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[captain_marvel]

[Another world. She's in another world.

Okay.

She sits through most of Kasra's introduction and that's the thing that sticks with her. She's not sure if these people are too primitive to recognize that they're just a planet in a bigger solar system, but when she tried to get into the outer atmosphere and see what she was working with well.

That didn't work. Something to interrogate later. For now, she's going to play to the assumption another world means another universe, so she's not going to waste the opportunity. Maybe it's connected to how their powers were entangled and she was brought to the same place Monica is.

The first shot is a ginger cat and a pair of feet. The cat is looking up at the camera, swishing their tail, and eventually the camera wheels around when Carol realizes a hologram isn't going to pop up for the picture. There's a small "huh" when she finds it and says:]

Captain Rambeau, this is Captain Danvers, do you copy?

[And because this is just blasting out to everyone and she's not unaware of that:]

My name is Carol Danvers. I'm looking for a woman named Monica Rambeau. She's five-five, black, slim. She was last seen wearing a white and black suit with a silver emblem on the front. Possibly glowing. If you have any information on her current whereabouts I would greatly appreciate it.

[She is so not great at this, especially because she has nothing to offer. She also isn't sure her repuation has preceeded her, which could be both good and bad. Either way, she hopes this helps. So she'll finish awkwardly with:]

Thanks.

[Before disconnecting and waiting for responses.]

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[vdovy]

There wasn't anyone by that description with us before, so if she didn't come through the beacon with you, she probably isn't here.

Sorry. [ As far as condolences go, it sounds impressively genuine for having come as an afterthought. ]

[captain_marvel]

It was a long shot anyway.

[She's both desperate to get Monica back and also has a hard time believing that Monica will actually come back, so. It's complicated. It was what needed to be done, but it also really sucks, considering Carol had just gotten Monica back.]

But I had to try.

[vdovy]

[ A solemn nod of understanding, but she perks up to ask: ]

What is the cat's name?

[captain_marvel]

Oh, that's Goose.

[She will turn the camera so that Yelena can get a better look, because Goose is very photogenic, and will appreciate the attention.]

She came through with me - you called it a beacon?

[vdovy]

Goose! [ Yelena throws her hands up in appreciation. ] I love when animals are named after completely different animals.

[ She hears the question but is delayed answering, first having to fawn over Goose. Eventually she addresses Carol again: ]

The beacons are like gateways back to where we came from. They never work for long though, so we've basically been chasing them across this world.

[captain_marvel]

[She could correct her that Goose was named after the best character in Top Gun, but it doesn't seem important, so she doesn't.]

Is it a power issue? Because if it's like a battery that needs charging maybe I can help.

[She did just restart a sun, apparently she can also qualify for the job of human battery.]

[vdovy]

It is for some. Others only activate once a year, or they're guarded by an army, or there's some other obstacle or reason we can't get to it.

[traaaaaash]

Sorry, can't say I've seen her.

[ A beat, then Eda quirks a lopsided smile. ]

Fresh meat, huh? Welcome. As welcome as you're gonna get, anyway.

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[traumatology]

Don't know anyone by that name.

( not that he's the super social type. )

Why you looking for her? She do something wrong?

[captain_marvel]

So it's kind of a crap shoot when you find one on whether or not it'll actually work.

[Yeah, that tracks for how Carol's life is going at the moment.]

Have any of them actually worked?

[captain_marvel]

Thanks. The impression I've gotten is this place isn't exactly designed to be welcoming.

[With the undead and all.]

Has it been kidnapping people long?

[captain_marvel]

No! No.

[If anything, Monica saved the world and Carol just wants to bring her home.]

More like she got ... lost. And I was wondering if maybe this is where she landed.

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[bhaalyn]

I've yet to see anyone matching your description. I'll keep looking.

[traaaaaash]

Well, I don't know the exact amount of time, but... over a year, for sure.

But, eh, you look like the sort who can handle it.

[traumatology]

I don't think so.

( but hey, maybe. )

I've been here awhile and I haven't heard of anyone by that name. What was happening before you ended up here?

[vdovy]

Most of them do work, eventually. It's usually a matter of who can get through before it closes again.

It sounds like you have something important to get back to. [ Her tone is casual, not betraying the depth of Yelena's curiosity; if their world is facing another Captain Marvel-level threat, she'd like to know. ]

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[starlingroad]

[She knows who Captain Marvel is, slightly. America hasn't associated Captain Marvel with Carol Danvers, yet.]

Uh, sorry. I haven't seen anyone like that. I'll keep an eye out for a Monica, though.

I'm America Chavez. Sorry you got pulled into this place.

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[cosplayqueen]

[Kamala is heartbroken over losing Monica, her memories, and suddenly regaining one and not the other. She's cried a lot today. Her head hurts and her cheeks feel tight. Kamala shouldn't be walking around in such an emotional state. She reasons she needs time to think. Right now wandering around until the sucker punch of knowing what she's both lost and regained seems like a great way to accomplish that. It's during this she stumbles onto Carol answering messages on the pendant.

She acts before she can think it through. Kamala runs as fast as she can and launches herself at Carol. Her arms close around the woman in a tight hug as she rambles.]

I'm pretty sure I manifested you being here and I'm sorry, okay? Mostly because I'm not that sorry you're here. We really need you, Carol. Ms. Marvel isn't enough. I tried to be enough here and it just never works out. I hate it.

[Or maybe she's just overwhelmed. It's been a long day.]

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[valeas]

[ Kamala has spoken of Carol Danvers plenty, glowingly so. Emilia would be remiss not to recognize the name. But at her core is a mistrusting nature, one that is not readily apparent by the look of her, warm brown eyes and flowers woven in her hair.

And so, she is careful. ]

There is no Monica Rambeau in our group, to my recollection, but she may have arrived with you.

[ It isn't unheard of. Emilia was fortunate enough to end up in this world alongside her husband ... who she did not know was her husband at the time. Details. ] Have you found her?

[captain_marvel]

Thanks, I appreciate it. I just got here, so I figured this would be the best way to reach the most people.

[captain_marvel]

[She makes a face at that. She really doesn't want to be stuck here for a year, but looks like she doesn't really have much of a choice.]

Has it all been moving from beacon to beacon?

[captain_marvel]

It's complicated.

[But isn't that the standard for their shared universe? It always gets complicated, but Carol's version is Space complicated. But does she really want to get into how someone blew a hole in the multiverse right now? No.]

There was an explosion and things would have been a lot worse, but Monica managed to mitigate a lot of the damage. But in the process she got ... lost.

[captain_marvel]

Not ... really.

[The threat is mostly resolved. Dar-been is dead, Hala's sun is restored, and Monica fixed the damage to their universe. All that's left is to move into the mausoleum that is Monica and Maria's house, her house, and she's not exactly in a rush to get back there.]

This was more about covering my bases than anything urgent. The big problems were fixed before I got here.

[Universe saved, now it was just time to deal with the personal fallout. She hates that part. This is a welcome distraction.]

[captain_marvel]

Not your fault. Honestly, I'm kind of a magnet for this stuff.

[Carol's life is a magnet for trouble, in one form or another.]

Have you been stuck here long?

[captain_marvel]

[Seeing Kamala upset is not the vibe, and she's about ready to pull a "Who did this to you?" and go photon blast the source in the face, but as she listens it isn't really a person so much as the weight of whatever this world is. Carol's arms move around Kamala quickly, holding her close, asking on instinct as she tries to connect the dots.

Kamala is here. Kamala has been here longer than she has?]

Hey, it's okay.

[It's so much, carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders. Carol would know, and she hates that she seems to have picked that up here, on a world that isn't hers and a place that's not their home. She has so many questions, but she doesn't know how to articulate them. She's not always good at that.

Goose winds her way over, brushing against Kamala's ankles to say hello, injecting herself into the space to demand attention the way cats do.]

Tell me what happened.