video; backdated to 10/28

[you_tried]

[ Squint your eyes a little everyone, when the feed opens the camera catches the direct glare of the hot sun. Whoever is holding the communicator has it positioned at an odd angle, so the video captures clear blue skies, though the sound of the ocean can be heard with the occasional tropical bird cawing somewhere in the distance. The camera jolts without warning, dipping low enough to capture what appears to be a boat deck.

Off camera, Karen’s voice can be heard snappishly saying: ]

Are you still trying to take a selfie? Could you put that down for one second?

[ The camera jerks again, capturing an image of a chest that might be familiar to those of you who own the Booster Gold Mancalendar™ (you’re welcome). ]

Is it sooo wrong that I want to document this?

I guess we can document the part where I throw you off the boat.

You wouldn’t. There’s jellyfish in there! Probably. And besides, you never said there was a rule against selfies. It’s an American tradition.

Just try me, and Jesus, would you focus on steering the boat? [ Something splashes up beside the boat, seizing Karen’s attention for a moment. She groans loudly. ] We’re getting too close to those things.

Those things are Hawaiian squeaking sharks, and they’re our friends. Say cheese, guys!

[ The camera’s focus wobbles down off the side of the boat, zooming in on a group of splashing, smiling bottlenose dolphins, which are indeed getting very close. And then: a thump. ]

... oh, God. What was that?

Uh… maybe start guessing what it wasn’t and we’ll narrow it down…

[ The clicks and whistles of dolphins grow louder. If you happen to speak dolphin (or even if you don’t), they sound… pretty pissed. ]

MICHAEL.

WHAT? It was an accident!

[ The camera jerks again, horror movie shaky-cam style, as more dorsal fins rise from the water. Did you know dolphin pods can get really, really huge? Well, now you do. ]

Crap. Does anyone know how to say sorry in dolphin?


( ooc: red is karen and blue is booster! replies from karen will have the ID read as “karen starr”. booster's reads “booster gold,” but who cares. no dolphins were harmed in the making of this post. )

Comments

[liverletdie]

Yeah, he's her father.

And she calls him "uncle Doom". It's...weird.

[boobwindow]

A guy that's trying to kill her father and she call him uncle?

[liverletdie]

He apparently helped her be...born?

Reed was never really clear, I think it still... unsettles him.

Not that I can blame him.

[boobwindow]

I wouldn't either. Valeria was pretty young, so she might not... completely understand it.

[ But she was a super freakin' genius so... ]

[liverletdie]

No, I think she understands it.

She's smarter than I am

I just think she doesn't care.

[boobwindow]

A three year old with no moral compass? Oh, boy.

[liverletdie]

A genius three year old with no moral compass.

Don't get me wrong, she's cute, but...

She's also a bit scary.

[boobwindow]

Did Tony Stark just admit he's frightened by a three year old?

[liverletdie]

I didn't say I was scared, just that she as a whole was a bit scary.

In an anecdotal way. [ Yes, yes he did. ]

[boobwindow]

Children can be an odd bunch sometimes. Cute, but odd.

[liverletdie]

One of the reasons why I don't have any.

I mean, they could turn out like Valeria. [ And that's so. So. Bad. ]

[boobwindow]

And here I thought you would love a bunch of mini-Tonies running around.

So, if this Doom person shows up, that means trouble for all of us?

[liverletdie]

Please, don't make me feel ill. [ Could you imagine tony stark as a father? His voice says. It would be terrible. ]

But yes, if he shows up, we're in big trouble.

[boobwindow]

[ That is a legitimately terrifying thought. ]

What would he do if he were here?

[liverletdie]

Create an army of doombots? Take over the world?

Maybe try and send us home only to blow a portion of us up. There's no telling with Doom.

[boobwindow]

He named robots after himself? He sounds completely off his rocker.

[liverletdie]

To put it...mildly? Yes.

[boobwindow]

If we're lucky he'll never show up around here, but I trust a lot of the imPorts to stop him before he does any major harm.

[liverletdie]

Yeah. He was in the City, for a while. But that doesn't mean that he'll be as manageable every time. You never know, with him. He could be playing at benevolence one minute, and scouring the earth, the next.

[boobwindow]

Feels like I missed a lot in the City since I was only there for its last few months.

[liverletdie]

There was a...lot.

Not all of it was that great, though. Hopefully you aren't too upset about it.

[boobwindow]

Not really. [ She mainly feels guilt over what happened to the City in the end. ] How much damage did Doom do in the City when he was there?

[liverletdie]

Surprisingly enough? Not much.

For once.

[boobwindow]

There's still a good number of people from your world here, isn't there? I'm sure if he ever did show up and try something, you guys would be on top of it.

[ Tony might be an ass, but he's a hero. ]

[liverletdie]

There always seems to be a lot of us, but you'd be right, we'd be on top of Doom. [ An audible wince. ] I'm never saying that again.