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[iron_fister]

[Danny can be seen standing within the School of Thunder Dojo. When it's pitch black and completely empty. He's holding the comm and facing one of the wall mirrors while looking around the place.]

Gotta say, it's pretty nice knowing this place didn't burn to the ground while I was gone. I had my fears, I admit. [A beat. He ducks his head, scratching

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[incywincyhero]

Hey, man, welcome back.

permavideo;

[iron_fister]

Good to be back, Spidey. Seems like I missed a lot, though.

Re: permavideo;

[incywincyhero]

[Elaborate handwave.]

Eh, a riot here, a seismic event there -- it's pretty much just like home.

[iron_fister]

Seemed like that from the news.

[A beat.]

Artificial superpowers sounds pretty new, though. That really happening?

[incywincyhero]

Yeah, it was a whole ... well, it's all gone down as well as you'd expect. There was a catch. Ain't there always?

[ENCRYPTED.]

They were kidnapping people and grafting their powers onto locals. People came back temporarily depowered, with amnesia or remembering ... awful things. And then the locals started dying, too.

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[iron_fister]

Has it been solved yet?

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[incywincyhero]

Henchmen questioned, victims rescued, evil secret base blown up -- yep, it's pretty much under control, now. But it wasn't pretty.

[Pulling back a little, obviously hesitating.]

Hornhead was one of the kidnapees. He's okay now, and insists he was always fine, but he lost his radar for a while.

encrypted

[iron_fister]

[There's a long pause as he lets that settle. It's a pretty good dampener on any conversation, truth be told.]

Who else did they take?

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[incywincyhero]

[An even longer pause. It gets worse, Danny.]

Nill, too.

Also ... [Spidey's fingers fill the screen for a few moments as he digs up the network history.]

The full list was Matt, Nill, Vivi Ornitier, Feferi Peixes, Cassie Holmes, Mara Jade, Katurian Katurian, John Constantine, Kazuma Kuwabara, Rapunzel.

So far as I know they're all recovering or recovered, but I'm not privy to all the details.

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[iron_fister]

[Danny is trying his best to mask his... whole mash of emotions right now. Mostly guilt. He thinks. Either way, he's failing pretty hard.]

And whoever did it? They've been stopped, right?

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[incywincyhero]

Everyone directly involved has been taken into custody -- or blown to kingdom come. The real power behind the scenes ... we're still looking.

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[iron_fister]

If I can help-in any way-let me know.

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[incywincyhero]

You've got it, Danny.