canon is lois & clark: the new adventures of superman.

[comprende]

You've got it all wrong. I'm covering this bandwagon, not jumping on it. This is an investigation, not a membership application. Now, stop this train and let me off, I've got a story to write!

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[glasseskink]

Right. Can't admit you just happen to be part of something, not the trendsetter?

[comprende]

I don't want to be the trendsetter. I just don't want to be part of the trend.

[ liar. ]

[glasseskink]

So... why are you here, Lois? I mean, something had to get you interested in this, ah, "story."

[comprende]

It's the thing everybody's talking about. Why wouldn't I be covering it, Clark?

[ stop with the seeing through her bullshit. not cool, clark. not cool. ]

[glasseskink]

Uh-huh. Okay, Lois, I'll go your way on this one. So. Where do we start?

[comprende]

We? Oh no, there is no we on this one.

[glasseskink]

Oh come on, Lois! This is the perfect time for we. Do you even know what this thing is we're on?

[comprende]

...something with a built in spellcheck? I haven't really got to that part, yet!

[glasseskink]

So you're just going to... figure it out on your own. I see.

[comprende]

Are you doubting my ability to uncover this story, Clark?

[glasseskink]

Never. Just wondering about your sudden, ah, reassertion of independence.

[comprende]

There's nothing wrong with a woman asserting her independence. I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself.

[ which is why you need superman to rescue you every other day. yep. ]

[glasseskink]

I didn't say you weren't, Lois. [Nope, not gonna bring Superman up.] I'm just saying, we work well together, we're both here--why are you so insistent on going it alone?

[comprende]

[ because she's stubborn and a touch selfish when it comes to taking all the credit for something, but she's relenting. slowly. like always. ]

Okay, fine. If you want to be with me on this that badly, pick up a pen and let's get to work.

From a comics crossover game.

[arach_nerd]

Take it from someone who's been at this a while Lane. Like it or not, you're still going to get railroaded into all this insanity.

[comprende]

[ not that she's a stranger to being associated with spandex-wearing superheroes, but this one ain't clicking. ]

Good thing I'm avoiding that insane train, uh-- Spider... [ takes a wild guess based solely on the outfit. ] Super Spider?

[arach_nerd]

Spider-Man. That's with a hyphen, just so ya know. I've seen what you do to the English language when spell-check isn't available. Well, my universe's version of you, at any rate.

Also, since you're already here, you've pretty much avoided diddly-squat.

[comprende]

Hypen... [ just a sec, spidey. she's writing this down. and making a face at her unspellchecked spelling skills. (or lack thereof, is more like it!) ]

Sometimes, you need to immerse yourself in something to fully understand it. An insider's view. And that's what editors are for. I'm a reporter, not a spelling bee champion.

[arach_nerd]

Excuses, excuses. You're still stuck.

[comprende]

Well... so are you!

[ mature, lois. mature. ]

[justalice]

My experience is that they generally don't listen to what we're saying unless we threaten to be silent.

[comprende]

[ lois lane, threaten silence? that'll be the day. ]

Seems kinda backwards.

[superboyscout]

I'm afraid it won't be that easy.

[comprende]

Superman! [ boy, is she ever glad to see you! (when is she not?) ] So, you're stuck here too, I see.

[superboyscout]

[Reassuring smile!]

Yes, for better or worse. It's certainly been an interesting experience.

How about you? Are you doing alright, Lois?

[comprende]

Oh, you know me. Just working on the story!

[ definitely working him into the story. the daily planet's superman edge to pieces is their specialty, after all! ]

[superboyscout]

I hope Chief Perry isn't holding you to a deadline under these... extenuating circumstances.

[Oh, he knows. Lois and her love of angles. Not that he minds.]

[comprende]

He... doesn't even know I'm here.

[ she was hoping to surprising him with this piece, but now she's wondering if she'll ever make it out of here with the way people are talking about being stuck here indefinitely. ]

[superboyscout]

Ah, taking initiative as usual. That's an admirable trait, Lois. Unfortunately, I don't think you'll make it back by the deadline. I wish I could help but my powers of persuasion don't seem to work.

[comprende]

What about your other powers?

[superboyscout]

They're perfectly in tact, fortunately. I don't have a need to use them nearly as often, though.

[comprende]

Guess there's not many train accidents or damsels in distress lingering around these parts.

[ until lois manages to get herself into trouble, that is. give it time; it's bound to happen sooner or later. ]

[superboyscout]

Not so far. Though a lot of people on this "community" seem distressed.