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[There's the drumming of fingers in apparent boredom and the video is slightly off centre, looking over Tony's shoulder instead.]

I take it there's three different events circulating around right now. One apparently rather benign and the other two of the same event, but from different perspectives. If we're lucky, the events that occurred won't be repeated, but since when were we ever that lucky?

So far two options appear to be either hallucinate jawdropping monsters and there's something out there that eats the bodies you gun down or turn into one yourself, but remain unaware of it. [His hands pause and his gaze moves to a point past the video.] In the interests of self-preservation I ask no one try eat me if the latter is true. I'm already dying, there's no need to speed it up and I'm sure cancer makes the flesh taste horrid.

[He continues on cheerfully, his hands resuming their drumming. Now the lack of eye contact makes him look thoughtful rather than avoidant.]

And if it seems relevant to anyone I've always associated the name Schue with a tv show with singing in it. Although there was definitely no singing from what I remember, just getting shot.

[ooc: and if anyone with death related powers wants to call him out on it... he will actually die a little bit further down his canon.]

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Perhaps. It is not unlikely in a place like this.

[He waits patiently for Tony to adjust. Thor has seen that look enough times to know not to push him too hard. Sometimes he deliberately ignores it, but right now he's not under stress.]

But if this is a message, don't you think we should try to find the ones sending it? They might be confused.

[It's only them now. He can't offer much on the psychic or tech end of things, but he can give his fair opinion. And try to keep Tony from getting too depressed.]

[If he'd ever asked Tony, he'd reply that it was enough to have Thor here with him.]

There are three options so far: magic, psychic and tech. From my own experiences so far magic seems unlikely. But psychic and tech overlap on some points that I might be able to cobble something to get a rough idea of where the signal came from if there's a repeat. If you're right and it is a confused signal, it could be like with Vision.

[But Vision had come to warn them of Gah Lak Tus and it's a worrying thought that there might be something coming for them.]

[The fact that Tony doesn't have all the answers yet is worrying in itself. Thor has come to expect Tony to know when he's dealing with weird technology. That's what he does. He may be annoying about it sometimes, but most of the time he is the best answer they have.

And if this has him stumped, then they are probably in trouble.]

That is a better alternative than going mad on an abandoned ship.

[That's just his opinion, of course.]

No one's going mad while we still have therapists. [Because that's the kind of thing he's expected to say. For all his intelligence he doesn't convey it often enough and he doesn't maintain seriousness for long.]

Underpaid those poor souls may be to have to deal with us.

[Thor for just a moment looks like he might not be sure, but he recovers quickly. As long as Tony is around, he'll be all right.]

Heh. I hope you're not giving them too much grief. I doubt a group of them would be enough to handle you.

[His smile turns a little bit more brittle. He sought out help back in their world, but he's yet to do the same here.]

I managed with just one back home I think I can avoid overwhelming them with my charm here.

[Oh, Tony. Thor pauses, then decides that now might be a good time to, you know, say something supportive.

How does that go again?]

Well, if you need an ear, I hope that you know you have one. On call... even if it is over these wretched machines.

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