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[ the video feed turns on as carol's comm clatters to the pavement. there's nothing but bricks to see, but there's the unmistakeable sounds of a fight in the background. after a few moments, there's a flash of light and a loud FWASH to accompany it. then, carol's voice. ]Woof! After the past few days, I can't tell if this is exactly what I needed
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[Tugging unconsciously at the neck of his costume.]
Okay, so basically a bunch of people from a bunch of different universes have been getting dumped here, I'm sure you've gathered that much. Some home universes aren't, for our purposes, all that closely related -- incompatible timelines, people from different parts of history. Some folks aren't even from Earth, even though they're human (or not). Some are people we'd know from our own universe ... but as fictional characters instead of real people.
[Pause, then as an aside:] Just so you're aware, there are probably natives here who know you as a comic book character.
Then there are several universes which are really, really similar, down to having the same people in them ... but slightly different. More like the alternate universes we usually have to deal with, minus the usual evil counterpart shenanigans.
Anyway, the Spider-Woman here, she's ... the same Spider-Woman we're on a team with, but also kind of not. Not just because she's an alternate, but --
[Another pause. How to explain this, exactly? Without violating Jess' privacy, but respecting Carol and Jessica's friendship? He'd sure as heck want to be told about it if he showed up here and someone who was, but also wasn't Harry was already around ... wait, that already happened.]
She sort of shares parts of Jessica's life history without actually being her. I know that makes no sense, but ... there you have it.
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part of that has to be a good thing, right? maybe other-jessica wasn't impersonated by the skrull queen. and that would be really good. but there's also that feeling of, oh god my best friend doesn't know me anymore and well. that sucks. that beyond sucks.
she sighs and runs a hand through her hair, not really sure what to think other than 'FML.' ]
Thanks for telling me. Do you know if she... if she knows her universe's me? [ not sure if want, but she can't help but ask. ]
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I ... don't know. She's never mentioned a Carol or a Ms. Marvel, but that doesn't really mean anything.
[He feels a little guilty that it never occurred to him to ask, but then scientific inquiry beckons.]
It's strange because their timeline -- there are several others from hers -- doesn't really map to the standard Trousers of Time model in relation to ours. It's not just that there was one event that changed and everything there panned out differently; it's more like there are lots of little changes...
She's sort of half-Jess, half-someone else from our universe.
[Awkwardly.]
I don't know if you ever met him -- the Scarlet Spider. The first one, not the ones using Tony's suits.
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[ but back to the matter at hand. she frowns a little as she thinks and wraps her head around all this. ]
I don't think I ever did. I take it that the other half-someone she shares a background with or whatever it is?
[ how do i shot alternate universe discussions ]
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You've never read Pratchett and you call yourself a sci-fi/fantasy fan? Really?
[He sighs.]
Yeah, pretty much. I ... can't really say more unless she okays it.
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[ she nods. ]
Alright. Thanks for what heads-up you can give.
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But I have to say, I never really pegged you for a Pratchett fan.
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You do have to admit that his sense of humor is pretty out there, though. And I have yet to meet anyone who laughed as hard as I did at Good Omens.
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But the real question here, the one that will determine if I can ever call you a friend again, is just how much of a reader are you?
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'Course, when I was a kid I wanted to be a research scientist, but that's neither here nor there.
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