howsmashing | Vol. 1 #104 -- [Voice]

Ugh, I never know how to start one of these things.

Is um. Is anyone familiar at all with a robot by the name of Robo-ky? I fixed him up recently and well, I'm not exactly a robot expert, but I think I did okay. If anyone who is more knowledgeable could take a look at him just to be safe though, I'd appreciate it. [...] As a warning, he can be a little hard to deal with so keep that in mind.

...

Actually, while I got this up. Have any of you guys ever noticed how obsolete the journal system is? It looks technologically advanced sure, but as far as a socialized network goes, there were far better ones back where I'm from. What are you supposed to do if someone is harassing you with dozens of filtered messages? Go over to them and beat them to a pulp? Put a paperweight on the journal and hope they go away? There's no way to block communications with a single person.

....and there isn't a precautionary measure put forth for this kind of thing is there? Is everything in this village ran by ear?

[ooc: Replies will come later. Gonna do a few older tags. o/]

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[Yeah he hears the grinning. He doesn't like it. =|]

Not to sound too condescending or anything, but... can't you just build another one? Isn't the story that you built an advanced suit of armor inside of a cave from scrap metal? [Just do that. Except you know... again. Geez.]

I WOULD NOT FALL FOR A TRICK LIKE THAT.

Humans have a way of fearing the unknown or those greater then them. I suppose that's one thing that doesn't change.

Oh well, I'll keep my status with pride.

[She smiles a little.] Let me know how it works out, huh?

Alright, fine. But if I did make a mistake that means you're still going to suffer from some kind of flaw in your design. [Besides the obvious.] I have a... friend who specializes in machines. Maybe he can give you a few upgrades even...

Tell me about it... To be honest, it doesn't seem like much about humanity changes with each dimension regardless...

I'm honestly not sure if that's a blessing or a relief. Maybe it's just how things are.

Well, moving on from that depressing topic, do keep me informed if something is started up? I'd like to help out however I can.

Yeah, sure. Hopefully I can even make progress with this thing.

I DON'T TRUST YOUR UPGRADES. EXPLAIN.

Hey, so. Tony Stark. He's not the Tony Stark from your world either?

[The tentative opening up of a quasi-serious and possibly personal dialogue? Will wonders never cease. Apparently the fact that you knew Logan means something to this girl.]

Might not be a block feature, but you could always filter away from somebody if it's that bad.

But I guess that doesn't stop them from reaching you somehow.

[Geez Rogue that filter SUCKED. How long have you been here again? =|a]

Afraid not. He acts and sounds a little different from the one in my world. [Though he never met him PERSONALLY, but if he were to go off news articles and television...] He... also doesn't seem to be aware of any other heroes from my world.

[Well if the whole him not knowing Hulk is any indication of that. He really doesn't want to play a thousand questions with the guy.]

[She just doesn't care that much, okay?]

So that's... four, no five, different versions of our Earth.

[Isn't that a little weird?]

Isn't that a little... weird?

They're not my upgrades. They're a friend of mines-- [Okay know what.] okay. Forget it. If you wanna stay that way, then stay that way. I'm not going to drag you over to him.

Seems like it...

Oh, yeah sure! As soon as I make any progress I'll let you know.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. From what I can tell their entries will still show up so if someone writes ten or more filtered messages to a specific person, it's going to push the others back a bit.

...at least to the person they're filtering to, of course.

Sounds about right...

Yeah. It is weird. And it's not something that seems to happen in Luceti very often. Rarely does it pull people from different dimensions. Different times maybe... [And then there's a pause here.] It seems like genetic mutation isn't the only thing that makes our worlds unique.

Hmm.

[...oh, what the heck. She'd already made the snap call of talking to him, may as well go for more.]

There was another version of me here before too. So that's six.

...seriously?

[Oh wait. Rudeness. Right. Sorry he's just finding this all so scientifically intriguing.]

Uh, anyway. It seems like The Butterfly Effect is something that is a common theme in our world. Have you ever noticed that despite all of our dimensions being different, the same people appear to exist in each one?

I'm not exactly sure, but... as far as our worlds are concerned, this all seems like a sort of... natural occurrence. [So natural that Luceti might can't even tell what's supposed to be the "main" universe.]

[She follows that as best she can and then just... shakes her head.]

Yeah, I noticed that. [Hello, young!Charles.]

Ya don't think it's... hurtin' our worlds any, do you? Us being here?

Well the people here don't seem to think so. From what I've heard time just freeezes back home when we return so there's really nothing to worry about.

...

But what do you think?

I think you'd be better off askin' Dr. McCoy.

[It's a very passable attempt at not being concerned. But when it comes to things trying to destroy the world? Rogue's turned into a pessimist.]

[Deal with it, Banner!]

You say that like you think I haven't been working on something. Come on, have a little faith.

[But not like the Mark I. That wasn't built to last, and Tony is going to need something more powerful if his most recent armor doesn't show up.]

[Wait... who? Ah, nevermind.]

Well if I was going to give my personal opinion on the matter... I think it's something we're not being told. You can't just take hundreds of people from different worlds and universes and not have consequences.

Then again, it's not exactly something we can do anything about right now anyway so, it's probably best not to worry about it.

... You know, if you learned how to use some of the magic that's available here you could probably incorporate that into the armors abilities.

[Since this place doesn't exactly have the most advanced technology.]

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