VIDEO [posted from megan's device]

[pixiestyx]

[When the feed flickers to life, on the screen is a wide-eyed girl in her late teens; she'd look pretty normal, if it wasn't for her eyes and bright pink hair. To some, she may be a familiar face.]

Oh my gosh, hi, um, Network! [Her accent is faintly Welsh.] It's been, like, a really long time since I was last here so maybe you guys won't remember me, but I was definitely here before, and I mean I can't say I really missed this place but some of you were pretty cool, so it'll be nice to see you again--

[And that's when a different voice cuts in from the background, way deeper, very not Welsh, and sounding vaguely like it's coming from someone with rocks in their throat. Because it is.] Are you making a post? Is this like a superhero Youtube thing? I wanna be in it too! [What looks like a big grey stone wall slides into frame behind the girl. At least that's what it looks like until it. Bends over. And now there's some kind of big stony head in the frame over her shoulder.] Yo! What's up, nerds? I'm Rockslide, and the weird foreign girl here is Pixie! We're with the X-Men and if you wanna like our video and subscribe to our channel--

[With that the girl shoves the strange rock-being in what seems to be the equivalent of a shoulder in an attempt to get him to move over. It goes about as well as you'd expect a teen girl shoving a strange rock-being. In fact, she barely even fits in the screen anymore.]

Santo! I mean--Rockslide! This is my video! Go make your own video! [It's no use, she's been totally upstaged.] They already know who I am, that's why I’m re-introducing myself, not just plain old introducing myself! There's a big difference!

You don't need to re-introduce yourself, everyone's gonna remember the pink haired girl with wings! It's way more important that people meet me and know how much of a cool guy I am. [Santo clears his throat to go back to his Professional Youtube Guy voice, leaning in more and thus taking up more of the screen real estate. Because he's an asshole.] And for all the single ladies out there, you can hit me up with a private message any time and we can totally set up someth--

[Yeah, Megan's completely out of frame by now, and she's not real happy about it. Plus, Santo's bulk is muffling her voice, the nerve.] I can’t believe you’re using my video to try and chat up girls!

[--And then the screen goes blank. Did she shut it off on purpose? Did one of them turn it off on accident while wrestling for focus? The world may never know.]

[ooc: Megan is pink and Santo is gray! Both of them will be responding to this post. If you prefer a specific character please make a note, otherwise we will reply at our own discretion.]

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[rocksforbrains]

[Santo frowns but at least the feed ending gets him to stop crowding Megan.] Hey! I wasn't done with that!

[pixiestyx]

[She makes a deliberately slow effort to smooth herself out after their wrestling before she responds. Her mood is about as ruffled as her hair's become.]

You know they gave you your own device, right? Like, so you could make your own posts?

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[fridgeflower]

Oh, wow.

It's, uh... It's good to see you again, Megan. [ Jury's out on Rockslide. ] Welcome back.

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[pixiestyx]

Thanks, Laurie! It's good to see you again t--

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[pixiestyx]

--oh my God!

[Abruptly, the screen shuts off once again. Uh, sorry about these guys.]

[action to santo]

[pixiestyx]

[Megan looks at the screen, without moving for a moment or so, reluctant to turn and actually face Santo. She knows that he knew Laurie better than she did, even if they weren't close. She really should have thought of this beforehand.]

Um, Santo? I... I think I forgot to tell you about Laurie.

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[rocksforbrains]

Uh. Hey, Laurie. What's up?

[Yep, he's not being an asshole. This is awkward.]

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[huntergames]

[ Sasha just gasps and points to Megan. She remembers you!! ]

[pixiestyx]

[And Megan remembers Sasha!! This is demonstrated by a high-pitched squeal resembling a dog whistle.]

Oh my gosh! Hi! It's giant girl! How have you been?

[Wait, it's probably not very sensitive to refer to her that way, considering.]

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[glitchinthesystem]

[ Yeah not even going to be tactful on his words here (but when is he ever tactful?) ]

Whoa, holy fuck! YOU'RE HUGE! AND A FUCKING MOUNTAIN!

And you're like, a fairy person! Shit, that's wild.

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[rocksforbrains]

Shit, Am I huge? [He looks down at his legs, then his hands.] Wow, yeah, I guess I am pretty big. Thanks for noticing.

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[pixiestyx]

[In spite of herself, she grins at him. Like Santo, she gets a kick out of impressing people.]

Not just like, boyo. These are one-hundred-percent genuine! [To demonstrate, she flutters them a little. Just for Glitch's benefit.]

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[assays]

X-Men? That isn't a group I'm familiar with.

[Peggy assumes that they were part of some kind of superhero team.]

We haven't met before. My name is Peggy Carter.

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[rocksforbrains]

[Santo's holding his device way too close. The video is all just a grinning rock face. TIME TO BE IMPRESSIVE TO A LADY NEW PEOPLE]

Yeah? I guess not every world has us. Too bad. We're pretty great. Fightin' evil mutants and killer dinosaur men and that kind of crap. Way better than the Avengers. Those guys mostly just fight each other.

[pixiestyx]

Really? Are you one of those people from worlds with, like, no powers at all? I mean, like, not to brag or anything but they're kind of a big deal.

[Menace to society and all that.]

[cuff]

[ Dude, you are a giant pile of rocks. That's... really. Uh. Terrifyingish. Give Ray a second, here. ]

Wouldn't be the first time someone's tried to use this like a dating service.

[rocksforbrains]

Seriously?

[A pause.]

...Did it work then?

voice; id reads robin

[performance]

Pixie and Rockslide?

[ If you listen closely, you can hear the sound of an eyebrow raising. ]

So you're either superheroes or you're in a band. Then again, why not both?

[rocksforbrains]

[Santo laughs. Loudly. It's amazing how loud you can laugh when you don't need lungs to do it.] If this is a set-up for a "Rock and roll" pun, dude, I will hate you forever. For doing it before I could.

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[pixiestyx]

Oh, like I haven't heard that one a million times!

[She doesn't even like the Pixies, they're boring.]

voice, id: Silk

[lunaraneae]

Whoa, X-Men? Nice to get some kids from back home, I guess.

...Kind of depressing to think about how you've probably been doing the superhero thing longer than I have.

[rocksforbrains]

Hey, congratulations, you're the first one of these losers that's not an ex-classmate to know what an X-Man is. At least you got that going for ya.

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[pixiestyx]

Yay, someone who's heard of us! Wait, are you from Xavier's? I don't recognize your, um, codename.

[Not that she made a point of memorizing everybody on the old roster, but uh, it's a bit hard for her not to remember them all, considering. Maybe one of the new kids?]

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[booyahh]

You guys totally win for best introduction video. I give it two thumbs up.

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[rocksforbrains]

I dunno, I don't think it's successful until we get those likes I mentioned.

Or the private messages. [Judging by the eyebrow waggling this is Santo attempting to flirt.]

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[khajidont]

To be fair to him, knowing this place? There's probably been at least two or three other girls with pink hair and wings. Swear-Ins look like a punk convention sometimes. Do punks have conventions? That seems like it'd kind of defeat the point.

[Oh, right. They're new -- or at least, one of them is.]

Aaaanyway, welcome back! And welcome here in the first place, Rockslide.

[pixiestyx]

What? Oh my God, that's my thing! Who's stealing my thing?

[She's pretty sure she's seen this guy before, but she can't remember where. Was it during paintball? She saw a lot of people doing paintball. Oh well doesn't matter.]]

Wait, I look punk? [That's kind of weird but also totally cool. See, guys? She's hardcore!!]