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[magneticxman]

[Lorna is sitting in a bakery. There's evidence of a recently consumed danish on the plate on the table between her and the phone's camera. Maybe that's why she looks so pleased. Or maybe it's because she's alive and sometimes that's a rush all its own.]

I thought I'd introduce myself, since I just got here and it seems like the thing to do. I'm Lorna Dane. It's pretty nice to be somewhere sunny. Or anywhere at all.

Anyway, I'm still a little fuzzy about things here. I don't know that I'll get over being accepted by the population at large anytime soon. That's definitely not how it is back home. I wonder what else is different that people don't know to tell me about.

On the one hand, I want to know if there are people from home here so I can either catch them up on the gossip or be caught up myself. On the other hand, I think this might be a really good time to make a break with my old life and try something new for a change.

I'm a publicist now, which is going to take some adjustment. Still, it's nice to have a civilian job again.

I don't really have a point to make, I guess. Just that I look forward to getting to know people and hopefully things will be less ridiculous than home here.

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video, id reads "Erik Lehnsherr."

[incogneto]

What were you before being a publicist?

[magneticxman]

[Lorna's eyes are wide when she replies.]

Oh shit, really?

[What the actual fuck. Maybe he's a different person with the same name?]

I was a geophysicist. Or, well, that was my last civilian job. Though I did work for a corporation as a super hero, so maybe that was my last civilian job? It's hard to say, the lines are blurry when it comes to costumed vigilantes, not that I'd think you'd know anything about it.

[She's rambling again. She closes her mouth and brings her phone closer to her her face so she can see better. Say hi to Lorna's forehead and hairline, daddy.]

Um, you look like a way younger version of someone from back home, Mr. Lensherr. I'm not sure what to make of it.

[incogneto]

...

[ He open his mouth to talk about the superhero thing when-- ]

--Lorna?

[ His Lorna? ]

...The other one wouldn't happen to have white hair, would he?

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[drivesadesk]

Yeah, threw me for a loop, too. I'm definitely not used to people not getting weird about it if they see me without my skin suit.

There was an issue with vandalism recently, but that was more a few bad apples, and most of the people here seem to actively like us.

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[magneticxman]

There's a whole lot in that response I'd like to hear more about. What vandalism? What do you look like without your skin suit?

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[aloadeddie]

Former military?

[ Sorry for being brusque, Lorna. He's just digging for information right now. ]

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[magneticxman]

[Well, this is weird, but she can guess that there are issues at play here beyond her own]

Of a sort. I've worked with the government before as a masked hero.

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[liverletdie]

Cute. A publicist.

How do you think that's going to work out for you?

[ It's not mocking, but... it's slightly mocking. ]

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[magneticxman]

[Lorna makes a face at Tony.

Oh, you're here. Okay.

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[divaricate]

(ooc; I'm going with keeping our tdm stuff like we mentioned yesterday SOOOO here we go. let me know if this doesn't work, obvs, and I will change it.)

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[Wanda's bakery is still. Uh. Undergoing "construction". As in, still working on being repaired from the vandalism a week and a half ago from people pissed off at imPorts. Wanda's planning to meet back up with Lorna later after she had a chance to scope out some of the other things in the cities on her own, talk to a few people over her device, blah blah blah. And after Wanda had a chance to go check on her bakery.

That 'later' is 'now'.]

People better be giving you amazing advice about things here. [Just sayin'.]

Which bakery are you at? And do they have good tea? [She needs a fucking gallon of tea right now.]

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[magneticxman]

Um? Not so much. But I think I ran into Magneto, you didn't say he was really young. Holy crap.

I'm at Marie's Pastries, it's not bad. I got coffee, but they do have tea. I wouldn't know good tea if it bit me on the ass.

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[quickfingers]

My sister's bakery's better than that one, ftr [He's a man of brand loyalty, ok?]

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[magneticxman]

Peter Maximoff. Huh. Would your sister be Wanda?

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[ghoulking]

The communicator allows you access to an imPort list, with names. To find someone from home, you only need to check through it.

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[magneticxman]

That's good to know, but there are different universes in play that I know about. A name won't necessarily mean much if it's attached to someone who's from a different universe.

[majorlyugh]

Ah, a publicist. Were you anything like that back where you come from?

I got stuck with being a tabloid writer myself, though I'm drifting away from it to do the entrepreneurial thing. Welcome! Er, I guess. Actually, let me start over - how happy are you to be here? Then I can adjust my greeting as needed.

[magneticxman]

No? I ran a couple disastrous press conferences, but nothing like. . . I'm going to be real and admit that I don't even know what a publicist does.

I'm pretty happy to be here so far. My world just exploded, so that's a downer.

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[am_i_a_monster]

It is really great that we can have something new here. The fresh start is the best thing about being here. Things can get ridiculous at times, but it's worth it for that.

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[magneticxman]

That's great to hear. I was really ready for a change of scenery

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[fridgeflower]

If I'm not actually from your world, I'm from something pretty close.

I'm Laurie Collins. Wallflower. I used to go to Xavier's, but I... Uh. I didn't make it very far past M-Day, if that tells you anything.

Nice to see you, Ms. Dane.

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[magneticxman]

Wallflower. You were really shy, yeah? I'm sorry, that wasn't the best period of time for me. Genosha kind of. . . well I wasn't at my best.

But wait, you died. And you know you died. So you remember that?

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[alcheregis]

Introductions are always good way to start out, dear!

Part of the fun is learning what's the same and what's different about this world versus your own, although I suppose technically everything is different, on a strictly physical level, unless it's something or someone that came along from your world at the same time-- but even then it's not always true, since apoptosis is a thing, but comparatively they're the same. I wonder if that's where the saying of never stepping in the same river twice comes from, or if it's at least allegory, but that's also sort of dependent on one's circumstances because with the recirculated water in the Tower systems, it's certainly possible to step in the same water twice, even if it's not technically in river form.

[ Haen doesn't seem to notice or care that none of this is related to anything Lorna said, and looks like she intends to keep on this pace for a while if left to it. ]

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[magneticxman]

[Lorna is amused by Haen's rambling. She is loathe to interrupt, but she does butt in eventually.]

What's your name? You obviously give things a lot of thought! It's a good quality to have.

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[monsterdoc]

Nice to see that some familiar faces from home are cropping up. Or did crop up, I should say.

Hello, Miss Dane.

[ And there, in the video, is a remarkably composed Doctor Banner, sitting in a well-lit internet cafe, a rare smile, if a hesitant one, on his face. He looks, and feels, nervous, as he peers at someone he has worked with... and battled, both. ]

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[magneticxman]

[At first Lorna doesn't even recognize him. Realization dawns slowly, and her mouth opens. Then she smiles.]

Hello, Dr. Banner. How are you adapting?