[MJ and Peter]

It's okay to miss New York, right? I mean, it's cool that we're on the west coast now and all that, but I had been hoping to like, see my parents a little more and stuff, you know?

Or does that make me sound super lame and ungrateful to have a room in a super cool Stark Tower?

[backdated to earlier this week]

[filtered to Ned]

Hey, so you know the whole concept of Galentine's Day? On February 13? What if we celebrated that but made it bros? And went out for burritos or something?

[filtered to MJ]

How do you feel about ice skating on Valentine's Day? And hot chocolate after? Too cliche? Not cliche enough?

Yeah well. That happened.

Fine, maybe I shouldn't have nanobot'd a suit of armor into my bone marrow. But like I told her, there's no takebacksies now that it's in there.

It's really hard to concentrate in class when you just did cool Avenger things just weeks ago. Also why if Flash still such a jerk.

Some of the new arrivals aren't aware, or likely aren't even part, of our situation. They aren't displaced, but I can see their fates are coinciding with our own. So from now on, I'll be using a displaced filter for those of us from another universe. Those coming from Genosha or that were already a part of this universe, won't know what we're talking about. Or it may take them longer to understand.

I wanted to let you know that the spell net over this city has registered some departures. Hope, Wanda, Phil, T'Challa, and Bucky are gone. This universe is unpredictable. I don't want to sound hokey, but treasure those you have for the time that you given.

I know it is early, but I thought I'd better post. I'm Shuri, previously in Oakland, California until I found myself in a park near Harlem about an hour and a half ago.

This multiverse hopping is exhausting. I could use a latte and maybe something to eat. I just stepped through a portal to 30 Warren, wherever that is. Is anyone awake?

Sorry we missed the big shindig but hope you had a great holiday.

And happy birthday Steve. Hope you enjoyed it.

[Peter P]

I didn't check in on you after the storm. I should have, I'm sorry. How are you doing? Everything ok?

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

So, like, I got my pamphlet and a visit from Dr. Strange which btw WHAT. And now I'm somehow standing at Captain American's birthday party and I'm freaking out because I probably shouldn't be here, but also I can't stop staring at people.

Please tell me you guys are at the party somewhere.

I think most of you probably know this by now, but I realized I never said anything publicly. Or, well, semi-publicly. I'm okay with all of you knowing though we're keeping it on the down-low from the general public.

Anyway, it turns out that Tony is my dad. So yeah. Now you know.

[Private to Bucky]
Hey. What do you think about going out with T'Challa and Natasha sometime? Like a double date sorta thing?

I have never been busier in my life. and it has been a very, very long life indeed. I keep thinking I'll run out of ways to keep me busy so I don't do something stupid bother everyone helping us, then I add on ten more things to do.

I admit I might finally need a drink.

>> What's going on?
>> Are you okay?
>> Should I need to be worried?

( Group message to Tony and Thor )

That was dramatic. Even by my standards.

Hi. I'm in the Tower's med clinic. I'm using Friday for voice-to-text posts.

P.S. Don't say anything risque. Or incriminating. She's reading out loud.

P.S.S. If you really want to? That's ok too.

[text to Dr. Strange]

> Hey sir! So if you're busy I totally get it, but could I ask for a favor? I have a gift in mind for someone but it's all the way in Italy and I can't exactly afford to get there. It's not something that anyone makes anywhere else.

> If there's any way you could help me with the traveling part I'd owe you bigtime!

NOTICE: Phil has personal experience with this situation and has offered insight on how to wake people up.

Stark is stuck in the game. We'll need as many here at the Tower to help assist Pepper and to act from a centralized location.

If you've found anyone that's still inside the game, they need to be brought to the clinic in the tower immediately. If you need a portal, ask here.

If anyone else has any skill with hacking, or knows anything about virtual reality simulations, Stark's tech team could use the help. Right now they're trying to keep the server stable and to find a way to those who are trapped inside.

Since Tony's not denouncing what's going on or starting a clean up effort, I'm surmising that something has gone terribly wrong.

Before someone asks for me to stop a bunch of angry teens: We monitor mystic or planet-wide threats, and this doesn't qualify for our intervention. I believe it's a matter best left up to the police, SHIELD, or the Avengers.

That doesn't mean I can't help out behind the scenes.

I'll go to the tower to help coordinate. If anyone has any further information about what's happening, I'd like to hear it.

Looking for honest volunteers as game testers, so I'm posting here. I figured any of you would be great at force feeding me harsh truths, since we're stuck in this weird ass universe together.

I reversed engineered the B.A.R.F. tech and moprhed it into a virtual reality MMO. Our new gaming division is launching eScape on Christmas. It's our last chance before mass production. Fifty contest winners are joining us, thanks to a certain nationwide burger chain that I don't hand out free publicity pitches for.

Something something golden arches, something something meals in boxes with little plastic me's inside....

Anyone wanna take a test drive? Give a shout out and I'll toss a VR kit in your direction.

(ooc: backdated to a few days after this and a couple days before the flood plot!)

( Public network post with FFH spoilers )

( Messages for Tony, Dr. Strange, Wanda, and Fury, FFH spoilers )

( (spoilers!) - net post with messages for Steve, Loki, Peter P., & Nat. )

There's been a subtle shift of metaphysical energy within the dimensional rift. Anyone who is psychically sensitive or manipulates energy has likely felt a little off.

It's not at a dangerous level, but I can see someone's already had a dream. I think we can expect this to happen over the coming nights.

In the meantime, it's being monitored by myself and Wong for any abrupt changes.

[Tony and Pepper]

Hi guys! 👋How's Morgan doing? I bet she’s the best little kid already. My aunt wanted to say congratulations too, we’ve got some gifts I’ll bring over next time I see you. I’m hoping no one’s beat us in giving her this science pun onsie thing yet.

And I just wanted to say - if Morgan ever needs Spider-man to protect her, or just Peter Parker to play hide and seek with or anything? I’ll be here to do that. Anytime. Even if it’s like 3 in the morning or whatever. For the protecting part. Probably not for hide and seek cause that should be way past her bedtime.

[Tony]

So the whole getting the team back together thing? I kinda talked to Captain Rogers about it. He said I could help out? That’s…cool, right? I know you did the whole I-dub-thee-an-Avenger thing in space, but that was space. Things were a little different up there.

So have a survey:


1. What’s your coffee mug look like? It's a manly unicorn mug.

( 2-30 )

We've been through a lot lately. Good and bad. There's more and more people showing up. Some new. Some returning who don't remember being here before. Looking at it all together it's looking like something is back-building. Something big. I bounced this off a few people and we seem to be in agreement. It's time to rebuild what we had before.

It's time for the Avengers and SHIELD to reform.

I realize this may not be a welcome idea, and Pepper I know you and Tony are new parents so I'm sorry the timing is bad. No one will be forced into this. If someone wants to be backup or not involved at all that decision will be respected.

But I'm calling for volunteers. So is Nick. Old faces and new. Sound off here with what you'd prefer. If you are going to be part of this let us know which team you want to be on: Avengers or SHIELD.

Thanks.
Steve

[Text to Tony]

> Hey Mr. Stark!
> Happy’s voicemail box is full or else I would leave this report there? Maybe you could forward this to him cause I know he probably misses me a lot, hah
> But anyway
> I stopped two robberies this week?
> One at a comic book store and the other at an antique place. There was kind of some property damage at the antiquery cause
> Old stuff. Lots of old stuff that doesn't like my webs. The dude actually threw a letter opener from the 1700s at me and the owner let me keep it which was cool.
> Everything else was pretty quiet. Helped a girl find her dog. Walked this old man home and carried his groceries.
> Oh, I saw Dr. Foster too! We messed with some tech. And this is really minor and I probably don't even need to mention it, but I sort of pissed off an Asgardian. Which isn't really important but
> I think that's all, yeah. ✌️

[Text to Jane]

I'm really glad I let you take apart my web shooters because the tweaks you made are awesome. It holds almost twice the amount of web fluid now? I hope you're doing okay today 🙏

Still here. Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.

I remember no one. (Joking. I remember up to a point.)

Hey everyone. I’m Peter. Parker? Peter Parker. From Queens. I’m Mr. Stark’s intern and he said I should post here cause I guess we’re all in the same boat? I’m from the other universe which was just…the worst remake of every bad apocalypse movie I've ever seen. Seriously. But I’m not dust in the wind here like that really old song and I got to catch an actual Pikachu, so this timeline's not that bad so far.

I can’t believe some of you are Avengers?? What’s that even like? How do you even

Anyway, hi! Um, how's everyone's day going?

[Drax/Gamora/Peter Quill]

I probably should have mentioned this before when the reality stone was freaking out, but most people around here don’t know I’m Spider-man? That would be so cool if you guys could keep that between us. It was pretty awesome working together! I can cross 'catching Pokemon with aliens' off my bucket list now.

[Tony Stark]
> Hi Mr Stark
> you mentioned that you were going to be creating a new suit?
> I don't wanna sound ungrateful or impatient or anything but a suit would be really helpful when up against people who can punch their way through a house without breaking a sweat
> And also some of those really nasty weapons are still out there.
> What do you want me to do with any that I find, by the way? I can't just keep putting them in May's loft space...

I am Peter Quill, also known as Star Lord, also known as a Guardian of the Galaxy (you're all very welcome).

Now. It's been a while since I've been on Earth but can someone let me know if thunderstorms that bring terrifying nightmares/visions a normal thing? Cause if not, what the fuck, not cool, Universe.

I would like to go back to my regular scheduled dreams of Pamela Anderson running in slow-motion. (I have no idea why Baywatch isn't a Universe Wide Thing, but it should be. Gold.)

So still having to do homework while doing stuff to help save the city is super lame.

[Private to Mr Stark]
I've got this really bad feeling. Like the same way I did when I first arrived here, but more. Is that a thing? Do you have that feeling? Am I just going insane from lack of sleep and too much caffeine? Probably. Don't answer that one. I just-

Can't shake the feeling something's coming.

Well that's a thing. I guess Franken-Friday snagged that as part of the news algorithm and posted it before I could make an announcement.

Anyway! Yep. We're getting married. You're all invited. Everyone on here. Huge party afterward. And hopefully a honeymoon without ninjas, terrorists, robots, or anything else attacking. That'd be great.

While we're still in announcement mode, Nick Fury is rebooting Secret SHIELD to help the Secret Avengers with some of the more shady stuff going on lately (like those super bullets). Co-funded by me and Pep. It should help get new information flowing in. So if you're one of those cloak and dagger types, he's the man to talk at.

Grats, Fury. Don't get all mad dad at me anymore.

[private to Pepper]

Someone really took your press release and ran with it, didn't they?

Hey guys! It's me, Scott.

Yay weird circumstances? So I guess, yeah. I'm here, and I'll be doing some contract work for people who need some electrical engineering or programming without the whole...legal paper nonsense. Because that former theft stuff really puts a damper on trying to do anything ever again.

Day to day aside if anyone needs Ant Man for heroly things--and where are we with that anyways? Should I be talking about that? Whatever, I'm here. Again. Let's just not...go to jail this time. Full disclaimers needed before hopping back into the suit. I have a kid I would still like to see. Please. Thanks. Cool.

Whoever said, "The universe is not only stranger than you imagine, it's stranger than you can imagine," wasn't just whistling Dixie.

I find myself in the unusual position of being a months-long resident of the Big Apple and a brand-new arrival. So hello, everyone.

Some of you are friends. Some of you are acquaintances. Some of you I know by name/reputation/sight. Some of you are complete strangers. But we're all in this together, I'm told.

So once again: hello, everyone. Feel free to catch up, say hello, or introduce yourself, as appropriate.

To Peter Parker

>Hey kid. How you doing?
>Just checking in.
>Yeah.
>Be good.

To Matt Murdock

>Hey, Red.
>I dunno if you can get these things. I guess you can.
>Yeah.
>It's Frank, by the way.

Um, is there a Lady Sif here?

So what is this thing? How does this work?

Also, turns out my former lawyer actually does know how to do his job. So.

I'm Frank.

This is all due to Matt Murdock, super lawyer and sexy devil. Everyone give him a round of applause, and never mention anything about him to the general populace. Because what happens on the network, stays on the network. Like Fight Club with better costume design.

First, let's have a sing-a-long to Freedom. It's the first thing that I listened to this morning. Sang out loud with it too. Sorry not sorry, roomies? Lucky for you, my singing voice is made of great.

Second? Honey, I'm coming home. ✌️ I have to talk to some people first though. So you don't get to be sick of me until after this weekend. Sorry really sorry.

Third, a FYI. Pep and I will work out a more permanent housing situation, so none of you are stuck worrying about where to go next or getting super cooties. All of the sorries.

Last: I know it's exciting that another of my great mistakes is taken care of, but don't blow up anything to celebrate. Ok? Ok. Glad we had this chat.

Belated P.S. - WHIH can pucker up and kiss my still perky ass.

This is my first time to New York, and I am unsure what to think. I did not picture it smelling like this.

I am Shuri, of Wakanda.

So not sure how to do this but for all those who don't know me and those that do I'm Bruce Banner and by extension the Incredible Hulk. You can't have one without the other though I'm sure he would agree he'd rather be the one in charge but hey can't have everything you want in life

I know that better than most

But yeah, hi

If anybody wants or needs me I'll be over there trying to talk Tony out of whatever harebrained plan he has up his sleeve

So there's apparently some universe slapping that's happened by a wizard and now this is the network we can all talk on so that we know who is and isn't affected?

How does that even work?

But, uh, hi everyone. I'm Peter. Parker. Peter Parker, that's me.

> Hey Mr Stark, I'm really sorry to bother you but I was fighting a bad guy
> You know sticking close to the ground and looking out for the other people
> Anyway I'd taken him down
> Even though he used barbed wire as knuckle dusters can you believe it?!
> Anyway I took him down but when I was done something felt off
> I don't know how to describe it but just off
> Weird.
> And now everything feels slightly wrong and I don't know why
> What's happening? Is anything happening?
> Please don't tell me to call Happy. He never picks up the phone.
> It's Peter, btw
> Parker.

[text to Peter Parker]

> 💩
> 🦈🌪️

[text to Pepper Potts]

> I know you're out of town working.
> Was gonna fly out for hot date night.
> Sharknado happened.
> Is late hot date night ok?

What is going on? Exactly?

Like, what's this about magic being real? And who is this Doctor Strange?

And is that really his name? Strange? The guy responsible for everything? You can see where that's about as weird as everything else.