The Doctor is Out (and still in at the same time?)

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

Brainiac 5, for all his 12th-level genius, is an idiot. Sometimes there's just this thing that mad scientist nerds do, a sort of super-focus that overrides all else. Brainy seems to be in that fugue state of total concentration right now, as he distractedly gets himself some food.

He's an idiot because it's been days since he's, you know, eaten, because he still hasn't slept, and because he still hasn't had his own injuries tended to. (The plant-sap is a wound sealant and antibacterial agent. It'll do for now, is his reasoning).

Even now, he's synched up his omnicom to the vitals of the few left in the MedBay, and is plinking away at it. Sam is stable, but still in his coma, or else he wouldn't have left.

"Omnicom, record under medical file for Winchester, Sam. New entry. Neural regeneration proceeding as planned, and neural grafts seems to be healing cleanly. Vital signs are stable. BP and pulse are at normal parameters, but further monitoring is advised..."

While distracted, and prone to bumping into someone else with his tray as he carries it back with him to a table to wolf down slop as quickly as he's able, he's there, if anyone has need of him, or wants to goggle at the green guy (if they're new), or wants to know why Superman wanted to beat him up.

Comments

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Considering we've got people who regularly run around defying the laws of physics, distant possibilities actually happening are a routine occurrence. Sides, temporarily dying is a heck of a lot less weirder than technically being half-dead."

[look-upinthesky.livejournal.com]

Kal turns to the other individual as he says that. "And you are...other than half-dead..."

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Danny Fenton. Also known as Danny Phantom. And I'm not really half-dead, just half ghost."

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"Which, I might add, is still a scientific impossibility."

Oh, how he hates it so...

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Your face is a scientific impossibility."

Brilliant comeback Danny.

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"That doesn't even make sense."

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Your face doesn't make sense."

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

His eyes roll skyward, and his expression to Superman is something along the lines of 'See what I have to put up with on a daily basis? Now do you understand why I sound evil? That's not evil; that's perpetual annoyance.'

"Stop that."

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"That's what she said."

Danny's officially having too much fun with this.

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

Brainy just...facepalms, and holds his hand there.

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Curses! Foiled by silence!"

[http://users.livejournal.com/_man_of_steel_/]

Kal just nods at the two. "Well, I won't keep this scintillating scientific discussion a moment longer...but thank you...Mr. Five, for this..." he holds up the box "...and for understanding. I am sorry for the initial impulse. That said...may I ask a favor of you?"

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"As I said, your initial impulse is understandable. Were I to see another Brainiac it would likely be my own first impulse to attack pre-emptively. And certainly."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_man_of_steel_/]

"Could you please explain that to Ms. Alexander? She's apparently quite offended that I apparently couldn't control myself right out of the pods and felt a need to lecture me on how to play well with others. More irritating than Maxima, really."

Yeah, he's tired, and his brain's just about hit overload. Probably explains why he doesn't sound his normal, patient self.

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

That consists of telling people about the whole "descended from villains" thing, which he was hoping to avoid, but...

Well. He is descended from villains, and yes, it means it's reasonable that Superman tried to punch him in the face, especially when he didn't do anything to defuse the situation. Furthermore, they may yet receive new people who are heroes from Superman's time that try to punch him in the face because of the assumption that he's behind their imprisonment or the like.

"I will explain the situation to her. Complications like this often arise from my family history."

He's faultless in this situation, but so's Superman.