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[ Matt shrugs. He's not expecting a kid to save him, gosh. He's the one who does the saving, that's how it works. ]

It's alright. I'm sure I'll find someone who knows where this is. Some people have been here for months, right?

[Look, the thing about Davesprite is that he wants to help people. He is what he is because of it! Matt might be a superhero, but he's still new, and having tips on what to do makes everything easier.]

Yeah. People have been keeping a tally of the days I guess since the first ones showed up? Someone who keeps better track could tell you which one this is. I know that Alphonse guy who linked the guide has been around a while.

[Judging by the dates he's seen written on the walls of some buildings with his username and travel party.]

[ Help him senpai, even if he doesn't want help. Matt's a stubborn idiot. ]

Yeah, I think they're something like 160 days in. Sounds crazy to think we could be stuck here that long.

[ Sounds very not good, if you ask him. ]

[Thinking about that in particular is tiring all on its own.]

You haven't even seen the cavalcade of fuckery it can dump in your lap in just ten. I think it's ten? I should have asked Clint how long...

[... he was dead, he doesn't finish.]

Like I said, static, mind tricks, all that nonsense just throws an on again, off again party without asking.

[ Yeah, he figures. Clint may have mentioned that bit, too. Even a week here is going to take its toll... ]

Sounds like we better figure out what's going on here, then. The sooner we do that, the sooner we can get out, right?

[And there's the other side of the coin: getting out. He doesn't know for certain what would happen to him then, whether his timeline would be doomed for coming here at all, or if somehow he would continue along to the future Jade described to him.]

[It's an uncomfortable line of thought, and there's a stiff note backing his voice as he says, simply,]

Yeah.

[He presses on more smoothly.]

I do want to know what the hell is up with this place. I'd protest just on grounds of the snow, but you add all the rest and I gotta do a sassy finger-waving oh no she didn't. But oh yes she did, and now we're dealing with it. And good luck trying to drag sense out of the AIs. I've only seen one of them talking so far, but everything turned into glitches and terrible customer service. No welcome banner for the newbies, no interactive help guide, nada. Didn't even appreciate my rap.

[ Don't think Matt didn't pick up on that, Davesprite, cause he did. He won't pry... yet. ]

It sounds like someone's lab experiment got away from them, made friends with the Cold War and had babies with the ninth circle of hell.

[ I mean, sorta. ]

I guess I'll figure it all out soon enough.

[Thanks, Matt. Davesprite snorts a laugh at his description.]

If anyone's gonna figure it out it has to be the superhero lawyer. Hey, you got any superpowers? Had them, I mean. Stuff's mostly gone here.

[Which reminds him to go hassle Batman about a thing.]

[ He tries. ]

Yeah, people tend to lose 'em, huh? 'Cause I still have mine, but they're not like, heat vision or anything.

[ Batman and his 'no powers,' what a loser. ]

Anything that's nonessential for survival, or not basically pointless, seems like. I've got some of mine but not all, and some's limited. What are yours?

I can sense things around me, I call it my radar sense. Though now it only works if I turn my head. Which is more annoying than I thought it'd be.

Pretty handy still, though, right? I know blind people are supposed to get more in tune with their other senses, but I'm pretty sure something like a radar sense isn't what that means. Let alone on a superpower level. Probably let you keep it for survival. That's why I can float but not fly, I'm guessing.

[He'd be more secretive about that, but well, Clint and Natasha didn't give him much surprise from seeing him. And Matt did mention aliens earlier.]

Yeah, my other senses are enhanced too but the radar sense is what makes it easier to actually fight crime, so maybe they figured it fit into a survival skill.

[ He'd be dead real fast if he had to adjust to not having his radar sense. And hey, floating is kinda cool! Matt knows plenty of people who do that sometimes. ]

Floating must come in handy in the snow, huh?

It keeps my tail from freezing off.

[Pause.]

Literal tail, not figurative. I don't have legs, and if not for this I'd be slithering around like a frostbitten snake.

Well... damn.

[ That's a unique picture. ]

Floating's definitely a plus, then.

Yep.

[He'd show him, but well.]

I'm not the only weird guy around, by the way. There's elves, a cat dude, a literal talking cat. Talking dog, too. You'll get used to it.

[ Yes, visual is wasted on Matt. ]

Sounds... unique. Talking animals I can imagine. Elves, though? I hadn't heard about the elves. Like, Tolkein elves, or...?

Nah, tall, muscular ones from someplace full of snow. One of them's a tightass with princess hair, one's some noble dude all hopped up on being a fancy knight, one's mega gay and in denial about it, and... I dunno what the last one's deal is, but his name's a mouthful of unpronounceable mush. Like, more than the others.

[Just sharing the important deets.]

[ v important ]

Sounds like we've got quite a colorful cast with us. No aliens, either?

There were a couple here before, but they're, uh... Dead.

[Which is pretty uncomfortable to think about. He knows people can die here and not be brought back, but still.]

Oh.

[ Bummer. ]

Well. That's too bad.

Mm.

[He only sort of knew them, and there were issues with the one, but the death thing? Still troubling. People can just die and not come back—and there's that risk in life anyway, sooner or later, but he doesn't like how it is here.]

[He is also not going to talk about any of that.]

Morbid shit aside. Any other info I can give you? Or should I just wish you luck and let you go now?

[ Yeah, life and death... better not. ]

I think I'm good for now. Thanks for the help, honestly.

No problem. Stay safe out there.

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