001 ☆ video | from medbay

[herocomplex]

_{[ There's a bit of fuzziness-- chattering-- like a conversation between two people. One has a high pitched voice and seems to be dropping the F-bomb with indescribable chatter, and the other is entirely too loud. Way, way too loud. There is a bright light, and then, two red eyes belonging to an alien creature peer into the communication device-- and then, the loud voice is heard again-- ]}

Dude! What in the name of Liberty's lingerie do you think you're doing! This is like hardcore stuff, like, super way cool hardcore stuff probably seen right out of the X-Files! Tony, my number one man, don't you drop that! Give me that!

_{[ The device it jerked from the alien creature, who doesn't seem pleased with this at all. We now see a set of blue eyes and glasses with blonde hair--
aaaaaand. He's panicking.
Of course America was going to to jump to the cellular device and post to the network before anyone else are you kidding me-- ]}

Okay! OKAY! Like, I need all of my back up ASAP here pronto! We've been kidnapped-- okay, no, actually, this is like--

_{[ He pants, looking around. There is still a good amount of blue goop on his face and good lord America get dressed you're still in your star and striped underwear. ]}

OKAY YOU KNOW HOW YOU'RE LIKE MINDING YOUR OWN BIZWHACK AND SUDDENLY YOU GET THAT WEIRD SINKING FEELING IN YOUR BODY LIKE DEJA VU LIKE FREAKY WEIRD DEJA-VU, Yeah, man, TOTALLY getting that feeling and it's freakin' me out, man! Holy SHIT, this is bad! I was just jamming to Katy Perry like a boss and then I think I fell asleep on a bunch of like important government papers or something that I was supposed to do-- who gives a crap that's not serious right now-- I--

_{[ A BREATH!!!! Slow down, America! You talk like a thousand miles. And he does slow down, becoming a bit more coherent. ]}

--I-- think I've been here before, but I don't know--! What if somebody erased my brain like outta some sci-fi movie and put weird memories back in and now I'm going to be pregnant with alien children or something mondo-crazy like WHOA-- uhh-- hey! Can anybody even hear me? This isn't like an Apple product or anything I don't think so I hope I'm using it right--

Yo, uhh, France! China! Canadia! Even England-- and I guess Russia-- ANYBODY! What the hell is going on?

_{[ Welcome back, America. Your memories of this place will gradually come to mind-- but here you are-- impulsively reacting without thinking as usual. Here's a permission post for 4th walling. ]}

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[herocomplex]

Oh, hey! Chick from X-men! Man, I don't remember your name cause there are so many hot actresses in my movies. But yeah, Raven-girl!
Don't worry, it's just my friend, Tony. He doesn't do anything but be my side kick like any hero should have.

Hey, listen. I'm talking to this other kinda douchey bag guy-- I don't know if he can hear this conversation or not-- but appearantly he says I've been here before and you recognize me by my country name and not Alfred Jones like all the other humans do--

He's not lying, right?

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[darkholme]

He's not lying, no.

[ and this is where she takes a second to steel herself, as dramatic as it sounds, just remind herself that people come back but that doesn't mean they'll remember being here. America was one of the first people she met here, actually crawled out of her scaredy-mutant-shell and talked to, so it's a little.. weird. the idea of him not actually knowing her. ]

You said you feel like you've been here before, and it's because you have. It's been a really long time, but you were here. But then, it's not uncommon for people to leave and come back with no memory of the ship, so. Maybe you haven't actually been here. Which is confusing? I'm sorry, that was confusing.

I'm Raven. Which.. you knew already. But only from a movie. [ which she's heard before, so she only looks a little skeptical ] Right?

[herocomplex]

_{[ He takes all of this in. Douche baggy Welsh person? Not so easy to listen to. Familiar comic book character? Hell fucking yes.
America scratches the side of his face, surveying his areas again. ]}

Righto.

And, uh, okay. So nobody did anything to my brain-- right?
And, evidently, I met you when I was here first. Have I only been here once?

[darkholme]

Your brain hasn't been touched. Some people feel sick after they wake up in their jump pods, but that wears off after a little while. Speaking of which, you should probably wash that off. The blue goo doesn't exactly have a friendly track record. [ TINY BIT AMUSED, but then not, oh gosh, she can't give him a reason to believe she's messing with him. straight face, Darkholme. ]

You were here for a short while, yeah. A couple of months, maybe? You arrived here the same time I did, only.. I've been here this whole time, which has been about a year and a half now. [ or.. longer, but she won't bring that up ]

[herocomplex]

_{[ America makes a disgusted face, and sort of-- puts the device on the floor. We're looking at his ankles now as he gets as much of the blue stuff off as possible and then-- picks up the device again. He sits down with his back against a wall, watching her intently. ]}

Okay!? We don't go home? What kind of exploration is this?

[darkholme]

[ ... ok she'll wait ]

We don't know. We can't control where the ship goes, we can't control where we go, to an extent, not at all when it comes to going home, and only somewhat on the ship. The ship has its safe zones, and it's not-so-safe zones.

[herocomplex]

_{[ America shifts, thinking a little bit. He strokes his chin. ]}

And... sometimes.. sometimes.. it stops at stations to refuel, right?

[darkholme]

[ slllowly shakes her head ]

We've stopped a few times, but it wasn't for that, and it wasn't- it didn't really go very well.

[ brainwashing. yikes. ]

[herocomplex]

--And we sneaked onto an escape pod--!

_{[ !!! ]}

Hey! I remember, that kitty guy! That cat guy! He came with me, I remember that--! I even made the dude some little ribbon that said he was my sidekick. Well, second sidekick. I remember that..!

[darkholme]

-- Yeah? [ this is.. new.. kinda. hmmm. ] Do you remember anything else?

[herocomplex]

I remember this red head guy that I would talk to a lot, but I don't quite remember his... name.

Wait! I remember meeting you too, and I remember--
Kirk and Spock-- and one time I humiliated Spock cause I brought up pon farr and it made me like pee myself laughing.

[darkholme]

Oh. [ a grin! finally ] Good. I'm glad to hear it.

-- Should I ask what pon farr is, or-?

[herocomplex]

That's for another day.

Okay, Raven. I do remember you, btu I think some our killer awesome convos are lacking up here in my brain, sorry about that.

I feel a bit more familiar with this place the more I look around it-- and read this boring pamphlet thing this dude wrote for me.

[darkholme]

It's alright.

Yeah, it's a little overwhelming just reading about everything that's happened. It's just... a lot, I guess. If you want a mini guided tour of the ship, I'd be happy to show you around. Your old room should still be just the same as you left it. [ ... assuming nobody commandeered it oop ]

[herocomplex]

Whoaaaaa, for reals? My other quarters? Yeah, that'd be awesome-- it might help me ring a bell with this place.
Yeah, okay! Sounds cool! Should I meet with you somewhere?