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Hi, I'm Kate Bishop, and I'm a superhero. [There's a pause before she goes on.] There's a chance that doesn't mean much to many of you. There may even be some of you questioning the legality of vigilantes, but I'm not the type that goes too far. There's a reason why we kind of prefer "superhero" over "vigilante" anyway. For those of you who do know them, I'm an Avenger. But that's meaningless here. And I'm not really here to ... brag, either.

[Her voice is warm either way. There's a reason why she's here.]

Back home, I've got a like-minded group that tends to go on missions like the ones here. I was hoping to form something like that. It won't be the same, but I've got a couple teammates and not the whole set. We'd do pretty well for ourselves, but we need a couple more helping hands. So that's why I'm here. Well, partly.

[There is a question she has about this whole alternate earth business, but she'll get to it. She really wants a cohesive unit working together, as that seems to be the best way to proceed forward.]

The other goal I'd like for our group is to mobilize and help people in need. I can do this myself, and I'm planning on it, but more hands at the deck might help out. We don't just need this in missions, and from what I've read, we don't know what's gonna come next. I know it's risky to put together a group like this with how people come and go, but I'm prepared to deal with that. Plus, I don't just back down from something. I'm kind of stubborn that way.

If you've already got something like this going and wouldn't mind a few more people, I'd love to chat with you. I'm an archer mostly, but I have other gifts. One member is a ... [a trickster? How does one even sell Loki?] ... well, I'm sure he's good at something. And the final is an alien with advanced knowledge of technology that he might share. He's also got bug DNA and is extremely flexible. [That last bit. She really had to add that last bit.] So let me know.

The other question is: in the annals of this world, have people of Earth found evidence that they existed? Back home, alternate Earths like this usually mean ... alternate versions of us, which can either be a good thing, or a very, very bad thing. I'm thinking bad, considering the state of things. I was just wondering.

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I'm not in the habit of Googling myself. But maybe I should.

[the question then becomes, are there any records left to search at all.]

That aside, an alternate version of someone with your...capability [not bothering to pretend she isn't dubious here; who even announces publicly that they're a superhero? (Kate, it seems)] doesn't sound like good news, I'd give you that.

I'm less worried about other mes. Well, they're fierce and a little scary. One was even a zombie. [See? Scary. She pauses at that.] This place has the makings of a ... doomed timeline. And I hate that I have experience enough to say that, but it just means more impetus to keep that from being true.

Wait, hold up.

You met other iterations of yourself.

[she really should be more concerned about the "doomed timeline" bit, considering...everything, but]

Yeah.

It's as deeply unpleasant as it sounds.

[For how flippant her tone is—which she's proud of—she really did find it all pretty ... terrible. Not on her list of top five things she'd do again, which means she knows she's going to have to do it again.]

What became of it? [...] Pretty sure that violates some sort of rule in the space-time management handbook, and all.

[says the one whose abilities spit on said rules. Also, the entire reason for them being here]

My world, and thus, parallel worlds, are kind of used to all of that. So it wouldn't make the same ripples as I imagine things are here. But the weird thing is that things are happening the way they are here, and that's okay. Done from a different angle—IE, the way they are here—it would cause major problems back home.

[a pause while she attempts to process. It is a rather valiant attempt]

Right. ["valiant" needs not equate "successful," but she kinda figured out the gist of the point] Which suggests that you're a long way from home, when things work so differently.

It's funny to call it a long way when the Earth is literally ... the Earth, but you've got it.

[Kate doesn't expect anyone to just get it. She knows there are people who generally avoid trying to know this stuff.

With good reason.]

Hah. See, I'm from a place called Earth as well, though the year was decades before this.

Who knows, maybe we're in my distant future and I just hadn't found proof of it yet.

The lack of immediate record before the year 2000 is really a killer. We should get on missions to at least get us up to 2013.

[why 2013.]

Is this about the Mayan end of the world or something?

No, it's about catching up on TV because I've been in space and other dimensions. [That's a joke, mostly, but she'd take the familiarity of 2013 knowledge.]

Hence the alien.

[don't ask what Noh-Varr's image in her mind has turned into]

Actually, I met him in a club on Earth.

Does that happen often in your version of Earth, or...

Often enough. Probably far more often while the skrulls were infiltrating our numbers so they could succeed in their hostile takeover.

[...

wgar] Who?

[the appropriate question is probably "what," except she just. Has no idea.

?????? the conversation has taken a turn for the bizarre]

Sorry. Skrulls. Alien species. Shapeshifters.

Ah. Does that have to do with the superhero thing as well?

[the only alien (aliens?) she's ever been in contact with was Kyuubey, which is a different story altogether. And also more than plenty as it is. Were.

Messy business, aliens]

[She considers the question. A little. The superheroes deal with them, and they often target the superheroes ...]

I'll say yes.

[a few more nonsensical sort of noises]

At least it doesn't seem as big an issue over here, either.

This world would have a completely different landscape if it did. Trust me.

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