[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]

Native... are they aliens?

I mean, I guess technically anyone not born on Earth would be one. But, well, you know what I mean.

[hackreality]

Well, the people that live out here where we do look human enough. Although there are also some dinosaurs, I guess? Which look like proper dinosaurs, and not like from-another-planet dinosaurs.

I don't know about the people who live in the domes, though; I've never met one. I think some of the others have, though apparently we aren't on good terms with them. Mostly I've been warned to GTFO when they come around.

[pepperspray]

Humans and dinosaurs. Either the original colonists saw Jurassic Park as a how-to guide, or... well, I can't actually think of an 'or'. I'll, um, watch my step, though.

[hackreality]

It's a little crazy right now, I think, since there were, um, significantly more dinosaurs here before I woke up, I think. And there was a fire? Anyway, I want to say if you head out from the ship and just head straight you'll eventually run into us?

[pepperspray]

Will do. I have someone I know here already and meeting me, so that should help keep me safe, and someone called the Doctor has told me the hospital could use some help, so... I guess I'm set.

Work until your head stops spinning, right?

[hackreality]

Pretty much. Story of my life in some ways, so it's not a huge change, at least. Lucky that you've got someone you know here.

[...sometimes Rachel is frustrating, but what she wouldn't give to find her out here, for serious.]

[pepperspray]

I'm not exactly sure whether to hope you find someone you know, or to hope that they didn't get yanked here too.

[Pepper admits this with a crooked little smile.]

Either way, let me know if you need anything, or if you just want to meet and talk some time.