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[eagletears]

Testing.

All current transported residents, Anchor City.

Attempting headcount. Please respond with identity and statistics if possible.

Warmest appreciation for your invaluable support. We are stronger together.

     Captain Steve Rogers.

Comments

[mayorness]

I see we already have a self-appointed leader.

[eagletears]

I'm no leader.

[mayorness]

Well, you're certainly acting like one.

Headcount, huh? Making sure we're all present and accounted for?

[eagletears]

No one else stepped up, so I did.

We have to unify if we want to get through this.

[mayorness]

Unify? Against what?

Though I'll admit, finding a way home would probably be nice.

[eagletears]

That thing told us we would be fighting a war and we don't even know which side we're on.

Our enemy is an unknown, and so are our allies.

[cannedgoods]

A dimension away, and I still get the History Channel.

[eagletears]

A dimension away, and you still don't take anything seriously.

[cannedgoods]

Who said I'm not?

I know this might be hard for you to understand Rogers, but I don't have to actually be talking about something to be thinking about it.

[eagletears]

Most people think before they speak.

[cannedgoods]

Implying that I'm only capable of thinking about one thing at a time.

[eagletears]

Right.

You're always two quips ahead.

[text]

[psijudge]

[She can't get anything from text, and she's wondering if that's not part of why the communication was sent that way. Still, return in kind, just in case. If he was trying to psi block, he might have some countermeasure. What? Mega City One made a girl a little paranoid.]

Anderson, Judge. Is there trouble?

[That's how she'd respond to Central, at any rate. ]

Re: [text]

[eagletears]

Suppose that depends on your definition.

Your Honor?

[text]

[psijudge]

Other than the whole 'suddenly here' thing, I haven't seen anything.

Just Judge. Or Anderson.

I take it you're military?

[That would go back a ways. Hasn't been a real military since Booth's war.]

Re: [text]

[eagletears]

Me either, and that's unsettling in itself.

Something like that. Security and intelligence.

Good to hear from you Anderson.

[text]

[psijudge]

Case of the old 'it's quiet, too quiet'?

[She's watched enough of the old vids to remember that phrase.]

Where are you from, Captain?

[She feels like she's fumbling around half blind. She's not used to conversing with someone without feeling them with her psi. It's...weird.]

[scarletspeedster]

Wally West, forensic scientist and completely bored out of my mind over here.

Are we even sure that there's going to be anything that this dumb computer needs an army for? Maybe it's just trying to combat boredom.

[Combat, get it? He laughs at least.]

But seriously, we're in more danger of running out of things to play 'I Spy' with than getting attacked so far. Are you really sure we shouldn't be working on something else like the giant storm outside instead?

[eagletears]

Wally, I remember you.

Working on anything would be an improvement. The important part is getting everyone together.

Once we've got an idea of the skills and resources at our disposal we can come up with a plan of action.

[scarletspeedster]

Even if 'everyone' is barely enough people for a group dining discount? That or there's a lot of people who just aren't feeling like leaving their rooms yet. Not sure what kind of 'army' this computer is hoping for, to be honest.

[He is also not going to add that considering the couple of people he has met, only Steve and Wally himself strike him as the types actually used to fighting. This is so going to be a one-sided fight if there is one.]

No offense, Cap'n Crunch, but it's kinda obvious that our resources are limited to whatever the computer feels like giving us, and our skills are a pretty mixed bag. Not sure how much more you're gonna get with this.

[eagletears]

Five is enough for a decent potluck.

We'll use what we've got. If I learned anything from my experience on the front lines, it's that any effort is better than none and the only sure-fire way to lose is to give up.

Cap'n Crunch?

[scarletspeedster]

Guess you're right about that, but you might argue that it's also losing if we all run into battle and get slaughtered too. I mean yeah, we have no idea what this 'war' is even about, but if suddenly waves of aliens turn up trying to kill us all, maybe running away is a better option.

[At least for everyone else anyway. Wally knows when it comes down to it, he'll be fighting or getting people out depending on which will help save more lives and won't bother too much with his own. He just figures it's a bit much to assume everyone else is going to be okay with that too.]

Dude, where have you been? Under a rock or something? It's a pretty well known cereal brand.

Will you forgive me for being ridiculously late to this?

[lifewithoutrest]

Dr. Helen Magnus.

This is rather an interesting place, isn't it?

Better late than never!

[eagletears]

Interesting is one word for it.

[lifewithoutrest]

There are other words you would choose?

[She understands, really, and there's a faint smile as she sends the reply.]

It certainly isn't what I was expecting.