As much as I wish that Keli's gauntlet era lasted longer and dislike the way Adams did it, I think her getting a proper power ring and becoming a full member of the Corps does come with some fun story ideas
Like imagine Keli gets summoned to Salaak's office and arrives to find that Kyle is also there. Salaak tells her "I have been informed that you've been using athletic gear as a substitute for a Green Lantern uniform. This is unacceptable and Rayner here will help you design- where are you going?!"
Keli flees, yelling something about not letting anyone brush her hair again. Kyle tells Salaak to chill and follows her to the 2814 officers' shared apartment (tbh they probably have a whole floor to themselves at this point) in the Emerald Citadel. The kid is hiding under a table and complaining in rapid-fire Spanish to Jessica about being forced to change her hero costume
Unfortunately, Keli now has a power ring that actually translates her speech for everyone to hear, and Jo jokingly tells her that she's complaining to the wrong person since Jess has no fashion sense, as evidenced by her being the only other Earth Lantern besides Hal to wear the default Corps uniform
Jessica starts throwing things at Jo, Hal complains that there's nothing wrong with the classics, and Keli goes off to the Warrior's bar because if anyone will back her up against Salaak it's Guy Gardner
Guy is always ready to tell Salaak to shove his ring where Sto-Oa doesn't shine, but he also knows kids well enough to see that it's not just attachment to her original outfit that has Keli so upset. He sits her down at his bar and mixes up some nonalcoholic juice while coaxing the truth out of her.
It turns out the real reason Keli doesn't want a new uniform is bc she thinks they're going to make her wear a skintight suit and then everyone will see how scrawny she is and think she's just some kid playing dress-up and not an actual hero.
"Ah kid... no one's gonna make you wear something you don't wanna-"
"Jo did. That time the battery exploded and we were the only two Green Lanterns left, she made me wear a smaller version of her suit like I was her sidekick or something." Keli grumbles. "She also tried to straighten my hair by yanking on it with a brush."
"Knowing Jo, she was trying to take care of you and didn't realize how rough she was being. New Yorkers are like that." Guy replies while trying to remember which Central Power Battery Explosion the kid is referring to. He's pretty sure that it's the most recent one, but he's seen the big lantern goes boom so often that all those "Corps-ending crises" just blur together in his memory. "Besides, she's not in charge of approving uniforms, that's currently Jessica's job and she's fine with letting us wear nonstandard stuff like those ridiculously impractical capes!"
Guy shouts this last part at Iolande and Torquemada, who are sitting further down the bar. She makes a hand gesture that would be considered very rude on Betrassus, then yells back, "Somar thinks my cape is cool, and I trust her fashion sense more than yours, Gardner!"
"Your big boots are ridiculously impractical!" Torquemada adds, then wiggles his fingers. Guy's oversized boots suddenly shrink until they're squeezing his feet rather painfully.
The argument quickly devolves into a slapstick fight that has Keli giggling so hard that she doesn't notice that Kyle tracked her down to Warrior's and sat down next to her.
"Even if wearing an all-spandex suit was a requirement, there are ways to make your body shape look different." Kyle says quietly. He looks around to make sure that no one else is listening, then whispers, "Don't tell anyone else, but I've always padded my suit so I don't look tiny next to Hal, Guy, and John."
"Everyone who's seen you out of uniform knows you pad your suit, Kyle."
"Yeah, Soranik told me once during our girl's nights."
"It's rather pointless too: you're already shorter than Jordan, Gardner, and Stewart."
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