Nope

[emeraldpapa]

Okay, so... I'm alright with this playing stuff or whatever you have going on. It's fun, it's entertaining- beats being inside of your headspace at any rate, yeah?

So, we're cool on that.

But that username?

...Yeah, that has to go.

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[wallcrawler]

Look on the bright side, they avoided the obvious puns. At least you're not running around with "greenhorn" or "greenwithenvy" or something equally awful.

[spider_kisser]

[MJ is holding back hysterical chuckles at the username.]

[razer]

You're right. "emeeralddaddy" might have had a slightly better ring to it.

[awayfromdread]

You find this amusing? Why am I not surprised?

[emeraldpapa]

See, at least 'green with the envy' would be a pun I would get.

[emeraldpapa]

Yeah, yeah. I know.

[emeraldpapa]

What would I do without your sense of humor.

[emeraldpapa]

More amusing that gathering dust somewhere inside her head. Anything my mun throws at me, I'll be able to take it.

[razer]

Die from the diabetes that Aya's sweetness would overload you on, probably.

[awayfromdread]

I suspect you'll regret those words in time.

[wallcrawler]

Yeah, but is it something you'd wear on a nametag?

[spider_kisser]

I know, sorry, sorry. It's... [MJ holds up one finger on one hand to signify "just a moment", and burys her face into her other while she laughs it up.]

I'm not sorry.

[ilana]

Are you a father?

[emeraldpapa]

I didn't know wearing your username as a nametag was a thing. Are you really going around with 'wallcrawler' as a name tag?

[emeraldpapa]

[Hal fakes watching his watch in mockery, tapping his feet on the floor.]

[emeraldpapa]

She's pretty sweet, isn't she?

[such a proud daddy]

[spider_kisser]

Okay, I'm done!

[emeraldpapa]

We stopped the Red Lanterns, anything a human can come up with will be a piece of cake.

[Famous last words.]

[wallcrawler]

Well, no, but it's still something you tend to be aware of.

And hey, I've been called Wallcrawler, Webhead, Webslinger, Spidey, The Bug, heck, pretty much everything other than Spider-Man. Least as far as the bad guys go.

It's just somethin' you get used to.

/CRIES

[emeraldpapa]

...Aya? Is that-

[But no, she isn't Aya. It's all wrong.] Who...?

[razer]

[Pause. Is Razer blushing?]

Yeah. I guess. Kind of.

PAPA!

[looksfine]

[See this face, Hal? Do you see it?]

You have also been designated an alternative moniker, I see.

I do this out of love. And masochism.

[ilana]

My name is Ilana.

[awayfromdread]

I'm not sure if that's optimism or foolishness. Perhaps both.

[wing_of_night]

Maybe there's something your mun knows that you don't, Hal. Never know.

[cheerupemoborg]

Parallax? A father?

That poor child.

lj juggler pls :|

[emeraldpapa]

Spider-man? How old are you even?

[emeraldpapa]

I'm glad at least someone found it amusing. I don't even know where it came from.

[emeraldpapa]

If even a red lantern can notice she must be more than 'kind of'. But it's nice of you to worry about my health.

8,(

[emeraldpapa]

[Only Aya knows about Razer's past and Ilana. So Hal is simply very confused.]

I'm Green Lantern. And you look... you look like someone I know.

BABY

[emeraldpapa]

[Well, at least Aya isn't going to laugh about it.]

Indeed. Yours is nice, I gotta admit.

[emeraldpapa]

I think she just wanted to get a laugh out of it.

[emeraldpapa]

I'm green lantern, and I am not a father.

...Nothing to say against 'poor child' though. I wouldn't wish my poor father instincts on anyone.

[emeraldpapa]

You make it sound like they are bad things.

[Have a smiling beam!]

[wing_of_night]

If you say so. [Yeah that smirk isn't going anywhere, Hal. Dick is the king of pranks in the League so don't expect any mercy.]

So... when was the last time you got a chance to talk to Carol?

:'(

[ilana]

I do?

[awayfromdread]

Maybe not for you.

[That was sort of a compliment?]

[cheerupemoborg]

Of course you are.

In that case, I must be missing some context.

[looksfine]

[...does she even know how to laugh yet?]

Thank you.

I have no problems with it.

[emeraldpapa]

When I last came to Earth thanks to the Star Saphires actually, why?

[emeraldpapa]

Optimism wins battles, and there's nothing wrong with a little foolishness- look at me, I wouldn't come up with half of my plans if I wasn't foolish.

[emeraldpapa]

Yes. A good friend of mine, a good soldier.

Aya.

[emeraldpapa]

You wouldn't, Aya.

How's your munny-mun treating you? Can she handle you?

[emeraldpapa]

She thinks I'm... kind of a father figure to the ship now that she has a physical form.

But that's just plain weird if you ask me.

[looksfine]

She has, thus far, proven herself adequate.

[Gee, thanks, Aya]

My account has not only been taken care of, but she has placed in me a location that provides optimal opportunities for growth and the development of new relationships.

[wing_of_night]

And how long ago was that?

[Jeeze, Hal. You really are dense aren't you?]

[ilana]

I am honored to be compared to a good person. But I am nothing like a soldier myself.

[awayfromdread]

So you openly admit to your foolishness?

[spider_kisser]

You don't? Wow, go figure...