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thestarspangledman[There is the sound of buttons being a bit haphazardly mashed, and some slight shuffling. Eventually, there is a quiet 'oh', and the video flickers to life and reveals a handsome young man, dressed in a tight-fitting t-shirt and sweat pants.]
Sorry, folks, I'm still trying to figure out how things work around here. [He gives a little sheepish smile and ducks his head, before glancing back to the camera.] Uh. Hello, I'm Captain Steve Rogers. Some of you might know me as Captain America. I'm from Brooklyn, New York, and I was told that you could use my help up here.
There's not -- a lot for me to do at home right now, so here I am. [A little pause.] Though if anyone could catch me up on -- current events, back home, it'd be appreciated.
Sorry, folks, I'm still trying to figure out how things work around here. [He gives a little sheepish smile and ducks his head, before glancing back to the camera.] Uh. Hello, I'm Captain Steve Rogers. Some of you might know me as Captain America. I'm from Brooklyn, New York, and I was told that you could use my help up here.
There's not -- a lot for me to do at home right now, so here I am. [A little pause.] Though if anyone could catch me up on -- current events, back home, it'd be appreciated.
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Date: 2012-05-18 04:12 am (UTC)Since then, the focus of a lot of the conflict in the world has been the Middle East. After World War Two, Israel was established as an independent nation in land that used to belong to Palestine, which has caused a lot of problems, and some extremist groups have attacked the United States, Great Britain and other nations because they feel that their culture is under thread by western society. We've been involved in a lengthy military campaign in Iraq and Afghanistan basically since a group called Al Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington back in 2001.
We've made some pretty impressive scientific achievements. In the 50's, people started developing computers to help handle various tasks, and since the 90's people have been able to communicate with each other all over the world, basically instantly, thanks to the internet. People can use computers to do basically anything. People have become pretty conscious of the effect humans are having on the natural environment and are working on developing ways to conserve and recycle resources, as well as protecting natural environments and species that have been threatened by human encroachment. [And kind of as an afterthought:] The Red Sox won the World Series in 2004.
There are books in the library that can probably do a better job than I could, if you're interested in anything more thorough.
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Date: 2012-05-18 04:35 am (UTC)That's a lot to take in. I think I may have to check out that library.
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Date: 2012-05-18 06:52 am (UTC)Can't say I've run into metahumans before. Magic, yeah. Or power of some kind, anyway.
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Date: 2012-05-20 01:21 am (UTC)...Superhero teams? Huh.
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