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[voicelog]

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[helpdesk_hero]

[It’s ten minutes before David calls.]

Tony?

[voicelog]

Hey. [ line secured. ] Got your coffee?

[helpdesk_hero]

[And encrypted on David’s end. Being a technopath in this world has its advantages.]

Of course. I wouldn’t waste time calling without it.

[voicelog]

[ don't mind if he jumps straight to business then. ]

Great. Then, I'll just cut to the chase. I heard that you and Josh were caught in a rift which brought you to another world. One that you lived in for some time before you arrived here. Can you tell me more about it?

[helpdesk_hero]

It's less that we were caught in a rift that brought us to another world, but rather that another world pulled us there through a rift. It's an important distinction.

I was there for more than two years, though Josh was there longer. It was not a very stable world, due to said interdimensional tear. Ask what you will.

[voicelog]

Did anyone come close to determining the cause of the interdimensional tear? Any working theories?

[helpdesk_hero]

Of course. Corruption and use of the power of the Greek Fates. Then, once people like us started to come through, tainted by the dimensional energy, we were unintentionally tearing it even further apart.

Actually, you were one of the people to prove that. Or another version of you. I tried to work with him to stabilize the portal to send people home, to relieve the stress on the world.

[voicelog]

[ he was aware that variations on the greek pantheon were involved, so he wanted confirmation on whether the rift was a result of something that either happened to one of the gods or something that the gods themselves did. good to know.

don't mind if he just... ignores that bit about his alt though. usually, convos tied to his alternates never bode well for him. ]

Did you gain any powers while there?

[helpdesk_hero]

[That's quite fair for Tony to avoid]

Yes, quite a few. I'm now a technopath, I've got some psychic energy projection like Psylocke. And some variations on my native mutant powers."

[voicelog]

[ he's really just checking off boxes now:

gods ✔️
new powers ✔️

so on and so forth ]

Were there any cases of people disappearing only to return with claims that they were brought back home for some time or without any memories of a prior experience with the rift?

[helpdesk_hero]

Of course there were claims. But I have more than anecdotes of that. I experienced it Tony. Sounds like the place you were did something similar.

[voicelog]

[ he sounds a bit surprised at that. ]

Yes, it did. What was it like for you?

[helpdesk_hero]

It was really fucking traumatizing because I cam back at a bad point in my life, AND with a new power, which meant I was a powerful, and suddenly fully realized psychometric that couldn't protect myself. Went almost mad from it

[voicelog]

I'm sorry to hear that. Are you doing better now?

[helpdesk_hero]

Far better. A person from another world named Judd, a Psi sort of on Emma's level, took me under his wing to teach me some degree of control. And I made a power suppression device for myself as well. For emergencies

[voicelog]

That's great. [ genuinely. ] Have you developed any new powers since arriving here?

[helpdesk_hero]

Not since coming here. But I'm glad for that. Because the grand total of what I've already gained is a headache in some cases. Though the technopathic gift is invaluable.

[voicelog]

Yeah, tell me about it. [ he has a few unasked for powers now too. ]

It seems our earths share some distinct commonalities then. Mine was tied to gods and a manifestation of powers as well.

[helpdesk_hero]

I suppose we'll want to add it to the Earths Map the best we can. Once I figure out where Loki's dimensions map went.

[He knows where Loki's dimension map went.]

[voicelog]

I have one worked up, based on what Loki showed me.

[ and his own specific tweaks to it. ]

Here. [ does this bitch have it on a shareable file now? yes. yes, he does. it isn't the full version, but it's... tony. to be expected that some withholding of information will happen. ] Feel free to update it with whatever information you have on your Earth or what discoveries you've made since arriving here. [ it has an interactive interface and can be viewed both as a holographic projection or on any electronic device. each of the planets have been labeled by a number he's assigned starting with his earth as 2.0A and david's as 2.0B. the earth they're currently on is 3.0. 616 can be seen, but unlike the other worlds, no information shows up for it. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

[Yeah, that's not even as much as was on it when David had been helping Loki. So he doesn't like that it feels incomplete.]

I don't fully know where the ImPort earth belongs, if I'm honest. I'll talk to others who were there.

So... any particular reason you're hiding data on 616? Jean sure seems to think you're from it too.

[voicelog]

I am from 616. I just don't like the idea of storing data on our Earth in a file that's meant to be shared with other people from different universes. Information on it won't hold much relevance here anyway.

[ it's strictly for security measures. also he's paranoid and distrustful. 💁‍♂️ ]

[helpdesk_hero]

But you feel that it's alright to share information from other worlds and not ours?

[Seems like hypocrisy, Tony. Not that David is shocked.]

You act like those of us from home haven't spoken about our world a good bit.

[voicelog]

Only the relevant information.

[ david can check it out himself.

if he taps open earth 2.0A, tony hasn't inputted anything on the world he had been in that isn't of relevance to the shared goal of cracking the great confluence puzzle. he doesn't have any interest in sharing information not related to the main objective, which is getting everyone back to their home worlds.

if they choose to go back anyway. ]

Conversing about it isn't the same as having a file on it.