Let's go steal...some sense of what's going on [Video/Intro]

[age_of_the_geek]

[The screen flickers, and on it appears a face. One that is extremely confused.]

So, I got a ton of questions. And I kinda think I don't like the answer, because I'm like really sure that this is like, a fever dream or I'm poisoned. Because before I came into the Buck Rogers looking place, I was walking out of a business meeting.

[The camera shifts a bit, and the man dramatically waves his arms to emphasize the surroundings]

And then suddenly there's flying cars and crazy stuff like that, and everyone's speaking a language I sure as hell don't know. And then these weird little dudes find me and stick a thing in my hear, so that I now do understand everything, and I get the spiel on this group called the Legion of Superheroes that I join because I like what I'm hearing

So, yeah. My name is Alec Hardison. But call me Hardison. Or...I dunno, I came up with a code name. Would I use that instead? Like, what's the etiquette to superheroes when the heroes are also cops too?

So yeah. Hardison. Or Datastream. Whatever.

Also, anyone whose good with the really damn insane tech I will be your padawan because holy crap the tech!

Comments

Video

[gonebyebye]

To be fair, you were poisoned. The air on Phelolu is toxic. But that's a common experience around here. From what I've gathered, the codename thing is more of an in-the-field sort of thing for us rookies.

I'm Dr. Ray Stantz, codename Ghostbuster. Call me Ray. Nice to meet you Hardison.

[age_of_the_geek]

I-wait.

[Hardison leans closer, looking at the other face on the screen.]

Oh no way. No way man. That tears it. This has to be a dream.

[A giant ass smile just spreads across his face.]

Ray Stantz. As in "Stay Puft Marshmallow Man" Ray Stantz? No way I just came across Dan Aykroyd in the future. Oh man, I must be on some really good stuff!

[gonebyebye]

[Ray's eyes widen in shock. There was a very short list of people who knew Stay-Puft was his fault, and Hardison wasn't on it.]

...okay, I'm gonna need you to roll it back there buddy. How do you know about Stay-Puft, and who's Dan Aykroyd?

[age_of_the_geek]

...Dan Aykroyd. You. The actor who played Ray Stantz. In the movie.

[Hardison is going to blink. That's Dan Aykroyd. Right there. Dressed up and acting like Ray Stantz]

Wait, is this like, an interactive hologram thing? Like a future movie Ghostbusters thing I stumbled across? Or...I dunno, I'm kinda stunned that I'm looking at you.

Voice

[goddamngrenades]

Oh the hardware's nice but wait till you see the coding and encryptions they've got floating around. That's the real candyland right there.

[age_of_the_geek]

Mister, I may not know who you are, but god damn do I like what I am hearing you say. I really hadn't gotten much chance to play with anything when I first showed up. It was a hell of a rush job, to say nothing of the weird thing I can do now. But tech? Coding, encryption, spoofing, and all that good stuff? My bread and butter man.

[goddamngrenades]

You and me are gonna get along just fine. Codename's Locksmith, call me Taylor- feel free to elaborate on this 'weird thing' you can do now. What'd you get?

[age_of_the_geek]

Locksmith, eh? Handy dandy name, that. As for me, I can...well, I sorta become electricity. Like, I dissipate, and when I'm like that I can jump into an access port of some kind and run- would run be the right word there?

Eh, besides the point. Anyway, I need a way out, and haven't tested it on like a cut wire, but any sort of input/output port I can jump back out.

[video]

[leverageintceo]

DIBS!

[If not for the fact that this is 1) the future, and 2) these things were designed with shouting teenagers in mind, there would probably be static-y feedback resulting from the sheer volume of Parker's shriek. She's grinning fit to take off the top of her head, and if she weren't wedged in the ventilation system right now, she'd probably be bouncing up and down in joy.]

Where are you?!

[age_of_the_geek]

Parker? Parker? Babe, you're here to?

[Hardison visibly gets up from where he was, as if he was planning to go and march right up to her, but after a moment, he relaxes and sits back down.]

I'm at one of the comm centers. Nice general soundproofing, mostly open. I think it's center...eight in the main Legion building? I wandered a bit after the orientation. Which was a lot to take in, even for yours truly.

[Then the smile that comes across his face almost matches her in size]

When you get here from whatever vent you're in, I gotta show you what I can do. And you gotta show me what powers you got, if you got any!

[leverageintceo]

I have been here for over six. Months.

You missed vegan spacefuture Christmas.

[Parker is wiggling her way out of the smaller, more cramped vent into one where she can make use of her flight ring.]

I'll be there soon. The vents go everywhere.

[Pchooooooo, go flight ring go!]

I got touch-based power negation! It doesn't really show. What did you get?

[video]

[whyarewehere]

Please forgive Parker. I told everyone that calling dibs on actual people is kind of weird, but nobody listened.

[age_of_the_geek]

Look man, you probably don't know, but Parker has got all the dibs on me.

[Hardison goes into an exaggerated thinking pose]

Unless you're interested. Sorry, I don't go for banana space-suit types. And I don't even know your name, man.

[whyarewehere]

What? No.

[ Grif's the-hell-is-your-deal squint carries through in his voice. ]

I'm just trying to get this dibs situation under control again before we start living like animals.

video

[iamresponding]

Typical superhero etiquette is that it's individual preference during downtime, and usually codenames on the field.

Nice to meet you, Hardison. Name's Rich Rider. I also go by Nova usually, but with my mini-me here, he's Nova, and I'm using Nova Prime as my superhero name.

[headinjuries]

Dick. Come on.

[age_of_the_geek]

[Oh, this is gonna be good. Go on, little one. Keep digging. Hardison is gonna just sit here and watch the reaction.]

[headinjuries]

Hi, I'm Sam, also Nova, and you should ignore everything Rich says.

[deafleppard]

Datastream.

Nice.

[age_of_the_geek]

Glad you approve, person on the other end who I don't recognize! Could I get a name?

[deafleppard]

Yeah, sure. It's Gwen.

Gwen Stacy.

video;

[fuckaccuracy]

I know, right? Pretty amazing stuff.

[That she would just love to reverse engineer one day.]

[age_of_the_geek]

There is some straight up Raygun Gothic looking stuff out there, combined with stuff you'd see in like the old black and white "visions of the future" videos.

[There's a moment of silence]

And if its like that, there's like full on replicators right? That can mimic stuff from the past? Do you know what I'm talking about?

[fuckaccuracy]

Yeah, yeah I get you. Back where I'm from, we had these New-U Stations set up all over the place. You ever end up in a bad spot where you die or get blown to pieces and those babies will set you up with a whole new body.

Right after they... you know, charge you for it.

But hey! New body!

Video

[short_changed]

Naming convention application seems pretty casual around base, although the fans will usually go by your chosen hero name.

'Datastream' feels pretty solid though, good pick.