[Video] Arrival

[mysteryhero]

[A caped man appears on the video. His outfit is bold and bright, all gold and red and lit up from within. He speaks with a sense of urgency as if of an imminent danger.]

I want you all to listen to me. I am Mysterio, one of The Avengers.

There appears to have been a rip in time and space and I have found myself unexpectedly dropped into your world.

But I cannot stay here. I need to go back and save the Earth. This is imperative. Anyone, if you can hear me, show me the way or portal to leave this world. The sooner I can leave, the more lives can be saved.

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[mysteryhero]

[She was certainly full of information freely given and while a lot of it didn't seem to make sense to him, he listened politely, nodding at intervals to show that he was indeed taking it all in.]

So this place fixes some problems, in a way.

Are you telling me, though, that you've been here for a year?

[bigbadrose]

[Yes, no, maybe.]

[Eh.......]

Two, actually. Goin' on my third end o' this month. I'm not in a big rush to leave. I have my parents and a clone of my sort of now-ex boyfriend to get back to, but that's just... a great big mess. So I'm fine with just enjoying whatever time I've got here, yeah?

Besides... they could all hypothetically come here. But it's way less likely, because even though they have traveled multiverse, and this place does seem to latch more onto people like us, but then they probably would have sooner??? I think. Yeah. Because now if they come, it's ... it'd be a mess either way, but more of one now.

[mysteryhero]

[He was less interested in talk of her relatives - although... a clone? That could be something worth noting. Still, priorities. He couldn't imagine being stuck here for three years. Although... maybe... He could begin to see the possibilities, the more information he gathered.]

The multiverse, yes... Us travelers of dimensions.

[He says this with a kind of grand yet contemplative tone. As if something else is on his mind.]

We're brought here to... live our lives? A safe haven, away from dimensional rifts...

[He is idly turned a plain silver ring on his finger; a distracted motion as he frowns slightly, lost in thought.]

[bigbadrose]

[She rubs her temples in thought.] Frankly... I very much doubt it.

But I sent three versions of the Doctor explorin' beyond the barriers, and three of their assistants, and -- [Snaps her fingers.] Poof.

But some people are completely dead outta here, and that doesn't make 'em stick anymore than the rest. People that wanna go back still end up stickin' around. My adopted sister went, and I can't see that bein'... for lack o' wherewithal or nothing.

In my personal experience, wherever you land, you're there to make it better. I've been doing that... or as best I can, with a lotta mess-ups like I said, but... they made it better too, so I dunno. I know it's a sort of... magnet thing that draws people here, but what sends em away? Might just be forgetting something important, fading out, darkness, cthulu monsters in the void... beats me.

[mysteryhero]

These barriers. Another person also mentioned them.

Do you know anything about what is beyond them? Is it a way out or... something far more sinister...

[bigbadrose]

Darkness. Void. Giant cthulu monsters. Unreality that even superior brains go mad from touching.

[mysteryhero]

Dangerous then.

[Understatement, but he says it with a grim weight.]

[bigbadrose]

I laugh in the face of danger, ahahahaha.

[Lion King quote. But moving on.] Oblivion.

[mysteryhero]

Have you seen these things yourself or have you only heard about it? You said others have vanished through the barrier... Were you there too, escaping safely?

[His tone is quiet, almost sympathetic as if to put her at ease talking about frightening things.]

[bigbadrose]

No. I've seen the void, and walked the fine line of oblivion, and what happens between death and existence.

I'm pretty reluctant to let anyone even have the data they collected at this point, it just seems stupid.

[guitar_hero]

It's not exactly something you can write show tunes about.

[piping up just to add some levity]

[bigbadrose]

O-B-L-I-V-I-O-N, you cast a spell on me
Darkness all I can see,
Are you outta time, outta place
Is this what it means to have endless space?

Don't go beyond the barriers
The air back here is actually airier
Voids shouldn't be set on fire
There ain't no way to make them drier...

I dunno, it's pretty good, yeah?

[guitar_hero]

[he laughs]

Rose Tyler, you are brilliant. [and he makes an air heart with his index fingers]

[mysteryhero]

I'd be interested in that data.

Maybe I could find something to free us all.

[The sentimental hope of a hero.]

[guitar_hero]

Look, relax. Plenty have tried. All have failed. They learned to accept it. So maybe skip a few steps and reach that stage. I know you want to go, but stop and smell the daisies. It'll be fine, I promise.

[mysteryhero]

That isn't easy to do. Just trust the word of strangers.

[guitar_hero]

Then call me a friend. [charming grin]

[mysteryhero]

[A small chuckle.]

You're trying to make this simple by cutting all the corners.

[guitar_hero]

You're right. We should date a bit first before we decide. [but he's joking, mostly]

[mysteryhero]

You do move very fast.

[Joking back.]