//001// Introductions

[politehulk]

Billy? Cassie, Kate, Eli, Vision? Tommy? Mom?

Hello? This better not be one of those alternate dimension things. My name's Teddy, I'm a teenager from New York City, and I really didn't mean to show up here. I don't even know where "here" is. Can anybody tell me what's going on? Or if you just want to show me the exit I'd love to leave you

Comments

[anti_buttons]

This is one of those alternate dimension things.

[politehulk]

I was hoping nobody would say that.

[anti_buttons]

I'd apologize for having to disappoint you, but I'd only really owe it if I'd been misleading.

Read this.

[politehulk]

That's true, but it's not exactly something anybody wants to hear.

Wow. I mean, wow. So let me get this straight: nobody knows how we got here or how to get out?

[anti_buttons]

And it's also not something most people are inclined to believe.

That's the sum of it. It happens, of course; I've left quite a few times.

[politehulk]

Where I come from it happens once in a while, but not usually to random people like me. The Fantastic Four, mostly.

You make it sound like it was by accident.

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[anti_buttons]

... Are you referring to superheroes?

[anti_buttons]

Sometimes it was, sometimes it wasn't.

[politehulk]

Yeah, do you have superheroes in your world too? Some people don't, looks like.

How did you get out when it wasn't by accident? If you don't mind me asking.

[anti_buttons]

Ah, not as real people.

Sometimes, looking actually yields fruit. But mostly, it doesn't.

[politehulk]

Oh. Well, you can say you've met one now.

I'll keep looking, then.

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[anti_buttons]

I-

[anti_buttons]

...

You know, you aren't exactly unique here, and I'm not exactly a slobbering fanboy.

[anti_buttons]

At least keep an eye or two open.

[politehulk]

Hey, there are plenty of superheroes back home too, I'm not that arrogant. And I just got here, I didn't know there were more here. There are hardly any superheroes on the West Coast.

Good advice.

[anti_buttons]

... I'm actually not certain as to whether or not there are other superheroes here, though there are other individuals with unique talents and a heroic side.

Commonsense, really.