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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.

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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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Their idea of party crashing could use some work.

Too bad there's no way to send out a signal to any spaceships entering Earth's atmosphere advising them of basic social etiquette.

Maybe something like:

[And here, she switches to a tone that sounds much like a flight attendant.]

"Welcome to Earth. We hope you enjoy your stay, but first, there are a few simple rules to observe. First, do not try to blow the planet up. Second, do not try to take over. Failure to follow these rules will result in a curb stomping from Earth's heroes. Thank you, and have a pleasant visit."

Maybe throw in a video of said heroes beating up the guys that didn't listen, just so they know we're serious.

Wouldn't that just give them a chance to study what we're capable of and make them more of a pain in the butt to deal with?

With Superman, the only thing you can learn is, "Don't mess with Superman."

Superman sounds like the kind of guy my dad would really enjoy sparring against if he's as strong as it sounds like he is.

[He certainly sounds impressive.]

Only if your dad wants his butt whooped. No offense.

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None taken. I don't think you're giving my dad enough credit, though. He's powerful enough that he could blow up a planet with his ki if he really wanted to.

... would he want to?

Not since over twenty-five years ago.

[She's not sure if over thirty years ago is accurate or not, but twenty five years ago is long enough to be well in the past.]

... well, that's good, right? I mean, it's not like he ever did it, at least.

[Bulla switches to private. Her father's threats to blow up people's planets (even if he didn't mean them seriously) sure make things awkward. She'd rather explain so that he's perceived as a good (albeit very grumpy) person rather than as a villain, though.]

Well, he actually did when he was much younger, but there was this evil intergalactic warlord who was even stronger than my dad that took my dad away from his family when he was a kid. Dad was the planet's prince, so the warlord did it to prove how powerful he was. The warlord told him that if he didn't do what the warlord wanted that he'd destroy my dad's planet and everyone on it...

[Of course, said warlord eventually blew up the planet anyway.]

After the warlord was defeated, my dad didn't do anything like that again. He eventually started using his power to protect Earth.

[... okay, he's making friends with a girl whose dad is a former supervillain who destroyed planets. And also, she's royalty.

This is normal superhero stuff, right? She's going to sway him to the dark side, but he'll have to resist her feminine charms and do the right thing in the end. Maybe turn her against her father in the fight against evil.

Okay, this is going to be awesome.]

So bad guy turned superhero... That's good. [But. Planet destroyer. That's like Brainiac levels of evil.]

Superhero and family man. He's a loyal husband to my mom and he's always been a great dad to me.

[Biased? Just a bit. She has been pretty honest, though. No matter how she might see her father, she is aware of what he's done in the past.]

He takes me shopping even though he doesn't like it because he knows it makes me happy.

Well... shopping is cool. [He's just imagining someone like Genghis Khan or Darth Vader taking her to the mall. It doesn't quite gel.] Just don't make him too unhappy while shopping, right? Nobody wants to see a mall blown up.

[Bulla laughs.]

He wouldn't do that just because he got grumpy at the mall.

[Pause.]

...he's way more likely to break something out of anger if boys are flirting with me right in front of him. He ripped the steering wheel off of the convertible of one of the two boys that was flirting with me once. To be fair, they were kind of rude and called him an old geezer.

... forgive me if I don't ask you to the prom, then.

[Not that he was particularly planning on this because a prom in this place is pretty ridiculous. But if there was one? Hell no.]

You're forgiven. You seem a lot more polite than those guys were, though. Dad would probably just scowl at you and maybe not even that if I told him we were just going as friends.

I'll... keep that in mind. [Now it sounds like she actually wants that to happen. Whoops.]

[Bulla chuckles a little.]

I doubt it's going to be an issue anyway.

[IF YOU SAY SO...]

Let's hope not. [...] By the way, I never got your name.

My name is Bulla. Bulla Brief. It's nice to meet you, Static. I hope your stay here isn't too weird of an experience for you.

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