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[The feed opens to Tony's form from about the waist up. His sleeves are rolled up and his left arm is covered in burns that look to be about a week old. He's holding a strange device about eight inches long. It's encased entirely in a shell and seems to have a small domed sensor on top.]

I just wanted to say, if you start seeing these around, it's not a tiny alien invasion, they're sensors. I'm setting them around key locations in the hopes of finding a way to predict these event things. In light of the most recent catastrophe, I think it's only a reasonable step towards surviving something like that again. There has to be something preceding these things, right? Like a low-pressure system before a storm. We get a warning, sure. Sometimes, anyway? Maybe, if we can figure out what causes them or where they're coming from, we can delay or stop them?

[It's... all he's got, okay? He hates feeling like he isn't in control and he hates that people die because of it, even more.]

I'm... [He sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose, the beginnings of a sleepless headache coming on.] officially out of retirement. Hold the "I told you so"s. You know who you are.

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You think that might actually work? [It's had for Jowan not to sound doubtful there. Even with the strange magic he's seen around the place here, that's just a shiny... dome thing. What could it really do?]

And what if you can't figure out where they come from, or you do and there's nothing you can do about it, just like the weather? No one can stop a storm, even if you can somehow tell it's coming.

[~~enjoy your dose of positivity, tony~~]

Never know 'til I try, right?

[He opens his mouth to argue, then closes it. This is neither the time nor the place to argue weather manipulation with someone. He's already touched on the side of supervillainy with Ultron, he doesn't need to delve into weather manipulation and further that claim. New tactic.]

Whether I can or can't doesn't mean I won't learn something from it all. If I can't, that means this is a dead end and I need to move onto another angle. If I can, well, that will be totally awesome and pursuing stopping or altering it is the next step.

[Okay, Debbie Downer. He's met your kind before.]

you have a robot soldier down on the fourth floor.

[Look, Alex thought it was a rat or something and he panicked.]

Oh, come on! I just put that up.

It's fine. It's fixable. At least you didn't detonate the power core. We'd have lost the fourth floor, then.

[Okay look. You crush one of his sensors, he can be a troll.]

hey don't blame me some jerk hit it with a baseball bat

[He's not taking any responsibility here all right.]

Did you get the license plate number of that baseball bat? I think we can charge them with reckless endangerment.

[Who's blaming? He's just having fun, now. If people didn't break his stuff, he would run out of things to fix.]

yeah i called the wonderland pd and everything
should let you know though someone was talking about setting up some camera surveillance systems too

[She's figured out the video portion of this thing, at least, but she hasn't gotten up to 'texting' yet.

Still, this post has her curious...]

What do they sense?

Hey, sounds like a plan to me. Who's the Deputy in town? I must've missed that announcement.

Well, hopefully, they sense everything from electrical currents to... eh. Magic. I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around this magic stuff, but I'm getting there. It'd be a lot easier if I could put some kind of scientific backing to it, but we're not quite there yet.

I've pretty much opened them up to sense just about everything that isn't normal that they can reach. Which may or may not be helpful given how many people around here have powers that they might pick up on. I'm just hoping I can weed out the interference.

happened during the zombie incident
some redhead
natasha i think

Oh, you met my wife? Wait, which Natasha? I'm only married to one of them.

what.

i mean
she
red hair
kicked ass
gave me a knife thing??

Yeah, that
that doesn't narrow it down.

They're both super hot, too.

The newer one or the one that's been here a while?

buddy i don't know
there were zombies
i just now learned that there are fucking two of them
does this place clone people now too???

[The humans in Thedas, especially those associated with the mages, aren't exactly technologically advanced. The Qunari had been the ones to invent black powder, optics, and looking glasses ... so she's just going to skip over the electrical currents part.

She manages a soft laugh.]

I'm sure that we will understand magic when the Maker decides we are ready, and not before. I would not be much help with understanding it, but if you would like to study the effect of spells, I would be happy to assist.

[That would help with weeding out interference, right?]

That was one of the least pleasant events I've been through. I'm gonna take a hard pass on the next zombie invasion, thanks.

Well, I guess you could always ask next time you see her. You'll either get punched in the face or get confirmation. Or both. You never know with my sweet strawberry angel of ninja death.

Nah, nothing that crazy. They're actually the same person from different universes.

oh i see
nothing as crazy as cloning
because different universes is so much easier to digest
how do you tell them apart

See, I knew someone else agreed with me. It makes much more sense.

Easiest way tell them apart is the little spider tattoo my angel has on her
well
I guess that's something you'll have trouble looking for if you catch my drift.

classy
well ONE of them recommended getting some kind of surveillance system up
i got no clue which

[One of the easiest ways to catch Tony's attention? Offer to let him test something.]

That would be incredibly helpful. I take it, you're another spellcaster? There are more of you guys around than I ever would've imagined.

[Don't mind him if he starts geeking out about tech at you. He's subjected Isabela to many a ramble in the time they've spent together. He's almost fascinated that a place like theirs exists, all magic and little tech.]

[Bethany has always been curious about other worlds, but too wrapped up in trying not to get caught as a mage and then as a Circle mage to really ever venture out on her own. She understands the curiosity, in a way, and might feel similarly to Tony. Especially in Kirkwall, there had been little time to positively interact with enough Qunari to learn much about their technology.

She nods.]

A Force mage, by most recent practice. This place does seem to have a penchant for people from Thedas.

[Not that she's complaining, since this place has brought her back to Carver.]

And here I thought they were cool little drone-thingamabobs for powered target practice.

So I can't use them for target practice? What if I get suction cup arrows?

[ The smirk one his face might look like his normal smirk but there's a strain behind it. The last event had been a pretty big wake up call. ]

So, officially out of retirement? Which one of us won the bet?

[How very curious.]

How do you think they will pick up on the events?

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