@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

[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.

[spidermenaces]

You'd definitely know if you had heard of it, it's where that AI I told you about went crazy in

Man, that's just so cool. We go trial and error, there aren't many enhanced people as far as I know, so there wouldn't be a school or anything. I'm the youngest I know

And it's uh not mutations like you guys have. I mean mine is but I wasn't born like this or anything

So I think it's really cool that you guys are plenty and can help each other

[mightymorphin]

then I guess it must not exist for me after all. I haven't heard about any huge tech problems running around other than what the X-Men have dealt with lately.

yeah sticking together's really important for us, and there's a lot to gain from it. if you enhanced folks decided to try it sometime I'm sure it would work out great. too many superheroes try to do it solo as it is, and that has some serious risks.

[spidermenaces]

Yeah it's one of the things I really don't like about this place
No one is talking about the same thing
And everything is all over the place
But I guess welcome to the Multiverse
Maybe your Peter Parker is just a regular nerd
Who knows
I don't

I mean, yeah we come together to fight when big things happen and I'm mostly on my own on the daily
But it's cool I can definitely work in a team too
I wish it were cooler like that
A whole school, man

[mightymorphin]

maybe it's confusing, but you have to admit, it's never boring!

you really oughta pitch the idea to someone and see if you can't get the ball rolling. at the very least it's great to be able to train against people who can throw a lot of unique obstacles at you. I'd ask the Professor whenever we can get home, but I'm pretty sure he'd want to keep our school mutants-only for a few reasons.

[spidermenaces]

There's not many like us there, you know
All of them are like old
Kinda like you

No offense
I don't think you're old
You're... mature?

Wait no
I mean an adult
I'm the youngest ever
So I mean they are all very established and in control and stuff

[mightymorphin]

........ kid, I'm not THAT old! I dropped out of college for the superhero biz!

it still benefits adults to keep up on their training anyway. no one falls out of the tree with perfect expertise of their powers. you could just ask 'em to help you with training, though.

[spidermenaces]

THAT old?! That's not helping your case, Mister Morph.

I mean. No, because they're super busy.

[mightymorphin]

you think having a little college under my belt is old? you're not secretly from some sort of Logan's Run dystopia, are you?

and they're super busy with what, their regular 9-to-5? are their desk jobs more important than saving people?

[spidermenaces]

Yes, who, no, I don't think

Also with saving people

[mightymorphin]

it's a book AND a movie! Farrah Fawcett is in it!

anyway, I just think it's a bad idea for these people to get complacent. anyone who assumes they're already at their peak is going to get a rude awakening sooner or later. plus teamwork is generally helped by, you know, knowing the strengths and weaknesses of everyone else in the team.