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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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Pops doesn't like me being out past ten. At least if it's a school night.

Oh, your - your Pops. [Come to think of it, Aang seemed to remember some of the kids he knew when he was younger being quite restricted by their parents. It helped Aang to convince himself that he was better off without his own - at least for that time being.] A school night? Whoa, cool! What kinds of things do they teach at night!

Uh, no. A school night means being in bed early to wake up for school the next morning, right? I don't go to school at night. Man, if I did, I'd never have time for anything.

Oh, that makes sense. I just go to sleep normally! But school is in the morning here, too.

Well most crimes happen at night or in the evening. So it makes it kind of tough, right?

Yeah, that does sound tough! [And he can vaguely remember thinking like that from the Robin days.] How're you supposed to get a good night's sleep? At least it's easier here!

... easier? How, exactly?

[So far, his verdict is that it sucks.]

Well easier to catch a good night's sleep! There's not really crime around here and... the beds are comfortable?

I don't think I'm gonna be getting any sleep with these wings attached to me.

Right, the wings. As weird as it sounds... you'll get used to them.

That's not as reassuring as people keep acting like.

I know. But there's not much more we can do about it. What color are yours?

Uh, purple. Does the color mean anything?

It's hard to say. Sometimes they seem to be our favorite colors or colors that have something to do with us in a way. My colors match the colors of my people. But purple's a neat color!

Hey, I don't mind the color. Just the fact that they need one.

It's weird, but it's better than having plain-looking wings.

If you say so. [...] So what's your name?

Me? My name's Aang! And yours is Static, right?

Right. You'll probably see me around town. I'll be the guy with the mask.

Great! I'll keep my eyes open, then. This place can always use more heroes. It's great to meet you!