Made of steel

IS THAT ALBERTO ROSENDE? NO, THAT’S JONATHAN KENT ALSO KNOWN BY SOME AS SUPERBOY BUT THE WORLD THINKS [HE] [IS] JUST [A] FIREFIGHTER. IF I’M NOT MISTAKEN HE [IS] TWENTY-SIX AND [HE] [WAS] AGAINST THE HERO BAN.

[halfalienblood]

bcstardized​:

The whole situation, by his end, seemed like a waste of time. There had been no additional responses from either of his sisters, thankfully, but the chances were higher the more he waited on the stranger claiming he could enlist in someone to help. And yet, all he had seen thus far felt more like an empty promise, if anything. 

Daken clicked his tongue in annoyance, his patience wearing dangerously thin. If it were anyone else, he would have retorted much faster. Frankly, something about the way he was making the identify of his ‘friend’ so damn secret, one couldn’t help if he was acting or was far too old to be playing with imaginary friends. 

“Just make it quick so I can get home already,” he spat, complying by the request, taking at least a foot away from the stranger, anticipating for the moment he was going to take off without so much of an explanation. 

After a solid 5 minute, he pretended that he turned off the phone. He couldn’t just have a few seconds call, he had to make it realistic. He took his secret identity very seriously, so he wouldn’t just take off either. He would wait for him to leave, he would pretend that he didn’t have anywhere else to be at. If he left right away, would make too obvious.

“I talked to him, he said that he’s on it,” he gave him a small smile, “You can give me your number, so I can let you know if he found it, or you could meet with him in here tomorrow.”

[halfalienblood]

gabbykinncy​:

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“Kind of?” Gabby doesn’t know how to quite explain it to someone else, but she doesn’t like to put herself in a box. “It’s not every single day, but I try to jump in and make a difference rather than stand aside. I consider myself a hero, but I’m still only a junior member of the team as they told me.” Gabby is proud of being a member of the X-Men in any fashion truthfully — wherever her sister went she also does. “I agree with you there.” The brunette wonders what the world would look like if there were more sunshine types in it. “I like the way you’re thinking, Jon. I promise that you can always count on me when you need someone to be there for you. We’re friends now and that’s what friends do for each other.” Gabby looks around at the passing buildings. She likes driving, but never learned any of the rules so she doesn’t really know how to drive the proper way.

She was a part of a team, so clearly, she was one of the vigilantes, he just wondered which team she was part of. He heard a few of them, he was kind of part of one, wasn’t he? He was part of the league, along with his father, or they at least allowed him to fight with them against Nova, maybe he was still not officially part of the team, but the fact that he was part of the meeting, and that he was working with them, was a good sign, maybe in the future, he would officially become part of the team, he just needed to prove that he was worth it, “Which team?” he figured that wouldn’t do harm asking, and that she probably wouldn’t mind, not like he was asking about the members, just about what they called themselves as, “Good to know, anyone could use a new friend, the more the merrier. I can say the same, we gotta stick together.”

[halfalienblood]

originalravager​:

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Sometimes it can be easy to fall into a pattern, especially growing older. While Grant is still new at this whole being a fully grown adult bing — he knows that everyone is pretty busy these days. “My advice? Spend more time with your brother, cherish any moment you can together because our lives are short.” Grant knows that all too well after being dead and gone from this world for far too long.  “I hope you and your brother can spend more time together. It feels like we’re all so busy as a society, don’t it?” If you ask Grant they should be making more time for the simple things and seeing your family. Now that he was with a second chance at life he would be spending as much time as possible with his own siblings.

Life truly was short, and he knew that better than anyone, when he was stuck in the black hole, in the dark and alone, he thought that he wouldn’t ever see his family again. One of the reasons why he wanted to spend time with them as much as he could, “I know, yeah, I have been trying to, I just have been so busy with studies, and if I end up finding a job, I will be even more busy, but I want to hang out with him more,” add on the fact that he was always saving someone, and he barely had even time to breath. He loved his major, but he had to admit that he was excited for it to be over, as having to do all of it, could be overwhelming at times, “Yep, there’s always something to do, some people rarely have any free time.”

[halfalienblood]

kidcable​:

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Would it be possible to trust someone completely? Nathan thinks that kind of particular trust is the kind you’re meant to earn. It takes time, but at least this is the start to a potential friendship in this man. They have  quite the journey to go on before they’re probably anywhere resembling being close. He wouldn’t be surprised though if maybe Jon does have some sort of special abilities. It seems like a lot of people do these days, but letting it be known is a completely other story. “I wouldn’t expect that besides I already have a place in District X so that isn’t something you should worry about.”  He wouldn’t trade  being close to his father for anything in the world. “I could go with you? If you don’t mind that is. Coffee sounds kind of nice right now actually.”

When he was younger, he already took some time to start to trust people, honestly him and his best friend, didn’t even start in the right foot, but grew stronger. No one would probably have guessed that they would be such good friends, when they were so different, but there they were. It took some time for him to trust him, but it happened, so wouldn’t be impossible to it happen with him and the man that he was current talking to, “That’s good, I wouldn’t want you to not have a place to stay, I stayed some time without one, and it’s not really fun,” he could stay without sleeping longer than humans, when he had to, he slept floating, but it was still nice to actually have a bed, “I would be up for that, I don’t mind the company.”

[halfalienblood]

electrically​:

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Sometimes Jebediah used to wonder what it would be like to have a power that might be more useful. He remembers looking at Jay once and asking ‘WHY AM I DIFFERENT?’ Why couldn’t he fly like the rest of his siblings who were also Mutants? This feeling didn’t last long, eventually learned to love what he’s capable of even if there was much to be learned still. Jeb thinks the first time that he really became okay with having his optic blasts was seeing Cyclops for the first time who had a similar ability. It made Jebediah feel that maybe he could be great too. “There could be like secret tunnels an’ rooms all over the city. Wouldn’t that be somethin’ ya find?” He suggests and maybe would even like exploring it coming across one of them. “Mah parents were like that when ah was younger. They said we couldn’t touch our drink until we’ve eaten half our meal.” He says while approaching the seat by their bowling lane. “Ah think we should try these fries before gettin’ started.” He sets them good down next to him and takes a bite out of one with the toppings on it. Jeb washes it down with his soda after. “Now that is amazin’, ah’ve been missing out.”

Secret tunnels and rooms, his mind went to the Batcave, he doubted anyone knew where it was, besides the people that worked with Batman. Even after he revealed his identity, he didn’t think that any of them actually went there, or even knew how it looked like. They probably knew it existed, but didn’t have the chance to explore it, “Yeah, that seems like something possible, not sure if I would be brave enough to actually explore it though,” he could have invulnerability, but he still had some weaknesses, people could actually kill him, if they knew what it was, so he would rather not risk it, unless he absolutely had to, “I heard it’s bad to drink while eating, but I don’t know if it’s true, so I can’t blame them,” and it wasn’t like he could find out anyway, as he was not human, “I was planning too already,” he grinned, as he took a handful of them, and shoved them in his mouth, “As amazing as always.”

[halfalienblood]

bctwomcnkane​:

Kate let out a gentle laughter as she looked over her new conversation partner. He was good-looking - anyone with eyes could admit that; built like a tank too. All in all, he really didn’t scream ‘rich boy’ to her like many of the other men attending the party had. She had to give another chuckling smile when the man expressed a disinterest in alcoholic beverages. “Are you sure you came to the right party then?” She asked in a soft, joking tone. “The uppity types of people that put on parties like this don’t usually keep ‘sodas’ stocked as part of the menu.” She explained. “The best you could hope to find would be some water. I think I saw some bottles chilling on ice at one of the other tables.” 

“What brings someone like you to a party like this, if not for the alcohol then?” She asked curiously as she sipped on her champagne - giving a small gesture with her head as she began walking to the table she had mentioned. 

She sure had a point, he was still trying to understand why on earth he was at that party, it was not the kind of party that he usually went to. At least not when it was not Bruce’s, as he often did go to, because of Damian, “I guess I’m not, am I?” he supposed that he shouldn’t have let his friend convince him from going, “They should, but I guess they just assume all adults drink alcohol,” he shrugged lightly, “But water is better than nothing,” that was first party he went to after he was back in Earth, so he honestly didn’t have anything to compare to.

“A friend, who I have no idea where it’s at right now,” he met him at college, so he didn’t know him in a long time, he supposed that he was hoping he would have at least some fun, “How about you? Did you come for the alcohol?”

[halfalienblood]

electrically​:

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It was probably a good idea for Jebediah not to get his hopes up for much of anything. He learned that the hard way growing up how the world wouldn’t always be fair. Especially when your last name happens to be Guthrie. Jeb also figures that nobody would know every inch of the city unless they’re the Flash or something. Which he wonders what that is like … to move so fast. Is it lonely? “Yeah, ah think if ya are born and raised somewhere that makes it easier ta find your way around. Even then there might be secrets we don’t know about, but discoverin’ those stories is half th’ fun.” The blonde says while waiting for their order to be finished after they pay for it. “Ah’m the same way. Ah think there’s no meal complete without one.” Their drinks and fries are set down in front of them before they know it. “Thank ya.” He says to the employee before handing one of the Coca-Cola’s to Jon — and balancing the rest with his own arms as they can go back to their bowling lane.

Having super speed always came in handy a lot. He tried not to use it all the time when he was without his suit, as he knew that the more he used it, the bigger would be the probability of someone finding out about his powers, but it was hard not to use them when he wanted to go somewhere, or when he had to clean the house. He was careful when he used it, so no one could see, and it was so much faster than when he used a car, or one of the public transportations. He honestly didn’t know what he would do, if he lost his powers, “I guess so, guess there are probably some places around the city that not many people know. If I was raised here, I would probably want to explore everything, though,” as a vigilante, he would have to do it, not like he would have a choice, but he was always a curious boy. So whether he was one or not, he would still want to explore, “Some people say that we should just drink after, but I can’t wait,” he smiled, as he nodded at the waiter, and picked up his drink.

[halfalienblood]

kidcable​:

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The trust isn’t something that Nathan receives so quickly and maybe most people would have  laughed in his face when the subject of time travel is brought up. He knows that it’s real, having experienced it many times over, but for the ordinary person this is not anything that they would expect to be real. It was the kind of stuff you’d see in a movie, but truth being that time travelers are all around you. Nathan tells this person not to worry, but knows that Jon might anyway. There’s nothing that can be done about it now anyway. “I promise not to unworthy of that trust. I know it’s hard to find those you can place it with lately.” His gaze looks around at the surrounding buildings for a moment before his eyes settling back on Jon. “So where were you headed before you stopped to talk to me?”

Just because he trusted his words, that didn’t mean that he trusted him completely. Considering what he had to deal with, he knew that people lied, that trusting someone so blindly when you just met them, it was not a smart idea, but he also believed him right away, because he was aware that time travel was real. Maybe that would make the other suspect that he was not ordinary, that he was not like their regular citizens, but it was okay, as long as he didn’t find out who he was. There was a reason why he didn’t give him his last name, after all, “It is, but it’s not like it would harm believing your words, it’s not like I’m taking you to live with me,” he was all up for helping others, but he had to admit that he would only let a total stranger stay at his place, if he didn’t have any other choice, “Nowhere particularly important, just for the coffee shop.”

[halfalienblood]

originalravager​:

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They always say that you never know what you have until it’s gone. There’s some truth to this statement as Grant knows, but isn’t here to preach anything to Jon. He knows that most people don’t want other people to come at them with an attempt to convert them into believing something new. However, what Grant does know is that relationships with family can be complicated, but even with that are worth every second with each other. “A brother, huh? I’m sorry to hear that it’s complicated, but I hope that doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing. You love each other which is what matters at the end of the day, right?”

When you have a life like his, and like his family and friends’, you had to be prepared for losing one of them any moment. It was one of the reasons why he tried to show them every day how much they meant to him, not wanting them to be gone without knowing just how much he loved them, and tried to spend as much time with them as he could, wanted to live life as if it was their last day, or his, “Yes, that’s all that matters,” he gave him a small smile, “Things also seem to be getting better now, so that’s good. I feel like I don’t spend as much time with him as I should though, I want to change that.”

[halfalienblood]

gabbykinncy​:

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Gabby would always rather try making a joke to make a situation less awkward with some humor, but it doesn’t always work out that way. Occasionally she just makes it worse, at least she would be laughing to fill the silence if anything else. “It wasn’t my first time trying to get someone help that I’ve knocked unconscious. I always believe in helping others.” Gabby doesn’t know when to stop sometimes — like that time she was out with her family and a man ended up getting his fingers sliced off layer that night. She made sure to leave them next to his body in case he played the piano. “I’m too thoughtful.” Which is better than the other side of it. Her personality vastly different than anyone else in her family. “They really can’t, but at least we can still find good people out there like each other!”

Her words surprised him, because it wasn’t every day that someone would admit to do such thing, but then again, she didn’t really hid from him that she was one of a kind. She told him about the claws, so he shouldn’t be surprised that she was so open about knocking people out so often, “Yeah? So that’s something that you do on a daily basis, or?” it wasn’t that hard to guess that she was probably a vigilante, you just had to put two and two together. With the information that she gave him, was not that hard, it wasn’t rocket science, “I think that’s a good trait, more people should be,” he said, thinking about the amount of people that were selfish, and that rarely thought about others, “Exactly, all my friends and my family are good people, so I tend to focus on them, and on the ones that I meet along the way, like you.”

[halfalienblood]

lois-joanne-lane​:

Lois immediately pulled Jon against her shoulder, her hand pressing against the back of his hair. Shaking her head, she kept her voice soft as she tried to ignore her own racing heart. “No, no, mi tesoro, look at me.” Drawing back, she placed a hand on either side of his face. “I’m not worried now. You’re safe.” It wasn’t completely true. She would always worry. In this city it was impossible not to, especially after what happened in the park. NOVA had the ability to make both Jon and Clark destructible. She’d seen her own son nearly die right in front of her. Those were images she wouldn’t be able to get out of her mind any time soon. But she needed to be strong for him. Jon and Clark both needed her to be that pillar of strength, what she’d always managed to be during these difficult times, and she was more than up to the task. “It’s okay,” she whispered, wrapping her arms around him tightly. “I’m here.” 

Usually that soft pet name, would have put a smile on his lips, but as he looked at her, there was no sign of a smile, not even in the corner of his lips. What happened, it broke him, he knew that he couldn’t continue that way, that things would probably just get worse, “Mama... I’m your son, you know that you can’t fool me, I know you better than anyone,” maybe not better than her parents, or his father, but he still knew her like the back of his hand. Despite being a kid before he left, he still noticed the details, enough to know when she was worried and when she wasn’t, “You don’t need to lie to make me feel better,” he saw no point in it either, as he knew that whether he believed in her or not, he would still feel bad, as it was not just about the fact that he didn’t want to worry her, but how terrible it was being for him too, “I know,” he felt safe in her arms, brought him back to before everything got complicated, “But I may need help from outside,” as much as having her there for him helped, he wasn’t sure if it would be enough, “I may need therapy, mama...”

[halfalienblood]

bctwomcnkane​:

The men and women of high society were eternally predictable. Even with Star City being a cesspool of tension and apprehension about the different groups vying for power, that wasn’t enough to deter the obscenely rich from flaunting their wealth the best way they knew how - throwing extravagant parties for those that shared their exclusive ‘class’ and often times extending the invitation to anyone that could afford the entry fee. It had been a few weeks, but Kate had finally settled back into living a dual identity in a permanent location instead of one that could change at a moment’s notice; and after such a transition she needed some sort of small break.

The woman had arrived fashionably late to the party wearing an ensemble of sleek, black dress pants and a white bandeau top - complete with stylish leather shoes and a form-fitting suit jacket with banded sleeves that stopped at the elbow. It had been a last minute decision, but at least Kate felt comfortable. Hell, she looked comfortable compared to half of the women at the event that seemed horribly uneasy in their overly fancy dresses. 

Perhaps that was what helped her seem so at easy as she mingled with other party-goers; regaling them with stories about a few of the foreign cities she had visited in her travels. The party had been going for several hours before Kate finally slipped away and found herself at the open bar, refilling a glass of champagne with an amused smile on her face.

“Entertaining evening?” She questioned as another pair of footsteps guided someone else to the alcohol selection. “One thing is always a given fact about these sort of things - they usually have some of the best alcohols on hand. Rarely anything cheap.” She stated as she topped off her champagne flute. “Definitely helps loosen people up for a bit of social fun.”

If it wasn’t for his half kryptonian dna, then he possibly wouldn’t be able to even be standing at that moment, as he hadn’t had a good night of sleep in a while. He either slept and woke up in the middle of the night, or he didn’t sleep at all, because of the fear of having a nightmare was too high to allow him to fall sleep.

But like was mentioned, he wasn’t a regular person, which was the only reason why he had enough energy to go to the party. However, he wasn’t sure what he was doing there, he felt like the odd one out. He couldn’t see anyone that he knew either, which made things more awkward, and would be one of the reasons why he would probably leave soon.

But at least the food was good. In an attempt to find something to drink, he ended up in the alcohol section, which was not somewhere you would often see him at, “I’m not really a fan of alcohol, I was looking for some soda, actually, but ended up here, because I’m very lost.”

[halfalienblood]

thdvlwrsprd​:

Anton respected secrets. He had plenty through his life, too many to some, and still held on to a small few - the few that he’d take to the grave with him, if he ever saw that day. He knew they could be imperative to survival, but the itch to figure out those secrets always outweighed his respect. It was a game to him, to pull the information they wanted to keep so dearly from their minds with nothing but a thought. A game, however, that had to come to a trickle. So he let the kid have his own fun for once, mostly because hypnotizing someone potentially related to Kara’s family wouldn’t exactly go over well.

“I’m sure he would,” Anton returned, absolutely tickled with the idea that Clark would love to see him. Maybe if he hadn’t caught him with a man in his safe, he would have, but alas. That ship seemed to have sailed - and sunk. “I will, if I’m ever in the area. Have a good one,” he concluded and turned on his heel, the present smirk a constant even as he walked away.

[cappingchicagofire]

[halfalienblood]

t therapisttothedevil​:

“Well, maybe in one multiverse.” she said with a shrug, “Which I used to think was a little joke but after conversations with several people in the know I found out is actually a valid hypothesis.” Turns out there an almost infinite amount of realities out there and in one of them humans was working in peaceful harmony with mutants and in another maybe she’d decided to follow that career in animals husbandry she’d very briefly considered when she was fifteen. She smiled at the remark on good people, “It does reaffirm your faith in the species when some sane people step out from the throng.” Not that she’d want to place herself at any kind of elevated level; she was just glad to be helping the people here as she could. “Don’t worry, the secret is very much safe.”

“Have you ever heard of something called Rumination?” she asked him tilting her head slightly and wincing, damn she was sore; like she’d spent the last month or son partying ever night… which maybe she had been. “Fireman? Well good for you; would I be correct in assuming you’ve some natural form of resistance to fire-damage?” A lot of powered folks liked to go into work where they could tangentially use their abilities to help.

Sometimes it was still insane for him to think about the fact that parallel universes existed. You would think that he would be used, as he lived in a world filled with weird things, or that at least regular people would consider weird, but no, every time he thought that there was other versions of him out there, it blew his mind. Even as an adult, was so crazy to him, “Right, sometimes I forget that the multiverse is a thing,” he admitted, “Did they tell you that because they have been in the earth that it was like that or did they just say it because they think it’s a possibility?” he never been in any other universe, but he had to admit that he was really curious about it. He would probably be willing to go to one, he just wasn’t sure if his parents would be so thrilled about it, “Exactly,” he nodded, “Thank you, I really appreciate it.”

He didn’t need to listen to her heartbeat to know that she wasn’t lying, he learned how to read people really well, so a lot of times, if you lied to him, he could realize, without using his powers, “No, what’s that?” he never heard it, but considering what they were talking about, he figured it had to do with relaxing him, “Yes, I have invulnerability, I can’t be hurt,” except when they had a little green rock, or magic, or were as powerful as him.

[halfalienblood]

kidcable​:

There is a little truth to that, but Nathan doesn’t think every single action will impact the future. The color toothbrush you pick out at the grocery store doesn’t change a single thing, but other more significant actions can alter everything as we know it. You never know how helping that stranger out can lead to as a result. It’s all more complicated than what anyone realizes sometimes. Nathan can’t help except worrying, but has vowed to try changing much as possible at the beginning. That mindset isn’t quite there anymore with how many people have become aquatinted with the Mutant. He wouldn’t let anything destroy what people have, not on such a grant scale at least. He places his left hand on Jon’s shoulder, giving it a gentle squeeze with his cybernetic palm. “It’ll be okay, I promise you that.” Promising much of anything these days can be dangerous, but he meant this one.

That was a big promise there, but considering that he was from the future, he decided to believe him, as he knew more about that stuff than he did. However, now that the subject came up, he still worried about what his actions would cause in the future. In a way, he already did, he did everything to protect others and prevent them from being hurt, to keep them safe and sound, and to not hurt them both physically and emotionally, but after talking about it, he would worry even more, at least for a while, until he forgot about it, “I will trust you, since you’re a time traveller,” he gave him a small smile, even if he wasn’t, he would still have appreciated his words, as he could tell that he had the best intentions. He would probably have said the same thing if he was in his place. What use would have if he was negative? None whatsoever.

[halfalienblood]

electrically​:

“Longer than how long ah’ve been here at least, which makes ya more qualified than me.” Jebediah says rather cheerfully while keeping his focus on Jon for the moment. “Ah wouldn’t expect ya to know every inch of th’ city at least. Ah think that would be difficult, but ah do look forward ta seein’ some o’ the places you do know.” Jeb admits although his lips stretch into a smile as his new friend orders two sodas for them to drink with the snack they’re also ordering. “Ya can’t have food without somethin’ ta wash it down with as ah always say.” His parents always made his siblings wait to touch their beverages until they ate half of their meal. The blonde doesn’t follow that rule so much anymore, but it had been established when they were all young. “Ah look forward ta eatin’ these fries, dude.”

“That’s a good point,” he would know more than he did, but he only told him that he wouldn’t know a lot of different places, as he didn’t want him to put his hopes so, not wanted him to think that he would get to know an immense amount, “Probably not humanly possible, yeah, unless the person has been living in here their whole lives, and explored a lot,” the city could be big, but it would be possible. He would be able to do it in a short amount of time too, if he wished so, as he had super speed, so all he had to do, was run around the city, and he would be able to know every single inch of it, “Exactly, I personally can’t eat something without having a drink too,” he heard it wasn’t exactly health, but he wasn’t sure if it was true, or just some superstition, “So do I, they’re one of my favorites honestly.”