the displaced; ic

Help me, I'm seventeen and I have no idea what I want to do in college. I mean, the obvious answer back home that some of my friends who have read my stories would give me is "Creative Writing, duh!" But, I can just hear my dad's voice when I start thinking of college, and his voice is usually telling me to go for something practical and "promising". Engineering? Yes, do that. Or accounting! Or computer science! Or medicine because we'll always have those to fall back on even if half the jobs in the world get taken over by robots!

And then I land in a new world back in NYC (I swear to god, I feel like I've been a portal refugee and stuck at 16 for the past 4 years), and thought "oh, hey, a chance to do anything I want without criticism!" And my mind just... blanks out. This may have been a lot easier if I was really back home in Jersey City with my family.

Thank goodness for summer classes. I don't know what I would have done.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. So...

How different was your life one year ago?

Sneaky spy types, roll call.

Motherfucker Steve's gone.

Knowing him he'll be back, but no way to know when, or if he'll remember it.

[MCU Avengers, including Buckys, Wakandans & Misty]
I'm seriously concerned about this space station thing. And Rogue in general. With the history back home we really can't get actively involved here unless we're invited by the X-Men and luckily it looks like at least a few of them aren't very happy about this either, but it might be a good idea to just... keep our ears to the ground. I'd feel a lot better if we knew what was going on and I don't really trust them not to just circle the wagons and shut everyone out again like they did on the space cruise. Generally when mutants start getting paranoid enough to build outposts in space it's not long before things start escalating and Rogue has not always been the most stable person. (Rich coming from me I know.)
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[Carol Danvers]
You're going along with this?
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Never get bored, Google yourself, and read fanfiction written about yourself.

Or do, if that's what you're into.

Someone needs to get rid of the rest of that elf wine. For the good of the community.

[Bucky Barnes²; added: MCU Clint & Laura Barton]
We've got one month to organise Steve's 33rd/100th birthday party. Good old-fashioned but incredibly over the top cookout? We've already got a bouncy castle.

ETA: Hey Bartons, you have a farm. Think there's space for a completely ridiculous birthday party? There would probably be fireworks and alcohol so, you know, away from the house a bit.

Getting sucked through a portal to a strange town in the middle of Texas was definitely not how I wanted to start things off for my new baby. Or being separated from my husband and my two other children.

Anyway, might as well introduce myself. My name is Laura Barton, and it looks like my son Nathaniel and I are going to be here for awhile.

Well, jumping to the future’s a new one. Anyone seen a 37 year old African-American man, 6’2” approximately 180 lbs with no regard for protocol. Answers to Slick, will argue if called Kid despite the fact that he behaves like one?

Guess I can rely on the coffee, but if they keep it up with that powder creamer, they’re going to have to find somewhere else to go.

Well, I know that I never had this when I was home, so I guess the portal is okay giving presents that don't exactly belong to you? At least I have a way to get to and from work now, so that's nice. I need to get a helmet, though.

( not an IC cut )

[Friends and Colleagues* of Both Tony Starks]

In honor of Tony Stark the Younger somehow managing to reach the age of 21, you are invited to come and take advantage of free food and drink at my place in honor of his achievement, Saturday, June 2 at 6 PM.

Yes, I suppose it's also my birthday too, but I just celebrated it a few months ago. A hasty exit will be given to anyone who reminds me of the fact that Tiny is less than half of my age.

[Tony Stark (904913)]

Don't forget, birthday grill out on Tuesday. Bring whomever you want.

[* Includes Avengers, Guardians, and associates in-game or any universe]

I imagine these two look familiar to some of you.

( Pic, no filter. )

They haven't stopped talking since they got here.

[Avengers]

Been a long time since I put the kids to bed on my own. Almost forgot how to tell a bedtime story.

Looks like we've got a house. So what do I do about school for Lila and Cooper and a job for me?

[Filtered to Sam Wilson (Captain America)]

I know there’s a lot going on in your camp, but when it’s time for our next session, can I get a list of psychiatrists? I used to be on medication before Brakebills but Dean Fogg said I didn’t need them because I had magic. Only the thing about that is that magic, not surprisingly, doesn’t cure depression and I don’t really want to revisit the ‘forever bad decisions and crippling depression cycle’ and I’m not making great decisions even with the addition of ‘happiness is achievable’ memories. And the meds kept me a little more even keel when I actually took them, so probably I should at least explore it as a thing that will help for real and not just talk to my friends about how I should and do nothing.

Multiverse theory: confirmed.

My name's Betty Ross and I'm looking for a familiar face?

ғʀɪᴇɴᴅs & ᴍᴄᴜ

Something bad has happened. My head's messed up.

WHO: Wanda Maximoff and Sam Wilson
WHERE: Avengers Compound
WHEN: Around 6am, Friday, May 11
WHAT: Wanda is canon-bumped
WARNINGS: Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War
STATUS: Closed, Complete

Say something, I'm giving up on you
I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you
Anywhere, I would've followed you
Say something, I'm giving up on you.( Read more... )

Targeted advertising is getting creepy.

( FILTERED TO NATASHA ROMANOFF, PEGGY CARTER, & TONY STARK (MCU), TINY STARK (904913), & SAM WILSON (616) )

Tony reminded me of the time he edited the Dodgers' Wikipedia to say they were planning on moving back to Brooklyn. I want him to know that really gave me trust issues with the internet.

Since we're sharing videos of our Pokemon and random pigs, here's my Pikipek (named Sammy of course) dancing to a song that I'm not embarrassed to like.

[embedded, and imagine it as a Pokebird, kay?]

[Misty Knight]
You know what's in a couple weeks?

I need a new breakfast place, I can't deal with the sorry excuse for pancakes JJ's has. Recommendations?

And has anyone seen this asshole around? He answers (when he feels like it) to Kap.

[ FILTERED TO TRISH WALKER & MAYA LOPEZ ]
Thank you for letting me stay at the townhouse and thank you for letting me grumble at wood on your rooftop. I should be done your rooftop retreat within the week.

[ FILTERED TO PH, FAMILY, & FRIENDS ]
So The past couple of weeks I've been working on reworking my go to outlets for when things get frustrating and for when I can't handle a situation anymore. I think I've set up some strong methods with dealing with this that don't involve spiraling down bad paths, so I'm ready to go home and resume my life.

I'm going to work on finding a job next, so if you have any recommendations, hit me.

[ FILTERED TO TEAM AMERICA HOUSE ]
If you guys are ready for it, I'd like to come back home.

Has anyone seen or heard from Viv?

[friends]

kobiks gone

Is there anything besides berries to feed the Pokemon? I gave Rocky some Cheetos. And John Jr eats garbage. Or should I spot some cash to Lillie?

Lily Luna Potter & Annie Odair:
Hey, witch chick. You still want in on our business? We're calling it Wood and Waves.





John Murphy:
( not triggery, but possibly uncomfortable for some )

It's World Penguin Day tomorrow. I don't actually have that on my calendar, I just saw this floating around.

( 1 image unfiltered )

I'd paste a Delibird on there too but I've only spent ten minutes at home today and it sounds like too much effort.

( Present for Lillie )

Right so, I ain’t sure when we’ll be actually needing this, but I’ve gone and set up an emergency location for the Displaced for whenever shit hits the fan and we can’t go staying here in Tumbleweed. While I’d really like something like those bracelets we all had on the cruise for teleporting everyone no matter where they might be to be around for use, they just ain’t. Hit me up if’n ya think you can make something like that.

I’ve been working to finish adding up housing options and gotten some people to help limit the path of the local fauna that might’ve caused us all some issues if they were allowed to run around everywhere. It runs on solar power and backup generators. Wind power is getting installed soon once I figure out where would be best to go setting it up. There’s a greenhouse that’s already up and running and livestock are getting settled in this week.

[Pretend there's some pictures inserted here for everyone to see.]

So if’n you’re wanting access to it, what you’re gonna need is a portal set up in your house or your place of business (if its Displaced owned). Put your name down here if ya want in and we’ll get ya set up. Just like on the cruise, only the Displaced will be able to head through them there and back.

Hopefully it won't need to be used, but better to have something in place than not.

SAM WILSON 616:

What are we doing for Lillie's birthday next week? I'm feeling like we should do something special since she went home to find that none of her family or friends were there.

LILLIE:

What's your favorite thing about this place so far?

If anyone needs a place to stay, the unit I'm in has an extra bedroom. 102 Pecan Place.

Also, BEYCHELLA??

[Amid blaster sounds]

There's a battalion of battle droids in council five. I'm at the intersection of [intersection]. If you have long range weapons or abilities, I could use your help.

( trigger warning: alcoholism )

AVENGERS COMPOUND (MINUS THE WARDS):

I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, and we've had a good run with free rent and utilities and everything, but if the military is gone and they were bankrolling everything like our paperwork, what are the odds these places are still set up to be rent and utility free?

We should probably think of some kind of contingency plan. I've got a bunch saved from not having to pay rent, but at some point, that's going to run low. Anyone got any ideas?

How, exactly, does a luxury condo from Vancouver wind up inside of a single-family home in Texas?

Not that I mind. It saves me from buying new curtains. And it's a relief to gain some distance from the rest of my kind.

[Filtered to the PH Group]

I don't like this situation with the missing military.

Did anyone not wake up this morning in some kind of residence that they appear to be living in?

Semi-relatedly, did anyone who was here before wake up somewhere different than where they used to live? That's more just out of curiosity.

We're back in Tumbleweed, but as some of you may have figured out, the town is completely different than it was the last time we were here. There's an airport now, which my car navigation system pointed out, and it's on the opposite side of town from Fort Neill.

Of course, that's not the most startling or disturbing difference. Fort Neill is a graveyard, and I mean that in the kindest sense of the world. It was locked up when I got there. Got my way in to find a dusty military facility that has not been used in quite some time, and it looks like it didn't happen on purpose.

The military is dead, and I don't mean they cleared out. I mean there is an entire facility full of the skeletal remains of whoever was in there when something happened. That something appears to have been some sort of [...] feeding, possible animal attack. There are definite teeth marks on these bones, and the state of decomposure... it's not new. At least a decade, maybe more so it's not as horrendous as it could be to see.

I have not turned the power on; I don't want to disturb the bodies more than I already have, but I'd like for anyone interested in helping to come down to the facility to move these bodies — telekinesis, magic, or just standard issue gloves — so that we don't taint the bodies with our DNA. We'll have to keep the power off until that happens, and then there should be video monitoring we can check to see what happened, check databases and logs to see if there's any evidence of what might have happened here.

I'm leaving this open so we can discuss what to do. After scrounging around the base, I haven't seen any paperwork or IDs for those of you who arrived on the cruise so that's something we should work on immediately to get people in the system so they can work, get IDs, and whatever else they need. We'll need people who can make IDs and people who can get into the necessary systems for government agencies to make sure the back-end is taken care of in anyone wants to cross state or country lines.

And a warning to some of you who worked at the military before: yes, we knew some of these people if the names on the uniforms check out.

[Avengers+SHIELD]
T'Challa's putting out feelers about setting up some kind of council to represent the Displaced's interests. I told him we've had temporary arrangements in the past when things have come up and some people have hesitations about a central authority, and that a lot would depend on what the situation's like when we get back to Tumbleweed. Personally I wouldn't mind seeing what everyone thinks but I'm not making commitments past that, especially on my own. I do see where it could be useful for people to know exactly who they can go to for help with things. To some extent we have that already, and we've shown we have the ability to come together when it is needed, but they've mostly been really obvious threats like attacks where there isn't really a big grey area.

I don't think we can really do much of anything until we're back in Tumbleweed and know whether anything's changed again anyway, but I'm for keeping everyone up to date as a general rule.

( Picture attached )

I am suddenly concerned about how I lived my entire life without a domestic cat around my house to enjoy the company of. I missed far too much, and will likely be catching up on it all night long because I'm far too entertained to sleep.

Filter: Team Wakanda

Are we sure this is what we want What is the general consensus on what we had accomplished tonight?

( messages to sam wilson (616) )

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( messages to margo hanson )

You know, I didn't really plan on keeping anything that I caught, but this little guy's grown on me.



Or girl, actually. Because the nurse at the Pokemon Center told me it was female when I asked her to check it out for me.

Winry, it looks like we have a new pet.

I thought the purpose of these things was to battle. Everything I caught is rather pathetic.

[FILTER TO OKOYE]
I take it you're keeping them?

[FILTER TO MARIA]
How's the mission going?

I could go home.

April Fools' Day is about betrayal and I'm not down with that.

[Filtered away from Quentin Quire & Ellie Phimister]
He wants the reaction, guys. I thought about it too but he knows exactly what reaction most people will have and that's why he posted it.

[Scott Summers, Sam Wilson (616), Betsy Braddock, Charles Xavier (616)]
( Talk of death )

[All Avengers, Academy students, Wakandans, general friends]
Everyone okay? I'm in medical with Misty and Steve but I can get away if anyone needs. (They'll be fine, I am fine.)

If you're in any pain at all, come to medical. Seriously. Not the time to play hero.

[THE 100]

I'm in the medbay. If you haven't seen me yet, please check in.

I WANNA GO HOME

I WANT MY FRIENDS BACK

I WANT MY BUCKYBEAR

[OOC: Not too long after Quake's shaking of the ship, the lights flicker on and off several times. Sorry for the false hope. Power is not restored, Kobik's throwing a tantrum.]

We need 2-3 people per residential deck to check each suite to make sure things are okay - no one's trapped or injured, nothing's been set on fire, that sort of thing. Ideally people who are fairly well-known and trusted for obvious reasons, so if you never talk to anyone and lurk in dark corners a lot don't be surprised if I side-eye you being too eager here.

Deck One: Poe Dameron (+Finn), Laura Howlett

Deck Two: Kate Bishop, Sam Winchester

Deck Three: Sif, Ava Ayala

Deck Four: Qui-Gon Jinn, Maria Hill

Deck Seven: Petunia Dursley, Matt Murdock

Deck Eight: (avoid 814) Waverly Earp, Faith Lehane

Deck Nine: Wanda Maximoff, Karen Page

Deck Ten: Laurel Lance, Kitty Pryde


DONE. Thanks everyone.


Oh, and if your prosthetic suddenly stopped working and you need someone to look at it, apparently medbay is the place to be.


[ooc: I'll stick an ooc comment on this post as well so if there is anything that patrols would find you can tell us what, including any wards set up.]