1 + |x| = (Very Angry Genius) [text]

[seventhsmartest]

Wow.

So this probably could have happened at a better time.

Don't bother explaining anything. Already got the gist thanks to this little search program I whipped up. Alternate realities, insane AI, death isn't permanent, blah blah...oh hey, look! We even have a team of Norman Osborn's special limited edition We're-Totally-Not-Bad-Guys-Seriously

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[Voice]

[ascending_angel]

People have tried getting out of here. It's not that easy, apparently.

text, SUDDENLY ENCRYPTED OUT THE ASS

[seventhsmartest]

Last major world event you remember from back home. Go.

text, SUDDENLY ENCRYPTED OUT THE ASS

[ascending_angel]

The X-Men were being invaded by mutant zombies on the island, Utopia. We battled Osborn's "Avengers" on national TV just a couple months ago.

Do you have a name to go with the serial number?

voice; encrypted

[seventhsmartest]

[Have an extremely weary-sounding Cho.]

Hi.

[lapequenaarana]

How did your ego get through the Porter?

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[seventhsmartest]

It's my super-power. I'm Ego, the Living Planet.

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[lapequenaarana]

The question still stands. How does an ego that big fit through the Porter?

Too bad you didn't slough some of it off on the way. Or did you, Living Planet?

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[seventhsmartest]

I should have picked a different lame joke to make, huh

voice; breaking my hiatus for a hot second DARN YOUR ALLURE, FRANKY

[enigmaestro]

I suppose your program missed the parts about attempts at return? The theoretical speculation and occasional experiment? And it doesn't do well to assume everyone has a similar goal, here.

This is a game of probability, so the variables aren't hopeless. But at the moment? You're just another contestant. Perhaps you can appreciate that, perhaps not.

text, I HAVE ALLURE?!

[seventhsmartest]

Missed? No, but I figured the best way to get the attention of the other big brains was to insult them. Plus I'm angry. So there's that.

Probability I can deal with. I'm just sick and tired of being someone's "contestant".

YES IF I MAY BE FRANK ABOUT IT

[enigmaestro]

You definitely have us crawling out of the woodwork, though that's predictable enough. However, identifying us is rather unnecessary, considering that your darling little scan would have ensured some measure of litmus test--perhaps by merit of vocabulary, perhaps something more sophisticated. Anger is a useful motivator, though I doubt enraging a gifted populace is truly your intent. Perhaps you're sizing us up, perhaps you've some grand scheme in mind and you want to know whom to use.

Oh? Ready to make your own game?

[seventhsmartest]

No schemes. No games. Not really my thing. I just need someone to vent on, and I know a couple of guys in fancy armored suits that will be great for that.

[Video]

[theheterodyne]

[Have a young-looking redhead with glasses blinking at the camera.]

Well, the last time someone tried to build another 'porter, we ended up with tribbles everywhere.

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[seventhsmartest]

Tribbles.

You mean like Star Trek, "Trouble With"?

[permavideo]

[theheterodyne]

Small furry creatures that reproduce at the drop of a hat, or with even less provocation? Yes, those tribbles.

...There's no such thing as "Star Trek" in my world, though I've heard of it here.

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[seventhsmartest]

How'd you guys get rid of them? Port in a Klingon ship to stick 'em on?

Oh, sorry. You probably don't get that reference either.

[voice]

[oncemercurial]

Ahh -- Cho.

Excellent.

The others seem to find our situation varying degrees of hopeless. I've observed nothing but bickering and mindless prattle for the last eight days.

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[seventhsmartest]

Sheesh, trying to keep a low profile here, Quicksilver. At least until I get a chance to ruin Stark and Osborn's respective days.

text; but oh so very public

[oncemercurial]

Yes, your message did so well to convey that intent.

text; WHY YOU GOTTA PLAY HIM LIKE THAT PIETRO

[seventhsmartest]

You have no idea how little I need your sass right now, dude.