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Hey there, you've reached Norman Osborn. Sorry I'm unavailable at the moment. Please leave a message and I'll get back to you shortly.

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Actually, no, I didn't mean Spider-Man. He is on the list of people to talk to, though.

I can't speak for their relationship here, as a lot seems to be different, but back home my grandfather harbored a special hatred for him. And as Spidey's been here longer than I have, he might have a better idea what grandpa's up to.

[There's a pause.]

...Power Girl? Is there anything I can do? To help here? I don't know if there's anything that I can do, but... Damn it, I swore I'd spend the rest of my life fixing my grandfather's screw ups, even if at the time I thought I'd only have to be fighting his legacy.

[ Peej sighs, rubbing her temple. ]

If he says anything to you that seems weird or suspicious, will you let me know?

Of course.

Thank you.

Also, before you go... Can you not mention that I was the one who told you any of this to anyone? I don't care about me, but I have a friend I don't want my grandfather going near, and I'm worried he might in retaliation if he finds out I've helped you in your investigation.

Back home he had a tendency to keep an ear to the ground for that sort of thing.

[He honestly has no idea whether or not grandpa Norman would try such a thing, but he isn't willing to take that gamble.]

You have my word.

Thank you again for your help.

Any time.

[And he means that.]

Hi Mr. Osborn. I'm the Blue Beetle and I'm investigating a couple of crimes.

I know you must be awfully tired of getting questions about it by now, but I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions? It's about your grandfather.

Please, call me Normie. I'll do my best to answer any questions you might have, if I can. You have to understand, in my universe, he died while I was still a child.

Oh, I'm sorry. This has more to do with the one that's in this world, though.

Would you mind meeting to talk about this in person?

It's quite all right. And in that case, I think Ill be of more help. That's fine with me. Where do you have in mind?

Maybe at one of the parks in whatever city you're in.

What city would that be, then? I can get to any one pretty easy.

I'm in Nonah.

[Jaime sends over an address. It's a small park in Nonah, not actively frequented, but not quite in the middle of nowhere either.]

Would this place work for you?

Also the name is a hint but just so you know, I'll be in uniform. It tends to stick out a little.

Yeah, that works. I'm familiar with it. I think I'll be able to spot you. I'm not sure if you've ever seen my face before, but I think my resemblance to my grandfather is close enough you could pick me out of a crowd.

[Of course, he thinks he much more closely resembles his father, but Harry wasn't exactly here for the comparison.]

Sure thing. See you soon.

[ ooc ; would you rather me set up a thread for us on the logs comm, or just action it out here? ]

See you then.

[Whichever you'd prefer, I'm okay with either way.]

Continued: here!

Hey, this just occurred to me, so I thought I'd ask. What did you ever make using those microwaves I helped you carry when we met?

[When Riku doesn't get a reply from Normie for almost a week, he gets a little suspicious. That's not like him.]

Hey. If you get this, let me know.

Hey. I'm here, I'm here. Sorry if I scared you.

Ported out for a bit, but I'm back now.

To answer your question: I either repaired them for local shelters, or I stripped them for parts. Microwaves have really strong electromagnets in them, and I used them in the original version of my glider.

[And then he sends a video link to ustube in this vein showing someone using a microwave's electromagnets for something else.]

[The relief he feels when his phone dings and it's Normie isn't completely unexpected, but for whatever reason he's still surprised when it happens.]

Man. It's okay, I just... another of my friends ported out for a while at the same time, so when I didn't hear from you, I got suspicious.

Haha, that's actually really cool. I didn't know you could do that. But I guess it makes sense. My friend was looking for someone to repair his friend's communicator, and I mentioned you, and when I said we'd met while you were carrying microwaves, he was like, "is he gonna blow stuff up"? So I got curious.

Trust me, if I had known it was coming I would have sent something out.

[Normie sends him a link.]

You break anything down enough you can get some cool things, you just have to know what you're looking for... or get something so cheaply it doesn't matter.

[Hahahahaha... About blowing stuff up...

Normie switches to video, where he can be seen smiling and holding up a pumpkin bomb, though it's been scrubbed of the pumpkin motif, so it pretty much just looks like a shiny orange sphere.]

We'll keep this a secret between me and you. Though exactly none of this was made from microwave parts.

[Is this a blog Normie follows? He's curious, though he scrolls through the pictures without much recognition. He has no idea about this stuff....

Riku's eyebrows raise when Normie shows him his bomb, then lets out a huff of laughter.]

Looks too fancy for a microwave.

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