un: jaycetalis | video

[hexcope]

[If anyone hasn’t seen Jayce within the past few months, he looks quite a bit different. His hair is longer, he has a beard, and doesn’t seem quite as full of energy as he might have in the past. He’s also not dressing as uptight as he used to— a lack of vest and tie, exchanged for just a simple button up shirt. The background is once again S.T.A.R. labs, although he’s not trying to hide it this time.]

Hey, Etrayans. For those new to this whole thing, welcome. I’m Jayce Talis. For those who came from Pollux, also welcome. I can say with full confidence Aurora’s better at this than Castor is.

[Aurora probably won’t appreciate that comment, but whatever. He stands by it. But that aside…]

I’m putting out a call for fellow scientists to come together and work collaboratively on research involving what we know about Etraya, and more importantly, what we don’t know. This could also include strategizing developments to improve our lives here, and solving problems with our understanding in our respective fields. 


Something that we have here that we lack in our own worlds is the variety of perspectives. In my world, some of our greatest achievements are beyond what’s possible in other worlds, but we don’t have plastics or microwaves. Think of this as an opportunity for all of us to better ourselves, in this… transient existence we’re all stuck in.

Meetings would be here, in S.T.A.R. labs, every Thursday morning. No requirements if you want to participate other than an open mind, and a good attitude. No shooting down suggestions without hearing things out, and if you happen to have some sort of grudge against any of the participants here, you leave it at the door when you come in, or you’re not coming in.

[OOC: Feel free to threadjack around if you'd like!]

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un: Batgirl

[her_own_rules]

[ Barbara stares at the message a long time. Not because of any doubt about the potential for chaos or cohesion among the community—no, in the end, it's which of her three usernames to sign her answer to that takes longer. The potential dominoes of any of the fallout there—what can, or specifically can't, touch Oracle's name while she's maintained its detachment from anything, and anyone, else. ]

I'm interested.

And I'm pretty sure another of my teammates would be, too.

[ Yes, Tim. She's throwing you under the bus with her already.
Welcome h o m e to Etraya. Hope you don't die disappear anytime soon. ]

[hexcope]

Another batmate you mean? Ha ha. Since you're... you know.

[Ahem...]

Sure. Do you have a background in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics?

[her_own_rules]

[ Oh, Jayce. You're a dollar and several decades late on that joke being new.

If anything, it rolls off her back without much reaction,
because she's too busy starting to smirk at his next question. ]

Yes.

[hexcope]

[How's he supposed to know!!]

Great. Just keep in mind the very barebone rules we have, and I'll see you on Thursday.

[her_own_rules]

Sounds good. See you then.

[ Now to spread the news. ]

un: R.B. | Text

[godsandbats]

[The username immediately catches Kirk's eye and he thinks about just silently monitoring her comments in the post. But if she intends to join, then he should do some intel gathering now. The other Batmen and Robin have already been hostile to him. He needs know how consistently aggressive these Gothamites are]

Teammate? What sort of work do you back home?

[her_own_rules]

[ And there he is. It's not ironic that he'd already responded to the network post before her decision, too—but there's more to it, too. Especially when she's been tracking Kirk's network conversations for months. When she's been inside Kirk and Hernan's Tower of Justice computer system for nearly three-quarters of that time, and only two other people have been aware of it. ]


That depends on the current situation's needs.

[ Okay. That's a little too directly-circumspect for even her. ]

Generally? Keeping people safe.
Taking care of it when they aren't.

[godsandbats]

Oh? Seems like there's quite a number of people like that here.

[her_own_rules]

An inordinate amount; if you're doing the math.

[godsandbats]

Probably not the best use of mathematical skills while in a multiverse hub.

[her_own_rules]

Probably wise.

Especially when the deck is being stacked with handpicking.

[ No one will ever convince her the people chosen—good to bad—are random.
But she can flip the script back just as easily. This is a first meeting after all. ]

What about you? What do you do?
When you aren't being multiverse kidnapped.

[godsandbats]

I'm a biochemist, with a focus on hematology. But I've studied other subjects as well.

[The answer comes out so easily. Technically, it's not a lie either]

[her_own_rules]

[ It's not a lie. At least no more than Barbara Gordon answering that line as a librarian here.

It's not the full truth, maybe not even the truth as he sees it,
but it is a truth, and an answer, to the question that she asked. ]

It'll be interesting to see who all decides they're inclined.



[ Maybe near to as interesting as whether this accomplishes anything. ]

[godsandbats]

Agreed. With how diverse our population is, there are bound to be interesting perspectives we could provide to each other.

[A double-edged sword though as some personalities might just clash as well]

[her_own_rules]

Inventions. Ways of thinking.

Potentials for compromises and expansions in realms no one's considered yet.


[ A beat. ]


Do you dabble in others fields, or stick to your primary?

[godsandbats]

I dabble in other areas like medical and technology. What about you?

[her_own_rules]

Oh, I am definitely a dabbler.

What I use depends on my circumstances, but I also love to learn new things.

[ Especially given she'll forget even the smallest iota of anything she learns, and will find applications for it later, if she doesn't need them at the current time. Plus, it definitely helps her meticulously track what she gives up and what she doesn't under each of her three guises. ]

[godsandbats]

What have been the most interesting for you so far?

[AKA Is she multi-skilled like him and apparently all the other Bats here]

[her_own_rules]

You mean other than multiversal mechanics, or showing up boys who think women in science need to be neither seen nor heard?

[godsandbats]

Naturally. Those are just givens.

[her_own_rules]

[ The edge of Barbara's mouth twitches.
She knows. She's surprised, as well.

Maybe it earns him one point. Half of one.
Or at least a vague, but true, answer. ]

Before coming here, I was studying up on aerospace engineering,
while researching the history of NASA's SCaN, TDRS, and LCRD Systems.

[ It's not every day the JLA asks you to build and program the communication system of their brand new space station. ]

[godsandbats]

Impressive. Have you built anything then? Why were you studying those histories?

[It's genuine curiosity and wanting more Bat intel]

[her_own_rules]

A few things.

Nothing all that exciting here,
given our friendly dome up there.

[ She's owned companies and has more than a handful of patents.
None of those had to do with space, but neither did she until she was asked to.

(Well. Aside from stealing all of Luther's satellites.
But that's neither here nor there.) ]

I like looking at how things connect. Where and how the breakthroughs happened, whether by mistake or strategic epiphany, and love to work on how current hiccups might be smoothed out, or processes that haven't been updated in five to ten years can be finessed into the present or rebuilt entirely with a more future-use and upgrading table built in.

[godsandbats]

All very valuable and versatile skills to have.

[And great for vigilante detective work]

Looking at the minute details helps with the bigger picture.

[her_own_rules]

Yes. I find the best teams need both;
the forest for the trees and the whole scale forest itself.