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[The screen flickers on to show an annoyed, ruffled, white-haired young man, clearly standing right outside the spaceship. The image is in focus and right-side up, even. Somebody knew what a video phone was. He brushes some hair back into place with quick fingers before speaking, his voice irritated instead of scared or worried.]

What the hell, man? Think you coulda warned me, huh?

[He scowls at the screen - clearly, a reply that's not instantaneous isn't quick enough]

Hellooo, Magneto? Cut the mysterious crap and get with the program! This another one of your tests? What more do I need to prove, huh?

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[Oh, maaaaan. Of all the people to show up here, it had to be Pietro.... Todd glares at his phone for a minute, then turns it on. He's still glaring on the video feed.]

Hey bro, knock it off, these things're bein' monitored or somethin'. Ain't no test, far's I can tell, anyway. Nobody's shown up to gloat about it, at least, which a certain somebody always does if he's involved.

[Toad? Of all the people he could be working with and he gets Toad? Great. Pietro looks none too pleased, himself.]

Heyheyhey! Who's in charge here? I think I know more about how the old man works than you do, Tolanski! At least tell me you've got Alvers with you.

[Avalanche may be a pussy (especially regarding a certain Kitty), but at least he was useful.]

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Not you, bro.

[Not this time. Not without Mystique to enforce it or Duke to follow along blindly, himself, just because Pietro might have a good idea or two.]

An' not Mystique or Magneto, neither. You're the first person I seen from home since I got here, and I been here, like, almost a week or somethin'!

[Four days, but who's counting?]

Whatever you believe is happening here, you're mistaken.

[because, really. what're the odds that he guesses it's a multi-dimensional nexus at work?]

Of course I am! The boss didn't put me in charge of whipping you losers into shape for nothing.

[Pietro scoffs. Boy, has he missed the memo about this being a whole other universe, hasn't he? As far as he's concerned, Magneto's rules still apply.]

You're saying you've been here a whole week and haven't found out anything useful yet? Typical! Do I have to do everything myself? Found us somewhere to crash, at least?

[Until Magneto got around to actually briefing him about what was going on here, anyway.]

Who have you met? Other mutants?

[Pietro hurries to hide a look of alarm, replacing it with suspicion. Who's this joker? Toad can't actually be right about the communications being monitored, can he? Toad's never right about anything important.]

Yeah? Well, if you know so much more than I do, perhaps you can enlighten me. Not that I asked you to butt in.

[Good thing he has no idea who he's talking to. Or maybe that's a bad thing.]

[he seems amused by that, already far too used to dealing with fellow hot-headed mutants like the summers boy.]

I could offer you all the information you need, but I'm afraid you forgot the magic word.

Riiiight. How do I know you even know what you say you do? You're probably just bluffing, you don't know nothing.

[He looks unimpressed and skeptical. Who was this guy, that he had all the answers? Especially if this was some plan of Magneto's, as Pietro still believes.]

I've found out all sorts of stuff! Just nothing about them. Geez. Look, just-- stop talkin', okay?

[As much as he hates the guy, he doesn't really want to see these Authorities guys come bash the guy down. He's the only thing he's seen from home, after all.]

And don't go nowhere. I'm comin' to you.

And just how will you know without asking? Nicely.

[this may partly be why he delegates so much. if he didn't send others to deal with the younger mutants, he'd never get anything done.]

This would be the second time I've found myself in a situation like this. For your information, of course.

Oh, yeah, that won't take forever or anything.

[He snorts and rolls his eyes, but where else can he go? Even he's not bold enough to go zipping all over the damn place when he doesn't have the first idea what's going on.]

Well whoop-de-do. Good for you, huh? I'd be more impressed if I knew what this 'situation' was. So... whatever. Please. That what you're looking for? Now are you gonna quit wasting my time or what?

[Pietro is talking rapidly. There's something about this guy he's not sure he likes]

Much better.

[and hey, look. he even manages to sober up a little before offering over the details. this part is actual serious enough to warrant it.]

Firstly, your "Magneto" friend isn't responsible for this. Quite who is, we aren't certain of. All that matters is that we're all trapped, along with other captives who have been brought here from various different times and realities.

For now, you would do well to keep your head down. There's a militant group policing the area, capable of subduing even the most...advanced of beings here.

[Advanced? That sounds familiar. Magneto would like this guy, which only makes Pietro more suspicious.]

You mean mutants.

[Might as well be blunt about it. Hey, as far as Pietro knows, they're the most 'advanced' beings out there.]

What do you mean, realities? Sounds kinda out there to me.

[Military, too. It might be Trask and his goons. Or even SHIELD.]

[The last thing Pietro gets on the feed is Todd rolling his eyes at him, then it shuts off, and Todd's hopping off to find the guy. Reluctantly. Cuz he's a jerk, and all.

All in all, though, it doesn't take all that long for him to get there. Todd's not Quicksilver speed, but he can jump pretty far in one go. He's also kind of out of breath when he gets there, from proving he wouldn't take forever about it. Jerk.]

There you are. That so hard to just wait?

[It's clear that Pietro's antsy. Who knows how long he's been in that pod, but he feels like he's been cooped up forever and needs to stretch his legs and just run run run-]

Yes.

[So he sounds a little whiny.]

So what's the deal, huh? Even if this isn't all Magneto's fault, this sure isn't Bayville. Or Asteroid M, or any of his other hideouts. That I know about, anyway.

[Xavier studies him with arched eyebrows, concern warring with curiosity. The boy looks unnervingly like - no. Coincidence, surely.]

Your Magneto sounds quite impressive. [Inasmuch as toying with children could possibly be, but she doubts insulting the man will win the boy's trust.]

I doubt he had a hand in this, however.

I mean mutants.

[a straightforward agreement, but one with a certain amount of curiosity involved. in that other city, the only people who used the term mutants were ones themselves. interesting.]

There are various different worlds out there that exist on different planes of existence. For example, there are three versions of my closest friend here, none of which are actually him. They've each experienced different lives, with only the most basic of details shared between them. But they are still all inheritantly the same person.

[As far as Pietro is aware, everyone knows about mutants, since the whole Sentinel thing.]

Yeeeah.

[Skeptical? Oh yeah]

See, that sounds pretty... oh, I dunno, crazy? You got any proof about all this? Maybe it's all in your head.

[Because that's way too freaky to be true. He doesn't want to think about running into alternate-Magneto. Or Wanda.]

[Hey, this lady looks familiar too. But he can't quite place why.]

Oh, yeah, I'm sure he needs the ego-stroking, lady.

[Just because he works for Magneto doesn't mean he actually likes the guy]

Everyone seems to think I'm wrong, but so far I haven't heard any explanation that makes sense. What's that about?

Ah, so you wouldn't mind my saying he sounds petty and manipulative?

[Her smile is wryly sympathetic.] You speak as if you've never been kidnapped by aliens before. [Was that a joke, Xavier?]

Hey, he knows what's up and takes care of his people!

[Except Wanda. Ouch.

Pietro isn't even entirely sure why he's defending him.]

And doesn't believe in that everyone-can-get-along bull the Geek Squad does...

Aliens? Are you kidding me?

[Her lips quirk, just slightly.] I see.

...Not everyone can live in peace with one other, but it's something to strive for, all the same.

And no, I'm not kidding. Do you know of anyone on Earth who can build an interdimensional spacecraft? [...Well, she supposes it may be some future or alternate earth, but then they would still be alien to her, in a sense.]

[That Pepper Potts will, upon being dumped into a post-apocalyptic setting, still herself a desk and an in-tray to whip into shape is really just one of the universal truths of existence. She's sitting at it now, by the backdrop of the video, and favours Pietro with a slight smile, rather dry.]

Unfortunately, a test would be too simple of an explanation for what's actually going on. There's no 'Magneto' here that I know of -- you're actually some unspecified point in the future, on a planet called Verdana. You've been in stasis aboard the ship, like the rest of us who aren't locals. We don't actually have an answer as to why we're here.

[She pauses, head tilting slightly and the smile reappearing.]

Does that help in terms of an introduction?

Perhaps I'm merely imagining this. Perhaps your "Magneto" friend is really the one behind all of this. Or perhaps I'm telling the truth and you're simply incapable of dealing with it.

[teenagers. can't someone else deal with them?]

Regardless, your safety here cannot be guaranteed. So whether or not you believe me, I would prefer to ensure that my fellow mutants here are capable of protecting themselves from the threats this world holds.

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