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[Maybe the amplified ticking that only just stopped had gotten to her. Maybe the reality of her situation took five days to hit home. Whatever the reason, Penny doesn't sound particularly chipper. One might go so far as to say that she sounds outright shocked.]

Oh my god. This is all completely real, isn't it? Not just the City, but all of it. What Hammer said, the death ray, Billy, dying, coming here... all of that actually happened.

The City and the dying--that I can deal with. Death happens like everything else, right? But Billy's a supervillain... a real villain with a death ray and everything. And Hammer's supposed to be a hero and he actually told everyone that we slept--oh god. Laundromat-frozen yogurt-shy Billy has a death ray and Captain Hammer's a total... a total jerkface, and he never did care about the homeless, and why does that bother me more than Billy being Dr. Horrible? But Billy--Dr. Horrible--didn't actually shoot anyone, and Hammer made the death ray explode...

And then--

[There's a long pause, but the recording continues. Penny's quieter when she speaks again, as if she's not talking directly into her network device.]

That really happened. All of that happened.

Billy's sweet and a supervillain, Hammer's--and then what happened to the shelter when the death ray exploded? Who else...?

[Another pause. This time the pause stretches into silence until the device times out.]

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There's really no need to apologize, Penny. Really it's fine. And it's nice to meet you as well.

I've never heard of L.A. having heroes and villains before. Well real ones anyway. Do they wear capes? Masks? And what type of names?

Really? They're all over where I'm from. Captain Hammer's the only major hero... there were some others like Elementia, but he kind of took over. I don't pay too much attention to what all of them get up to, I guess... I've heard of Fury Leika, the Pink Pummeler... and a few have masks and capes and stuff, but most don't. I mean, Captain Hammer doesn't even have a different outfit than the one he always wears. Or a different name.

Or if he has a real name, he didn't tell me.

Edited 2012-01-27 06:07 (UTC)

Yes. Those are interesting names they have...Must be a different universe. I'm sure that he has a real name. I mean I couldn't imagine anyone calling their son Captain Hammer. Perhaps it's just a really silly name.

So you're from a different LA?

I really don't know. If you met him... I mean, he's definitely a Captain Hammer.

I guess so. Unless those super heroes are really underground.

So he has one of those faces then?

Nope, they're about as above-ground as anyone can get, especially Hammer. He practically has his own personal spotlight. And stage.

Totally.

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