001 - Video

[revoltndevelopment]

Who: Ben Grimm
Broadcast: Video Broadcast
Action: Bishop
When: June 4th

Awright, lets get this over with quick.

[ Ben's been loitering for a few days in the Marisva, getting his bearings, read'n up on what he could about this place, but some stuff you only get through good old fashioned talking face to face. Or face to camera. A huge, craggy, orange face fills the screen, all worn and weathered and animate like stone probably shouldn't be. There's a slow blink and a low sigh, the Thing rolling out his shoulders and settling in for a fun series of conversations. ]

Ben Grimm here of The Fantastic Four and Avengers ask'n for a headcount. Who all's here, who ain't, and which version of earth are ya from?

[ It ain't his first rodeo, it ain't even his tenth- it is his second in one of these weird 'crammed in a jaw and hope noth'n blows up' sortsa places though. Seems a bit nicer than Luceti. For one thing: Space! For another: he gets to pilot. ]

And can we skip the 'oh gosh gee you're all big and orange and rocky!' like I don't know. You're in space, you've gotta have seen stranger things than me by now.

Comments

[video]

[scanninggaydis]

How many documented versions of Earth are there?

[I mean, it sounds like this guy knows of at least a few distinct ones. And Felix knows there are at least...four? versions of Earth. Unless naming something 'Earth' is just this massive subconscious urge that spans galaxies and also alternate universes.]

[video]

[revoltndevelopment]

I dunno, sparky, I left my handy dandy guide to the multiverse in my other pants. Best I can figure- think of the biggest number possible. Multiply that by a million.

[scanninggaydis]

[Okay well now he looks faintly unimpressed.]

Yeah, I'm familiar with the concept of alternate realities. You made it sound like you were personally aware of distinct ones. My mistake.

[revoltndevelopment]

Well when you fall through a portal into a new one every Tuesday and five more on the way back home, ya kinda lose track. Stretch has 'em all labled and monitored, that's his bag. I just go in if they wanna make sure it won't kill someone to take a walk around.

[scanninggaydis]

[...And now he looks...impressed? Or at least faintly curious. Science and tech are fascinating things.]

Huh. I can't say that I've come across anyone who can travel between realities. "Fall through"? Is that a conscious choice?

[You came to get questions answered and yet now you are being questioned, sorry Ben.]

[revoltndevelopment]

Guy that owns the building I live in builds portals for fun. Sometimes we just find 'em. Sometimes they find us. Sometimes it's a choice.

[scanninggaydis]

That's a very specific hobby.

[revoltndevelopment]

He's a scientist. Specifically dangerous @#!% is what he does. You get used to it.

[scanninggaydis]

Some scientists don't live that dangerously.

...But most do.

[revoltndevelopment]

They say they don't but they really do. Somth'n about be'n the first to figure somth'n out makes 'em dumb.