21st Century 101, Tuesday Second Period

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The class had been asked to meet in the Danger Shop today, which looked like an ordinary classroom when they arrived.

"Good morning, everyone," Steve said, "and welcome to 21st Century 101. I'm Mr. Rogers, your teacher, and as far as my qualifications go, I was frozen in 1945 and woke up in handwavey year, Marvel timeline is sliding. It was a big adjustment. While my experience is more toward coming from the past and learning to deal with more advanced technology and different social standards, I'm hopeful those of you from more futuristic timelines will benefit from this class, as well. Learning to deal with less advanced technology than you're used to can be stressful, as well. This week we're going to have introductions, and then we'll move on to a series of activity stations where you can learn about some of the basics of getting along in the twenty-first century. You may already know all of this, in which case it might seem a bit silly, but please try to remember that some of your classmates might not and it's not silly to them. Tony Stark," he said, gesturing to Tony if he was there, "is from this time period and will be my TA for this class, so if you have any questions you don't feel comfortable asking me, that's what he's here for."

"So, we'll start with the introductions. I'd like your name, where you're from, and a brief description of the technology in your time period. We'll start with...you," he said, picking a student at random.

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Re: Introductions

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"I'm Ace," said she, when her turn came round. "I'm from London in 1987, so I s'pose I'm not so far off? Not like most of this lot, anyway." She shrugged. "Our mobile phones are the size of a brick and we don't have pop tarts yet."

No, that would just be England that didn't have pop tarts yet, hon.

"I spent the last few months in space, though." That was...stretching things, to say the least. On another planet, yes, but she'd skipped the space bit, to her endless disappointment. "So I've seen some alien technology." Mostly nowhere near as closely as she'd wanted to. Unless it involved milkshakes or automatic doors.