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[girod]

WHO: Clark and Dave, Clark and You! (potentially also Rin, Mafuyu, Maya, Joshua if you wanted to thread things out) (possibly Summer for a roommate meet!)
WHAT: Clark's just trying to help out, okay?
WHERE: All around
WHEN: second half of May
WARNINGS: none so far!

He's already tried escaping. Via the air, of course, but neither up nor over had gotten him anywhere. Literally. Since then, he's been trying to take in this place, understand something about the people here and the situation as it stands. The whole thing stinks of magic, which of course is not really his favorite thing in the world, but it's a strange and different magic from anything he's familiar with.

He'll be looking for someone heading into the woods as he's going to try and explore there, see what other flora and fauna are to be found. He'll be wandering around town, including the various districts, to get a feel for each area and how much work has been done there.

He has plenty of concerns, but he can't help that he's also terribly curious about some of the things people have talked about. The boy who'd mentioned 'hero schools'... The girl who'd admitted that she too was an alien. Perhaps it's the El in him that even though he misses his home, worries for the Earth without him there, a part of him is fascinated and curious about this new landscape.

He's been trying to keep busy, trying to still help people. He's been messaging people about where he can contribute and he's been working on some of those that he'd said he might, like the cheese and the soap and the toothpaste. These things require chemicals, though. Chemicals he'll have to try and find in the rocks and plants and animals in this place.

So really, there's no telling where you'll find him. But feel free to say hello to the massive (but oddly not intimidating) new guy in the glasses.

[ooc: starter(s) will below; feel free to request one if you like]

Comments

[batsuits]

[ The amount of conversations they have just through facial expressions --

Because yeah, Bruce just frowns back at Clark, gesturing for him to take the lead. Fine. Fine. After you, ET. ]

... Yes. You're my back up.

[ In case Dick like, disappears on him or something. Dick's a better option, for those who don't understand that Bruce and Clark are best friends -- his eldest son makes sense for a Bruce Wayne wedding. But, it was still a terribly hard choice to make. ]

[girod]

[ Clark takes the lead because it's tactically sound. Maybe if Bruce was in his suit with the armor and all, it'd be different. But he isn't which means it isn't. As for the question-]

I'm honored.

[ And not at all upset that Dick was chosen. It's important, for a lot of reasons.
After all, he hadn't been able to pick Bruce for his own best man similarly. Just being the fill in is an honor to him, though.]

I'm sure Dick will do a great job.

[batsuits]

[ YES, FINE. SHUT UP. TACTICS. WHATEVER.

He's following, okay. Stop rubbing it in. ]

... Yeah.

[ And then there's a slight hesitation there. Conversation is still hard, even when it's with his best friend. He kicks at some dirt a little, hands finding their way into his pockets as they walk. ]

He's been terribly smug about it. I think it's to overcompensate for the strangeness.

[girod]

Or because he's genuinely happy for you.

[ Dick can express himself in, well, odd ways. And smugness, in his experience, usually comes from delight. ]

It's a little strange, I'll be honest. But so are a lot of wonderful things.

[batsuits]

[ That's true but also Dick's enthusiasm is so cloying and absurd. It's hard to deal with sometimes. ]

... Well, yeah. That too.

[ Bruce, you're a dumbass. ]

Like you, I suppose. Everyone considers you a wonderful thing but you're one of, if not the strangest person I've ever met.

[girod]

[ That actually has him blinking and turning to look at Bruce in something very like confusion. ]

Me? I'm... well, I'd say I'm pretty boring, really.

[ A head tilt. ]

Other than the work. But that's not really about me.

[batsuits]

[ Just. A look. ]

I'd hope you know me well enough at this point to know I mean you, you. Just take the compliment, Clark.

[ A shrug and he's just going to keep walking with him but he's starting to get the feeling that what they might find in this forest is not something he wants to deal with today. Perhaps they should go back. ]

If we go any further than this, we're likely to run into something.

[girod]

That was a compliment?

[ That raised eyebrow over at Bruce. Is he teasing? Is he fucking with him?

There aren't many people here in Chroma that Clark would ever dream of fucking with. He's a very genuine sort of man and people in a semi-crisis situation need everyone to be up front and helpful.

But yeah, he's fucking with him a little. It's his best friend, after all. And the smile's there if Bruce looks for it.]

To be honest, I'd prefer to encounter something with you. I want to know what we're up against here. Or do you already know?

[batsuits]

[ You're getting some dirt kicked your way, Clark. Jerk!! He loves you but you're a jerk. ]

Ha ha.

[ He's honestly glad that Clark is still going to give him shit even here though. It makes all of this... easier, to know that despite everything Clark's going to keep giving him a hard time. It's a bit of normalcy to his life again. ]

Personalized dangers. I wager I'd see bats and creatures of the dark, nightmares like that. There's also creatures in here out of folklore and fairy tale. Harpies. The Jorogumo. Wolves that aren't really wolves. Things like that.

[girod]

Bats are sweet.

[ ...Clark. ]

And we've dealt with nightmares before. Better to see what we can do in a semi-controlled situation than to have to figure it out in a crisis.