thelegion | [video] Dip-dop Says Hello

[There is a noodle-child on the comms, one that looks maybe only just old enough to be a Legionnaire. His hat is missing because he lost it on the planet and his slightly poofy hair is sticking up, so that a birth mark in the shape of the Big Dipper is visible on his forehead. He's currently hyperventilating. His eyes are wide and he's breathing like every new breath makes it even harder to take the next breath.]

Oh man. Oh man. Oh man.

[Will someone help this wayward child? This poor, clearly terrified--]

This is the best thing ever!

[Okay, so maybe he's not hyperventilating because he's scared. Maybe he's just so excited he can barely breathe right. In fact, he's so excited he basically went on the network pretty much as soon as the omnicom was put in his hands. The situation got explained to him -- and he lied his butt off about his age because they mentioned the age limit before they asked what his was -- and now he's clearly still in his Medbay bed, not even released from the Medbay yet, hyperventilating on the comms in excitement over his situation.]

Not the whole being dimensionally displaced part -- even if time supposedly isn't passing back home -- or the, y'know, mortal peril part, but we're in space! Did you all see that? You can just look outside the window! And it's space!

And my doctor had four arms! And was purple!

[Yes, he's excited. Supposedly, he even has superpowers now.]

And we all have superpowers! And -- what am I saying, all you people know this, right? They said other people have been here longer. Do you all have cool powers? Are any of you aliens? Mutants? Or, like, I dunno, space wizards with laser swords or something? That seems like a thing that could happen.

[His other hand comes in frame and he makes a gimme gimme gesture.]

Gimme the lay of the land. What am I looking at here?

[A pause and then he finally remembers maybe he should give his name. He says it like it's an afterthought.]

Oh yeah, I'm Dipper Pines.

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[ Does he really want to show his face?

Questionable, honestly. But Donnie is logical. If this kid is this excited about the mere prospect of mutants and aliens, and if the chances are pretty high they're going to run into each other sooner or later...better to get the initial reaction out of the way with a video screen as intermediary, right?

Hopefully. ]

Uh, hi. Donatello, nice to meet you.

[If he looks like he's about to scream when Donnie shows his face it's the urge to happy scream, really. He just had to leave Gravity Falls and now he's been pulled head first into more...weird. More wonderful, wonderful weirdness that looked way less horrifying than the end of the world.]

[And the only thing wrong with it all, as far as Dipper is concerned, is that Mabel isn't here. All of this would be way better if Mabel was here, and his sister not being there is a reality that hasn't entirely settled in yet.]

Two questions. One, are you like me where you're from somewhere else besides this universe? Question two, are you an alien from somewhere else besides this universe?

[ Well, it's better than the usual flavor of "about to scream." ]

From a different universe, yeah. Alien...is entirely a matter of perspective, but if we assume Earth, since that seems to be a pretty common answer in these things: no, I'm not an alien. I'm from New York.

[That's kind of a boring answer, until the implication turns it into an exciting answer.]

Wait, so on your Earth is everyone reptile people?

[He tries to picture a New York filled with...lizard or turtle people (he can't really tell which with the omnicom). Just reptile people everywhere.]

No, no, nothing like that!

[ Well, okay, there was that alternate future they visited. The less said of that one, the better. ]

I'm a mutant. We're pretty rare.

Oh, okay. Cool!

[He likes weird, Donnie. He likes different.]

What other kinds of people have been brought here? Are there any patterns? Does anyone know what brought us? Or how we got the superpowers?

Most of what we've got on the causes is more theory and educated guesswork than solid data, although I think the working hypothesis on what's keeping us here is about as solid as it's going to get right now. The solid data we do have is a lot of numbers that probably don't look like much of anything if you don't have a moderate grounding in quantum physics.

[ Nerds gonna nerd. ]

Hit me with the layman's explanation.

I don't know quantum physics but I'm smart enough to pick up on some basic concepts. I've dealt with, like, realities crossing over. Interdimensional portals. Stuff like that.

This isn't even my first time on an alien spaceship.

Okay, so - the tech to get us home probably exists here already, in the threshold gates. We can't really test that without clearing up two complications first. One's getting the navigational data to send everyone to the right place instead of just another alternate dimension.

Second is quantum tethers. So, by coming here, we seem to have gotten tied to this universe, strongly enough to override the "pull" our own dimensions ought to have on us. Figuring out how to unstick that is going to have to happen to get us out of here.

If it's 'quantum' we're talking particle physics. So we're tied to this universe on the atomic level.

[He winces slightly.]

Which means trying to untangle us is dangerous, isn't it. Do it the wrong way and people could be ripped apart into a cloud of elementary particles.

Yeah. It's not the kind of thing you can just do a few quick tests on something expendable and call it good.

Any theories on what did it? It must be someone or something that's powerful.

There are some forces in the records here that are theoretically capable of that much power, but nothing in particular - yet - that points to any particular one of them.

So it's a mystery.

[Yes, that is excitement in his voice.]

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Yeah, if you want to put it that way.

Yes. Yes, I do. I do want to put it that way.

[He always wants to put it that way.]

I'm good at mysteries. That's why I chose the superhero name I chose:

Captain Mystery.

[It's a cool name. Because he's a cool guy.]

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[ God. Is this kid a Holmes fanboy or something? ]

That's...pretty evocative.

[The Sibling Brothers, Donnie. He's a fan of the Sibling Brothers Mysteries. And also countless conspiracies.]

Yes it is.

Captain Myssstery.

Just as long as we're clear that nobody's got time to roll the s if they're yelling for you in the middle of a fight.

Actually, in the middle of a fight, you're probably just gonna be Cap.

[Dipper ponders this. "Cap" still also sounds cool. It sounds like what some heroes would call some badass soldier superhero guy as a nickname.]

...I'll allow it.

Hey, "Cap" is better than acceptable, that makes you sound like Captain America, who is awesome.

I have absolutely no clue who that is.

He's strong and brave, here to save the American Way.

Is he a character in comic books? Because he sounds like Sergeant Exceptionalism from Amazement Comics.

Where I come from: yes.

According to one guy I met here: he's not just a character everywhere.

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