Part I: A Rough Landing
| I knew at the time... | Unbeknownst to me... |
| A plane I'm in makes an emergency landing on a highway, because it's forced too low by ambient water seeping in. It barely makes it over a bridge and misses trucks, a playground, trains, and power lines. I just sit there, saying, "Cool!" | Batman's piloting the plane; the Martian Manhunter is telepathically calming the passengers. Which explains why we all just sit in our seats. Superman is down below, lifting the plane. |
| After the plane slides to a halt, a civilian comes out of the cockpit. (What was he doing there?) The guy across the aisle from me says "P'sodyoxmy" to him. | Our Heroes are incognito, and they've established a passcode, "P'sodyoxmy". The Martian Manhunter's making contact with Batman. |
| I recognize this word! It's a Martian word for something. | "Command-of-Compassion", as it turns out. |
| As soon as I hear this guy say the word, I echo it, "Psodyoxmy?". But I mispronounce it without the apostrophe. | Without the apostrophe, "Psodyoxmy" means something entirely different. |
| To my surprise, the person who first said it, turns into a Happy Bear and starts singing a happy song. | Just like I told him to. "Psodyoxmy" means "Command-of-Transformation" in Martian. And the Martian Manhunter was in a near-trance state already, highly suggestible. |
| A bunch of children who were crying in the aisles, calm down and gaze at the Happy Bear. And so the passengers remain calm until the stewardesses get an evacuation going. | Superman's out calling the proper authorities. He's incognito too, so he doesn't just pop the plane open and save the day. |
Part II: A Journey Home
| I knew at the time... | Unbeknownst to me... |
| After the plane's evacuated, I notice the Happy Bear turn back to human form. He's with the guy from the cockpit, and another guy who looks like a stereotypical nerd-businessman. They're talking about how they need to find access. | Batman, Superman, and the Martian Manhunter have reunited in their civilian forms. They are of the Justice League, and are strangers to my Marvel Universe. "Access" is a guy who can get them home. |
| I approach them, and ask what they're trying to access. | They telepathically confer, and decide lying to me is not really feasible. Since I've seen one of them change shape, they might as well admit they're from another dimension. |
| They tell me they're from another dimension. I admit I've been known to travel dimensions myself. | Hey, I could be useful to them! |
| I ask what's special about their dimension... like maybe their most powerful Earth-based superhumans. They say they have a lot, but nobody's really special there. | Modesty prevents them from being specific. |
| I tell them I might be able to summon a link to their best and brightest. In fact, I try it while they aren't looking... but nothing happens. | Go figure. They're already here. |
| I try a different tack. I know one other dimension with superhumans. (I met an Amazon queen there... I think. It was one or another of those reality merge things, so it's hard to tell.) I can probably get them there... | Oh joy, another dimension to get lost in. |
| ...And I'm trying, just to see if I can. Before they can object, we are in the throne room of Amazons. I'm surprised at how well this trick worked, but I still manage to bow to the queen before my passengers do. | Still, John Jones bows soon after me, then Clark Kent, then Batman's current disguise. |
| I beg the queen's pardon, identify myself (I think she remembers me!), and ask a favor. Can she get these stranded travellers home? | Queen Hippolyta of the Amazons has herself been in the Justice League. Too bad they never trusted her with their civilian IDs, so she doesn't recognize them. Her daughter would; too bad she's not here... |
| The queen says that her island is sequestered, so this is not a casual favor... | ...but Hippolyta is used to the telepathy of the Martian Manhunter, who is kind enough to ask for this favor himself. |
| ...but in view of special circumstances, she is once again in my debt. (Huh?) | And our Justice Leaguers go home safely. |