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[ It takes Jane a long while to settle down to this first ... whatever. Video? Journal entry? Something. She has clothes - not her own, but clothes nonetheless - and even a small bag of food, to take with her when she goes to find ... well. Someplace to stay. Stay, not live. This won't be home. It can't be.

She sighs heavily, puffing her cheeks out on a hard breath as she flips through the pages. An hour or two of reading have acquainted her with how the system works, as bizarre as it is. She sounds tired, when she speaks, a sort of bone weary ache. ]

Alright. So the journal is some sort of half-book half-iPad technomagical means of communicating, aaaaand this place gives you wings. [ A beat. ] There's a cheesy Red Bull ad in there somewhere, but I'm not going there.

[ A pause. Stay on track for three seconds, why don't you? ]

Sorry, I-- my name is Jane Foster. I'm a astrophysicist with SHIELD, if that means anything to anyone. Well, more like a researcher, but -- anyway. I just really hope that means something to someone. It'd be nice to at least -- I don't know. Have a familiar face from my own world. Or universe. I'm guessing universe.

[ Another pause, shorter. ] So how many versions of Earth are there, here? I'm going to guess at least a dozen. Maybe several dozen, who knows. And probably plenty of other worlds besides. From who knows how many different universes. And yet here we all are. [ She laughs, incredulous and kind of unhappy. ] This place is somehow the special one. I'd just -- love to know how they do it, really. Someone's going to tell me it's magic, and I just--

[ She finally stops, sighing again. ]

Sorry, sorry. Um -- hi. Nice to ... meet all of you, I guess.

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[He looks at the journal in a very serious manner now. He really should possibly filter the rest of this, but he wants to see if she would recognize the name or not. She does work with SHIELD but... no one but one person from "his" world even knew who he was.]

Bruce.... Bruce Banner.

Yeah, nice name, huh? But I'm pretty lucky. Most viking names? A lot worse than that.

Well, if people on your Earth normally have wings, I'm definitely not from the same one.

Scotland Yard.

[He sighs. Okay maybe he's been laying it on thick.]

No need to get stressed or panicky. Apparently these 'experiments' don't even happen that often. Been here a week and no one has so much as prodded me with something I don't want near me.

... who are you? [ Irritated by this guy already. ]

[ A sudden laugh. ] No, they definitely don't. I just meant it's nice to hear about someone from a version of Earth similar to mine.

Oh, uh. Impressive? I can't say I really know a lot about it. Sounds like a big deal, though.

[ That gets a blink of surprise. ] Missions. Right. Well, I hope they're not all military. I don't think I've run a mile since high school.

Who said I was stressed or panicky? I'm fine. [ Says the flustered one. She huffs a breath. ] That often. That's reassuring. But -- you're right. I understand. I think for now I'm just going to hope they keep holding off on the experiments while I find a place to live.

... you're a viking? [ She laughs again, incredulous this time, though not necessarily disbelieving. ] What are other viking names like?

... multiple worlds. [ She pauses, thoughtfully. ] I guess you could say yes and no. We wouldn't call it that - well, not outside of fantasy and science fiction. Alternate universes would be a better term. They've been theorized, but never proven. But that's just the sort of theory I work with. So, no, the idea's not strange to me.

[ Ah. A sympathetic wince. ] Right. Does practice help?

Wellll, this one guy I worked with? His name was Gobber the Belch. There's the twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, and Fishlegs, Snoutlout...my dad is Stoick the Vast. And my mom? Her name was Valhallarama.

[...Yeah. He really got off okay.]

Research, exploration, fairly mundane tasks in addition to whatever the Malnosso may require of us at any given moment.

You did—but it's all right. [He finishes that last part quickly. Don't feel guilty, Jane. You only make him feel more guilty and awkward.] You have no need to apologize either. I suppose this is just... another weird thing about this place to add onto the list.

These days, SHIELD knows me as Wolverine. [If she has any clout with SHIELD, she'd know who he was. But he doesn't expect her to. And he prefers it that way.]

[He chuckles a little. Something about her reminds him of Peggy. Must be the no-nonsense attitude.]

If you need help, I can lead you to the welcome center and to the apartment you want.

It's the London police department. If anyone's made it sound glamorous, they were lying.

... you're Bruce Banner? The pioneer in gamma radiation? But I thought--

[ Erik said ... he'd disappeared after SHIELD showed up. But that has no bearing on this place, does it? ]

I ... I've heard of you, yeah.

Weird doesn't begin to cover it. Someone who looks just like me and shares my name ... that would at least make sense. But someone identical who has an entirely different name, a different life?

[ Her mind is reeling. She sighs, running a hand over her hair. ]

What's, um -- what's your name, anyway?

... yeah, sorry, never heard of you. [ Someone else owns the rights to your movies, bub. ] Look, whatever your problem is, I'm not a threat to you, alright? I was just trying to find people from my own universe. So you can take your attitude somewhere else.

[ She laughs again. ] TV and books, mostly. Sorry. I guess to an American it just sort of sounds impressive.

Research! Research I can do. [ With a lopsided grin. ] Not that I like the idea of working for these creeps, but it doesn't sound like we have a lot of choice in the matter.

[ She stops walking to consider her journal, and him. ]

You'd come all the way out here to help a stranger you just met?

[ Okay. She starts laughing at Gobber, and chuckles through most of his explanation. ]

Compared to them? I think you got the best one. [ She's thinking the same. ] Seriously, Fishlegs?

Independent research is possible as well, but the resources here are somewhat limited. Points earned may be exchanged for items you might need for your research. Tools, equipment, textbooks, your journal. [She lifts a shoulder with a half smile.]

The alternative is to sit and do nothing. I am not overly fond of that option.

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