02; Video/Action

[livinuptothename]

All this shit is pretty above my pay grade, so it's not like I'm speaking from experience here or anything, but it seems like we got a crazy ass mix of folks around here.  I don't think I've ever seen so many aliens in m life and I come from a world where those guys are all over the freakin' place.

Though I gotta say, it's freakin' weird to be around a bunch of people who've never heard of Kryptonians before. [Just.  Throwing that word out there.  Vaguely hopeful.]

Anyway.  It's late, I'm bored.  We've got a shit load of aliens and sword and sorcery types up in here.  Tell me somethin' good about your world.  Or tell me something shitty, we can swap horror stories.

[It's late at night, which means it's time for punks in masks asking bullshit questions on the network to keep themselves from broody navel gazing.  Not sleeping is kind of a thing for him, but this not brutalizing strangers who really deserve it thing is kinda new and borderline unpleasant.  Feel free to spot a brightly colored spot skulking around rooftops.]

Comments

[livinuptothename]

You've got a flying car and you mention the phones.

[so much judging.]

[kneecaptain]

Most people don't have flying cars, kid, but everyone's got a phone.

[livinuptothename]

Yeah, but flying cars are awesome.

[kneecaptain]

They're pretty swell.

[livinuptothename]

Yeah, sure. Rub it in, why don't ya.

[kneecaptain]

Well, you asked.

[livinuptothename]

You don't gotta gloat about it though!

Hey, you think this timeline's got flying cars?

[kneecaptain]

Have you seen any?

[livinuptothename]

...Okay, no, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any.

We got all that crazy time traveling stuff going on!

[kneecaptain]

Maybe in— that country we're s'posed to be fighting.

And you didn't answer my question. Don't think I didn't notice.

[ Not that he explicitly asked Robin when he's from, but you know. He implied it. ]

[livinuptothename]

The Earth United or whatever.

Yeah, I'm sneaky like that.

[ He will make you state all of your questions, Bucky.]

[kneecaptain]

United Earth.

You're not really that sneaky. [ He noticed!! ]

[livinuptothename]

Same difference.

Hey, I'm practically the master of sneakiness.

[kneecaptain]

You don't know who you're talking to.

[livinuptothename]

You mean you lied about being Captain America? I'm crushed, man. All my hopes and dreams just went straight out the window.

[kneecaptain]

I didn't… [ Damn. ] You don't even know what that means.

[ He's really into this Captain America thing, alright. ]

[livinuptothename]

I might if you tell me.

[See, Bucky? Jason can ask directly.]

[kneecaptain]

[ That sentence didn't end with a question mark. ]

Not something I can tell.

[ He just has too many feelings!! ]

[livinuptothename]

Yeah. I guess that's fair.

[There's a lot he can't tell. But that has less to do with feelings and more to do with the secret identity thing, jeez Bucky what are you.]

[kneecaptain]

[ Someone who is really shitty at secret identities, that's what. ]

I heard about this Batman guy.

[livinuptothename]

[Wow, why does he not like the way that sounds.]

Oh yeah?

[kneecaptain]

I heard you were his partner.

[livinuptothename]

Still am.

[kneecaptain]

But he's not here, is he?

[ His tone of voice changes— he says that bit like a question, not like a lecture. He feels bad for the kid, all alone. ]

[livinuptothename]

So what.

[He feels like he can see where this line of questioning is going. He doesn't even try to hide his scowl.]