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Hey, ah... Vision - I mean, Jonas - of the Young Avengers got sent home. Sorry, if you knew him.

[Why is he always full of bad news? Ugh... let’s try to be less depressing for a while.]

There’s something else I wanted to talk about today: since I got here almost a year ago I’ve noticed how there’s this huge range of cultural norms across the multiverse- which makes sense, different worlds have different standards, I get it. People who are accepted in one world aren’t tolerated in another. Luceti’s kind of an anomaly, where there’s really not much, if any prejudice. I mean, there’s the whole Malnosso versus Us mentality, but that’s because of what they do, not what they are. Basically what I’m saying is that I think that’s great, and I want to do my part to keep encouraging that universal acceptance here for the people who might not be able to get it back where they come from, open up discussions to people who might not be sure about who or what they are, um...

Okay, this is a really roundabout way of saying I want to start an LGBT club. If you don’t know what that means, here’s a breakdown:

[Below is a jotted list-

L = Lesbian = girls attracted to girls
G = Gay = guys attracted to guys
B = Bisexual = guys and girls attracted to BOTH guys and girls
T = Transgender = People who feel like they were born in the body of the wrong gender (or genderfluid)
*Q = Questioning = Anyone not sure about the above or if they apply

And then it returns to voice.]

Those are really oversimplified, and there's still a lot of other words people use to define themselves, but you get the gist of it. I’d really like to meet up with anyone who matches any those descriptions, or feels like they might, or are just curious about it. I’m gonna put up some posters with suggested meeting times and places, but if you have any questions or just want to talk about it, you can use the journal (it’s okay to be anonymous!) or come right to the school. I’ve got a table set up and I’ll be here pretty much all day. I don't know if this is going to go anywhere, but it's worth a shot, right?

One last thing- we’re looking to make this a safe place, so if you plan to come just to make fun of people: we have a Hulk.

[And true to his word, Billy will be at the school, curled up in a chair at a plain table littered with papers. He’s designing posters and doodling various symbols to use for logos. Come bother him if you like?]

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Wow, yeah. Guess I'll add that one to the list. Must get confusing around here when someone references the world...

Yeah, just a bit. I get the impression my world's situation is kind of unique. I mean, it's really weird to imagine a major power bloc just gone like that.

Kinda like someone telling me that the USA doesn't exist, maybe.

Probably, yeah. Been getting a lot of that since they also tell me it's just the UK now, no Commonwealth to speak of.

It's just... weird. Have a fact of life dragged out from underneath you.

Apparently I don't even exist in at least two of the universes that closely resemble mine. That's a pretty awkward reality, too.

Okay, yeah. That... That is pretty rough. Sorry to hear that. Is it just you? I mean, that remembers how stuff should be?

I've got friends from my own universe, and it might just be that I don't exist yet, so it's alright. It's weird, that's all- but I don't know if it's more or less weird than the idea of having alternate versions of myself in the universe.

That's kind of... mindscrewy. Alternate versions and all. Not sure I could take coming face to face with myself.

I've been told that one exists, actually! An alternate-me. I get to meet him in the future. Apparently he isn't that smart, though.

Could be worse. I'd hate to get shown up by an alternate version of myself. I kind of like being the only me I know about.

I don't, maybe I wouldn't mind that so much. An alternative version that's better is just a show of what your potential could be, right?

[Potential... ugh, that's kind of scary to think about.]

I still think I'll pass. Could be that potential is really really scary.

Don't worry, I completely understand that sentiment.

[More than ever now, after all that he's learned here.]

Oh? Magic, mundane or science? I mean, you don't have to tell me. Just curious.

Oh, uh- magic, I guess. I'm a witch. It's no secret or anything.

Ah well, that I can definitely sympathise with. I'm a mage in my own world.

[Well, that's one way to perk him right up.]

Really? You do magic too? That's pretty cool.

Yeah, I do magic. I always have. I'd be out of a job if I didn't.

Huh... I guess technically you could say the same about me.

Yeah? What do you do? Military? Or government work is always available for mages.

I mean... where I'm from anyway.

Neither, I'm a little young for that. I guess the technical term is... super hero? In training. Don't know how universal that is.

Superhero? Like... uh, those American comics? Capes and stuff? I don't think we have those. I'd look really stupid in a cape honestly.

Well... I wouldn't call it a comic thing- I mean, it's real for me. But that's basically it.

...And I like capes. But I'm a little biased.

Right. Sorry. Different worlds. I'm pretty sure we don't have anything like that where I'm from. Probably.

I prefer to stick with t-shirts myself.

Seriously? Even for military mages or whatever your title would be, you don't get a fancy uniform?

[Wizards in t-shirts... well, Harry Potter pulled it off well enough.]

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