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For what seemed like moments ago, Static watched as his mother vanished into darkness. A barrier constructed of space of time kept him from reaching her. And there'd been nothing he could do. Everything went dark and then there was nothing.

Until now. There was grass, the sounds of chirping birds and the sun getting in his eyes. Immediately Virgil sat up in a panic and looked around frantically.

"Mom!?"

But as far as he could tell, there was nothing. Worse than that, he realized he was in nothing but a pair of white pants that he had way more sense than to ever pick up for himself. And he was in a forest, which didn't bode well. Okay, so you're Virgil right now. In the middle of nowhere. Possibly in Medieval times if Timezone messed things up.

"Oh man. Not good."

Warily, he began to explore.

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[Action - Afternoon]

So he was stuck in a place called Luceti. The first thing he did, once he got a chance to be by himself, was circle back to the clothing store and assemble his Static outfit. He found his metal disc at the item shop not long after. So once he felt confident with his much weaker powers, he took off towards the barrier. After about fifteen minutes of pumping it with electricity and getting nowhere, he decided it would be a bad idea to drain himself completely and be forced to walk all the way back to the town. So he returned to town, found a convenient power outlet to draw power from at the Tea Shop, and finally decided to do something about the journal. The question was... introduce himself as Static or as Virgil Hawkins?

Well, the answer was obvious.

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So hey, Static here. If you haven’t heard of me, I’m a superhero from Dakota City. But really, has anyone heard of me? No, it’s not in North or South Dakota. I get that a lot. So I guess you could kinda say I’m new here. But I was kind of wondering about how to deal with the superhero thing. There's others here, right? The secret identity thing is pretty important, after all. But it's probably gonna be hard keeping it secret in a small town like this. Unless I just wear the mask all the time. I could probably do that if I have to.

Man, I just wish the Justice League was here. Batman would have already found a way out of this place by now.

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Wow. Suddenly I'm glad I'm not eighteen yet.

It doesn't matter. I'm fifteen and they took me into it. They take anyone; old people, sick people, little kids. Anyone. They're twisted like that.

It's like a lottery, one that a lot of people don't want to win.

They can't just make us fight, right? I mean, there's no way I'm going to go around shooting people if they tell me to.

You don't have to fight. You can stay in the medical camp if you want. But, sadly you can't avoid going to it. Otherwise, they send their freaky robot patrol to force you along.

And if you mean killing people, no, that's just apparently an option. I just knock the other guys out and tie them up.

[Actually now that he recalls, the Molasses gave them something last time for non lethal combat.]

Last draft they sent us to they gave us these devices that let us tag them. That way the Malnosso just round the other guys up and stick them in prison.

Put them in prison, huh? Well, I do that all the time already. So I guess it can't be that bad, right?

When the cultists are out to kill you, it's bad. They're seriously power. Plus, for a lot of the people here some of the cultists are dangerous. They've got these guys that can pretty much shut people's powers off.

[Even for normal people it was dangerous, but, he can't even imagine how the other guys feel when they lose their abilities.]

Hey, I've dealt with Brainiac, right? How bad could these guys be?

[He doesn't sound too confident though.]

Who?

[The reference is clearly lost on him.]

And just trust me, if you ever get drafted be overly prepared for anything. These guys aren't going to come at you with a knife like some thug in the street.

Hey, I'm a superhero. Trust me, I've had people come at me with way worse than that before.

[He thought he was ready for it too. But, how wrong he was. Though he needs to stop this. Maybe this kid can handle himself.]

Right, sorry about that...

[Now with a quick change of subject:]

Soooo, as a superhero what CAN you do?

My power's electricity. So if electricity can do it, there's a good chance I can too.

...Oh wow. You could be like a living generator. Or, you know, shoot lightening bolts at people. That's always cool too.

Well, I've already got both down. So that's something.

I wanna see this sometime.

[Yup, already slightly envious/impressed at powers he hasn't even seen.]
After you're settled into the village I mean.

Oh, sure. I still gotta figure out where I'm even spending the night.

Well, you've got a few options for that. You can stay at the Welcome Center for a couple of days or you can take an empty apartment there's plenty.

... yeah, I guess I'll do that. [The thought of going somewhere alone does not appeal to him at all. But it's not like he has options.]

[Oh...that didn't sound good. This guy must have been on his own here or at the very least he didn't find his friends yet.]

Or you could stay with someone. I mean, everyone's pretty nice here and it might help you get used to the place if you got a veteran helping you out.

Well I did get an invite from a uh, fellow superhero. So that's something.

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