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[backin_theworld]

[  Steve isn't sure where he is, or how he got even got here. He remembers that day very well. And he shouldn't be here. Wherever here is.

He looks down the dark, wet streets of the city as the snow continues to fall with a look of confusion etched into his brows. Things are different, and more, it feels different. Not at all like he remembers.

Steve

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[isaywe_party]

[And today on Buffy trolls the Avengers ... ]

We can here you. The whole city can hear you. I ... don't know if any of those people are here, but the name Stark sounds familiar.

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[backin_theworld]

Oh. [he'd do the whole shy thing, but he's just too lost with everything to really care too much] You wouldn't happen to know where I might find him, would you?

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[isaywe_party]

He's got a mansion somewhere in the city, but ... I thought his name was Tony.

[a half-shrug, that he can't see, but it's in her voice]

He had a party there once. I didn't make it, but a lot of people were invited.

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[backin_theworld]

I guess maybe it's just coincidence, cause the guy I know is definitely not called Tony.

[he continues walking. he has no idea where the heck he's going, but it's better than standing around getting cold. oh the irony]

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[isaywe_party]

Did you just get in to the city? It's possible that these people might not be here.

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[backin_theworld]

I think so, but it doesn't make sense. I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to be dead.

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[isaywe_party]

... Oh. Yeah, that's ...

[a beat]

Well, looks like you got lucky. City picked you up just in time.

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[backin_theworld]

Yeah, I- wait, the city brought me here? Do you know why?

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[isaywe_party]

We're still ... working on that one. I've been here almost a year, but the long and short of it is that we were "chosen" by the city for some kind of purpose.

You're in a place called Bete Noire. It's a nexus -- a pocket between universes.

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[backin_theworld]

I guess it's not the strangest thing I've heard happening. [thinks a little about what she just said] Does it just randomly pick people up, or, is there something specifically common about each person that gets brought here?

[isaywe_party]

So far, it seems to be pretty random. Sometimes it seems to favor one world more than others, but it usually evens out in the end.

[backin_theworld]

[nods slightly in understanding] What year is it? This doesn't look anything like 1945.

[isaywe_party]

[ .... oh.]

Um. That's because it's closer to 2011?

[backin_theworld]

[eyes dart up to look around] What?

[isaywe_party]

Yeah. November 16, 2011. It's a Wednesday, if that helps?

[backin_theworld]

It's been 70 years?