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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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[The name doesn't ring any bells for Jason, but it wouldn't be the first time that happened here. Really, just the fact that he seems familiar with his world's heroes is enough to make him interested.]

I don't know much about the whole "superhero" thing, but my advice? Don't wear the mask all the time. It makes you look silly.

[Is that a jab at someone he knows? No, no, not at all.]

Hey, I happen to look pretty cool in my mask.

[Seriously he'd probably wear it to school if he could.]

I guess as long as you're not wearing it to sleep, it's fine.

[Because as much as he loves his own costume, that's a liiiittle bit much for him.]

Well duh, I wouldn't do that. Nobody would be that crazy, right?

You'd be surprised. There are a ton of weirdos around here.

[And he means that affectionately. Totally.]

So you know Batman? What's he like?

He's only awesome. Me and him have worked together a few times. We've taken down the Joker, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and even Brainiac together. I kinda saved the world a little.

[But only a little. After all, Batman was involved.]

[Whoa, he thinks Batman is awesome?

You know, Static, you're okay.]

Wow. [Jason actually does a pretty good job of sounding impressed.] That must be amazing. Are you a Titan or something?

Nah, not yet. I'm kinda waiting for my invitation, but Robin hasn't gave me one yet.

[He's kind of put off by that. Teen Titans sounds like a cool group.]

[Huh. Robin, not Nightwing, and though he recognized Zatanna, he was pretty thrown off by her age, too. Before his time, maybe? That could be a thing.]

Well, hey, you never know when they'll need you. Even they get a little stuck sometimes.

Maybe. Though I did sorta get invited to the Justice League. For when I'm older.

[There's a minimum age requirement, apparently.]

Okay, now I'm really jealous. You must be pretty good at what you do, then.

Hey, it's not every kid who gets to protect a whole city by himself. I didn't even get to be someone's sidekick.

How'd you get to be a superhero, anyway? I mean, you know, if you can tell me that. I'll understand if that's top secret or something.

Nah, it's no secret, everyone in Dakota City knows. I'm a metahuman, though everyone in Dakota calls us Bang Babies. I got hit with some gas from an accidental spill. You could say it put a shock to my system.

Shocking. [Okay, he really likes him now. Meeting heroes from home (or... well, from a place like home) that aren't all super serious like Dick is pretty much makes his day.] Sounds rough, but at least you could turn it into something good, you know? Not everyone can do something like that.

You're telling me. There was over a hundred of us that got hit. Almost everyone decided to use their powers to become super villains. It's a full time job chasing them around, much less just your regular every day bad guys.

Almost everyone?

[Man. It's kind of sad to think about.]

I mean, I guess I can't blame them. I bet it'd be real easy to get mad over something like that. [It's a feeling he understands, though there's more irony here than he realizes.] But you get them. That'd make you a pretty good guy for the job.

Thanks. By the way, I never did get your name.

Oh, sorry. It's Jason. Jason Todd. Nice to meet ya, Static. Good luck getting settled in and all that.

Uh, sure. Seeya around?

Sure thing.

[Maybe sooner than he thinks, since, you know, he's a Robin. But that's beside the point.]

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