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[hackitude]

Sup peeps! Lol total noob here, so bear with me. Let me see if I've got my facts straight:

1. The streams are crossing and we're all now in some alternate-reality pseudo-America. And we can't get home. And apparently the Cold War is still on?? Yikes!
2. We're all here to... be superheroes? For some... totally unclear, not at ALL nefarious reason.
3. By default, as superheroes we're all working for the government. Because... the police/FBI/CIA/SHIELD/whatever enforcement agencies they have here weren't enough, they need a whole cadre of superheroes?? (For real??? I mean, six was enough for the Avengers and they managed to repel an entire ALIEN INVASION, guys! What do they need with a whole army??? SLIGHTLY DISTURBING.)
4. If you refuse to work for the system, you get your special privileges taken away. Wheeeeee. Also not at all disconcerting.
5. They have files on us. Like, serious files. With all our information. I don't even live here! And then they've tagged us with (totally ugly) tattoos to keep track of us like we're stray dogs?? They're probably reading this right now. I mean, I joked a lot about Big Brother back home but this is taking it to a whole new level.
6. Super powers. Like for-real super powers. We all have them now. And somehow this place isn't an anarchist wasteland yet and nobody's succeeded in over-throwing the (clearly super corrupt) system??
7. And people are okay with all of this????????????

Correct me if I'm wrong. It happens occasionally.

Anyhoo, hey I'm Skye. Contact me if you need tech support. That's about it! Peace out.

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[selfimage]

That's the basic gist, of course.

But as always, there are some wonderful complications that come along with it. You'll find out soon enough. Something something Big Brother something something.

[selfequipped]

Only six Avengers!

[hackitude]

... Well that's ... annoyingly vague and unhelpful. Cool. Thanks person.

[selfequipped]

You got all of that right, with the exception of a couple points.

1. A whole lot of us are good, and those of us who aren't come from a similar situation to this one where trying to overthrow things would mess things up.

2. No one's really okay with it.

Oh, and a third, disconnected observation:

Only six Avengers?

[hackitude]

Six, yeah. Why? Are there more where you come from??

Also re: your point #1, who says you can't be good and overthrow the system at the same time? Les Mis anyone???

[transuniversal]

You are not by any chance a woman from California in the 1980s, are you?

[You know, a Valley Girl. He's heard about those.]

[selfequipped]

[Why is he her ex-boyfriend?]

[hackitude]

Wow rude. Do you really think anyone from the 1980s would be this awesome at tech support?

[sofentheblow]

[ He's lucky he's pretty. ]

AUDIO.

[selfimage]

[switching so he can golf clap.]

[aggressiveapathy]

avengers
oh
could have just said that

[hackitude]

What, you think I should've just made a text post saying "avengers" and nothing else? Not sure that would communicate the same message... but it is short and sweet!

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[larker]

Tech support right?

Cause my thing isn't working. I tried switching it on and off again I swear.

shrieks hahahaha

[hackitude]

Which thing

You're going to need to be more specific

[bloodfreak]

[He's still kind of fanboying over the fact she's from a world where the Avengers are real. So he'll just stick to text for now so he doesn't accidentally say something stupid.]

Seems you've got the gist of it. You're just missing the bits about terrorist attacks. And the fact that none of us are really okay with it. The superheroing/under the government's thumb business.

[hackitude]

Terrorist attacks huh. Tell me more.

[infomodder]

I thought lol was outdated. Has it been brought back?

[He didn't get this news until recently. Then again, he had no reason to use it, but how can "laugh out loud" go out of style? Tech support would know, right?]

If a dog's a stray, it's unlikely anyone cares about it enough to keep track of it. That's why it's a stray. No one cares. Putting money into it wouldn't happen.

[No one cares except this guy. ]

People don't seem to be okay with it, no.

[Avengers, he has no idea about them. Though if the FBI had a couple of superheroes with them...could be nice.

Ish.

For everyone other than the superheroes, most likely.]

[hackitude]

Who told you that? Lol is a classic. They'll never get rid of it.

It was a turn of phrase. Bad one, I guess. You super into dogs or something?

[Skye neglects to respond to that last part, because yeah, she's starting to get that impression. It pleases her greatly.]

[assassinat]

[ Interesting bit of information there. Enough to draw a certain spider out of hiding to ask the question others are:

From BLACK WIDOW: ]

Six Avengers?

[hackitude]

yep. ... hi.

[Skye's response is so short only because she's trying SO HARD not to freak out here.]

[sofentheblow]

Sarcasm works better when you don't bludgeon people with it.

[hackitude]

I'll keep that in mind for next time.

audio | private

[corviform]

[ Gil can't parse half of that, but something does stick out among it.

English accented young man ahoy: ]

You're familiar with SHIELD?

audio | private

[hackitude]

[It takes Skye a moment to respond-- she fiddles with Gil's privacy lock until she's made sure their line is extra secure. Hey, if there's something he wants to discuss in private, may as well go the whole hog.]

Hey. Yeah, I am. Why, what's up?

[attractedtodarkness]

Anyone who's okay with this is an idiot. But you're right. We should all get together and try to overthrow the government.

[it's hard to say if she's being sarcastic or honest through text here]

[hackitude]

You know, I really can't tell if you're being snarky or not, tone on the internet and all that.

[hostage]

You don't gotta work that much to keep the free shit

Mostly I think it's just to keep an eye on us

Which they're doing anyway

So

[hackitude]

Yeah I figure so long as they're watching us anyway, may as well play the system for a little while. At least until I settle in. No sense in going off on your own with no cash and no friends, right?

[SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE.]

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[earnedmystripes]

everything except number 7 is right

[he is 5000 flavors of not okay with most of those bullet points tbh.]

though some of us had superpowers before we got here

[hackitude]

Yeah, so I'm learning. Rude, right? On both counts.

[acclimatized]

[ hey skye, meet the world's most slowest typer. ]

I have to disagree with #7. Otherwise it looks good.

[hackitude]

[Aw, cute.]

Geez. What a head trip. And not the good kind either.

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[liverletdie]

[ Uh six avengers... ]

Okay, first off: since when do we consistently only have six Avengers?
Second: Yes, they're not joking about superpowers, but we've only been here a few months, and some of us aren't interested in overthrowing the government.
Third: Who are you, exactly? Unless you're talking about a different Avengers, I'm pretty sure I should know who you are.

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[hackitude]

[Holy shit it's Tony Stark don't freak out]

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[Skye has to step away from the communicator for a moment]

[Video]

[5thchild]

Are you planning on overthrowing it? [ the clearly super corrupt system ]

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[hackitude]

Little old me? All by myself? Gosh no. It was just a statement of surprise.