01 ⨁ VOICE

[shotup]

I just gotta say, a moon zombie encounter was exactly what I wanted for my birthday. You guys sure know how to make a person feel right at home.

But seriously, what the hell was up with that and can we nix that from the schedule in the future? If there are other zany, undead surprises lurking around here, it'd be great if you could give a head's up ahead of time.

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voice

[fantasticforcefields]

That was a first. Usually we have more trouble with remorseless cyborg killers.

voice

[shotup]

Damn. I hate those.

voice

[fantasticforcefields]

They're not my favorite, either.

[She's serious, if dry. Superhero lyf.]

voice

[shotup]

[He feels you, Sue-bro.]

How often does this kinda thing happen?

voice

[fantasticforcefields]

Around here? Less than I'm used to. Not more than about once a month.

[Speaking of superhero lyf.]

voice

[shotup]

That sounds about right. Still, more often than it oughta.

voice

[fantasticforcefields]

I'm not sure what I'd do with myself if something weren't attacking Earth on a regular basis.

[Charity work and shopping.]

voice

[shotup]

You get used to this stuff and then having a normal life seems boring in comparison, right?

voice

[fantasticforcefields]

My life's in no danger of being normal [oh god her family] but it sure would free up some time.

voice

[shotup]

[He knows that feel, Sue.]

So what is there to do around here besides wait around for cyborgs killers?

voice

[fantasticforcefields]

Maintenance. They pulled this place out of mothballs in a hurry and half of it still doesn't work. A lot of us have been running quickie missions for supplies, too. I'm thinking of heading out on one myself before the cabin fever gets too bad.

voice

[shotup]

I could probably lend a hand, I guess. Boredom's not a good fit for me.

voice

[fantasticforcefields]

[She's shocked to hear that, really.]

In theory we're going to avert this timeline and be back planetside, but that doesn't help in the here and now.

[Sue is very blase about time travel because Fantastic Four.]

voice

[shotup]

If this timeline get averted, what happens to the here and now?

voice

[fantasticforcefields]

The temporal physics in this part of the multiverse seem to allow separation of the personal timeline from the universal one, but I really don't know enough to say anything about the mechanics of that. The upshot is, those of us who time travel to make the changes remember it, but no one else does.

[You don't stay married to Reed Richards as long as she has without picking up a few things.]

voice

[shotup]

I'm not even gonna pretend I know how that works, so I guess I'll have to take your word for it.

voice

[fantasticforcefields]

I don't know how it works, either. I just do a lot of time traveling.

voice

[shotup]

I'll try and keep that in mind. The name's Roy, by the way. Roy Harper. And you are...?

voice

[fantasticforcefields]

Sue Richards. Nice to meet you, Roy.

voice

[shotup]

Same to you. So, about this whole maintenance gig...

voice

[fantasticforcefields]

Find a group, offer to help. We're not that organized.

[Sue's been doing a lot of cooking, because she's good at making all this dried crap edible.]

[kneecaptain]

[ :| ]

[fantasticforcefields]

[bucky sweetheart, no one with that much manpain is "remorseless"]

[kneecaptain]

[ he feels guilty he doesn't feel guilty enough!!

and also that he feels too guilty!! ]

[fantasticforcefields]

[maybe start volunteering at a homeless shelter or something instead of just brooding in the dark]