on possibile apps and such

[starbolting]

Oh, yes! Playing games does sound like fun! I am afraid I am not very good, but I have played many of these games with Beast Boy and Cyborg. What sort of video game shall we be playing? A racing game? Or perhaps one with tiny figures upon the screen that we shall have fight to the death?

No?

....I am sorry, but I have never heard of an "Exsilium," or a "Gargle-blast." What sort of games might those be?

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[greenteengenius]

The kind you have no option but to play.

[Wow, that is a very young, very peppy Starfire. Curious.]

[starbolting]

. . .

I do not understand what you mean. What variety of game can force a person to play it?

[greenteengenius]

It is a game for your mundane. You are simply the game piece. Exsilium, for example, takes place in the midst of a war and isn't what most would consider an enjoyable situation.

[Maybe she would, though. The Starfire he knows seems pretty warlike.]

[starbolting]

What!? This does not sound like a very good game. It does not sound very "mundane" either.

[greenteengenius]

[Lyrl is surprisingly patient for a supergenius, possibly because he is a supergenius and is used to explaining things.]

Your mundane is the one you were speaking to. He or she is the one who will make the decision where to send you.

Quite a few of them enjoy seeing us put through odd situations. If you were to go to Exsilium now you might temporarily wind up in the wrong body, for example.

[mgann]

I only know of one, and it's not much fun.

[starbolting]

Calling somebody "mundane" does not sound very nice. But having me play this "Exsilium" game does not sound very nice either.

I have already experienced being in the wrong body before. It is not something I wish to repeat.

[greenteengenius]

Apparently it is their chosen nomenclature.

Is time travel something you've experienced before? It's quite common here. You appear much younger than the Starfire I'm familiar with.

[wing_of_night]

For starters, they're not video games, Star. They're 'games' to our muns. For us, it's more like getting kidnapped and shoved into another world.

[Must... resist... urge to glomp...]

[starbolting]

Then you are more knowledgeable in these games than I am! Would you care to share what it is you know?

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[starbolting]

Robin!?

[ Forgive her for being startled. She wasn't aware she had traveled to the future here. ]

Oh. I apologize. It is "Nightwing" now, correct?

[starbolting]

[ And then she processes what he said- ] Have you been kidnapped as well, then?

[wing_of_night]

[Oh, Dick is well aware of that reaction and totally understands.]

You can call me whatever you want, Star.

Sort of... see, I'm from a parallel version of your world. For me, the Titans weren't formed until we were in our twenties, meaning I helped found the team as Nightwing. Of course though, the bond we share - [And with her in particular.] - kind of trumps dimensions.

But yeah... my world kinda... reset. My mun didn't like the new direction, so I'm just kind of here as an interdimensional consultant of sorts.

[He peels off the mask.] It's been far too long, Kory.

[conner_el]

It's uh, it's kinda complicated.

[Yeah, he's kinda staring. Since when was Kory his age?]

[starbolting]

[ She pauses a moment before nodding. ] I have... experienced traveling through time once before.

Are you perhaps friends with future me?

[greenteengenius]

You work for my father, and your sister is married to him.

[HI AUNTIE STAR.]

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[starbolting]

But then we could not be called the "Teen Titans." [ ...Yes, that was her first thought. ]

[starbolting]

[ Her second- ] It is good to see you, Robin. [ It was... odd, to have him use her real name. Or a nickname from her real name. Different, but... not bad. ] Has it been long since you have seen me? [ Or... other her. ]

[starbolting]

They are complicated games? Then, they are perhaps more like chess?

I have learned chess from Raven, though I am not very good at that either.

[wing_of_night]

It's been years. It was when Trigon tried to come into our world... you were possessed, and had to go back to Tamaran to recover...

[He leaves out the part that said demon was the result of Raven's power going haywire because he doesn't blame Raven... and he neglects to mention it all happened on their wedding day... because... well that would just make things weird and he's just enjoying seeing her again and being remembered.]

[conner_el]

Uh, not really. It's kind of a place the muns stick us. It's kind of a game for them, not so much us, if I'm making any sense here.

[starbolting]

....My sister is married!?! [ THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SHOCK IN THE WORLD. ]

[greenteengenius]

In my time and universe, yes. Or the intent was there. I did not stay for the wedding.

[starbolting]

Trigon.

[ Even in other times and worlds, he is causing problems.

She wonders if it is the exact same Trigon, or if he also has alternate parallel versions. Not that it truly mattered. ]

He causes trouble no matter where he is.

[ Still, for it to take years to recover from... ]

[starbolting]

So... [ Starfire pauses. For a while. Then- ] We are the game pieces? For these "Exsilium" and "Gargle-Blast" games?