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Lois Lane ([info]i_changelanes) wrote in [info]we_coexist,
@ 2012-02-29 21:42:00

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Entry tags:lois lane, stand still, thomas townsend

Interview of the Century? (Thomas)
Lois was not amused. At all. She'd spent the last few weeks reading all of the comics she could at the library. And watching the movies. And the TV show.

This was all...

Clark was an alien? Who flew around wearing his underwear outside his pants? And she was supposed to fall in love with him?

Which was all secondary to the fact that she was an actual freaking comic book character.

What had Arthur said-the ideal of a determined female journalist?

And apparently the dumbest person on Earth because nearly every version had her fooled by a simple pair of glasses.

Glasses. How dumb did they think she was?

Or worse, if one of those was her supposed future if the City hadn't shanghaied her, how dumb was she?

Everything was topsy turvy. Everything.

She was still keeping on top of her assignments and she'd gotten a front row seat to a nice riot instead of a press conference. It had given her another front page headline, though she wasn't happy about the state of fear that everyone in the City was in. She didn't know exactly where the Justice League had been lately, but she had a feeling that the mayor's anti-heroes stance had cowed them to some extent.

Which also didn't make her happy.

All in all, she was a little bit cranky as she hit the streets to interview random citizens for her follow-up article on the state of the City. She intended to get genuine man-on-the-street reactions to everything that was going on at the moment so she could piece together something on the current mood of the City. She also planned to slip in questions to find out how the citizens felt about the heroes who had taken down King Kong and the mayor's treatment of said heroes.


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[info]i_blankityblank
2012-03-01 07:46 am UTC (link)
The women he had brought here were strange. He'd yet to meet any of the men that had been brought here, and Thomas wondered if he wanted to. There were a few he did his best to avoid, for they were more than likely to cause him trouble. Not that the women hadn't. There was one in particular he hoped he never saw again.

The clothes he wore were new. He'd stolen them; he'd seen it done by the flying manboy and a few others. The shirt was too big. The pants too tight. The shoes felt strange, but they were serviceable enough. Now if he could just make it through another day without a confrontational encounter. He knew the crone's magic couldn't possibly work forever; nothing in the City was forever. Thomas knew very well, that nothing lasted forever.

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[info]i_changelanes
2012-03-01 12:48 pm UTC (link)
Lois approached the man who was dressed a little strangely and seemed out of sorts. She was willing to help him if he needed it, but if he was okay it couldn't hurt to ask him a few questions for her article.

"Excuse me," she said as she caught up to him. "I'm Lois Lane with the City Voice. I was wondering if you would be willing to let me ask you a few questions. I'm doing a sort of man on the street series of interviews right now."

She flashed her brightest smile. Nothing to fear from the harmless, if a little too curious, reporter here.

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[info]i_blankityblank
2012-03-01 10:00 pm UTC (link)
The City knew. Thomas knew that this woman was dangerous; thankfully, Thomas did not eep when she just stepped in his way. It took a moment or three for him to decide that he was not going to answer the questions, which if he had really paid attention and thought about it, he'd know avoiding the woman was a sure fire way to get her attention.

"No, no. I must go." He paused, a small smile taking his lips at the rhyme. It had sounded and felt fun to say. "I'm going to a show." He'd never bothered with rhymes before, not really.

"My, the wind does blow." Which it did, and for a moment, Thomas felt as if he'd gotten control back. Unfortunately, the wind died. He softly mumbled the words "winds blow" but received no wind. He sighed; he needed his power back. He'd have to find a way to get it back and soon.

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[info]i_changelanes
2012-03-01 10:56 pm UTC (link)
Well, Lois was definitely one to have her interest piqued when someone tried to avoid her. She kept pace with the man, almost overtaking him but not quite.

"It will only take a few minutes. I can walk with you to your show."

Even if she didn't buy the excuse, nor did she understand why he was trying to rhyme.

"You have a great gift for rhyme," she said with a little chuckle at her own Princess Bride reference.

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[info]i_blankityblank
2012-03-02 12:37 am UTC (link)
"What? Yes, yes. I'm late, if you don't mind." Thomas nodded and tried to walk faster. He did have slightly longer legs; maybe he could get away. He didn't want to run, but he didn't want to answer questions. She'd ruin him.

"I don't have anything to say. No comment." He'd seen that on something somewhere. A vague memory of how this sort of situation should be handled. "No pictures."

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[info]i_changelanes
2012-03-02 01:01 am UTC (link)
What sort of person didn't get a Princess Bride reference like that?

Then again, some of the City people were very very strange indeed.

"Oh, I don't mind at all," Lois said brightly as she sped up to match his pace.

"What are your thoughts on the fact that all of the City's buildings and streets have suddenly become stationary?"

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[info]i_blankityblank
2012-03-02 01:09 am UTC (link)
The question was enough to get Thomas to stop. His lips thinned as he tried to decide whether she deserved an answer. It pissed him off that question, or more what it meant. His eyes narrowed slightly.

"It is an abomination." He nearly growled the answer. It was dark and angry. "This is not how it should be. This is wrong. The person responsible for this will pay, believe me. They will pay."

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[info]i_changelanes
2012-03-02 01:23 am UTC (link)
Lois blinked in surprise.

"Wait-you think a person did this? What sort of person would be powerful enough to change the nature of an entire City?"

This story was apparently even bigger than she'd thought. Now that she had this bone dangled in front of her, she wasn't going to let go until she'd uncovered absolutely everything she could about what was going on in the City.

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[info]i_blankityblank
2012-03-02 03:17 am UTC (link)
"Wouldn't you like to know." Thomas' eyes went wide, then narrowed. He remembered who he was talking to. "You would like to know. Lois Lane always gets her story." Thomas leaned in, eyes still narrowed.

"No! The revenge shall be mine!" Thomas' hand shot up above his head to emphasize this point. "You won't take it away from me. Not you, or your little paper. You should be happy that I let you have it. Let you work, use your mind. You should be happy with everything that's been done for you. I've done it. Now you won't ruin my revenge. No, not you, or anyone else!"

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[info]i_changelanes
2012-03-02 03:43 am UTC (link)
The man was clearly unhinged. Lois took a few steps back. She was curious to a fault, but even she knew better than to poke at a bear. Or, in this case, a crazy man.

"Okay," she said in what she hoped was a soothing voice. "Okay, I won't ruin your revenge..."

She was going to have to call the police as soon as she could. Someone needed to get to this man before he did something to act on his apparent need for 'revenge.'

He was clearly delusional. He had to be. How could a person have done this to the City? And why would this man be taking it personally if a person had caused the City to screech to a halt and behave like a normal city?

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[info]i_blankityblank
2012-03-03 01:20 am UTC (link)
"You won't. You have no power. You are just a small human who works for an ineffectual paper." There was something very wonderful about being the one with more power. "What can you do to me? Nothing. I brought you here for the blond in green. You are just pretty background noise that gets in the way when she gets too pushy."

Thomas glared at her, but he was just on the verge of smiling. He wanted to be so mean to the reporter because out of all the ones he'd met, she seemed the best to be cruel to. The screaming bird woman and the magic type could do harm without touching him. The Beauty could and would do nothing. This one?

"I think I'll just send you back. Bring in..." The smile finally came, and it was certainly that of a child burning the ant because it could. "Lana Lang."

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[info]i_changelanes
2012-03-03 02:07 am UTC (link)
The man really was crazy, or... How the hell did he know about Oliver?

Lois wasn't really sure whether to hit him or roll her eyes.

"Sending me back home isn't really a threat. Believe me, if I could find a way out of this crazy I'd be happy. And I don't know what blonds in green you're thinking of, but I'm not a distraction to anyone."

She wasn't even all that surprised by the Lana mention now that she knew about the comics. But there was something... unsettling about the man. If he wasn't crazy, then what was he? Someone that could control the City and who came and went? That didn't make any sense.

Did it?

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[info]i_blankityblank
2012-03-03 02:18 am UTC (link)
"You do know. I know you know. I don't think I'll send you back." Thomas took a step closer. "No, I think I'll torture you. I think I'll bring in a pretty red head. Or Lex Luthor. Or..."

Thomas laughed. "I'll bring him here. Oh, that would be rich. Him and her, and you sitting there watching. It'd serve you right to be so very miserable. Or I could just kick you out of the paper. No more words for you."

Why hadn't he thought of this before? He could take things away from them all. Except the nice one. Everyone who had ever said anything bad or complained would pay. The City would show them just how miserable they could be.

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[info]i_changelanes
2012-03-03 02:29 am UTC (link)
Lois stood her ground and did her best to ignore the threats. However, she did feel a little surge of discomfort at all of the names he was throwing at her.

She glared at the man.

"Exactly who do you think you are?" she asked.

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[info]i_blankityblank
2012-03-03 02:33 am UTC (link)
Thomas stepped even closer, his eyes narrowing.

"The body is Thomas." He leaned in, his voice turning to a cold rasp. "But I am the City, and you have made me very angry." The smile hadn't gone as he said it; it only got darker.

He stepped back and started laughing. "What will you do with that, Lois Lane?"

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[info]i_changelanes
2012-03-03 02:54 am UTC (link)
Lois quirked an eyebrow.

"Okay, someone's been hitting the sauce a little hard. So you're... the City? And I've made you angry? What did I supposedly do to make you angry?"

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[info]i_blankityblank
2012-03-03 03:00 am UTC (link)
"You're you. That's all." Thomas looked over her. "You and all the other little complainers. The ones who want to be home, or something better. The ones who think that this isn't where they should be. You're all wrong. This is exactly where you should be. This is the place you belong. You wouldn't be here if you weren't supposed to be here. I can bring and send, but you wouldn't be here if you weren't supposed to be."

He glared at her. "You'll get no more from me. No more questions, no more answers. I must go." He turned to look down the street; it should have changed, but there was the same corner he'd just left. It made him sad.

"I have to find a way back."

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[info]i_changelanes
2012-03-04 08:59 pm UTC (link)
"A way back to where?" Lois called after the man, catching up to him.

"You're not-are you really the City?" she asked.

If he was, this was quite possibly the interview of a lifetime. But if he was just a crazy man on the street, well... either way, she wasn't entirely sure she could prove the source to her editor but something told her that he wasn't just a crazy homeless guy. And whether the story got published or not, she still needed to ask questions if she could.

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[info]i_blankityblank
2012-03-05 10:42 pm UTC (link)
Thomas looked at the reporter, glaring in confusion. Where else would he be trying to go? Who else would he be. He'd been perfectly clear about who he was.

"I am the one who should control all this, but I am stuck in this ridiculous body. This useless body, and my streets are still and silent. My people have no one to look after them, save that...." Thomas couldn't even spit out the Cowboy God's name; he just couldn't. He didn't bother saying the crone's either. The reporter had no power, so she was an easy one to attack.

"I have to listen to people like you complain. What right do you have to complain? Everything you could ever want is provided for you. No, I will find my way back, and then I'll show you all what your world would be like without my gifts." Thomas looked around, now where had he meant to go?

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[info]i_changelanes
2012-03-08 01:18 am UTC (link)
Lois blinked in surprise. The City was... stuck in a human body and not in control anymore?

She could actually buy that. It surprised her to realize just how much that might explain and it surprised her even more that she was starting to believe that he was the City.

"Why would you bring us all here to begin with? You have your own citizens already, so why shanghai those from outside if we're so... ungrateful?"

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[info]i_blankityblank
2012-03-08 08:56 am UTC (link)
Thomas was slightly taken aback by how quickly the reporter accepted who he was. Perhaps she had been in the City long enough to accept things so quickly, but then he knew the reporter's background suggested she was willing to accept the odd after a while. The City provided very odd all the time.

He was thinking this through; thought sometimes came slowly in this human body, or more it came strangely. It wasn't the same when it was all constrained in the tiny little human brain. For all the wonder that brain held, it worked so very differently from what the City was accustomed.

"What is it you call it? You want a coop? A scope? Something to do with ice cream. You want it, and I have it. You want something I have. You always want something I have. Take take take is Lois Lane. What can you give me? Hmm? What can you give to me? Can you put me back, can your little doodlings put me back?" He sneered at her before turning to look around.

"I may talk to you, but I need something more." He looked back at her. "What can you give me?"

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[info]i_changelanes
2012-03-08 10:57 pm UTC (link)
Lois was a bit taken aback at that request. All the same, she didn't blink and didn't show that she was caught off guard. Instead, she met Thomas' eyes.

"Depends what you're asking for. What are you asking for, in exchange for answers?"

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[info]i_blankityblank
2012-03-10 01:40 am UTC (link)
Thomas' eyes narrowed as he looked at the reporter. What did he want for the answers? He hadn't expected her to be that willing to get them, but then he seemed to have forgotten who he as talking to.

"I will have to think about it." He was still angry, but he felt rather full of himself now. She did want him around, and she wanted something from him. She was at his mercy. He liked this feeling. "I will need some time to consider this." He nodded.

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[info]i_changelanes
2012-03-10 06:03 am UTC (link)
Lois tried to fight the surge of discomfort at the 'promise/threat' that Thomas would think about what he wanted in return for answering her questions.

"Hey, within reason," she said firmly. "I'm not going to be doing anything too out there. But I suppose you know how to get in touch whenever you are ready to talk."

She was like a pitbull on a pantleg usually, but she knew when to let a source have time to breathe sometimes.

Not to mention that she still wasn't sure whether or not she believed that he was what he said he was. This would at least buy her time to possibly dig on her own and mull things over herself.

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[info]i_blankityblank
2012-03-11 04:29 am UTC (link)
"I will keep you in mind." Thomas looked her over as if he were sizing her up for something. She could be very useful, and he could repay her for being useful. Or, he could just not punish her as he had considered doing to the others.

"I will think kindly of you when I am back where I belong. I know where to find you." Thomas nodded. "Now, go be a good reporter." It sounded as awkward as it felt in saying. He'd never had to send people off. Usually he was the one who left, and with that in mind, he started off in a direct. It didn't mean much his choice in direction because he wasn't sure where he was going.

For a very brief moment, he considered looking for a particular night creature. Or he had been a night creature until that crone had gotten involved. Perhaps this one would help him. Perhaps not. He would need to think about this further.

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