[Audio/Video | 001: Arrival ]

[pepperspray]

[It's definitely a smart phone. It's definitely not her own. But, this one has signal and the other one doesn't, and she's just gotten herself out of one pod to find that she's surrounded by thousands of them. If there's anyone who knows what's going on...]

Tony?

[To most ears, she sounds carefully neutral. Calm, if you miss the little quaver that underpins the words.]

What's going on? Is it the chitauri? Is this--

[She ends the audio call on that, returning a couple moments later in the form of a video of a slender woman in a good quality business suit -- somewhere late-20th or early 21st century by its cut, and conservative enough to really fit any time that women are wearing modern suits. The backdrop is still the ship and she sems a lot more composed.]

I'm not sure who's out there, but if anyone can tell me what's going on here, I'd appreciate it. Was there another invasion attempt?

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[pepperspray]

Well, that's interesting. It would explain why a couple of people I know are here. Me, though...

[She shakes her head. Unless the mysterious force behind her arrival wanted meticulously organized supply chains, she's not seeing it.

(Although it's possible they did.)]

So the, um, ship has been crashed for a while, then?

[knightoflight]

[Wing laughs.] I do not believe in war, so why they'd choose me, as well, is a mystery.

[Pacifists are terrible weapons.]

The ship has been crashed long enough to be half-buried, forgotten by the locals.

When we began waking, the Authorities seemed...unpleasantly surprised.

[pepperspray]

[She can pretty much hear the capital letter used there, and she catches her lower lip between her teeth to worry at it gently.]

You'll have to tell me more about these 'Authorities'.

[knightoflight]

[Oh he'd hate to think he's making her upset.]

There's not much that I do know. They live in domed cities. They did show up, once, after we'd awakened. They attacked us and tried to destroy the ship.

One of them, a refugee, left the dome and ended up in the Old City, but, [ he shakes his head--it's obvious why he doesn't know much of what happens in the Old City: his size] you'll have to ask someone else about that, I'm afraid.

[pepperspray]

[Pepper nods in, if not understanding, then at least the glimmers of it.]

You've been very helpful even so. Thank you, Mr.--?

[knightoflight]

I wish I knew more. I can't help but think that our way home is paved through understanding how we got here. And why.

...Wing. Simply Wing.

[pepperspray]

Well then, you've been very helpful, Mr. Wing.

[She dimples at him briefly. Her boyfriend gets referred to by a teasing 'Mr. Stark' on a regular basis, so the 'Mr' appended to the large robot is probably staying put.]

Someone suggested I might be able to lend a hand at the hospital, so I think I'm heading there as soon as I meet up with someone I know.

[knightoflight]

If there's anything else you need, please contact me.

[He'll just blink at the 'Mr'.]

You might, based on what I've heard, find the hospital...in great need.

[Captain Jim Kirk had been less than impressed with their medical care, for one thing.]