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[ladybro]

Who: Kate Bishop and YOU.
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: Aboard the Blameless, as well as in Málum aboard the Iskaulit.
When: Today.

So I know I'm not the only one here who can boast both some experience and frustration with alternate worlds, dimensions, timelines, so on and futzing so forth. [ kate hits the network like she hits the ground: running. no hello, no hi, no how-do-you-do. ]

But, uh, I figured it might be good to gather some intel from people outside my little social circle. Personally, I've counted no fewer than six different versions of home. Including mine, but not including any other generally Earth-based worlds. I'm talking we had mutual acquaintances in common, but details were...different. Shout out to anyone who can identify me a seventh. It's like Pokemon at this point: gotta learn'em all.

What about the rest of you? Are other worlds a thing where you're from? A fact of life? Or are they pretty much the stuff of sci-fi -- culty, but soon to be a blockbuster reboot on a big screen near you?

Hawkeye, out.

[ -- and with that, she kicks back and waits to discuss the existential can-o-worms she just opened. part of it is almost masochistic, because she knows how little she doesn't want to learn about yet another world where the avengers exist, but she doesn't.

to take her mind off things, kate heads for her shift at málum over on the iskaulit. but something's...off, tonight. usually a paragon of coordination and balance, she's been breaking a lot of glasses tonight. futz, that's gonna come out of her pay. it puts her in a foul mood, so patrons can expect a bit of petulant surliness with their drinks. ]

Comments

[ladybro]

You know. Fay Wraye. The, uh, actress from King Kong. From that iconic scene with the gorilla hanging off the Empire State building and the planes buzzing by?

[takingkarabusiness]

Oh, right. Well, we do have King Kong. I didn't know that was her name, though.

[ladybro]

Guess I got a little too obscure, there -- sorry.

[takingkarabusiness]

I've caught up on a lot, but most people still have a 12 year head start for Earth things sometimes.

[ladybro]

It's no biggie. Honestly? You didn't miss much. The scream queen trope was tired even before it began.

[takingkarabusiness]

It's weird that so much overlaps between our worlds.

[ladybro]

Right? It seems like the only substantial differences -- literally -- come down to cities and capes.

[takingkarabusiness]

Makes you wonder if some things are just static.

[ladybro]

Like Beethoven's 9th, or Beethoven's 5th, or Chuck Berry's Roll Over Beethoven.

[takingkarabusiness]

Yes to all of those.

[ladybro]

Or Beethoven the Saint Bernard.

[ she's never going to stop.... ]

[takingkarabusiness]

How many more wordplays on Beethoven do you have?

[ladybro]

I got that one Eurythmics song and then I'm fresh out.

[takingkarabusiness]

I think it's safe to say that Beethoven is a multiuniversal constant.

[ladybro]

As well he oughta be. [ kate leans on the bar and smiles -- almost primed to forget her clumsiness from earlier. ] If for no other reason than his Cello Sonato No.3 -- the scherzo always gives me goosebumps.

[takingkarabusiness]

Are you an orchestra nerd?

[ladybro]

Cellist, yeah -- so guilty as charged.

[ and who knows how long she's had those beethoven chirps pocketed. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

That's really cool. I was a show choir girl... which I'm sure you can picture.

[ladybro]

Easily.

[takingkarabusiness]

My sister was too cool for any of that stuff.

[ladybro]

Ditto mine.

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, the cello is very cool. Can you still play?

[ladybro]

Sure can. I mean -- I'm best with the other bow but...I can play well enough. A few planets ago they had this, like, music room? I managed to get some practice in. [ ... ] Missed it, a little.

[takingkarabusiness]

You should get one here! Maybe there will be a sponsor drop with one in it.

[ladybro]

I always get the impression that the drops are never ever that useful.