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[Video] Early Saturday

[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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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?

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.

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.]

[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.

No. It ain't.

[Todd gives him a funny look, not sure why he would know all about Magneto's other hide-outs. He sure doesn't.]

It's some other world, or somethin'. I ain't met any other mutants here, but I ain't met a lot of people, neither. They're all kinda weird, ya know? And there's this war or somethin' with the people in that big dome thing.

[He jerks a thumb over his shoulder in its direction.]

Those're th'people who keep track of what goes on, on those phones, so you're not s'pposed to talk about anythin' important there.

[There, see? He found out all sorts of things!]

There are other mutants.

[He gestures at the communicator, smirking. Doesn't hurt to remind Toad that he's good.]

So what does everyone do? Sounds like those losers are asking for some trouble, to me. And... weird? Was this ship some sort of freak holding facility? Oooh, if they were trying to get rid of us, I've got some things I'd like to say to them!

[The questions go right over Todd's head, and he gapes unhappily at the revelation about mutants.]

Other mutants? Where? Who is it? How come they ain't talked to me yet?

[No, that Thero dude doesn't count. He's a wizard. Though he might count in a pinch, if he has to tell Pietro something. But still!]

Gee, I can't imagine why people wouldn't want to talk to you, Tolanski.

[Okay, so maybe Pietro's been a little meaner since the whole Sentinel betrayal thing]

It doesn't matter who. Besides, I think one's related to the X-geek's Professor. We shouldn't get involved with them.

[And one of them definitely isn't some bizarre version of his father, nope.]

[Even the Pietro Todd remembers isn't that mean. He actually looks a little hurt by the snipe.]

So what, you just wanna be me'n you, or somethin'? Sounds kinda dumb, to me. Though I do know this guy who calls himself a wizard. Don't seem much like a mutant, but he can do some kinda cool stuff....

[And Toad should know better than to expect Pietro to be friendly, exactly. At least since he turned traitor for Magneto's sake.]

They wouldn't accept us, anyway. The one was talking like the X-men do. They're all too good for us.

And it has nothing to do with him being a stubborn ass about accepting help.

Uh-huh.

[Jerk. Todd isn't convinced, but hey, Pietro's about the only thing he knows what to expect from around here, so. He (somewhat reluctantly) makes the offer.]

You got all your stuff? I'm stayin' at this place called, uh, the Flop? There's prob'ly room there for you, too.

[He gestures at his street clothes with some irritation]

This is all I woke up with. Not even my costume - can you believe it? Now let's go check this place out. Can't be worse than the boarding house, can it?

Geez. I at least got that.

[He can't help but sound a little big smug, at that. He turns to head back the way he'd come, to lead the way to the Flop.]

But yeah. It's pretty messed up, but it ain't that bad. 'Least it's clean. But it got, like, bombed sometime, or somethin', it's missin' stories on the top. Kinda cool lookin', really.

Yeah, yeah.

[Bombed? This isn't making it easy to blow off all the warnings he's gotten. He starts following Todd]

Be just like home, then. Except the bombs make a mess instead of Alvers.

[Todd snickers, at that.]

Yeah, kinda like that, I guess. People ain't all very... friendly, but some of 'em are. Like that big robot guy. He kept talkin' like the goodie-goods, all about stickin' together and helpin' each other out, and stuff.

[He obviously is still skeptical about it all, but hey, he's willing to be convinced if they're really serious about it all.]

[Robot? Well... that's not any weirder than some of the other things he heard over the network.]

Well, I don't know about you, but I'm not planning on teaming up with those losers. They'll just slow me down.

[He zips around in a quick circle to illustrate. Damn, does it feel good to stretch his legs a bit.]

Yeah, whatever.

[Todd just rolls his eyes at the showing off. Nevermind that if it were him, he'd be showing off all over the place.]

Long's you don't get yerself shot, or somethin'.

[Pietro might've been a jerk-- and is being more of a jerk than usual, today-- but he was still on his side. Sort of.]

Toad, Toad, Toad. Have I ever gotten shot before?

[Being tagged by Spyke's spikes doesn't count, for some reason.]

So. Bombs and guns, huh? Guess they weren't exaggerating. Ah, well. I don't plan to get involved.

[Really, when it comes to bombs and guns, Todd would rather not get involved, too. He isn't going to fight Pietro on never getting shot-- it just ain't worth it-- but he does roll his eyes and ask,]

Then what do you plan t'do?

I... haven't figured that out yet.

[Darn Toad, poking holes in his logic. He looks a tad annoyed]

Probably gather information. See if I can figure out what's going on here, and how to get us home.

[Todd, using logic at all? The world must be coming to an end.]

Well, goin' home's probably better than bein' stuck here. They keep talkin' about not having enough food and bein' careful and stuff. It's like hidin' from normal people all over again, only worse.

[And he knows how much he hates that. They'd even tries getting rid of it, and look how well that had gone over? Geez.]

And I hate hiding.

[At least they could agree on something?]

Leave it to me, and I'll figure out what makes these so-called 'authorities' tick.

Okay, sure.

[So it's more just wait and see, apparently. Well, Todd's happy to let Pietro see what he can do. He can just... uh... wait on Thero, or something.]

Just keep me in the loop, right?

[Pietro, of course, has no idea what's he's going to do here. But he's not about to let that stop him.]

Sure, sure. I'll let you know if I need you for something.

[The idea that Todd might refuse to do anything he orders hasn't occurred to him yet.]

[Video] Early Saturday

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