Let's do this One Last Time [video]

[ninjavampire]

All right, people. I’m going through the archives of this place to convert all the parchment confetti into indexable data sheets.

You can thank me later for saving you all the headache.

[ The vibe of this is an 8 AM Stand-Up Meeting rather than a gathering of guardians. The video's pov is from his lab, which in addition to the completed gigacomputer, was beginning to have half-finished little magitech doohickeys scattered in sparse nooks of free space. The amount of spiderbots seems to have been left at one (1) so far.]

First item: Mission debriefs. If you've fought any dark forces recently and have extra concerning details to share, we should write it down instead of keeping it in our heads. 

Second: Current Projects. Anyone who's a friend to reindeer - you ought to talk to Phil and do him a solid for all the holiday prep. For the science nerds lurking around, I’d like to borrow your brains over here.

[ He'd normally have Lyla take care of this, but he's stuck with non-sentient computers. He hates it! ]

Last: Introductions for the new kids. And universe number, if your world has one of those - the chalkboard maps are getting digitized. I'll start.

My name is Miguel O'Hara, Spider-Man of Nueva York. No, they aren't vampire fangs. [ tired hand wave, as if recapping for the millionth time. ] I‘ve been mopping up messes in my neck of the multiverse until getting picked for fairy-tale duty with the rest of you.

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[ninjavampire]

Because Jack's dark circles are starting to take over his face. We're supposed to be helping to take the load off.

[ the sternest of frowns.

miguel can be an asshole™. But he is an asshole in their corner. ]

[mostdangerousbird]

[ The blanket heap sighs and Tim sits up and rubs his eyes. ]

I know, but I only went to bed at 4.

[ Four hours sleep is a lot though. ]

What are you onto that has you this dialed in?

[ninjavampire]

Lab's up and running, for the most part. I want to start studying this dimension in more detail, including Kuk, and that'll need structuring all the information we have. And if we really want to help Jack, we'll need to get on the same page amongst ourselves.

[ Organization. It seems reasonable enough to him. ]

I also got sick of wading through stacks of paper.

[mostdangerousbird]

I don't know if everyone here is into team spirit. Holiday spirits, maybe.

[ Which is a (hopefully) gentle way of cautioning him against assigning duties to people that aren't expressing interest. Or to Tim, really, but Tim has mutual interests so: unnecessary. ]

What program are you using to catalogue the digital files?

[ninjavampire]

...I haven't named it yet, but the learning algorithms are solid given the hardware of this dimension.

[ on the bright side, whatever thing he concocted with a room-sized monstrosity is probably fairly resistant to being cracked. on the other: it is probably incomprehensible to people who aren't nerds. ]

The interface needs some work.

[mostdangerousbird]

So it’s kludge that you’ve Frankenstein together out of toys. Is there a Speak N Spell involved?

[ninjavampire]

...A what?

[ Speak N Spells do not exist in 2099. ]

No. I went off the Pole for the internal parts and brought them in.

[ Some of the externals are borrowed from the Pole, though. They're very festive. ]

[mostdangerousbird]

Yeah you seemed a little too wound for educational toys.

[ He's not digging through the toy room to find an example for Miguel. He wouldn't be amused anyway. ]

You're lucky I can do hardware and software. I'll be there in 3.

[ninjavampire]

That's why I woke you up instead of the elves.

[ at least its a compliment?? ]

I'll be waiting.

[bestbrotherever]

I know some sleeping spells.