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Who: Sara
Broadcast: Video!
Action: On the Marsiva // The Twin Roses
When: Now!

[ The feed starts with Sara adjusting the camera and pursing her lips, then flashing a waxy smile that doesn't go anywhere near her eyes ]

Hi, so, I'm going to need you to go ahead and let me out of here and return me to my ship. I mean, we could do this the long way, but you really, really won't like that. It will be long. And painful. Possibly over days. The thing I'm going to assume you didn't realize about me before you decided to make this incredibly idiotic move is that I don't take kindly to cages. They're not really my thing, and I have a particular prejudice against the people who want to put me in them.

But hey.

[ She puts her hands up in a conciliatory manner ]

Maybe I'm reading this entire situation the wrong way. Just come and get me, we'll talk, and I won't even break your fingers for it. Promise.

Okay? Okay. Chop chop!

[ She rolls her eyes, sighs, and switches off the camera ]

****

[ some time later, Sara shows up in a burst of confetti on The Twin Roses. Hi friends! ]

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[For a moment, she's confused thinking Sara means suddenly arriving since obviously the other thing didn't happen! Gosh!]

This thing? [She waves a hand through the chair like it isn't there.] That's a me thing. I'm a mutant. It's my power.

Oh, like a meta-human.

[ her expression approves ]

Sweet. That actually seems like a pretty great power to have.

[ she notices the pudding and starts eating it ]

Not exactly like that. We're born with an X-gene... Wait. What? Are you from that world? Cisco, Flash, that one?

You know Cisco? How? Is he here?

He was. He and my boyfriend built a karaoke machine together, but he's been gone for awhile. [This is how you're remembered, Cisco.]

That sounds like Cisco.

You know anyone else from that world here?

I don't think so, but Kara is from a reality that intersected with theirs sometimes. I'll text her.

[Typing away.]

Kara... Kara....

[ she's rolling it over in her head, trying to figure out who that is ]

Right! Yes. Blonde hair, hot sister. Kara.

Blonde hair is right. I haven't seen a photo of Alex. You're on the same side, right?

We have been so far.

Good. I know bad guys would never lie about that. [Kidding. Yes, why did she bother asking?] Did you know Winn?

That's someone's name?

No, sorry.

Yeah, it was my boyfriend's. No worries. [She checks her communicator. Still no response from Kara.]

Gotcha.

[ rather than prolong what seems to be a somber topic, she moves on ]

So... have a minute to show me around this tin can?

[Good call.]

This is the bridge. The pilot goes here. That's Vash. [He's also a captain. Should she mention that? Oh, darn, no time.] Actually, what augment do you have?

Survey says... pilot. Are we going to have to battle royale for control because I like my odds.

Yeah? Are you a metahuman?

Nope. Just your run-of-the-mill ex-assassin.

You're joking. [No, why would she be joking? You didn't mention it.]

...Really?

Is that going to be a problem?

Hm? No, no. [She laughs.] I'm just also a former assassin, so you caught me off guard.

[ Sara smiles too. She would have really enjoyed having Kitty's powers as an assassin ]

Clearly we should start a club.

I'd say what are the odds we'd get more members, but here? Probably good odds.

We also have a thief, a guy from the mafia, a spy, a samurai, and a pacifist on board. [That might not be how they'd all self identify.] I'll let you figure out which is which when you meet them.

It sounds like the set up to a heist movie.

Are we in a heist movie?

Supposedly reality television if I didn't mention that before. We did a heist about a year ago though. [She knows a lot of these are jokes, but since they come with real answers and she's new, Kitty figures she can throw some of that in too.]