Multiverse of Madness

I had a friend back home, Marissa.  Her family would make lists of what they were thankful for each year.  I didn't have never did it.  It seemed like a nice way of finding the good, so I decided to give it a go.

Things I'm thankful for:
Freedom
Food that's safe to eat. Also cooking.
Art galleries and the museum of art, art in general.
The chance to get an education. Also learning things in general.
Nature, especially animals, forests and mountains.
Music.
Scarves

That's what I've got so far.  Does anyone else have a list?

Ellie, should I add thanksgiving emojis to the list?🦃🍗🍽 🌽🥧 

Has anyone else who's come from this world had problems with using their logins for things they had before being brought here? I'm trying to log into my work desktop but it's not happening.

So this place is a bit mental, innit?

I'm Steven with a V oh wait everyone can read anyway oops. Hiya.

[OoC: Restarting these boys because I failboated very hard after they joined the game >.< ]

Shadows move through the deep
Darkness slips through my sleep
My words here now rhyme
My worries sublime
And secrets are all mine to keep

Has anyone else found themselves with a usually inanimate object as a sidekick?

My motorbike is very chatty all of a sudden and keeps following me and Haley around. I told it that I have security patrol, and it seemed to think it could handle that too, so if you see it in the portal room, or doing a perimeter sweep, uh… don’t worry?

A Red Portal Event has been detected for:

• Damon Salvatore
  
• Death
  
• Dream
  
• Elena Gilbert
  
• Kaldur'ahm
  
• Kate Bishop
  
• Peter Parker*

(This is an automated alert, and replies are not monitored. For any concerns, please contact a member of Security or the Administrative staff directly.)


_{* Amazing Spider-Man}

So that was actually my first Pride. I think I still have glitter and paint in my hair even though I washed it.

[Sam, Steve, Clint]
What did you guys think of Ellie? Never thought I'd end up with a kid to look after, but here we are.

Hey Pride friends!

Look up for a specially suited Spidey (aka. Pridey or Bidey) swinging his way along the parade route. (Thanks, Tony.)

The Queens from Queens asked me along to join the fun and I couldn’t say no. I’m not their Spidey, but they adopted me anyway. Peter, Miles, they want to meet you guys too.

Four days, we were there. Four.

And we get here and find out we lost almost four months? Bruce, that wine stain is never coming out of the floor.

Are we any closer to solving this red portal situation?

I'm back, again. Missed my birthday and see I am being called upon to get this beach shindig sorted.

So, fun day on Rainbow Beach, Saturday, noon until sundown, bbq and some friendly competition. Bring your plus ones and your pets, all ages.

Don't travel on your own, if you need a buddy drop a message and we'll all go together.

Can these Red Portals go away? I'm done. Stick a fork in me.

I'm at the end of my fraying rope, I'm afraid.

I'll be down in the range shooting things. Can't seem to think about anything else at the moment. Can't seem to get my hands to hold still.

This is truly not what I expected when Kaz said he had a new job for the four of us.

I hope he isn't mad that I just vanished to...somewhere in the future I don't understand.

Hi! I'm Nina.

Today is World Aquatic Animal Day! It's also Fish Fingers and Custard Day but let's not talk about that. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE FISH! And all the other under the sea creatures too.

Kaldur!? Where are you at?

Well, besides the assurances I'm safe, I must admit this is an entirely new experience, something I didn't expect to have.

Hello all.

In one fell swoop we’re three Legends down.

I’m beginning to wish the cold gun had worked on those portals.

Hey, Everyone! Drinks and dancing at Threshold tonight?

Wally, Kaldur, Peter, Jace, Simon, Clint, Sam, I hope you'll be there.

Tim isn't back yet? That sucks.

I still have the schedules and stuff for security from the last time Derek was away. If that helps in any way?

I'm available for hugs in the games room. Please form an orderly queue.

Last night I had a dream that I was looking into another world through a red portal and a moment later got pulled in. The place was beautiful, with huge trees and a waterfall and a rainbow, but I was angry that I was there because it wasn't home. I tried to turn around and go back through the portal, but it closed up before I could. I think I might have screamed. That was when I woke up.

I guess it was inevitable that my subconscious would get in on the red portal worry game.

[Alec]

Not precisely a nightmare this time, but it still felt a lot like the others.

WE'RE BACK!!! (Dick and I, that is)

And we didn't become fast food. Get it? Yes? No? Guess you had to be there.

Anyway... I'm hungry. Going to get pizza. Anyone want one?

Sooooooooo, I just saw a car go through a portal. A WHOLE CAR. With people inside. I really hope there are roads where they went, because it was not a 4x4.

[🕸️Miles and Peter]
Are you both still here? And are you both okay?
I’m almost always spidey-tingling at the moment, which is weird as heck.

[Kaldur]
Would it be alright if I camped out in your spare room? I need to know I’m close enough to web you to safety if one of these pops up and dares to try taking you.

Estate planning here is both far simpler and infinitely more complicated than back home. At least here I don't have to pretend to be my own grandchild or use magic. It feels so mundane to use a spell for paperwork.

The portal hangar looks really festive. The Christmas elf who decorated Medical must have taken a trip down here too.

Thank you, whoever you are. Though I don’t think you’ll get all of security dressed in the costumes you’ve provided.

Words cannot express the depths I have seen.

[Peter Parker (ASM)]

Nor can they rightly convey how much I have missed your company.

I saw that I will be returning to an empty home, with Cassie's departure.

All the same, I hope you have been keeping well?

Hey everyone! Come join the gang at the Facility for a horror movie marathon this weekend to celebrate Halloween. We'll go super traditional on Saturday, and then a little more contemporary (and sometimes funny) on Sunday.

Saturday
Psycho (1960)
Halloween (1978)
Alien (1979)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
The Fly (1986)

Sunday
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Snakes on a Plane (2006)
Zombieland (2009)
Get Out (2017)
Hereditary (2018)

And we'll pick up with any fan favorites on Monday. Feel free to comment below with your vote!

Don't mind me. I'm just going to be very drunk until all the Halloween seances are over.

[Hargreeves]
[Edited after below conversation with Kaldur]

Just kidding. Going on a little trip instead.

Hello, everyone. You would not believe the things I have seen during my travels. Dear friends, there are wonders untold in the depths of this world. Really remarkable. All I wish is for you to have a chance to see it someday.

I find I am still feeling unwell, and I believe it may be due to my staying on the surface for so long, as well as the recent trip through time. Forgive me, my friends, but I must return to the ocean for a while. I do not know when I will return, but I will make certain not to bring further scrutiny to our community.

[Cassie]

Please forgive me.

I know you can take care of yourself and you are more than welcome to stay at the house, but I will understand if you wish to move in with another guardian. My time with you has reminded me of that which I spent with my teammates, and I have treasured it.

I am very sorry to leave you like this, but the sea is calling me. I can ignore it no longer.

My apologies for canceling today's classes, and I fear I must do the same for tomorrow. I appear to have come down with a "bug", as you surface-dwellers call it.

For all the dog owners, the conference room is completely soundproof, there's going to be a lot of fireworks around later. If you don't want your pups to freak out you should take them there.

[Steve]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PUNK

Thanks everyone who came to Threshold last night for Ashley's birthday. It was a blast.

We've got the following items in Lost & Found if anyone wants to claim them:

- leather wallet with cash (tell me the amount to verify it's yours)
- iPhone with this lockscreen photo
- a left Nike sneaker
- a purple lacy bra
- This t-shirt (which smells really good, fyi)
- several pairs of glasses/sunglasses
- a gold hoop earring

Hope everyone had a good time and that we'll see you soon!


[ooc: feel free to claim any of these items]

Four days. I can taste summer, though it'll be strange not having so many people my own age around for the holidays.

Maybe I'll learn to surf at New Asgard beach. Would anyone else be interested?

Did this go through?

[Edited to add]

Thank the seas. I wasn't sure if I'd ever get free form that loop. Five seconds may not seem like a long time, but it is an eternity if one is trapped in those same few seconds an incalculable number of times.

Well, I remembered to wear my mask when I went flying yesterday. Cisco’s work is very good. Not that anyone would have seen me.

[Sharon Carter]
Karli is in medical. She was shot. I only just got to her in time.

She said her cover wasn’t blown and it wasn’t her fault. The blame is entirely yours for sending her there.

If I'm going to be stuck here for an indeterminate period of time, I'm going to need to line up some sparring partners other than my parabatai. Any takers?

Well, at least I'm not glitching out this time around. That's a plus. Free room and board sounds pretty nice too these days. Pretty sure the room they assigned me is bigger than my apartment back home.

Pretty sure I heard someone say about the whole multiverse being in danger? Same old, same old, I guess.

And there's more Spider-Men here? Wow, it really is like nothing's changed.

I see a lot whinging going on about some UN edict. Suck it up, people. You could be stuck in the fourteenth century with a bunch of primitive screwheads, fighting off an army of the undead. I know. I've been there.

[Long, rambling spiel about his adventures there redacted]

Anyhow, I'm Ash. Ash Williams. I'm new here. From where I stand, things here look pretty good. Especially that little hottie next door. Kaylee, what say you and I get a drink and get to know each other?

Hello, everyone.

Hannah Lewis here. So a week ago, give or take a couple of days, I was living an ordinary life in New York City. Just not this New York City, I guess. Another New York in another universe.

And this New York City--this whole world, really, from what I've read and been told so far--is so full of superfolk* that you can't swing a dead cat without hitting one. Not that I would do that.

Uh, moving on. So my world had exactly ONE super-powered person in it, until a week ago. When there were briefly two. Now that I'm here, I guess they're back down to one again.

Anyhow, I just wanted to, I dunno, announce my arrival. It seems like the polite thing to do. I've been assigned to room 1-A in the Avenger Facility for now. So feel free to stop by and say hello. It's always good to meet the neighbors.

*I'm not sure what they are really supposed to be called. Superhumans? Metahumans? Mutants? Or Aliens, I guess, in some cases?

Two weeks? It didn’t feel that long. Anything weird happen here while we were gone?

[Kaldur]
Feeling better?

I kind of miss Chase being able to talk. Even if he didn't really have much to say.

He's still cute though. Except I probably need to figure out something more to do with my time than play with him and post a thousand pictures on instagram. I just don't know what.

In an effort to give back to the community that has welcomed me so graciously despite my unorthodox entry, I would like to offer martial training to anyone interested. I have taken the liberty of asking Mrs. Potts-Stark for a space, and she has graciously added a two hour block of time to the yoga room schedule, Monday through Saturday, from 6-8 PM.

If this is an inconvenient time for anyone who might also wish to use the space, please let me know, and I will make other arrangements. All skill levels are welcome.

[Leo Snart, Kaldur'ahm]

I'm not sure if you've spoken to Ikaris at all since his arrival. He was glad to hear you both had escaped to us unscathed. However I had to assist him with the removal of an undetectable tracking device HYDRA had implanted. He was under the impression that everyone who came through that portal may have one. My eyes aren't easily fooled, so I can tell you whether you also have them, if you wish. Though their extraction may be beyond my skill.

[Zari Tarazi, Ray Palmer]

The new arrival, Ikaris, was from the HYDRA base where you were taken. They implanted him with an undetectable tracking device. He believes they did this with all arrivals via the portal. I'm sorry to ask you to dredge up awful memories, but is there any chance they could have implanted something similar in yourselves?

I went from four roommates to zero, and we're only 11 days into the month. I should get a jo How does portal security and joining that work?

PARTICIPANTS: Dick Grayson and Kaldur’ahm
WHEN: Wednesday, January 26 2019

( unread messages )

Hello, my name is Sersi. I have just arrived here today, along with four members of my family, Kingo, Makkari, Thena, and Sprite. I apologize for startling the portal guard when we first arrived. The information provided by Mr. Stark on the data pad was most help, and I appreciate Derek for being so kind to us when we first arrived. I can understand how five people coming through a portal all at once would be a little shocking, but he handled it very well.

( Cut for Eternals Spoilers Just In Case )

Please forgive my redundant greetings, but at least I will do so from my own communication device rather than one recovered in a collapsing building. If you did not see the message sent from Dick Grayson's device, allow me to reintroduce myself. I am Kaldur'ahm of Atlantis, formerly the unwitting puppet of the shadow group you call HYDRA.

If I can be of any assistance while I am here, please let me know.

My name is Kaldur'ahm, and I am a son of both Atlantis and the surface world. I am not from your universe, and was unaware of anyone like me outside of my teammates. They tell us there is another force out in the world, that it has a dark purpose, but I cannot believe the man I know—the man I met in Norlisk—would ever ally himself with evil willingly.

If your security is anything like ours, I doubt this message will go through, but I must know:

Who are you, and what is your purpose here on this world?

Tag dump, please ignore