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[img]https://i.imgur.com/GjazZAE.png[/img][hr][@BlueSky44][@Kirah][@Nallore][@Natsu][hr][hr][h3][color=84B4E2][b]EARTH 257 - 6:10 AM Nov. 14th, 2021 - S.W.O.R.D. HQ, the Iron[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][color=84B4E2][b][i]Stolen Ship[/i][/b][/color]

	Amelia resisted the urge to audibly say [i]awww[/i] as Niah reunited with Oliver - romance wasn't something Amelia was interested in for herself, but Oliver was one of her best mates. She liked seeing him and Niah together, they made a cute pair. However, her musings about cute romances was quickly turned into disappointment as Matt pointed out the downside of having Celestine ask an AI to fly the ship - Amelia didn't get to fly this thing. [color=FFB795]"No,"[/color] Amelia admitted, clearly dismayed. [color=FFB795]"Some computer bloke named Phil gets to fly her,"[/color] she sulked. 

	Raynor groaned slightly as Cass asked for him to say everything he knew - this reality was completely foreign and different, explaining everything he knew would take [i]years[/i]. And speaking of years, it had been over two decades since he had last set foot on Earth-257. He didn't want to come back here for a reason. Evidently Genosha and the Iron and the Blue were still kicking, but he didn't know what the political climate was like - he didn't know if New Asgard had finally declared war on the United Kingdom or not. He didn't know if Atlantis and Wakanda had finally signed a peace treaty or if Australia, somehow caught in the crossfire, had been raised out of the ocean after Namor sunk the continent. 

	[color=d86615]"Oww!"[/color] Raynor exclaimed, as Sparky dragged him off by the ear. 

	"The Blue is... well, the Blue," Folly explained, looking at Cass with a degree of confusion. "It's a country to the west of the Iron, it stretches all the way to the Pacific Ocean."

	Darcy glanced at Folly, pointing at her, before pointing at herself, realizing Folly wasn't going to elaborate, and sighing slightly. "Okay, history was never my strong suit but everyone knows about Civil War II. So it started with the Squadron Supreme, do you know who those are? They're, like, like the Beatles of superheroes. Really cool but really old. The United States President at the time was the original Iron Man and he issued a bunch of executive orders to register and protect mutants, as people were kinda losing their fucking minds. Captain America led a rebel faction of the Squadron against Iron Man and his side, they fought it out, lots of punching and kicking, at one point I think there were a ton of bombings, no more United States. The place was split down the middle - literally - and everything to the west is the Blue, kinda the wild west on steroids from what I've heard. And the east is the Iron, where you've been already."

	Bonnie bit her lip slightly. That sounded right, from the false memories implanted in her mind. She understood the desperate urge for information - she had it herself - but they needed to ask more specific questions. This was a foreign land to them, they needed to know who the key players were - who were the threats and who were the allies. They needed to know what sort of technology or magic the world had, in order to both find Luminous and Doom, as well as make a safe trip home. And lastly, more knowledge of their doubles would be helpful. Bonnie had a bad feeling about the idea of running into more of them. [color=f6989d]"Can you tell us who the global powers are in this world?"[/color] Bonnie asked. 

	"Um, well, the Blue doesn't really have anyone in charge - except maybe the Avengers? But they're more like cowboys than, like, authority figures. The Iron is run by President Stark, the young one, not the old one. The Genoshans have two leaders, Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr. Atlantis is run by this twink, Namor. New Asgard is currently ruled by Mad Queen Freya. Wakanda has King T'Chaka. Umm... I guess the UK, they still have Queen Betsy, that isn't changing..."

	Bonnie's eyes widened slightly at the information that [i]Atlantis[/i] existed here - and [i]New Asgard[/i], which she was guessing had to be where Raynor was from. 

	[color=FFB795]"I don't know if I could name that many world leaders from where we're from,"[/color] Amelia joked. She was still slightly contemplating bugging Celestine to let her take over and fly, even if "Phil" seemed to be doing a good job. They were pretty steady, no turbulence or anything yet. But it was boring and that made Amelia die a little bit on the inside. [hr]	In the supply closet, Raynor's ear was throbbing and he cradled it with one hand. Even though he was an Asgardian, being dragged by the ear [i]hurt[/i]. He didn't want to look Sparky in the eye. He opened his mouth, about to reply with [i]what do you mean what the hell?[/i] before thinking better of it. He had hidden this for so long and unbeknownst to him, the universe had apparently been conspiring to aid him in this matter, as no one else had broken the news to Sparky. [color=d86615]"Fine, fine!"[/color] Raynor exclaimed, sounding a bit harsher than he meant. 

	[color=d86615]"You were adopted. Your dad, Bob Banner, sent you through a dimensional rift and you landed here... And I followed you on through,"[/color] Raynor paused, very aware that this next part was going to sound creepy and insane. [color=d86615]"I followed you because my cousin, the goddess of love, told me you were my soulmate... And because the Norns told me I had no future left for me here, that if I didn't go, I would never make it to Valhalla."[/color]