@spiderman (an invitation to all)

[spidermenaces]

(the boy and his vlogger knack are back, and this time, the stem club room is not half as empty as it used to be. he turns the video on, a little chuckle escaping him as he casually walks up a wall, until he's upside-down standing on the ceiling.)

Hello, Aldrip! I, uh, meant to totally do this a little while ago, but you know how it is, right? Totally crazy, super insane, this whole Gnosia thing that went down! Unbelievable, right? I'm still figuring things out in this place, and it seems like it's things that just happen sometimes? First that staircase that never ended, and now this, I'm not sure what to expect-- oh, right, anyway, so! This is the STEM Club - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics!

(introductions for each of the stem members roll out, and can be found in the comments.)

Well, Aldrip, we have several projects ongoing here, all very science-y, so - we can definitely use all the help we can get, so if you wanna give us something new to make, or help us, well, come meet us at the Clubs building, go straight, then straight, more straight, then left, then... Then it's right, and you'll see a laboratory. It's us, okay? Knock and we will be with you.

Uh, we're out!

[ ooc: Characters who have had significant interaction with Jim Kirk, Spock, Gwen Stacy, or Peter Parker, or who interacted with the Dark Web Player Plot may consider themselves already in possession of a Dark Web communicator. Today, it lights up for the first time with an incoming message. ]

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ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION

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>> Hi all, Jim Kirk and the STEM crew here. We've got a lead we're chasing on the current state of things in Aldrip, and we could use some hands. >> Consider this the call to action we've all been waiting for. If you're interested, find us at the STEM open house. >> I can't promise it won't be dangerous, but if we work together I know we can nail these bastards. >> Kirk out. >> COMMUNICATION WILL WIPE IN 60 SECONDS

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[ ooc: Upcoming STEM player plot information can be found here. ]

Comments

[mightymorphin]

If you say so! I couldn't watch that video you recorded on the flip phone I had at home.

it does sound like you're providing a useful service though, so... good luck.

[spidermenaces]

Flip-phone???????????? What year is it for you?

Thanks man appreciate it
Do you need anything?

[mightymorphin]

November 1997??

honestly this tablet has it covered, but if something comes up I'll let you know.

[spidermenaces]

Wow, old...

[mightymorphin]

I'm not old!!! I'm just from a cooler era than you. I already know you people from the future don't have flying cars yet.

[spidermenaces]

We got invisible airships though that gotta count
Also have you considered the traffic laws in the aerial space
How would that work with so many cars
I think it might be for the best

[mightymorphin]

yeah but being stuck in NYC traffic already sucks, would air traffic for cars really be that much worse?

but invisible airships are promising! that's a step in the right direction.

[spidermenaces]

Yes????????????????????????????????????????????

[mightymorphin]

I thought kids were supposed to be whimsical. the future must suck more than I thought.

[spidermenaces]

Uh sir
I'm upside down on the ceiling
I think I'm whimsical enough

Also not a kid

[mightymorphin]

enough??? see, this is what happens when you spend all your time with eggheads. take a break every once in a while.

[spidermenaces]

(sir you're bald)

Nope can't do
But again
We got some cool stuff in my reality
Don't diss the future yet

[mightymorphin]

[They mean it figuratively, not literally!]

I'll have to take your word for it.

[spidermenaces]

Flying suit of armor? That's a good example right

[mightymorphin]

oh I saw that once on TV. and I've fought my fair share of flying robots.

[spidermenaces]

Really? Flying robots around at that time? What flying robots

[mightymorphin]

they're mutant-hunting robots called Sentinels, and they're bad news. there were cyborg versions that were even nastier. if you don't have them around, that's a good thing.

[spidermenaces]

You guys... Are hunted? Like on a daily? What's with it? Just for the criminal mutants, no? Wait, wait-- what?

[mightymorphin]

it's not a constant thing. they were first used when this organization funded by the government wanted to start registering mutants. luckily the tech isn't too widespread, but they just keep popping up every time we think we've destroyed the last of them.

[spidermenaces]

'First used' so I'm going to go on an assumption rollercoaster that they didn't keep being used for that

[mightymorphin]

the country of Genosha used them to keep a mutant workforce for a while, but that was before Magneto kicked out all the bad guys there. then the AI that made the Sentinels went nutso and we destroyed that too. recently it was uhhh a super advanced Sentinel from the future that came back to our time and infected a technopath to create a cyborg that wanted to make a 'utopia' where mutants were enslaved and used for labor, again. like the original Genosha but worldwide.

so yeah! Sentinels suck.

[spidermenaces]

Yeah see that one doesn't exist for me

... So that's the stuff that X-Men do? Damn
I'm sorry that stuff happened, man

We also had a crazy robot AI thing going on.

[mightymorphin]

you mean there's an entire country you don't have?? weird!

it's one of the things we deal with, yeah. usually we're either trying to help mutants or fighting the ones that decide to use their powers to be bad guys. it's not all extreme stuff like that last one is.

robots are already bad, and an AI that can think for itself is even worse! I hope that one turned out okay.

[spidermenaces]

Apparently, people don't have Sokovia either so yeah PRETTY WEIRD

Super hero stuff, then. Sounds cool. And Scott is going to school for that?

Uh sorta kinda not great overall but defeated

[mightymorphin]

huuuh that one's not ringing any bells for me, but I'm not a geography whiz or anything...

yep! the whole point of Xavier's institute is to teach mutants how to use their powers. and for most of us, graduating means joining the team.

sometimes just handing a defeat is the best you can do. especially dealing with something that crazy smart.