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[cryptozoologic]

[Everyone loves dogs, right? That's why the video opens up with a close up of an adorable Papillon dog wagging her tail happily. She prances in place, circles a few times, and then lies down.

After that, Umber turns the video feed around to actually focus on himself.]

Now that I've got your attention, hi, I'm Umber. I know I'm probably not the only one going through this, but damn if it isn't weird to just blink and find yourself in a city, right?

[Never mind that he's never lived in a place like this before, only passed through, but apparently this is where he lives now? He's not sure he likes that idea very much.]

I mean, I can't be the only one, right? The guy at the booth acted like this happens all the time, but this is the first time I've ever been...I dunno, warped? Teleported? I'm hesitant to call this a kidnapping because it's not like we're tied up or there's a ransom or something.

I say 'we' but I haven't met anyone else who doesn't act like they belong here yet. So let's see some hands, who's out there. Also how long have you been here and does anyone have any ideas about what the hell's going on or how we can get home?

[He pauses for a moment, then turns the camera back to the dog, who's chewing on her paw.] Also that's Butterfly.

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[cryptozoologic]

[Umber was used to it. He had an entire set up back home just for a Butterfly cam so people could appreciate the fluff.]

Hey! So...you're used to ending up in different worlds, er, pocket dimensions like this? Or other people are?

[Consider his curiosity piqued.]

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[mayday_parker]

Well in my world there are all sorts of heroes and stuff like that and I know a few that have been to other worlds.

[Technically she has too but as Spider-Girl so that's on the hush-hush down low.]

[cryptozoologic]

Heroes like...like superheroes?

[Hold on, give him a moment. He didn't know why this was any more surprising than vampires or werewolves, but it was, somehow.]

That's super cool. Uh. No pun intended. So other worlds definitely exist. I mean, obviously, considering where we are, if we're being told the truth. That's-

[He used his free hand to mime 'mind blowing'.]

Like, does it function like different realities with different versions of us, or completely different worlds, or-

[He had so many questions and theories and ideas.]

[mayday_parker]

Yup! Costumes and all that stuff! They don't have those where you're from? I think this place has some heroes, maybe you'll meet one?

[She debated for a moment to consider how much to answer.]

I think it has both? Some stuff is really similar to some worlds and others are super different.

[cryptozoologic]

Cool, cool. We don't have any actual superheroes, just fictional ones. I mean, if there are actual superheroes, I'm out of the loop.

[He liked to think he was pretty in on the loop, but he also knew he didn't know everything.]

That's really interesting. I'd love to be able to like...do some research about that kind of stuff, or something.

[mayday_parker]

Do you have any favorite heroes?

[Well, he's talking to the right person if he is curious about multiple realities.]

What kind of research do you want to do?