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[biggerstingers]

There aren't a lot of sunny days left at Milliways before the Scottish winter moves in and settles in place hard. Still, there are a few left and Janet van Dyne is taking advantage of one to recover from her latest round of 'Quinjets for non-pilots' with a walk around the lake.

Maybe later she will go for a fly or put in some target practice at the range, but for now a calm walk is just what the doctor ordered.

[OOC: This is intended for the Sensational She-Hulk, but all are welcome. Open forever!]

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[time_dancer]

One problem about spending a lot of time in space is lack of sun exposure and thus one can end up pale and vitamin D deficient. With her return to Milliways Val can correct this so she is taking advantage of the sunny day by laying out. It totally is all about the vitamin D and nothing to do with the pale...really.

[biggerstingers]

Perish the thought.

"Isn't that a little cold?"

Probably not if you manage to stay out of the breeze, but still.

[time_dancer]

"Yeah but I've got a blanket warming when it gets too cold," Val replies looking up. Her eyes widen a bit as this looks like a Wasp, aka Janet van Dyne but best to play it casual for now. "I don't think we've met, I'm Val von Doom."

[biggerstingers]

"Janet van Dyne," comes the automatic reply. Then, "Any relation to a Victor von Doom?"

[time_dancer]

"Yeah," Val replies warily and with a bit of exasperation as she's had to explain this a lot. "99.99% chance the Dr. Doom you know is horrible. Mine wasn't and he was my father. Alternate reality."

[biggerstingers]

"Reed was making big statements about Doom and dooming and I kind of stopped paying attention the last time I went over," says Janet dropping down to sit beside Val, "Ben and I had to go haul Hank and Reed out of their latest project to replace the supervillain prisons and actually eat something that didn't spend most of it's existence freeze dried or in a test tube."

Hank would, given the chance, probably live on takeout and things you can cook with a Bunsen burner. Some people just need minders.

[time_dancer]

Val nearly face palms but does shake her head. "I don't know how many times I've had to bring Dad or Reed real food. I remember once Reed, well the Reed I knew, was on this artificial food and supplements kick and wouldn't eat anything that wasn't a pill. It was disturbing!"

[biggerstingers]

"How did he expect to get enough of anything like that? I don't know about them some times."

"So does your world have an Avengers or what?"

[time_dancer]

"We sure do, though in my natural timeline they keep the solar system safe not just Earth. I was hoping that when I was old enough I'd be asked to join in fact."

[biggerstingers]

"That's just disturbing to hear when we haven't even been running a year yet for me," says Janet with a head shake, "This must be what Cap feels like all the time."

[time_dancer]

"Oh! I'm sorry," Val says. "I can understand though. When I accidentally moved myself out of my reality and ended up in what I had thought was my past, my older brother was suddenly ten and no one knew who I was. My mom didn't even believe me when I said I was her daughter."

She says this with a grin but there's the hint of tears in her eyes if you look closely.

[biggerstingers]

"Ouch," says Janet with a wince. Parents are supposed to be there forever. They are indestructible. Which is not true, but what you learn at five and six lives in your heart forever.

"Don't worry about me just starting up, it sounds like a lot of the other Avengers, Avengerses - I need a different word for a group of teams with the same name - anyway they seem to have started before we did. So who knows what else might have changed?"

[time_dancer]

"Alternate realities and time travel is hard on grammar," Val quips. "It's the first thing you learn."

[biggerstingers]

"What's the second?"

[time_dancer]

Val thinks for a bit as there a lots of answers; not to step on anything, don't drink the water...Finally she says, "I'd say learning to listen and catch the differences. That's how you'll know you're in one in the first place."

[hey35andholding]

Clementine's not walking - she's just sunning herself on a rock by the lakeshore. And it's always nice to see Janet.

"Hey, Jan."

[biggerstingers]

"Clem, hey! How are things?"

[hey35andholding]

"Pretty good. It's almost Halloween on my side of the door," she admits. "How's it on your end?"

[biggerstingers]

"Good, good," says Janet, "Every day we spend more of Tony's money and get closer to stuffing the bad guys back in prison. It'd be easier if they didn't multiply when we weren't looking though. I swear they're like rabbits."

That can sometimes breathe fire. So Milliways rabbits.

[hey35andholding]

"Hey, as long as you're not the one picking up the tab," she declares. "...They multiply. So your bad guys

One of Janet's earliest lines is, 'I can see my penthouse from here!' but Tony is comic book rich

[biggerstingers]

"It's not a breeding sort of deal or anything," says Janet, "Well, I hope not. Hydra gets up to some really freaky junk. It's just recruiting and hiring people."

Reason forty million I love Janet. And her source canon

[hey35andholding]

She shrugs. "Breeding wouldn't be too bad, depending on the guy...though it sounds like your multiplying alien guys have twelve-foot green junk. Even I've got some limits."

[biggerstingers]

There is no icon for the face that Janet makes at that.

"No green junk. Not yet anyway," she says then continues in a more thoughtful tone, "I'm going to have to talk to the some people I've met here who have version of me in their worlds and find out what kind of stuff happens to me, her, you know who I mean."

[hey35andholding]

Hey, she has to ask!

"Good," she replies, and then nods curiously. "Is it weird, having more than one of you hanging around and it's not some weird cloning accident?"

[biggerstingers]

"Not sure yet," says Janet, "I haven't met any of the mes from other worlds - it looks like they don't come here. Meeting people who know me who've been heroing for years just makes me feel old."

[hey35andholding]

"Man...are the other yous moms?" She's highly curious now.

[biggerstingers]

"Not that I've heard of yet," says Janet, "I guess there's probably a version somewhere with my name and kids, but..."

[hey35andholding]

Clementine nods. "Anything could happen in this place." She takes a drink. "Can you picture a version of me running around with two screaming kids."

[biggerstingers]

Janet turns her head sideways before shaking it.

"Running from maybe."

[hey35andholding]

She snickers. "It's that obvious I don't like kids?"

[biggerstingers]

"Call it a hunch."

[hey35andholding]

She snickers. "I've met some kind of all right ones here, but I don't on principle."

[gammagammahey.livejournal.com]

Jen happens to also want to enjoy the weather before it gets frozen. This is why she exits the bar and strolls towards Jan while she looks at the lake. It's beautiful this time of year and she's hoping for a glance at the giant squid that purportedly lives in the lake. This is also why she doesn't see Jan until she's almost on top of her.

When she does see her, her mouth falls open.

She's speechless.

Skrull? Other form of shapeshifter? Or has Jan been exiled to Milliways for her death?

"Jan?"

[biggerstingers]

Big. Green. Calling her by name.

"Do I know you?"

[gammagammahey.livejournal.com]

"Do..."

Jen again is speechless, and that's saying something since she talks for a living.

"...That's only a question you can answer. But I know you."

Alternate universe? A younger version of the Jan she knows who's discovered Milliways before meeting Jen? An amnesiac Jen? Skrull? Clone? The possibilities are endless.

[biggerstingers]

"This is going to end up like the different Ben Grims. I can feel it all ready," mutters Janet before speaking up again, "So I'm Janet van Dyne and I'm guessing you aren't a Bruce even if there's a family resemblance?"

[gammagammahey.livejournal.com]

"I'm Bruce's cousin, not a transgendered Bruce. All family traits apply."

Meaning super strength, invulnerability, and a host of other good things.

Jen smiles warmly - she'd loved her Jan as a close friend and can't help but feel goodwill towards any Jan she meets.

"And I'm guessing you're not from my universe. But in my universe, we were close friends. We were in the Avengers together. You designed every costume I ever wore, including this one."

The urge to hug this Jan is becoming stronger and stronger. But Jen restrains herself - she has no idea of this Jan's personality and receptiveness. Still, Jen's relieved that in at least one other universe, a Janet Van Dyne exists. Alive.

[biggerstingers]

"So you're from one of the worlds were the Avengers started earlier then?" checks Janet, "Since we haven't been together for a year yet. Do you have any idea how strange it is to hear about a career you've barely started?"

But hey she apparently rocks at it, which is always nice to hear.

[gammagammahey.livejournal.com]

"Earlier than when? The original Avengers were Hank, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and you. Then Cap was found, and the roster increased over the years. At one point we had almost twenty Avengers serving simultaneously. The roster's changed over the years - I'm not sure how much you want to know, so ask away if you want to know more. But I will say this - you were chairperson for a while, and you were a spectacular leader."

[biggerstingers]

"The roster sounds right and it's 2010 back home," says Janet, "We've fished Cap out of the iceberg and... I don't know how much I want to know yet."

"Some, but not too much about what Janet van Dyne has done in detail I think. Locking myself into decisions that someone with the same name made - that doesn't feel right. You know?"

[gammagammahey.livejournal.com]

"I won't tell you anything unless you ask," Jen repies. "You just fished Cap out now? You guys got a late start." She smiles again.

Behind the smile are tears, something Jen rarely allows herself with her naturally bubbly and optimistic personality. But there's been too much death lately - she lost Jan, she might lose Johnny, she almost lost Bruce too many times.

"Can I buy you a drink, Jan? Or do you prefer Janet?"

[biggerstingers]

"Either is fine," says Janet, "And a drink sounds good. Maybe if I'm tipsy enough I can think a little more like Tony when he was writing the quinjet manuals."

[gammagammahey.livejournal.com]

That gets Jan a laugh.

"Incomprehensible, huh? I'm not sure anyone can think like Tony. I can fly the Quinjet, you know. I'm good at it. To the bar for libations, Lady Jan?"

[biggerstingers]

"After you Lady... I didn't get your name. And some help with the Quinjet would be great. Flying by yourself and flying one of those? Not as close as I'd hoped."

[gammagammahey.livejournal.com]

"Ohmigosh, I'm sorry - I'm Jennifer Walters. My professional sobriquet is She-Hulk. I'm not sure I can give you lessons unless you invite me to visit ypour Earth. But I can give you tips from here," she adds as they walk back to the bar's back entrance."