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Entry tags:
- !!shipwide announcement,
- !!stacy,
- !location: obs deck,
- ax,
- christofel,
- connor macmanus,
- cybil bennett,
- jaime reyes,
- kara starbuck thrace,
- kate bishop,
- lacaille,
- leela bricker,
- leni ivens,
- lyta alexander,
- mr. wednesday,
- murphy macmanus,
- nathan petrelli,
- paco,
- pat and toxin,
- red,
- scorpius,
- speedy mia dearden,
- terry mcginnis,
- the doctor,
- the flash,
- vincent amorason,
- xander,
- zelgadis greywords
Mix-and-Mingle
After the most recent pod-pop had been completed, Stacy began encouraging the crew towards the Obs Deck. They would be most effective if they were familiar with each other, and as the Jaime Reyes Incident had proved, leaving them to meet whenever they happened to cross paths was not effective.
Anyone who stepped into the Hub would be transported to the Obs Deck, no matter where they had intended to go. Those who had been exploring the City were verbally herded towards the Hub, although the energy tentacles did not make an appearance.
||Please report to the Obs Deck for Crew Introductions.||
The Obs Deck hadn't changed very much since they'd last been there. The creepy sculpture was still present, as were the fleshy couches. However, the couches were arranged in a more obvious circle this time.
Come and meet the new -- and in some cases, weirder -- members of your crew.
Anyone who stepped into the Hub would be transported to the Obs Deck, no matter where they had intended to go. Those who had been exploring the City were verbally herded towards the Hub, although the energy tentacles did not make an appearance.
||Please report to the Obs Deck for Crew Introductions.||
The Obs Deck hadn't changed very much since they'd last been there. The creepy sculpture was still present, as were the fleshy couches. However, the couches were arranged in a more obvious circle this time.
Come and meet the new -- and in some cases, weirder -- members of your crew.
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She paused, then puffed up her chest a bit. "And then there's guys and gals like me and Green Arrow, who are just that damn awesome all on our own. Plenty of those too."
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"No... no, you're saying it's just the ones born with it aren't you. Are people who have lab accidents and stuff considered mutants? Or people that wind up turned into cyborgs? Changed by radiation or chemicals?"
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Kate grinned at Mia, "Same here. I have fighting skills, but no powers at all."
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"But I'm a meta. I'm just as dangerous as someone born with powers. We're all metas. Or...not, in the case of people awesome enough to be heroes without powers like all the people standing here besides, uh, me."
He added, "Which I can also do, because Blue Beetles don't need no stinkin' powers, but anyway, why differentiate? What's the difference between someone born with it or someone who got splashed with chemicals? It's all the same genes activating, they're all just as dangerous or not dangerous, depending on WHO they are. Why would people think the ones born with it needed to be watched more? That seems all...prejudiced."
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She didn't believe in sugar-coating anything.
She winced at Kate's account. "Damn..."
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"Wait," he said to Kate, something not sitting right with him, "you're superheroes, right? If you're doing good, why would some government dregs try to stop that?"
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She sighed, and pushed some hair out of her face, "Yes, but they think we're not that good. Or we're more trouble than it's worse. They go on about collateral damage from fights. As I said, people think we need to be leashed or something."
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Jaime waved a hand, as if trying to clear the air.
"Okay, lemme see if we've got this straight. On your world, they think metas who are born as metas are more dangerous than any other metas, even though there's no difference at all between them, and they're all just as dangerous, and are prejudiced against them. Furthermore, they've gone all Big Brother on the heroes because of an accident during a superfight where innocent people died, never mind that a villain was probably at least partly responsible, because let's face it, superheroes don't just go and blow stuff up unless they're fighting a bad guy--and also never mind that the superheroes of your world have probably saved everyone's lives a million times over (if your world is anything at all like our world)."
That was all said in one long, ranty breath, which was why afterwards, he had to suck in another breath.
He wen on, "No offence, and obviously your world can crank out some pretty cool people like yourself, so that's one mark in its favor, but otherwise, it sounds like your universe kinda sucks. I mean, we have our fair share of suck, but it's a little more...evenly distributed and less concentrated, and you usually know who to punch to stop it."
Another pause.
"You should go on strike. All the heroes."
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He nodded in agreement with Jaime. "Gotham may be pretty bad, but at least people appreciate what I'm doing, and what people like me are doing. You should go on strike. After a week, they'll all be wishing you were back."
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"With or without the costumes, this is who we are. Nothing changes, not even laws. The original Avengers wanted to shut my teammates and I down because they thought we were too young. We didn't listen to them and not listening to the SHRA now." Also there was the very likely fact that if they had gone on strike, people would have used it as an excuse to keep them from coming back.
She sighed, "Anyway, some heroes have agreed to register. The only way we could have protested would have been before the Act become law. But not now. There was even a civil war between the superheroes because some wanted to register and others didn't. People died, and in the end, we were just fighting for the sake of fighting, and the registered side still won."
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He looked at the floor, thinking. "Which is sad. Not everyone gets along for us, but at least in a crisis, we all pull together, old heroes or... brand spankin' it's-your-very-first-day new. Hero versus heroes...that usually only happens if someone's mind controlled, or tricked, or there's a misunderstanding."
He looked up at her again. "It's really good that you and your friends haven't given up, though, despite all that."
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He nodded at Mia. "I agree. I'd rather have a go-around with the Jokerz then deal with Gotham politics."
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She added, "I guess things are just easier in your world, or for some of you."