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[Action - Locked to Bolin]

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.

[Voice]

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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[HE'S A RIGHT BASTARD WHAT POISONS EVERYTHING GOOD IN THIS WORLD WITH HIS WARPED SENSE OF DARK JUSTICE.]

He has a fascinatingly well-stocked belt, if I recall....

He sure does. I don't know he keeps track of it all. I can barely keep track of stuff in my own room.

Are you FRIENDS with him?

Yeah. He even let me stay at his place once. Sure, I wasn't awake for most of it. But uh, it's not like what it sounds like.

[Bugger.]

Of course, of course! It must've been...much more better than it sounds! Because Batman is good.

[No he's not, he's a berk.]

And...........noble.

[Wanker.]

Exactly! I mean, I got to meet most of the Justice League by now, but none of them are like Batman, right?

What, you mean in that they only infrequently bugger up important things?

Sorry, what?

What? What what?

I don't think the League bugger up anything. I mean, unless it's crime. But that's their job.

[Yes. Exactly. All that beautiful crime being buggered this way and that.]

Of course! Of course! Their JOB. Will you be doing that job whilst you are in Luceti?

Count on it. I'll take any hero work I can get around here, no matter how small the crime is.

[Blast.]

Ah.

What are your views on pi--- on PI---

[he can't get the word out.]

...Nerds?

[Was he going to ask about pies? Static balks a bit before answering.]

Uh, I've got no problem with nerds. I've been called one myself a few times.

Really? You have? A nerd?

[Jack doesn't sound like he believes him.]

And you were robbed of your lunch money?

Hard to believe, right? But more than a few times. It's not like I always had powers.

How...how did you get them? Your powers?

[Because nerdy Jack could use some powers, true enough.]

I was in the wrong place at the right time and got dosed with some gas. Boom, instant bang baby.

I wish that would happen to me. "Instant bang." Then perhaps the female creatures would notice me.

Hey, they're not creatures. But maybe they do notice you, ya just haven't noticed them noticing you, right?

....Does it work that way? Because mostly they turn and run away.

... run away? Why do they do that?

....I smell of tuna.

... okay, so first rule of approaching girls? Take a shower first.

[Good thing this new Batman-loving acquaintance knows so much about girls!]

What's the second rule?

[voice]

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