1ST GEAR | VIDEO

[gearshifting]

[Richie is excited but nervous, unsure what to expect from this new world and all of the people in it. But mostly excited. He’s never gotten to dimension hop before! And people say that Virgil gets all the fun. Not that it doesn't completely suck that all of his tech is back home. Couldn't they have brought him when he was in costume? Of course not that would be too easy.

So he’s putting his best foot forward and trying to look as cheery as possible—while also trying to get as much data from the network as he can.]

Yo, man, this place is off the chain, but I’m pretty sure my mom is against me traveling out of town on my own, let alone to an alternate universe. I hope I get a note to take home that says “We apologize for taking your son on an interdimensional field trip without prior permission. Next time make sure to pack a lunch.” [He holds out his hand a bit like he’s reading something on it but then turns his eyes back to the screen.]

I’m sure the Justice League would have been all over this. Saving universes is their thing. Me? I have a math final to study for. But I’m here, so who else is a world-hopping newbie? I can’t be the only one around.

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[gearshifting]

Me? Something with a lot of green. [He says it in a way that maybe kind of on purpose sounds deflective. Because he'd rather sound like a kid who doesn't want people to know his dumb power than to tell people the truth. He doesn't know who might show up from his world and he can't afford to let anyone find out.]

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[crapbearer]

Like... an environmental thing?

Are you Captain Planet?

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[gearshifting]

[He doesn't know if the kid is joking or not.] Captain who?

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[crapbearer]

Oh. Uh... teenagers saving the world with the power to recycle and stuff. And with magic elemental rings that summon Captain Planet to bail them out when things get too heavy.

It's a cartoon.

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[gearshifting]

Never heard of it. [Not a thing in his world.] Sounds really crazy though. They just...put on rings and call up some superhero?

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[crapbearer]

Well, they usually try to solve the problem themselves first. Big emphasis of the show was teaching kids it was stuff they could do, too. Captain Planet was just like, the marketable superhero frontrunning the whole thing.

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[gearshifting]

Weird. [A really complicated idea just to promote environmentalism and recycling.] But hey, I guess it could have been promoting pollution and cutting down rain forests.