Worst game launch ever. Guinness World Records called and made that official. Ouch.

Sorry everybody. And thanks for saving not only my ass, but the asses of everyone stuck in the game. That's whole a lotta bacon to pull out of the fire.

I'm on the 10th floor right now, chugging coffee and trying to fix this mess.

Update: Who wants to check out future location targets or where stolen stuff was dropped off? I'm digging through this hot mess and finding some info, while I carefully try to boot some unlucky contest winners out of their game and back to reality.

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.

[1/2] I seem to be in a of habit dropping down into a research rabbit hole and not resurfacing for longer than I'd like.
[2/2] Anyway, I'd like to say thank you for the lovely evening out the other night. I look forward to our next one. How have you been?

Shana Tovah. May your year be sweet and your name be written.

I was advised to reach out through here. Hello, I am Gamora. I remember vaguely being here before, but details are thoroughly lost.

Thank you to all who went out of your way to rescue me. I owe you a real debt.

Here's something interesting. Scientists have found one of the densest nuetron stars ever discovered. Over twice the mass of the sun but only 15 miles in diameter. That's close to being too heavy to exist. Much more mass and the density would collapse the structure even further into a black hole.

[Private to Thor]

My mom invited us for Rosh Hashana. I said we needed a break after the wedding. We're now expected for Yom Kippur.

Did you miss me?

Went on a food vacation with Fury. Been back a few days but was keeping a low profile and perfect timing from the sounds of things.

We sampled all the food in Greece, Singapore, Pakistan, Thailand, and so many other places.

It was good.

See, I can take a vacation.

So if you marry someone and a week later they disappear, is that some type of annulment, or? Asking for me-- I can't believe we (general we) have figured out how to make a nose stylus for your phone - you know, when you want to scroll with both hands and a nose - but still haven't cracked the code on why people just disappear from this universe. Or how to prevent it.

No, I'm not looking for sympathy or explanations. Just coffee spiked with alcohol.

Ok how do I turn off and/or change the ring on this phone? Morse, if you call me one more time...

I just wanted to check in and see how you are doing? And thank you for your assistance at headquarters during the flood situation.

Some of you know already and I did not want to say anything out in the open until I got to a certain number of weeks, but. I am expecting a baby - twins, actually, as I found out at my last doctor's appointment. They are due in February.

I will be at the cafe for as long as I can be and will be going on missions as long as I can, with the Avengers. I just wanted to say something before it became obvious, and I do not expect to be treated any differently or anything else. I only wanted to be upfront with the people I work with and care about.

So I know a bunch of you have been on your toes trying to keep the local me from finding out about multiverses and so on and so forth, but I'm here now, with all the memories of the last few years, and I'll be pitching in on the keeping things quiet part from now on.

How is everybody? Tell me what's going on with all of you here.

(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 )

Clint Barton is better than me at darts. ANd pool and people ahould believe him when he claims superipriority.


He's also not old. Not like me. Look st my face Im the Cryptkeeper.

I guess it's about time I let everyone in on this. The night of July 4th, Peggy Carter agreed to become my wife.

I wanted to make everyone aware of the situation involving the undersea quakes that have been (literally) rocking Wakanda and other African nations. We have been studying and monitoring these submarine earthquakes, as any damage that occurs is not necessarily due to just the quake itself but whatever natural disaster the quake triggers - a tsunami, for example.

So far, there have not been any instances of major flooding or infrastructure damage occurring. However, the quakes seemed very deliberate in that they stopped once some sort of relic was believed to have been washed ashore along a coastline in South Africa - I have sent my top War Dog to investigate this matter, but we all need to be on alert.

There could be much more to come.

Ok so we have the 4th coming up. That means drunken mishandling of explosives. Burnt hotdogs that we swear taste great. AAAAAAANNNNDD....Rogers' birthday! What's he going to be now? 172? Whatever. The guy could use a party, and after everything that's been going on in our collective noggins, we could use to blow off some stress, too.

So let's have those ideas! I say we shut down Brooklyn and host an entire borough bash.

[Message to Nat and Wanda]

You good? Didn't wake up with some crazy future life did you?

So. The time stone reacted to my other self showing up. Meeting your other self inadvertently? Not merely a trope. It really is a bad idea.

Your calendars and date settings aren't wrong. It was 2019. It really is four years in the future and it really is 2023 now.

Sorry.

Ok gals! Stark and Potts got hitched and are off on their honeymoon. Time for the Naughty Girls Club to get real.

I vote for here.

So this is… new.

My name is Ava. I’m pretty sure I don’t know most of you and I’m not very good at introductions so I’ll keep it brief - it’s been an interesting few days. If anyone knows a place to get a very stiff drink or a very decadent cake; do let me know. I’m going to assume specific cravings are normal after having just been transported to a new universe.

Hey, friend, I've been a bit remiss in not checking on you sooner after the dreams. How are you doing? How is Jane doing?

( Pepper )

( Natasha )

( Peter Parker )

Steve and I have discussed the recent weapons issue. Intel states that a man, Thomas Green, is single-handedly creating the fake-Wakanda weapons. He's a known HYDRA engineer, and could be anywhere. We need to get Thomas Green (alive), and all his research.

From the information we have, there's approximately five different known locations. I'll need teams to infiltrate each.

( Your mission, should you chose to accept -- just kidding. This is the mission )

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

For those of you who have dreamed about me, I need your advice.

The new hair cut: Yay or nay? Be honest.

Greetings all. I am T'Challa, and I believe I know some of you - some I do not. But I have just arrived in New York City and will be staying in the building a version of me purchased? in the penthouse at 30 Warren, what we may call a diplomatic residence.

We have a Wakandan Outreach Center in Oakland, and I am more familiar with that area - despite my many trips to New York City, I have not gotten a chance to explore very much. If there is anyone willing to assist with this, it would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise, I hope to settle in. I have a feeling this will be quite the experience.

( (spoilers within) net post )

( (spoilers within!) net post and private filter to Carol and Steve )

So, let's get this out of the way now. Yes, I was dead. Now I'm not.

How many of you are going to want to punch me? Just so we can work something out here.

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

Okay, ladies! Estrogen power brunch! Who's in? When and where?

OMFG I THINK I'M IN LABOR!!!

[moments later]

Disregard that post. Might have just been...yeah never mind.

[literally a minute later]

NO REALLY THESE ARE CONTRACTIONS!!!

[two minutes later]

So these false labor things suck beyond the telling of it.

[Public]

Croatia isn't what it used to be.

[Director Fury]

Morse. Reporting for duty. Again. WTF?

So Stephen, who is the most anti-social person I know, apparently believes in the power of support groups.

Who knew!

I'm Christine Palmer, MD. I'm a trauma surgeon over at Metro General, and more often than not, you'll find me in the emergency room, which believe it or not, I'm in right now.

It's my lunch, which means I'm eating a granola bar, hiding in a supply closet for peace and quiet.

And no, this isn't Grey's Anatomy, so I literally AM eating in a supply closet.

Hey friend,

I need to see your face in person. I'll bring the alcohol. Give me a place and time to meet.

I am SO glad to have two of my bridesmaids back! Natasha? Wanda? Final gown fittings! NOW!

Seems Spring has finally shown up in New York. I found my hair covered in little flowers that are falling from the trees in Central Park. No, Tony, there aren't any pictures.

Spring brings new things...like finding out that Nick Fury is a cat person. A new person came to town and a good friend came back. Welcome back, Wanda!

So what is everyone up to? I'm looking into going to a Mets game. Since an old Dodgers fan like me wouldn't be caught dead or frozen rooting for the Yankees the Mets get my support by default...and they started after my time so I have nothing against them.

[Peggy]

Wanna see a baseball game?

Right so this is weird awkward something.

I heard Fury was here. Is that true?

Has anyone seen an orange tabby cat wandering around?

Oh and I'm Carol. Carol Danvers.

At the urging of my tutor, and because I agreed and thought it to be a good idea, I traveled to the city of Kathmandu in Nepal to have some time away to hone the finer points of my abilities. It was a wonderful trip, despite how much of the beauty of the city has been ravaged by earthquakes - but much of it has also been maintained as well, and I especially enjoyed the maze of narrow streets and alleyways. The tourist district is lively but still maintains an old-world feel, which I appreciate.

I think I picked up far too many books, too much jewelry, and a paper lantern or two that wasn't necessary but too pretty to pass up.

But I have returned and I missed all this.

Wow, Fury. You didn't even bother to change your passwords.

Don't worry. ( I fixed all of your social media handles for you. )

All right. I'm here to answer questions about this universe. Including what's happening in it, what might happen in it, and what won't be happening in it.

I'll answer to the best of my ability. Here's some highlights from the welcome pamphlet: ( You, Other You, and the Multiverse: An Overview for the Recently Displaced. )

A few caveats to this post:

1. You probably won't like what I have to say.


2. Whatever it is, Stark? No.


3. I can't give you the best date for anything related to weddings, births, or other social functions. I'm not Miss Cleo.

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

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