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[img]https://i.imgur.com/GjazZAE.png[/img][hr][@BlueSky44][@Kirah][@Nallore][@Natsu][@Andromedai][hr][hr][h3][color=84B4E2][b]EARTH 257 - 9:30 AM Nov. 13th, 2021 - Times Square, the Iron[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr]	[color=d86615]"I'm fine, Sparks, really,"[/color] Raynor lied. He winced as Cass walked past the DNA scanners. He knew the Iron and he was certain that the recording of a new piece of DNA would raise alarm bells - especially from a mutant. Neither the Iron or the Blue had been openly hostile to mutants twenty years ago, but after what the X-Men had done... Raynor would've been surprised if things hadn't changed. He honestly expected that the Iron would be at war with Genosha - or that Genosha would have long since been blown to smithereens. He laughed nervously as Maria suggested he call someone he knew for help. [color=d86615]"They're probably all dead. And if they aren't, setting foot in the Iron would be even worse for them."[/color]

	He didn't even expect that his cousin would be alive back in New Asgard - the woman who had practically raised him after his parents had died. New Asgard made the Blue look tame when it came to casual violence and a lack of laws, with fights to the death being a regular occurrence. His cousin could've easily died in one of those. Somehow, he doubted that Ragnarok's final stage had been fulfilled in his brief absence - his parents were still dead, his father unreturned to co-rule Asgard.  

	[color=d86615]"Stark's the President of the Iron - well, not elected, but still,"[/color] Raynor then added, more or less answering Niah's question. Raynor remembered when Howard Stark founded the Iron after the Great Schism - and he remembered when any pretense of democracy was more or less killed when his son, Anthony, assumed power. 

	Bonnie tilted her head, a bit confused as to why Niah was bringing up Novikova. Of course Sparky had talked to her - both of them had more or less become mothers at the same exact time? She had no idea what Niah could be getting at with this. She also didn't think now was the time to bring up any friendship drama or just idle conversation. They needed to be focused, they were in a world that wasn't their own, and the only one who knew what was going on was Raynor and he had lost his cool. [color=f6989d]"Can this conversation wait, Niah, Sparky?"[/color] Bonnie requested. 

	[color=d86615]"I mean if we're [i]really[/i] worried, then you stick out like a sore fucking thumb,"[/color] Raynor commented nervously, gesturing at Celestine. [color=d86615]"Tron doesn't exist in my world, so you can't even be a cosplayer."[/color]

	[color=FFB795]"Oh I love Tron!"[/color] Amelia chimed in. She knew it wasn't the most helpful of comments, but all of the science and hacking stuff was beyond her. She couldn't help with the DNA scanner, but she could do her best to keep team moral up. Raynor still looked like an anxious mess, but he was acting snippy as well, which Amelia took as a good sign - he was acting more like his adorable grumpy self. [color=FFB795]"The chick in that movie is sooo cool. I tried to cut my hair like hers as a kid. It did nooot work out very well."[/color]

	Oliver then phased the rest of them on through the scanners, and given the lack of red flashing lights, Amelia assumed that they made it through okay. Her eyes widened though when Oliver explained that he couldn't stop phasing. [color=FFB795]"Oh bloody hell!"[/color] she exclaimed, instantly trying to reach out and touch her bestie, but her hand just went straight through him. [color=FFB795]"Okay, stay calm, we're going to fix this, ya aren't going to spend the rest of your life as some sort of ghost man."[/color]

	Bonnie bit her lip, trying to think of cases of people remaining intangible before that she had seen, but only one came to mind. She had seen an old SHIELD file on a young girl who progressively became more and more intangible. The file never indicated if there had been any successful treatment routes, but given the lack of information... Bonnie had assumed the worst. [color=f6989d]"Can you make it on the train?"[/color] Bonnie asked. 

	The train had arrived, the automatic doors opening up. Passengers were stepping off of the train, and given that it was a subway train, they'd have less than a minute to decide if they were getting on or off. 

	[color=d86615]"...I don't know why they aren't here yet... I've got a bad feeling about this..."[/color] Raynor muttered, as he boarded the train.