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[housepartyprotocol]

Who: Tony Stark and anyone!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Still on The Marsiva
When: Now

[ The video feed crackles to life, and on the screen is a man looking equal parts composed and annoyed. He settles into the frame and smiles wryly.]

I'm not going to waste time here asking where we are, since I'd like to think we can all recognize space, but fair warning: you've got about [ he looks at his watch ] 2 minutes before I start taking this place apart. Not a threat, just making you aware that without a pretty impressive explanation, I will cannibalize your lovely and expensive ship and fly myself home.

[ He smiles briefly and with no humor before sitting back in his chair and tapping his watch. ]

Comments

[unbearablynaive]

Consider that Agent Romanoff has been here longer than I have, yet had not known me when I arrived; she came from an earlier point in time.

[housepartyprotocol]

But you're sure she's from our universe? Not some alternate one?

[unbearablynaive]

So it would seem. Everything else appears to match up, except for the time.

[housepartyprotocol]

What's her timeline look like?

[unbearablynaive]

She's from slightly before Loki's staff is recovered, but after SHIELD headquarters was destroyed.

[housepartyprotocol]

[ Takes a breath, consider what all that means she hasn't seen. ]

As far as you know, is anyone ahead of us?

[unbearablynaive]

Not that I'm aware of, no--or if they are, they're not saying so.

[He's still not entirely sure what time Rogue is from, for example - she knew of the Avengers on arriving here, but then she may have known them from her time in Luceti. So she might be from some other world altogether.]