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[fujita]

[ when the video starts, it's to a close-up of a young woman squinting at the screen like she's not entirely sure whether what she's doing is working. after a second or two, her expression brightens, though, and she holds the device a little further away from her face. ]

Hi. Can anyone see this? Is anyone watching? I'm Dorothy. [ the camera swings around, showing albus dumbledore for a moment, though it's dorothy's voice that continues: ] And this is Albus, apparently. We've just met and we have no idea what's going on here, so if anyone has a clue, mind filling us in?

[ the camera swings back around to dorothy only long enough for her to shut off the feed. ]

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[fujita]

I wish I were.

[spideys]

Huh. Magical tornadoes.

Well, I can't really say I can relate.

But I'm sure things are gonna get pretty crazy here too.

[fujita]

From what I can tell so far, we're all on an abandoned spaceship. That's pretty crazy already.

[spideys]

Point taken.

I guess things can't get more boring from this point forward, huh?

[fujita]

Not unless we all wake up at home tomorrow. Maybe boring isn't so bad, y'know.

[ for her 20th birthday, dorothy had wished for "more" — more in terms of how things with her real mother were going, that she could be more. she got more, but it hasn't exactly been fun. ]

[spideys]

Yeah, if the alternative is being at home where all of this isn't happening, I'm totally one-hundred-percent okay with boring.

[ New York is plenty exciting enough without having to add space to the mix. ]

[fujita]

Kansas for me, but - right?

[ but she had the opportunity. she went back home after oz and it was seemingly normal and boring and it hadn't felt right, either. ]

[spideys]

Kansas, huh?

[ He pauses, thoughtful. ]

Dorothy from Kansas. Is that a coincidence?

[fujita]

[ buddy, what the fuck are you talking about. ]

What do you mean?

[spideys]

Nnnevermind.

[ Now's not the time to go into storybook specifics anyway. ]

New York, where I'm from, can be pretty crazy but this is definitely next level.

[fujita]

New York, huh? I've never been.

[ she'd never even left kansas before oz. and now this place. ]

[spideys]

You should. One day. You know, if we ever get outta this place.

[ Peter's never left New York before this spaceship, so he can relate. ]

[fujita]

One day. When we get out of this place. [ she managed to get back to kansas from oz. they can manage this, surely. ]

[spideys]

Good - good, yeah. I like the positive thinking.

[ There is no despair here whatsoever, nope, none at all. ]

[fujita]

I managed to get back to Kansas the last time, too.

[spideys]

So you got some experience with finding your way back home.

[ They need someone like that here. Peter's glad he's getting to know that person. ]

Cool, I'll definitely be coming to you for tips and tricks then.

[fujita]

Last time, there was someone who could send me back. The trick is finding that person. Not sure anyone here really has a clue at all, but there's got to be someone, right? [ out there in space? ]

[spideys]

Or something? Like, I don't know, some kinda ... magic crystal? Or space-rock?

[ Has Peter been reading too much sci-fi? Maybe. ]

[fujita]

Yeah, maybe. I mean, if a tornado can do it, why shouldn't a piece of space-rock.

[spideys]

[ A tornado? Seriously? And she's got no idea what he'd been referencing before?

Says Spider-Man. ]

Exactly. Anything's possible in this crazy mixed up multiverse.

[fujita]

[ no, 'cause that's her life he's referencing. or one version of it, anyway. ] You think we're in a whole other universe? I guess we might as well be.

[spideys]

I don't actually know for sure, but I'm just covering all my bases, you know? Just in case. It - uh. It kinda feels like maybe we're in a whole other universe.

[fujita]

We're definitely not on earth anymore, that's for sure.