video;

[wifeonmars]

[The video opens on a patch of blue sky, with some birds flying by. The camera turns and there's a surprisingly green girl giving a smile and a wave. And apparently holding the comm with no hands. She floats (??) peacefully for a bit, wind catching her cape before looking at the camera again.]

Hey, everyone! I'm Miss Martian. But you can call me M'gann. Just thought I'd introduce myself. A-and even though I am actually from Mars, I promise I'm not here to invade or anything! I mean, an invasion of just one person isn't a very good invasion. And I'd probably go all undercover so you wouldn't even notice... It'd be pretty easy actually.

[She actually appears to be considering the logistics of an alien invasion before remembering herself.]

Anyways! I'm really excited to meet everyone and I hope we can be friends!

Comments

[wifeonmars]

At least here you aren't alone. Lots of other displaced "aliens."

[Even though they won't have the weight of being the last of their kind on their shoulders.]

Anyways! Like you said, it's better to keep moving forward. No matter what.

[glowsferatu]

[ She can hear those quotation marks, and she laughs with them. She can't be totally sure if M'gann's just mirroring how she used them earlier, or maybe has a similar disdain for the word, but she hopes it's the latter. ]

Well, our only other options are dwelling on it, or giving up. That doesn't seem like much of a choice, does it?

In the meantime, you have a whole new world to acclimate to! What do you think your first step will be?

[wifeonmars]

Well! It looks like some of my teammates are here. But from different times? So we're going to have to figure that out.

[Figure out how to look a dead teammate in the eye, for one thing.]

[glowsferatu]

[ She lets out a laugh. ]

Oh, coordination is always fun, when you come from the same source world. Determining who knows the most, and what would be prudent to disclose. What wouldn't be.

[ Who not to tell that they're dead. ]

[wifeonmars]

There's also apparently an alternate version of my world. Some people know a different version of me. So it's extra confusing.

[Not to mention how the Bats keep swapping bird codenames.]

[glowsferatu]

[ How do bats keep becoming birds?? It's a total evolutionary mystery, she isn't sure if she's missing something about Earth ecology, or just superhero themes. ]

And I see someone mentioned a previous you who was here before. That's just too much to put on a new arrival, this is why I've always thought it's incredibly gauche to mention on the first day.

Too many yous to sort.

[wifeonmars]

It was kind of a lot to take in. But y'know, about as weird as some of the other stuff we've seen.

[glowsferatu]

I understand perfectly what you mean, even if there are plenty of things here I never would have imagined. Still, it's nice to be prepared.