Experiment #1

[callmesuperboy]

[ The video opens with a smiling Conner waving at the screen, and the view of camera corkscrewing as Conner flies, carrying his phone with him, shooting along over what some might be able to tell is Heropa. ]

Hello, all you cool cats out there! I'm Superboy, freshly arrived on this awesome Earth and I am having fun! How are all of you today?

I hope you're enjoying the Summer sun, since it won't be long until Winter is here!

[He laughs, spinning in a barrel roll as he comes to a landing on a rooftop. ]

So, I'm not great at this whole addressing people thing, but I had a question. Does anyone here know the names Metropolis, Gotham, or Central City?

Also, where can a man find a Big Belly Burger? Please tell me this world is not without that glorious palace of beef pulchritude!

[ Shortly after, a beaming Superboy vanishes as the video ends. ]

Comments

[Video]

[mysterioisthetruth]

Superboy? That's your name?

[Video]

[callmesuperboy]

It is! What, no awesome superheroes where you come from?

[ Superboy is grinning, warmly and utterly without offense. ]

[Video]

[mysterioisthetruth]

Actually, there are quite a few and I'm one of them. I'm known as Mysterio.

[Video]

[callmesuperboy]

[ Superboy stares in disbelief. ] Mysterio? I think you need to fire whoever named you.

[ Superboy shrugs. Eh, not his problem. ]

Hopefully, this place is less insane than most of the worlds I've been too.

[hatestrashcans]

[ Marco watches this all with an open mouth, then he starts laughing. He laughs for a good minute or two. ]

Oh yeah, there are some of those around.

Show off: Oooh, I can fly with my opposable thumbs!

[callmesuperboy]

[ Superboy laughs. ]

Hey, I love flying. Using my opposable thumbs took longer to figure out.

[ He laughs, amused and feeling good. ]

Also, some of which?

[hatestrashcans]

Flying is awesome, I'm not arguing with that. Bet I can still dive faster.

People from timelines similar to yours. Gotham and stuff.

[callmesuperboy]

Maybe? So? My friend Bart can move faster than anyone in any world. Except maybe Batman.

Batman moves by sheer creepy factor.

Ohhh! Cool! I'll have to find them all.

[justaddh2o]

( Her eyebrows lift a little, but she's smiling all the same, however a smidge on the queazy side. )

Right, that made me dizzy to watch but it looks like it was loads of fun, in any case. Nice to meet you, I'm Rikki. I haven't heard of a Big Belly Burger ( her nose wrinkles a little; that sounds less than appetizing, in her opinion. ) but I'm Jeopardy where all the weird stuff is, so we just might not have one.

[callmesuperboy]

He waves at the girl, grinning wider.

Nice to meet you, too, Rikki. Wanna go for a spin sometime?

[ He waves a hand at the sky, like, inviting her along. ]

Oh, hey! I'm assigned there, too! They sent my stuff ahead as I wanted to take a look around.

[justaddh2o]

Only if you promise not to drop me.

( She's laughing, but that's legit. That looks like a blast but it also looks like the most terrifying thing ever. Let it be known, though, that Rikki's never been the type to turn down something new. It doesn't hurt that he's well fit. )

Oh yeah? Which building?

[rebelhealer]

Welcome to this version of Earth, Superboy.

[There's a little snort as he says the name. It's just so silly.]

[callmesuperboy]

Thank you! Much nicer reception than usual, really.

[ He rolls his eyes at the snort. People and their silly ways. ]

[rebelhealer]

Not used to be treated with basic decency?

[the_caped_crusader]

I might have heard of it.

[callmesuperboy]

[ Oh no. Damn it, he's here. there goes the fun. ]

Well, nice to see terse responses are still the same here.

video; just as an fyi, Clark doesn't bear a strong physical resemblance to regular DC Superman

[mildmanneredwriter]

[Ah, crap...is Clark's first thought, with no offense intended to Super...boy.]

Pretty sure there are a few people here who come from those cities.

Okie dokie!

[callmesuperboy]

Good to know! Thanks!

I'm always hoping to connect with people who know them, and who can relate.

[ He grins, boldly and warmly. ]

[mildmanneredwriter]

[He can't help but smile back, though it's a little weak.]

That's pretty common, wanting to connect with people from the same world. I wish that'd happen for me.

video;

[bifroster]

Superboy? As in Superman?

[Well now. Jane did not think about this being a possibility in the multiverse.]

Re: video;

[callmesuperboy]

You got it! The same symbol, more or less as big Blue himself.

[ He grins, proud to be related to, and connected to, Superman. ]

video;

[bifroster]

Awesome, nice to meet you! I'm Jane, but ... I have yet to find a good burger place. Never heard of Big Belly Burgers.

Text | ID: Oracle

[bodilesswarrior]

[It's one thing to hear that Conner Kent comes back, at least in certain versions of the future. It's another thing to see him flying over Heropa, grinning and joking.

She wants to tell him how glad she is that he's safe. How sorry she is that he died in the first place. How much Tim and Cass had missed him.

Instead: ]

I see you've already met Gotham's foremost buzzkill.

Text | ID: TheMetropolisKid

[callmesuperboy]

Oracle! Hellllllo, Tall, dark, and Digital! It is good to see your digital signature.

[ He smiles gently to himself. Oracle had made a huge difference in his life, and he never really has had a chance to tell her. She had been, still is, really, a little intimidating, and one of his heroes. ]

Yeah, the Bat-troll has made his presence known. He had to, I suppose, since he and i... never saw eye to eye.

Text | ID: Oracle

[bodilesswarrior]

Right back at you.

[Yep, still Conner. She almost wants to throw caution to the wind, find the boy and hug him.

Well, she does have access to a middle ground nowadays.]

It's no surprise, you brighten up Gotham too much. [Her response comes more slowly, because she's double tasking. Half of her mind is in the skies of Heropa.]