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[On the screen is a blond woman, to all appearances human and doing a not-quite-perfect job hiding the kind of resigned annoyance only seen in those for whom getting hauled across space and time is just a bothersome day at the office. She's instantly recognizable to people from a wide number of related universes—it's Susan Richards, the Invisible Woman, visible for this conversation and wearing a black-and-white version of the Fantastic Four's classic blue uniform with the distinctive "4" logo on the chest. It's been almost two days and there's no sign of her teammates, so it's time to cast a wider net.]

Hello. My name is Susan Richards. I'm going to swallow my pride and assume that doesn't mean anything to most of you. [The necessity of doing so doesn't seem to bother her, even though the idea of not being known on sight is strange. Sue laughs a little, and lets go of her irritation. The only real problem here is that her family isn't, and that's always been a self-correcting state of affairs.]

If it does, however, do me a favor and check in? Avengers, X-Men, SHIELD—I'm not picky. [Sue's already run into two people from home. Maybe there are more. She'll even take villains, if only so she can keep an eye on them.]

Everyone else, nice to meet you. Lovely weather we're having, isn't it?

[OOC: Fourth-walling is okay as long as your character's not going to be a jerk about it. Canon fail post is thisaway.]

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The X-Men are like the Avengers--volunteer once, and they'll be calling you forever. [She says this affectionately, though.] Hello, Nathan.

[OOC: I don't think they've done anything together, since Cable's usually chilled over in the X-corner and the Four mostly only cross over with the main lineup. However, Sue adored Jean and stayed friends with Scott despite hating Emma's guts, and the X-Men call Reed for time travel advice a lot, so she'd definitely at least recognize Cable, and they might even have been introduced. Did he go to Jean's funeral?]

When they're not trying to disown me, anyway.

[OOC: I'm not actually sure - his stuff in X-Men/Uncanny X-Men is about the only thing of his I haven't read. But I'm happy to say they've been introduced at least once, and the complicated family tree may even have been explained to her]

[Sue's too polite to comment on what a soap opera the X-Men are.]

Is there anyone else from your team [any of the ones he's on, really] here?

[Don't say Deadpool, don't say Deadpool...]

[OOC: Saying they've met in passing sounds reasonable to me.

Sue's pre-AvX, jsyk.]

[ALL THE SOAP OPERA. Which is why Nate goes off on his own all the time. Family - can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em]

Gambit's here, though I hesitate to call the X-Men 'my team'. Stark's here too, though he's not the one I know - didn't know the Summers name, and I doubt he's even heard of mutants before here.

[OOC: Let me know if you want to do something with her finding out about AvX - Nate's from just past it]

I knew about Tony. [She makes a bit of a face. They're in the same apartment, and Tony Stark in any universe is not a good roommate.]

[OOC: The Four were completely uninvolved in AvX (must have been in another universe at the time), so it doesn't matter much to me if she finds out. The things that would get her are 1. Xavier's dead and Scott killed him, 2. Jean's not back, 3. Namor was one of the Five/attacked Wakanda, and 4. Ororo and T'challa are divorced and she's dating Logan what the hell 'Ro find a better rebound.]

[Nate's face has the hint of a tiny, wry smile] Different universes, and he's exactly the same.

It's good to know that there's someone else with more than just a theoretical grip on time travel around, though.

[OOC: I suspect (1) will precipitate the others coming to light because Scott and Nate and their complicated family dynamics forever]

Reed's the one who knows what he's doing. [No, Sue, he isn't.] I'm just along for the ride.

[OOC: Marvel. Does Nate know a good bar? He's buying.]

Experience is half of it, at least. I'm getting a little tired of seeing people here making wild assumptions with absolutely no clue how the timestream works, or how changing things at one time affects another time. I know I wouldn't be able to go into the math behind it, but I've been through it enough to understand the practical effects.

[OOC: By now? Almost certainly.]

If we're in a part of the multiverse far enough removed from our own, the temporal physics could be vastly different. Have you noticed anything one way or another?

[Reed might be the brains of the outfit, but Sue's far from stupid.]

Nothing yet, but I've only been here a month. The only mission I've been on so far, whatever tech they're using for timeslides managed to swap everyone's bodies and conciousnesses around in transit. Not exactly encouraging.

Oh, good lord. That's just careless.

[Honestly, don't these people ever check their math?]

I know how lucky we are nobody came out one end as totally rearranged body parts. Having to teach two panicked people how to psi-shield in one day is not an experience I want to repeat.

Do you know if Tony's had a look at their equipment? He's not a theorist, but if there's a fault somewhere he should be able to find it.

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No idea. I've been trying to avoid the Stark reality distortion field as much as I can.

[Sue has her problems with Tony, but he's an old friend, and this isn't even the same man.]

I'd rather have Reed, myself, but I'll talk to Tony about it when he gets back from wherever he is.

Good idea. I suspect my own experiences with this sort of tech are a little more... jury-rigged, usually. I would like to look at their timestream mapping at some point, though.

I'll start talking with the Initiative and see if I can get them to pass on their notes, at least.

[Sue has her doubts that this will work, but it's a better place to start than breaking and entering.]

Good luck with that. [He thinks you'll need it, but he trusts the Initiative about as far as he can throw them.]

Let me know if you get anything, though.

[Sue's nice. It means she's going to try the friendly approach before she starts knocking holes in walls.]

I wouldn't mind having Charles around for this. Or even Emma, I suppose.

[The most grudging admission, there.]

I'm not sure I could handle facing either of them right now, honestly.

[There's undercurrents of grief and anger under the sheer tiredness in his voice]

If you want a psi around, though - I'm not as strong as I used to be, but I can get by.

Did something happen?

[She's been preoccupied with her time traveling future children and insane space gods lately.]

[There's a long, surprised pause. Because 'something' is a vast understatement, but he's used to Fate's horrible little coincidences]

I'm...going to guess you missed the Phoenix's return somehow. Or it hasn't happened for you yet.

Jean's back?

[THIS IS THE BEST NEWS EVER.

Go on, Nate, ruin Sue's day.]

[This isn't much easier on him to say, really]

No. Redd's still dead. Only the Phoenix Force returned.

[Does he sound a little miserable saying that? Yes he does.]

[Sue doesn't have a degree in Phoenixology, but she'd thought Jean and the Phoenix were the same thing.]

How is that possible?

[Sue did those words actually just come out of your mouth.]

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