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76 is not exactly thrilled with this turn of events, if these events are even real. He’s not convinced this isn’t some kind of simulation meant to ply him for intelligence—he wouldn’t put it past some of his enemies, but he has to admit this is extremely elaborate.

He doesn’t take the oath. Says that he needs time to consider, but that’s sort of a lie because he doesn’t intend to concede unless they can come up with an extremely good reason for him to do so. This isn’t his fight. The Legion, as it’s been described, reminds him all too much of Overwatch, and he’s not sure he’s ready to walk that road again, not after how that went down. Saving the world (universe? multiverse?) is all well and good, of course, but 76 has learned the hard way what an impossible task it really is. He’s not keen on doing it again—doesn’t trust that they’re not making the same mistakes he did.

It wouldn’t frustrate him so much if he hadn’t been right in the middle of progress back home. He’d found Ana. Felt for the first time in a very long time that he was on his way to answers, and now this. Is it any wonder he doesn’t want to sign himself over to this?

The observation deck is almost laughably appropriate for this kind of introspection. 76 could have gone to space (or at least into orbit) whenever he wanted, but he’d never exactly found time, like he never found time for an innumerable list of things. Now, he spends his first few hours out of the medbay staring down at the Earth, wondering what he could have done differently, or if this was inevitable all along.

This huge dude in full tactical gear and deep contemplation is definitely someone you want to talk to, right? Right.

2 - Sim Room/Training Gym

But he’s not about to let himself be idle. Hallucination or simulation or not, it pays to keep sharp, so when he’s not trying to learn every inch of this new place, he’s running himself through almost everything he can get his hands on in the training facilities. Since he can't do anything to solve his current problem (one which is still a little baffling to him), he figures now is as good a time as any to go blow off some steam by shooting things.

76 isn’t especially creative when it comes to this sort of thing, so he programs up a relatively simple target range, which he guesses is a nice thing to be able to do. Being kidnapped to space and/or being stuck in a space hallucination is no excuse to let himself slip.

You might not want to interrupt him while he’s shooting (his very big gun), but maybe, possibly, he will not react badly to being approached. We can hope, anyway.

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Okay, the cool was starting to wear off and get replaced by... maybe feeling on edge? Because that was still a lot of gear to be wearing on arrival and that was a pretty scary-looking gun, too. Like...

Wow.

His answers weren't really making her feel less uneasy about it, just because she was beginning to put two and two together. Okay, no problem though. At least he hadn't tried shooting her.

Had enough of that back home.

"So, uh, I'm Gwen. Nice meet you."

He can tell that she's putting his gear and weaponry into new context, and her sudden uneasiness comes through. It's not anything he isn't used to, of course, and he takes it in stride, though the only thing she gets in response to her introduction is an affirmative grunt.

And maybe, a name.

"76."

It's on the back of his jacket and everything.

"76, uh, okay." Was she, like, supposed to just refer to him like that or maybe it would've been better if she said it like Mister 76. And what the heck happened to the other 75? Were there even any of the other 75 left to begin with?

And 76 of what?

Ugh. Why.

"So... how you liking it so far?"

She knew this was already pretty awkward.

What did happen to the other 76? An excellent question. A mystery.

As far as his opinion of the place, however, the jury still seems to be out. He offers something of a noncommittal shrug--truth be told, he isn't pleased with being yanked from his business back home. 76 imagines he's not at all the only one.

"Ain't the worst place I've ever been kidnapped to."

"Right? I know exactly how you feel."

Had to have been just about the nicest kidnapping one could ever really experience. And you could end up getting a whole new set of powers, too.

You know, after the whole near-death experience portion of the arrival.

He makes a noise in the back of his throat that might be a laugh, but it’s not a very pleasant sound. Mostly it just sums up his feelings about being kidnapped and coerced. He’s not exactly keen on signing himself over to an incredibly suspect organization.

“Pretty convenient, right?”

At least, it seems incredibly suspect from where he’s standing. 76 might be a little paranoid.

"I mean, they do sort of save you from a near-death experience. So, you know, there's that." Solid couple of points in their favor, really.

"And you get all these neat superpowers to work with all in exchange for saving the entire multiverse. Unless you already had powers to begin with, in which case it's probably less amazing. But really, what it all comes down to in the end..."

And this was the most important part to her.

"It beats working part-time for minimum wage."