try to look on the bright side, even if that bright side is 'they didn't brand our butts'. He sets his jaw, and moves on.]

Instead of asking the usual questions - [which he’s received answers to mainly by snooping around the network’s backlog] - I guess I’ll just go ahead and introduce myself. So, uh, hi. I’m Jaime. [That greeting gets punctuated with an awkward little wave. And then, because Mama Reyes taught him manners even when kidnapped by some sort of interdimensional doohickey, he adds on an unconvincing,] S’nice to meet you.

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[paintjobs]

That's precisely what I've been saying! [ 4 for you, whoever you are. ] Finally, someone who gets it. Now, I won't say I haven't seen a couple of cars easy on the eyes despite the aged look, but really, they could have been a little more conscientious about the designing.

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[khajidont]

[It's Jaime, bro, he literally just said that! Put on your listening ears!

Also, talking about cars? Way preferable to chatting about oh god why is he here, so he's just going to roll with that.]

Right? Some of them would look pretty cool, but you'd think they'd wanna change it up a bit.

[paintjobs]

[ pls as if he took note of that, there were better things to think about
cars!!!! ]

Exactly. And it isn't as if they don't know how — for all their faults, humans do build some gorgeous cars.

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[you_tried]

[ Well, he's a little old for the Teen Titans, but he is a familiar (sparkling) face. That counts for something, right? ]

Jaime! Long time, no see! How've you been?

[you_tried]

[ Oh, wait. ]

... uh, sorry about the kidnapping.

[khajidont]

Booster?

[See this? Unlike his post proper, in which he's trying to look a little less freaked out than he's feeling, this right here is a happy face. Sure, it's kind of crappy that Booster's supposedly trapped here too, but it's a relief to see someone he knows.

(Is Superman here too? That would probably be really useful. No offense, Booster.)]

Hey! It's okay - okay no, it's not okay at all, but it's not like you're the guy who kidnapped me. Or... us, I guess.

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[aggressiveapathy]

Maybe these crappy ones are what the Jetsons get to fly above.

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[khajidont]

Could be. That show did miss out on getting into the dark underbelly of the future.

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[aggressiveapathy]

Pretty sure it was filled with monsters and mutants and way better stuff. Stupid TV censors.

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[foreshadower]

Isn't that a polite introduction, Jaime?

A far cry better from just launching into complaints.

[ Oh lord, he almost looks amused. Actually, he he actually is amused. ]

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[khajidont]

[Is this dude making fun of him? Jaime thinks that he might be, but he can't actually tell. Maybe that's just his face.]

Would complaining actually get me back home any faster? 'Cause I'm just saying, if it did, I can totally start now.

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[foreshadower]

[ It's Shade. He makes fun of everyone. ]

Well, I can't say it will help, but I'm sure the burden to try everything must rest on you.

Eventually someone will find a way home, yes?

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[dragony]

[ There's a few seconds of silence at the start, like the person on the other end hit record and then forgot what they were going to say, but recovery—and response—come quickly enough. ]

If it were anything more than that, I think everyone would have been much less inclined to cooperate. Possibly more violent about it, too.

... More than wrists, I mean.

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[khajidont]

Oh yeah. That'd just be adding insult onto injury. [A beat.] Might've taken people a while to notice, though.

[dragony]

Notice? Why do you say that?

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[boobwindow]

[ Booster and Shade are familiar with this kid? Peej turns on the feed to respond, curious about him. ]

They could have given us a heads up about the tattoos.

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[khajidont]

If they gave us a heads-up, I'd be trying not to get one at all. These things are creepy.

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[earnedmystripes]

Hey, familiarity's always a safe bet, right? If the cars looked too weird, people might not wanna use 'em.

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[khajidont]

Where I'm from, people'd call these cars retro. You don't see a lot like them around anymore. [He saw Ellie's post before this one, which means he's open to the idea of time shenanigans, spurring him to ask:] Is this what they look like where you're from?

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[hothead]

Delsin. [ Which is to say hello, nice to meet you. ] Maybe watch it with the cow analogy, kind of leads to the slaughterhouse.

And I'm pretty sure the Jetsons still qualify as retro.

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[khajidont]

Yeeaaah, point. I wouldn't want to jinx us any more.

[Jaime shrugs at the screen.] I couldn't think of any other examples of flying cars off the top of my head.

[...he still can't, actually.]

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[glowsferatu]

I suppose it's a bit more noteworthy if you actually drive them, but it certainly does change the atmosphere considerably.

But, um. What sort of car is a Jetson, exactly?

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[khajidont]

I wouldn't mind being able to drive them one of these days.

Oh - the Jetsons aren't a type of car. It's this old TV show about what people thought the future might look like.

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[symbionic]

[Oh god, why kids? Why teenagers? Never mind as a teenager Flash probably would have jumped at the chance to be a superhero, and certainly jumped at the chance to pretend to be a superhero (Spider-Man, natch) more than once. Only now he is one. Well, he wouldn't say that. But now he's Venom, anyway, and high school looks a lot different.]

I don't know, I always thought the bubble top cars were kind of dorky, myself. You can't really look cool in one of those things.

[And dork, Flash Thompson has never been.]

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[khajidont]

Hey, I didn't say they were cool, just different. You can't fault them on originality.

[Sorry, bro, this guy's a dork all over.]