video; un: stranger.things

[potentialed]

[ He wasn't really wanting to do something like this but since people keep comparing him to his... other self, he might as well clear this up on a larger scale.

He gets a sigh out before the video cuts on. He adjusts it to where he can address the camera directly but not in close-up. ]

I am Doctor Stephen Strange. I just arrived here a few days ago and I am aware that many of you already know of another Stephen Strange. Those of you I have met and have been here longer, at any rate.

I want to make this clear to people from here on: just approach me like someone you've never met. It doesn't matter if you know the other Strange here or have heard the name. I just got here. I have not lived his life, I have not done his deeds. Do not confuse me for him because I am not him.

I am sure all of you are well aware of the multiverse situation here so you know this is possible.

[ He does sigh through his nose now. He's kind of annoyed he has to do this at all. Before adding, ]

I hold a position at Riverview Hospital and am an Advisor at Gramarye Magic Research. If anyone needs help medically or... magically, I guess, I will do what I can. I just ask that my wishes be respected as well.

[ And with that, the feed ends. ]

Comments

[yorkist]

That is fair enough! And far more advanced than I. Did it frighten you, in the beginning?

Ah, my apologies: Plantagenet. Elizabeth Plantagenet. And rudimentary, I fear.

Sometimes I see things before they occur. Others, I can make it rain or cause mist to form.

[potentialed]

Did magic frighten me?

[ Hmmm. ]

A little. But I think it baffled me more. Even... excited me. It made me want to learn more.

[ Because consuming knowledge like food is just something he's always done. ]

And that is an interesting combination of powers, Miss Plantagenet. Did they manifest on their own or was your mother solely responsible in teaching them to you?

[yorkist]

I can relate to it being baffling very much.

( She tilts her head, thoughtful. )

Mine tend to frighten me. I do not see pleasant things when the visions occur. But... it is exciting to stand in rain I have brought worth.

( Should he ever tell her so, they will get along very well, indeed. )

I suppose so. To my knowledge, such power passes through the female line of my mother's side of the family. But she taught me a little of how to make use of it. So long as it suited her ends.

They ought to suit mine, I think. Like you, I should like to learn