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Tweak says, "it was love to me"

clark kent ⇆ superman (glasses) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-04-20 22:27:00

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adrien agreste, bruce wayne (dceu), kara zor-el, malcolm reynolds, neil dylandy, peter parker (stnas), souji okita

DAY 372 ▼ ACTION
A little thing like rain isn't going to stop Kara — or rather, Supergirl, clad in a makeshift costume — from soaring up into the sky and doing a few laps around the island to both in attempt to better understand this place and stretch her freshly (re)superpowered legs. And while she's getting something of a feel for her limitations, exploring the dome more thoroughly than she was able to yesterday is providing her with far more questions than it is answers.

She can be found throughout the day flying around various sectors — from stopping by the Athletic Complex to pick up a few barbells (effortlessly, and perhaps all at once), to roasting some of the Shooting Range's marshmallows with her heat vision, to stopping by the Sizzle & Sear to grab something to eat, and even taking the time to walk through the museum's pig exhibit.

"I will never look at bacon the same way again."

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signalized
2016-05-01 06:05 am UTC (link)

She doesn't seem deceitful, and while people can often be more than they seem Bruce also likes to think he has a good read on people. He's a detective by nature, looking for chinks in people's armors.

Bruce isn't used to being completely alone, he's always at least had Alfred. It's been a long time since he's worked with someone other than his butler but he's also begun to come around to the idea that that might not be such a good thing. He had been planning on working with Diana to find the other metas back home.

And it seems now he'll be working with Kara here -- whatever that ends up meaning.

Bruce laughs a little. "I can handle the science part just fine." He did synthesize kryptonite weapons on his own, after all. "Honestly? I mostly need someone to remind me to eat and sleep."

That may sound like a joke but Bruce's version of being a workaholic makes Cat Graham look reasonable.

There's a pause and then he asks:

"You remember Krypton?"

Because Clark didn't from what he understood.

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glasses
2016-05-01 11:55 pm UTC (link)

"Workaholic, much?"

He's accused of it in jest, despite the underlying seriousness of forgetting to do basic things like eating and sleeping, accompanied by a warm chuckle. Cat, at the very least, wouldn't forget — she was just too busy to actually make a point to go retrieve food herself. Hence why Kara spent a good portion of her time as Cat's assistant going on food runs. And picking up her dry cleaning, scheduling appointments, delegating orders to 'lesser' employees...

She could handle reminding Bruce Wayne to go take a nap. And could pick him up and deposit him in his bed should he refuse.

A nod. "Of course I do. Krypton was my home for the first thirteen years of my life."

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signalized
2016-05-05 07:46 am UTC (link)

"I have been called that before."

Usually by someone who speaks in a dry, British tone. Bruce has trained himself to not need much sleep, and he tends to be obsessive by nature when it comes to his work. All of these things add up to him having poor self care, to say the least.

Bruce treats his body as a machine, for better or for worse.

"So this isn't your first time adjusting to being somewhere new, suddenly."

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glasses
2016-05-07 01:27 am UTC (link)

Kara takes care of her body, but she's also Kryptonian. Under the light of a yellow sun — artificially generated or otherwise, as she suspects is the case here — she's durable. Incredibly durable. Practically invulnerable. 'Unfair Advantage' might as well be her middle name.

A shake of her head. "Nope. But this is easier. Earth was... Very loud and way too big. My mother told me that I would be capable of great things on Earth, but I didn't expect it to be so overwhelming. It took some time to adjust to. I had to learn how to cope, how to focus on other things and not let it all consume me. Contrary to popular belief, it's not easy being us."

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signalized
2016-05-08 09:18 am UTC (link)

Bruce is only human but you wouldn't know it by the way he acts. He probably ends up sleeping in the batcave more often than his own bed. Whoops.

"I can't imagine it is." Except he can. He had considered Clark an uncaring godlike figure until he realized he was just a boy struggling to do the right thing - and save his mother.

"It's never easy to be different. The world doesn't know what to do with different."

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glasses
2016-05-15 06:11 am UTC (link)

Kara will do her best to ensure that only naps are taken in whatever becomes his batcave equivalent here. Official sleeping will be done in a comfortable bed, whether she has to put him there herself or not. (You sure you want a Kryptonian for your surrogate Alfred/Robin, Bruce?)

"They really don't." A frown. "They don't know how hard those of us who are different have to work to be something resembling normal. It took me years to get down the human act, to blend in. To be someone that nobody would want to pay much attention to. Guess I kind of ruined that."

Except the 'normal' act helped Kara Danvers exist alongside Supergirl. Without her ability to appear unremarkable, she would've had to abandon her civilian identity and worn the cape twenty-four/seven.

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signalized
2016-05-21 12:03 pm UTC (link)

(He will probably regret having her help him when he realizes she can physically force him into going to bed.)

"Acts always take time to perfect." In a way, Bruce had to learn to be normal too, or act like it. He was so traumatized by what happened to his parents he didn't know how to act like other kids or later, adults. He had to learn how to fake it.

Even if he hates the act.

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glasses
2016-05-21 06:07 pm UTC (link)

(And no kryptonite around to subdue her with when you don't want to go to bed!)

"I didn't want to act, though." A frown, a sigh. "I wanted to be me, but that was dangerous. My cousin had already attracted plenty of attention here on Earth and if the wrong people decided to pay attention to me... The Danvers were really good to me. They helped me hide my abilities, learn to be human. But I was sent here to protect the Earth. Hiding my powers doesn't help anyone. Least of all me."

As selfless as Kara tried to be, she's learned that sometimes, it's okay to be selfish. Sometimes, you need to be.

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signalized
2016-05-28 11:51 pm UTC (link)

(he probably wouldn't do that anyway. probably)

"No one wants to hide who they are -- but if you're fighting you have to, to protect the people you care about." And even then, sometimes it isn't enough. Jason still died because of him. Lex figured out who he was when he had those letters sent to him.

You let your family die

You can't save everyone. You can try hard to protect people and still fail, it's a cruel lesson in life but it doesn't mean you can become careless.

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glasses
2016-05-29 12:46 am UTC (link)

That's a lesson Kara will eventually learn the hard way, when Non inevitably sends three people from her office out a window. Kara will save two, the third will plummet to her death and she'll spend endless sleepless nights lying awake, knowing that it wasn't her fault but wondering forever why she wasn't fast enough to save them all.

"Do you? Enjoy it. Hiding who you are, I mean. Unless the guy who's been on the cover of our magazines is the real you and Batman is just the mask."

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signalized
2016-06-10 03:58 am UTC (link)

It's never a lesson learned easy. It always comes too late and too hard. Bruce is still haunted by the lives he couldn't save. His parents. Jason. You let your family die.

It's a tricky question. The honest answer is that he hates every moment of it, but he's not sure he's ready to be that honest yet with Kara.

"It's a necessary evil. So they never put two and two together."

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	glasses 2016-06-19 03:48 am UTC (link)
	"My boss figured it out," Kara says, smiling ruefully. "I couldn't throw her off. She just knew, and wouldn't let it go until I was standing right next to a Martian who had shapeshifted into Supergirl." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	signalized 2016-06-22 03:23 am UTC (link)
	"Some people are smart like that. My butler is generally the only one who knows about me back home but a few other people have figured it out." Most people don't care enough about Bruce Wayne to ever look into his behavior which certainly helps. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

glasses
2016-06-23 09:26 pm UTC (link)

"Sometimes reading glasses and a good slouch isn't enough to detour people. They see. As invisible as you might feel when you're not wearing a cape, some people still see what you're capable of. I guess I should find that touching, but..."

It complicates things. And Kat was so wrapped up in how much the city needed her that she was going to make her choose between her job and being Supergirl. Kara needed her job. Sure, she could've easily got herself put on the DEO's payroll, but that wasn't how this was supposed to work. She was supposed to be able to have a normal personal life beyond the call of super duty.

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	signalized 2016-06-27 12:20 am UTC (link)
	"That's why I wear a mask with my cape." It's too risky if people know who who he is. They could get hurt. Sometimes the separation isn't enough. Jason got hurt anyway. Secret identities don't fix everything and being a superhero is always a complicated matter. Then again, Bruce doesn't care much about having a normal person life. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	glasses 2016-06-28 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	"A mask suits you, though. Batman and The Flash, they're mask people. Me? Not so much. I mean, can you even picture my cousin wearing a mask?" She can, and it's hilarious. Hilarious. The image in her head looks like he's trying too hard and/or poorly dressed for someone's Halloween party. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	signalized 2016-07-06 04:05 am UTC (link)
	There's a moment of silence when she mentions Clark. The pang of guilt he feels at the mention of the other man is still acute. But if there's anything Bruce is good at it's not showing what he really feels. So while he's crying on the inside on the outside he's keeping the conversation fairly neutral. "I suppose I can't." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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