On the lack of DCAU players

[put_it_in_gear]

Aw, come on girl. You're kind of killing the mood here. Sure, I know it kind of sucks that we're like an endangered species or a Batman sighting at noon, but you can't keep getting yourself into funks over it.

We're out there. There's probably a lot more of us than you realize. Do you know the chances of a canon that long with that many characters not having more of us around? (Old ones don't count. We were still showing new episodes within the last decade, okay?)

So just chill a bit, would you? It's never as bad as you think it is. Besides, it's not like majority of them would even know who I am. Not that different than rolling with the ones from places where I don't exist. At least, not the way I am here, since you know I probably exist there somewhere. You know what I mean.

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[maces]

No, I remember you. Trust me.

[put_it_in_gear]

[Is that a compliment? He is not sure if that is a compliment or her teasing him. Probably the later. ...Is Hawkgirl is the kind of superhero that teases people after they get her brainjacked by an artificial intelligence. Who knows?]

Uh...yeah. Now the question is if that is a good thing or not. I say we start with a clean slate. Completely fresh and no me in a corner.

[halfspooky]

Well, I've been chilling with a Batman, Dana and Terry in my home game. According to my mun, they're DCAU, right?

[put_it_in_gear]

Depends on which Batman you're talking about here. Dana and Terry don't ring a bell to me, but my mun is happy, so I'm guessing they are. See, I knew there were more of us around.

[halfspooky]

Iii... don't really know, personally, but mun is assuring me that Batman's from Justice League? Does that mean anything?

Either way, nice get up. Are you a superhero, or a pilot?

[put_it_in_gear]

Yeah, that definitely counts. [Cool to know there's so many in one place.] Me? I'm Gear. Superhero and supergenius extraordinaire. Or something. Still working on that tag line.

[halfspooky]

Heh. Nice! Sounds like you're pretty new to the superhero game, huh? I know that feeling. I got to Nautilus pretty early in my canon, but it gave me the chance to learn from everyone there and really shape up as a superhero!

So... Gear. Tech powers? Do you do the machine-building thing, too? Mun's pretty excited to see you, along with half her Plurk.

[hasnomentor]

I think most of us are just hiding out in the shadows. Tends to be a habit if you hang out with a Robin or Batman too long.

[put_it_in_gear]

I've been in the gig for around a year, but I was working with my bro Static even before I put on the suit myself. We don't really have mentors or anything like that, just us in Dakota. But meeting the League was cool and Batman checks in every once in a while.

I did say I'm a supergenius. The tech just kind of comes alone with it. If I can think of it, I can build it. It's kind of nice knowing someone has heard of me. [Fans are sweet.]

Now what about you? Shareware isn't a one way street. What's your name?

[put_it_in_gear]

I've seen a lot of your people around. It's been pretty awesome to have more superheroes my age on the scene. Static and I don't get to hang with many back home.

[halfspooky]

That's awesome. You'd fit right in at Nautilus. [hint hint.]

I'm Danny. Danny Fenton. I've got ghost powers, so I'm better known as Danny Phantom back home in the public eye.

[...okay, no, they're calling him Inviso-Bill but hahahaha no.]

I know all about that no-mentor thing, though. I was just telling Jaime a while back that the closest thing I've got to a potential mentor back home is my arch-nemesis and that's, uh, kind of a big no. But hey, least you're not on your own in the crime fighting biz!

[put_it_in_gear]

Place sounds cool, but I'm kind of stuck in a prison I can't get out of. Wardens are real big on the "no escape" thing. Static's probably still back in Dakota. Been doing the solo thing for the most part.

[That is terrible and Gear supports denying it until Danny's dying day.]

Ghost powers, huh? So you walk through walls, move things with your mind, go invisible? I bet everyone loves to invite you to Halloween parties.

[halfspooky]

[BREAK A MUN'S DELICATE HEART, WHY DON'T YOU ;-; sob]

Aw, jeez. I'd help out if I could. Good luck, dude. What'd you even do to get into prison?

As for powers, yeah -- walking through walls, invisibility... I've done the "moving things" once or twice but it's pretty involuntary. Still getting the hang of a lot of my powers. I even scare people, which really stinks when I'm trying to convince them I'm the good guy.

[put_it_in_gear]

[Sorry...]

Thanks, man. But if you tried, you'd probably end up stuck in there with me. Jaywalking can get you a life sentence to this place. Superheroes aren't really known for avoiding property damage. [And a few other things.]

Hey, I've got adults who still talk to me like I'm five. Really cramps the style when you're trying to put fear into the hearts of bang babies and supervillains.

[girlfriend_beyond]

...Gear? You look so... young.

[electric_mayhem]

Nah, we're around. Min just doesn't get a lotta opportunity to pull me out.

[hasnomentor]

Nice to know there are more out there too. My mun got all happy when he saw this. Seems your a pretty big fave with some muns.

[put_it_in_gear]

Really? [A little embarrassed by the praise.] Heh. My mun's had me around for a while, but I got to say it's not that easy to find others. You'd think I was the last Gear standing.

[put_it_in_gear]

...Uh. I'll take that as a compliment.

[put_it_in_gear]

Yo, dude. [Oh Virgil, he's happy to see you.] Man, sometimes you gotta make the opportunities. It took me a year to get my mun to let me out after she put me in the "old folk's home," but it's been a ride since.

[hasnomentor]

It's kind of weird talking to...another you. I've met two and one is from a completely different dimension. The other me-me actually has a good journal name. Not like mine.

[halfspooky]

[naw s'cool bro ♥]

Yeah, I've been caught in crazy overreacting prisons before. Can't say I like 'em too much, but seriously, good luck getting out.

Bang Babies, huh? That what you call the bad guys where you're from?

[put_it_in_gear]

Yeah, too bad this prison is like a twisted resort you can never leave, but we're working on it. Met some cool people.

Bang babies are just people that got powers because of the Big Bang. An explosion at the docks in Dakota.

[put_it_in_gear]

Never seen another one of myself around this place, but my mun likes to joke about picking up me from an alternate universe. Which is kind of creepy because dude, I don't even have the same last name.

[halfspooky]

Twisted resort? Whoa, hold on, now my mun's asking some crazy questions about some old British spy show she likes. Are you stuck in The Village?

[put_it_in_gear]

Nah, nah. It's definitely a prison. But it's got a hot springs and arcade and swimming pool. There's even a restaurant that will make me chili cheese fries whenever I want, no matter what time of day it is. And you can find just about anything--that isn't a weapon--at the store. I live in a house. It's crazy, man.

The not-so-good fine print of this wonderful vacation getaway under the sea? They give you a life sentence for just about anything.

[halfspooky]

Okay, okay. She's just fangirling over this creepy penal colony from this show called The Prisoner. Girl has some weird interests.

It... actually sounds pretty cool, but the life sentence/not leaving thing? Nnnnot exactly the best deal. Do they at least have internet access?

[put_it_in_gear]

Not the kind of ting my mun would know about, but just the words "penal colony" are enough to give me the creeps.

The wardens say the sentence is permanent, but I figure enough of us have brains that we'll figure a way out somehow. Just...not one that crashed the mainframe and puts us in a total blackout...again. And internet? Please. intranet, is all we've got and so few people use it, it may as well be dead. All the nice attractions are just meant to make us forget we're trapped there.

[hasnomentor]

Sounds like one of those; gotta catch 'em all jokes the muns like to make.