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[pyrolock]

Um...hi.

...No, wait, hold on a second. This is so awkward. Hello, um, imPorts. My name is Olive. Olive Silverlock. ...And I feel like I'm introducing myself as the new kid in front of my whole class, so this is about as much fun for me as it is for you.

[She pauses, what sounds like a breath being taken slightly audible from the recording.]

So! Yeah. New kid in town. In the world. You know I feel like I heard stories about this kind of thing happening, but it only really happened to the "superheroes" from where I live. Honestly it's so weird and I feel a little bit...guilty, I guess.

Not that this place doesn't seem great, but I'm not...interested in this hero stuff. Seems like such a big deal around here and it just weirds me out. [She pauses again, contemplating for a moment what more to say. Then she remembers something.] My friend though - Maps - would be in love with this place. If she was here I mean. If she was then she'd probably be screaming in my ear right now about getting to be a real life superhero, and going on team missions and stuff like that. I bet she'd get powers that would help her...I dunno, raid dungeons or solve puzzles? She plays a lot of roleplaying games like that sort.

[Are dungeons even a thing here? She has no clue. The town she got placed in seems like a rough area in particular, but no more rough than what she's used to seeing in Gotham City.]

...Well, okay, this is a disaster so I'm going to stop talking now and try to be a normal person.

[Hah. Normal. She wishes to be more normal.]

Comments

[pyrolock]

I'd like to ignore that a lot actually. [But, she can't. She wishes he could delude herself, but she's not the type of person who can do that.] I think I'm good with doing homework instead of stopping bank robbers personally. Or fighting aliens.

[performance]

You're in luck! I think all the aliens have been friendly so far.

[pyrolock]

Oh...so there are aliens here. [She was just kinda joking there.] As long as they aren't the kind of aliens from all the movies.

[performance]

I don't think anyone's been abducted yet.

[pyrolock]

That's a relief. I don't want to go to space. [Maps would but Maps isn't here, a fact is she constantly reminding herself of -- ugh.] Sorry, I know I'm kind of a downer on all this cool stuff everyone else must love.

[performance]

Hey, it's okay! I think it's totally normal to be weirded out by all this. I mean, I was. It's the kind of thing that's supposed to happen to other people, right?

[pyrolock]

Kind of thing that's supposed to happen for people who look for it. Like actual superheroes - there are a lot of them in my world.

[performance]

You have superheroes back home, too? [ He grins, looking excited by this news. ] No way. So many people end up here and say that's just comic book stuff! Wait, wait, what're some of yours — maybe I've heard of them?

[pyrolock]

Oh, um. [She tries hard not to grimace and for the most part she succeeds. Kind of wishing she didn't opt for video feed on this one.] Have you heard of, uh, Superman? He's a pretty big deal back where I'm from. He wears blue and red, flies around, beats aliens.

[No kid her age could forget when they were nine-ten years old and suddenly there was an alien invasion.]

[performance]

[ What are the odds? Play it cool, Dick, play it cool. ]

Oh, man, everyone knows Superman! He's like the superhero! Back home, I mean. So maybe we're from the same place. Or neighbor universes, at least?

[pyrolock]

Oh, that's nice. [She smiles a little, a little relieved to hear of the possibility. It's not exactly what she would want (i.e. her friends) but he at least doesn't seem all too bad.] Where do you live then? I come from Gotham City.

[Though she hasn't really lived in the city for a long time now.]

[performance]

No way! You're kidding— I'm from Gotham too! Small universe, huh?

[pyrolock]

Really? That's so weird, but in a good way! [She's happy to hear that, even if she may not sound like it, but it just reminds her how far she is from her friends. It still stings.] Do you attend Gotham Academy by any chance? I don't think I've ever seen you around, but guess that might be the whole "different universes" thing coming in.

[While she's not acquainted with everyone, the school isn't so big that she hasn't at least seen most of the students in the halls and on campus.]

[performance]

I do! They have one of my mathlete trophies up in the case. [ This nerd. ]

What grade are you in? I'm a freshman— or, uh, I was back home. [ He laughs a little, sheepish. ] Been a while.

[pyrolock]

Sophomore. [So she's older than him, but...well if it's been a while...she rather not ask right now.] Well, I don't know you from school but there's so many students - I wouldn't really know for certain. Sorry.

[She feels a little bad. A student from her school and she isn't even sure if he comes from her world or not. But it's the strongest connection to back home she has now.]

[performance]

It's okay! I mean— for all I know, I don't even exist in your universe. Or maybe I'm like thirty. Real concern, by the way, and hearing it never gets un-weird.

[pyrolock]

Oh, wow. Okay you win the...I don't know what kind of award, but you win it. [Yikes...] Do you know anything about 30-year old you, or do you want to avoid touching that whole subject?