Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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maskormenace2014-04-21 12:00 pm
khajidont) wrote in maskormenace2014-04-21 12:00 pm
Entry tags:
- jaime reyes | blue beetle,
- knock out | n/a,
- ruka | n/a,
- † april ludgate | janet snakehole,
- † delsin rowe | n/a,
- † flash thompson | agent venom,
- † kanaya maryam-lalonde | psychopomp,
- † karen starr | power girl,
- † kotetsu t. kaburagi | wild tiger,
- † michael jon carter | booster gold,
- † richard swift | the shade
01 | video
[The feed flicks on to reveal Jaime, an entirely normal looking teenager, sitting on the curb outdoors, watching the world go by. Why not? It’s a nice day out, and being outside of his supposed residence makes this all seem a bit less permanent. He's not overly eager to start what is supposedly day one of his new life, after all. He wasn't going to bother with this thing at all, but he's hopeful that there will be someone he knows around here. Titans Together? Anyone? Can that still be a thing?]
You know what’s weird? The cars here. I mean, yeah, flying cars are pretty cool and everything, but they really went all out with the designs. I was thinking that by the time people made flying cars, they’d go for something a little less... old school. Something more like the Jetsons, maybe, [he says with a quiet, subdued laugh, mostly at himself for the absurdity of the comment, the absurdity of the situation.]
Something else that’s weird is being shuttled here and branded like a bunch of cows, but I’m thinking you guys get that complaint a lot. [He sounds a hell of a lot less chipper about the tattoos than the flying cars, but leaves it at that with a muttered,] At least they stuck with just tattooing our wrists.
[Always try to look on the bright side, even if that bright side is 'they didn't brand our butts'. He sets his jaw, and moves on.]
Instead of asking the usual questions - [which he’s received answers to mainly by snooping around the network’s backlog] - I guess I’ll just go ahead and introduce myself. So, uh, hi. I’m Jaime. [That greeting gets punctuated with an awkward little wave. And then, because Mama Reyes taught him manners even when kidnapped by some sort of interdimensional doohickey, he adds on an unconvincing,] S’nice to meet you.
You know what’s weird? The cars here. I mean, yeah, flying cars are pretty cool and everything, but they really went all out with the designs. I was thinking that by the time people made flying cars, they’d go for something a little less... old school. Something more like the Jetsons, maybe, [he says with a quiet, subdued laugh, mostly at himself for the absurdity of the comment, the absurdity of the situation.]
Something else that’s weird is being shuttled here and branded like a bunch of cows, but I’m thinking you guys get that complaint a lot. [He sounds a hell of a lot less chipper about the tattoos than the flying cars, but leaves it at that with a muttered,] At least they stuck with just tattooing our wrists.
[Always try to look on the bright side, even if that bright side is 'they didn't brand our butts'. He sets his jaw, and moves on.]
Instead of asking the usual questions - [which he’s received answers to mainly by snooping around the network’s backlog] - I guess I’ll just go ahead and introduce myself. So, uh, hi. I’m Jaime. [That greeting gets punctuated with an awkward little wave. And then, because Mama Reyes taught him manners even when kidnapped by some sort of interdimensional doohickey, he adds on an unconvincing,] S’nice to meet you.
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They could have given us a heads up about the tattoos.
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You know Booster and Shade?
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I have no clue who Shade is, but I know Booster. When my city got attacked by aliens, he was there helping out, so my dad invited him over for burgers afterwards.
[Not technically a lie!]
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That sounds awfully nice of your dad.
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[ If it wasn't already obvious. ]
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Oh, hey! I've heard of you. It's nice to meet you too, Ms -- uh, Power Girl.
[Ms. Girl? Not a combo that works.]
That explains how you know Booster.
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You doing okay? You're pretty calm for a new arrival.
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[Or whatever you want to call this. Which is to say, he had his freak-out this morning, and is probably due for another tonight -- in private.]
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There's a few of us from the same universe so far, so you're not alone.
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So... who else is here anyway? Any other heroes I'd know about?
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[ Adventures in playing two DC heroines. However, if Bruce was around she would know. ]
... A few Gothamites, but they've been behaving themselves.
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[Then again, he wasn't expecting Power Girl to be giving him a personal greeting either. Bad circumstances aside, it's pretty wild, sitting here talking to her.]
Why wouldn't they be behaving themselves?
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[ Her smile strains a little. ]
Got a few ex-Arkhamites around.
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Fantastic. So when they called us here to be 'superheroes' - [and even if he is one, you can practically hear the inverted commas slot into place] they did a great job of hitting their mark.
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[...it's not going well.]
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I'd rather be back in our universe.
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