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[spacebro]

Who: Mon-El
Broadcast: Video
Action: Marsiva if you're new too!
When: Now until he gets shuffled like the deck of cards he is! (What?)

Hi. So, this is not what I was expecting today. [He was expecting some additional rest and recovery after the last few days. Instead, he feels mysteriously good as new.] I'd just heard some great things about Netflix, and I was looking forward to chilling with it. [Someone may have missed giving him the full explanation and context of that phrase. Ooooor maybe they didn't.]

I am getting tired of being the one who always gets abducted. Winn and Alex could take turns too. Just saying.

[A soft sigh. He's staying in pretty good spirits despite everything, but he's wondering if this is doing him any good.] Is anyone even listening to this?

[And just in case someone is.] My name is Mon-El.

[Oh, wait.]

Mike!

I meant Mike. [Almost definitely no one noticed that. It was very smooth. He'll just turn this off now.]

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[ladybro]

Katherine Bishop, from Earth. But I've been living on a spaceship for a little while. [ eh, why not. might as well make light of it. ]

[spacebro]

So you have two names too. [Katherine and Kate are completely different animals!] How long have you been trapped here?

[ladybro]

I have a name and a nickname. [ and another nickname, too. but never call her katie. ] Plus more besides but -- it doesn't matter. I've been here ten months and everyone just calls me Kate.

[ mostly everyone. ]

[spacebro]

[He doesn't even know it's an option.] So, what's a name-collecting, not capturing people sort of girl like you doing in a place like this or ten months? [That sounds like ten months longer than he thought he'd be staying.]

[ladybro]

Being a reality TV star, if you're gonna believe our captors. [ but mostly? ] Otherwise, just surviving. Feeding the crew on my ship. Or serving drinks over on the Iskaulit -- apparently I've gotten pretty good at that, so there's a whole set of skills I didn't even know I had.

[ you're talking too much kate shut up. ]

We can't leave.

[spacebro]

Did you say serving drinks? [Did you see the deft way he just reduced all that information to the absolute most important part?] How do I get to the Iskaulit?

[ladybro]

You take a shuttle. But if you really are that newly arrived, you won't be assigned to a ship with shuttles for a few days. Maybe a week.

[spacebro]

I am really that new. So far I haven't seen anyone on this ship. No drinks over here?

[ladybro]

No drinks over there. [ sorry, bro. ] But once you're assigned, find me on the Iskaulit and your first one's on me.

[ kind of a first-timer special. ]

[spacebro]

[Say it ain't so, lady bro!]

I will absolutely take you up on that. Is there anything a little harder than the stuff that gets humans drunk?

[ladybro]

I know some people working on it, yeah. [ ... ] Winn's one of them.

[ after all, mon-el did say his name. ]

[spacebro]

Winn is a good man. [Never better.] So you know him? Do you know Kara too?

[ladybro]

I do. I definitely do. [ ... ] I met'em here, though, 'cause by all accounts I'm from a very different world.

[spacebro]

Yeah? How different?

[ladybro]

Different 'cause we have the Avengers. And no Kryptonians. And superhero teams are, basically, the norm.

[spacebro]

What are the Avengers?

[ladybro]

Earth's Mightiest Heroes. [ ... ] Kind of a rotating roster of good guys.

[spacebro]

You know with the avenging part they sound a little more scary than I'd expect from the good guys. [Especially when the "good guy" he knows best is Kara of all people. Not that she can't be scary. Trust him.]

[ladybro]

Yeah, the name's...iffy. But what can I say? They named themselves that long before I was born. You'd have to ask one of the old-timers why they chose it.

[spacebro]

Are you one of them? A super hero good guy? [She did say it was the norm.]

[ladybro]

Sure. Yeah. Minus the super part, though.

[spacebro]

What do you mean? Do you fight in a super suit?

[ladybro]

More like spandex. Only, y'know, a really good version of spandex. [ she almost goes out of her way to make it sound a little lame. might as well manage expectations, after all. ]

[spacebro]

I don't know what this spandex is. Even bad spandex.

[ladybro]

It's, uh, just what my suit's made out of. Not a big deal. [ dude must be reaaal new to earth then. ] It's purple. Do you know what purple is?

[ although it sounds sassy, it's a fair question to ask -- some species, she assumes, can't see purple.

poor them. ]