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One Gigawatt - [Action / Voice]

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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.

[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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[...Of course he does. Robin really needs to work on his issues.]

Awesome. Where are you? I can come find you, show you where it's at.

Right now? I'm above the plaza.

[Yes. Above. As in, flying.]

Above the... Right. [At least that'll make him easy to find.] I'll be right there.

[And true to her word, Artemis jogs into the plaza a few minutes later, dressed casually, one hand shading her eyes as she peers up into the sky searching for him.]

[Right on cue, Static is just above the fountain, sitting on a floating metal disk as he legs his feet dangle below him. He realizes, as he waits for Artemis, he didn't take the time to figure out what she looked like. Whoops.]

[That's okay, Static. Lucky for you, you're pretty hard to miss.

Artemis moves unerringly to the fountain, stopping at the base and eying the disk he was floating on with a curious expression.]

How... are you even doing that?

[Upon being spoken to, Static directs the disc towards the ground before hopping off. As he does, he retracts the disc so it's small enough to fit into a pocket.]

Electromagnetism. The simple way of putting it is that I'm using my own magnetic powers to repel it off the planet's own magnetic forces.

Very cool.

[Her hands are propped on her hips as she regards him curiously a moment before holding one out to him in introduction.]

So I'm Artemis, if you didn't guess. Do I just keep calling you Static?

[He takes the hand.]

I think I'll stick with that for now. Just to be safe.

[She flashes him a crooked grin as she shakes his hand.] Suit yourself. Come on. I'll show you where the rest of us stay. You're welcome to take one of the empty apartments if you want. Although you'll probably have to put up with Robin giving you the third degree or lurking in shadowy corners spying on you for the first month or so. He's a little... neurotic.

I woke up in the Batcave once. I can handle a little creepy.

[Okay, it was actually SUPER AWESOME. But he's got his pride.]

And you lived to tell the tale. Impressive.

[She flashes him a grin and turns back the way she came, motioning him to follow her.]

So what was it like?

He followed dutifully, taking the time to look around and admire the sights. They weren't that impressive.

"Well, the butler was a surprise. And it was definitely a cave."

"Leave it to Batman to be authentic," she snickered. "Did Robin have a nest?"

She noted him looking around and started pointing out things as they passed, where certain shops were, what direction the Dome was in. It didn't take long. "The village itself isn't all that big. Not when you're used to the city," she confessed, leading down the path towards Community House 5. "That's our building."

Static nodded appropriately as they reached the building he'd be staying at. It looked... well, homely wasn't the word. It looked like a building.

"Robin wasn't there. Batman said he was with the Titans." At that, Static gave Artemis a look, as if expecting her to spill the beans on team dynamics.

Artemis makes a face. "Worst name ever," she mutters under her breath before rolling her eyes and waving for him to follow.

She knew that look and had every intention of filling him in, but not out here in the open. "Come on. We can talk on our floor. We live on the fourth. Each floor has five apartments - I think - and only three of ours are filled, so you can take your pick of the last two, if you like."

She let the way up the stairs and into their shared kitchen area before hopping up on the edge of the table and facing him, swinging her legs beneath you. "So. Have you spoke to any of the others and how many explanations am I going to have to give?"

"Well I talked to Zatanna and one of the Robins. So I'm mostly done."

However, as they approached the stairs, Static was left with one incredibly important question.

"Oh, where's the elevator?"

"We have the old fashioned kind," she answered dryly, pointing to the stairs.

"... and you guys picked the fourth floor?"

"I didn't. The Robins were already there when I moved in," she answers dryly, although honestly she didn't mind it so much unless she was hauling groceries or something. "Rob probably thought of it as just the right distance for daily stairs training or something."

"Yeah, well, don't be offended if I start using the window to get in. If I wanted to go around climbing stairs, I wouldn't have a disc to fly on."

"As long as it's not my window you're using, you can come and go however you like," she snickered in amusement at that, starting up the stairs. "And for what it's worth, I'm now officially jealous."

He followed her up the stairs, even if it was a bit reluctantly. "Hey, if you ever want a lift? Just let me know."

"You can balance two on your disk thing?" she asks, glancing back at him, sounding truly curious. Sometimes she could admit to being a little envious of her teammates who could do such amazing things. And here she was running around with a bow.

"Well I wouldn't call it the easiest thing to do, but yeah. There's even this superhero from Africa, Anansi, who hitches a ride with me. Only he rides on the bottom of the disc."

"That sounds... less than comfortable," Artemis chuckled as she climbed up the stairs, swiftly leading the way to the fourth floor and into their kitchen.

She motioned to their surroundings, then started pointing out doors. "This is obviously the kitchen. We all share it. Zatanna and I cook occasionally when we get the urge and try to make enough for the boys too although it's not really a daily thing. There's stuff in the fridge and the cupboards though. Not to mention all the places in town to get a meal or food for free. Z and I have that apartment there. One of the Robins is there in that one next to us. The other has that door there. You get to figure out your own way to tell them apart, because honestly, having two Robins just makes my head hurt to think about sometimes. Any questions?"

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