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[avocadoatlaw]

Who: Matt Murdock + anyone!
Broadcast: Video
Action: SS Wonderduck
When: When he arrives after the Shuffle


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[ Matt hates confetti, there's nothing worse for upsetting his senses than over stimulation. So he stands, waiting for the 'celebration' to pass. He'd only been in the last room (ship?) long enough to be moved along to the next, so now here he was, trying to get his bearing through a snowstorm of flying paper.

Once he does, at least a bit, he can focus on the refreshments. It's clearly party food, which seems safe enough, so he assembles his stick and moves forward. ]

I, uh, hello?

[ He clears his throat. ]

My name's Matt Murdock, and I think you all are expecting me.

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[ Later, Matt sits in front of the monitor, dark red glasses covering his eyes. He's calm, but it's clear that he's holding back stronger emotions. ]

If anyone seeing this knows me, I need to know you're here. Suffice to say, I have a few questions.

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[avocadoatlaw]

Wow. Yeah, definitely not what I was thinking. I can assure you I have nothing to do with any of that.

[passingthrough]

[She nods before realizing what a pointless gesture that is for him.] I believe you. [Not all of the caution is gone, but she does believe him.]

Do you already know about the multiverse?

[avocadoatlaw]

I'm starting to. Different versions of your reality, right? Something like that?

[passingthrough]

That's right. Some closer than others. Yours must be very different if there are no mutants. There usually isn't any overlap with that happens. Except with the Avengers. [She will never stop being bothered that Wanda and Pietro aren't mutants.]

[avocadoatlaw]

The Avengers do exist where I come from. I'm starting to see a common thread there.

[passingthrough]

Oh.

Are you one? [Because how often do the Atroma bring people who aren't part of the action of a place? And he was a player in her world—human and low level, but enough that she knew of him.]

[avocadoatlaw]

[ Matt's caught off guard by the question, not expecting anyone to ask him anything like that while he's still not letting on to his abilities.

And jury is still out if he thinks making that public here is a good idea. ]

Uh, no? What? Why would you think so?

[ Awesome save, Matt. ]

[passingthrough]

Because everyone I know from that world is an Avenger except Loki who is...Loki. [She's not sure he's from "that world" of course. It could be another world that has Avengers but not X-Men the way her world has X-Men and not Avengers. And then there are worlds with both. No shortage of worlds.] In places like this the easiest connections are usually right. Not always.

[avocadoatlaw]

[ Matt nods. ]

Well, I'm not one of them, but I'm very aware of them. It's hard to ignore when you live in New York.

[passingthrough]

I guess it would be. Vision mentioned an alien invasion there once. What do you do in New York, Matt Murdock?

[avocadoatlaw]

I'm a lawyer. And yeah, there was an invasion alright. It's the only reason we were able to afford our office space.

[passingthrough]

Guess the Atroma want to go for the sweet lawyer ratings.

[avocadoatlaw]

[ A chuckle. ]

Is that a real thing?

[passingthrough]

Worked for Perry Mason?

[avocadoatlaw]

You are not wrong.

[passingthrough]

What ship did they stick you on, Counselor?

[avocadoatlaw]

The Wonderduck, which I've been assured is "duck" and not "luck".

[passingthrough]

It's one of the more creative names. [Let's not think of what else it could rhyme with.] My friend, Remy, is on that ship.

[avocadoatlaw]

Fried from home, or friend from space?

[passingthrough]

Friend from space who is a version of a friend from home. He was a teammate there. Versions of people happen a lot with me.

[avocadoatlaw]

I'm starting to think it's going to happen more and more with me. Seems like a side effect of living in the Avenger's New York.

[passingthrough]

Yeah? People know you? I mean other than me. Kind of.

[avocadoatlaw]

Not personally, but some people have heard of me. I live in the blast zone.

[passingthrough]

The blast zone? That sounds like a bad place to live. Alien invasion related?

[avocadoatlaw]

As a matter of fact, yeah. New York as become sort of a hub for disaster.