Some Reality Web

It's a good attempt, but I know that this isn't Earth. What realm is this, and for what purpose are we here?

Thanks to Klara's incredible gifts and Aunt Luna's fearlessness in finding the creature ingredients, I've been able to restock my potions kit.

Thank you both. I owe you.

[Filter to Dr Sam Wilson]

I will have more of--everything you might need throughout the next few days. The Skelegrow is tricky and will take some time to brew, but the burn salves, essence of dittany, and the blood replenishing and PepperUp potions will be ready soon.

[end]

[Filter to Family:]

I haven't been able to lay eyes on all of you in the last few, so please check in?

ESPECIALLY YOU TEDWARD!

[end]

Alright, here's the deal with that clown fuckerthing.

We always called it It, because we were not creative children. We don't know really what It is. Just that it's been around since before humans and probably would have been around after, if we hadn't killed it.

It's powerful as hell. It can look and sound like anything it wants, it can make people see or not see whatever it wants. It targets children most because it feeds on them, but it will kill adults or make children kill adults if they're getting in Its way too much.

It can read your mind. We don't know exactly the extent, but it knows what you're afraid of, even if you've never said it out loud. Sometimes even before you know you're afraid of it. It gets stronger when you're afraid so it will try to scare you.And it's not just 'I'm afraid of werewolves'. This thing will manipulate emotional fears too, things like losing people you love, guilt over things that you've done or haven't done, secrets you don't want to get out.

It can also manipulate your perception. It does this more to adults than kids. It makes them...apathetic. They won't notice things they should, will ignore things that should be concerning.

You can usually recognize it because it sometimes doesn't take a perfect form. Whatever it looks like will still have yellow eyes or orange pom pom buttons or messed up teeth or something. And red balloons, it'll use them to try and lure people or tease people or float away on them. And it likes to sing because it's annoying as hell.

The only things we know about getting the better of it:

-It's held to the lore of whatever it looks like. If it looks like a werewolf, silver will hurt it. If it looks like a vampire, sun will hurt it. It won't die, but it'll make it run until it can recover and change it's form.

-Fear makes it stronger, but it gets weaker if you're not afraid of it. If you stand up to it you can make it smaller, weaker.

-It takes a group of people to kill it. I don't know if it's any group or it was something specific about us, but we all had to be there. And it tried very hard to split us up.

-It dies if you crush Its heart. We don't know if this is the only way, but it's what we did last time. We had to stand up to it, make it feel small so it got small, then we pulled it's heart out and crushed it.

If you need me, I'm cleaning off yogurt off the ceiling.

[FREDDY]
Can I borrow your Umbrella Academy comics?

[DAVE]
This gigantic mess has me feeling like a shit parent and brother and I just need you to hold me and say all the pretty and nice things about me.

I've been trying to figure out how I feel about people taunting a genocidal robot and while I know I did too, it was just me being a brat, you know? Like, this is not the asshole who killed my parents or he'd have taunted me with holograms or some shit, but that doesn't make him any less terrifying, but I'm also not sitting this out. I owe that to myself, to my parents, to Tony, and to the Next Avengers.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear. Remember what that Roosevelt dude said.

Also, we're too pretty to die.

[NATE]
I don't want to make stuff awkward, but would you

uh

I'm asking you first before I ask your dad

but would you mind if I spent the week at your place?

Sup, babies?

What is pink and white and has been canceled all over?

This is all totally ridiculous. I lost another shoe to Goodland. First, ostrich poop and now to some stupid villain's head. I swear I am going to start throwing heels at all these jerks. They are messing with way too many people. Stay safe, EVERYONE.

[Friends*]

Everyone in one piece, please?

[*anyone she has talked to really]

I know he has many who care about him here, so I must let you all know. Steve Rogers is with me, and he's been badly hurt. I've brought him home to the flat and he's resting. He'll be alright, I promise. He only needs a great deal of rest. I shouldn't have let him go off alone to We were fighting a goddess of death, and -- well, I am going to go track her down now. She will suffer.

Bucky, please, I know I've said this already, but I have gotten a new phone and... Do tell me right away when he decides to do something foolish.

[ Edited later ]

STEVE ROGERS
You had better still be resting.

Right so. Different place. Floating, somewhat useful letters..I have all of two really big questions right now:

Where can I get a drink?
No way out of here? I have a place that kind of needs my leadership skills.

[voice to text & comms]
Oh no... No, no, no... He's here

howishehere

(ooc: he'll only get a couple of replies out before Neron takes control, then radio silence)

Still alive down there, Flash?

I have a really bad headache. So please stop.

God, life. Feelings. I liked it a lot better when all I had to do was kill drones and human assholes and not school or breaking up with girlfriends and dealing with guardians who don't know when to just let things lie.

I'm going out to kill something.