Just Great [Open]

[halfgoddess.livejournal.com]

Cassie can tell you lots of details about the Temple of Olympian Zeus.

Firstly, it is sometimes called the Olympieion, and secondly, there were two of them. The bigger of the two was in Athens, and the second was in Agrigento, though that one was never finished. Today they are both in ruins, but Cassie has seen enough plans and artistic interpretations and digital renderings to know what they’re supposed to look like.

Stacy has the one from Athens. Cassie had smiled when she approached it; unlike the modern reinvisions of it, in plain alabaster stone, this one has been painted in garish colours, as it was supposed to be. It was historically accurate, and a history nerd like her appreciated that.

But what she doesn’t appreciate is how dead it is inside. She is powerless without a boon from Zeus or Ares, and in a place like this, it is most definitely not her idea of fun to be without. With so much on her mind, and so much she still had to think about, Cassie figures having her abilities certainly would be one less thing to worry about, not to mention extremely useful.

Unfortunately, it’s quite apparent that neither Greek god is here to give her a boost. She hasn't seen Ares watching her since she got here. That, if nothing else, confirms they're far away from where they're supposed to be.

She scowls and sits down on the front steps.

Great. Just great.

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[halfgoddess.livejournal.com]

"You know, none of those sound particularly appealing, but if I had the choice, I'd hope it was aliens trying to eat us; that way we at least could stand a chance of fighting our way out. But given the slop they're feeding us? I don't imagine we're being fattened up for a buffet."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"Hey, that's some high calorie, high protein stuff, as far as I can tell. I've been doing workouts in the Holodeck and everything, without burning out."

Fuck calling it Sensoriums. They're holodecks. That's what they are.

"Nasty, but nourishing. I'm still placing good odds on alien cannibalism. Although I guess it's not cannibalism if they're eating us and not each other."

[halfgoddess.livejournal.com]

"As long as they're not gearing us up for a cross-universe fight club," Cassie suggests. "That would get pretty nasty, pretty fast."

But given all the different kinds of people here, Cassie figures it could be cannibalism for someone.

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"That'd be pretty dumb if they thought we'd fight each other instead of just kicking their sorry asses."

Leela grins a wicked grin.

[halfgoddess.livejournal.com]

Cassie can't help but smile.

"Hey, they don't necessarily go by Earth logic."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"I'm thinkin' they're not going by Any-world logic."

Leela holds out her hand. "Name's Leela, by the way. Leela Bricker. I don't think I caught your name at the meeting."

[halfgoddess.livejournal.com]

Cassie takes it, and shakes.

"It was kind of a crazy day. I'm Cassie Sandsmark. Nice to meet you, Leela."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"So what's your deal?" she asks. Everyone's got a deal. "...Nice lariat, by the way. You a cowgirl or just good at choking people?"

[halfgoddess.livejournal.com]

"I do the superhero thing, or at least I did, before I got here. Hard to do it without powers."

She laughs. "Thanks. Uh, let's go with the choking thing."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"Can you fight without 'em?" Leela asks curiously.

[halfgoddess.livejournal.com]

"I'm not totally defenseless, because I was trained by the Amazons, but it wouldn't be the same," Cassie admits.

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"Holy snap, what, like actual Amazons?"

[halfgoddess.livejournal.com]

She nods. "Yeah."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"Like, real, honest to god--er, gods, Amazons?" She sounds so damn excited. "Holy crap, wait, I saw you with Superboy, so y'all are from the same world, right? And you trained with Amazons, and got a lasso--you're like some kinda mini, blonde Wonder Woman."

[halfgoddess.livejournal.com]

In all honesty, there's no sense in denying it, and even if she could, "Cassie Sandsmark" isn't exactly a secret identity these days.

She's a bit surprised by the enthusiasm, but she sits up a bit straighter and smiles.

"Same world, yeah, but I'm Wonder Girl. Wonder Woman's protégé."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"Woooow." She scratches her head. "This is so weird, that whole 'stuff you've read or seen on TV is real somewhere,' but it's pretty damn cool at the same time. She kick a lot of butt?"

A pause.

"Can she kick Batman's butt?"

Another pause.

"Does Batman have a cute butt? I always kinda wondered. Cape's always in the way. The future Batman that's here, he's got a nice one."

[halfgoddess.livejournal.com]

Cassie's entertained, and surprised. She sort of laughs, used to answering questions about Wonder Woman, but a question about Batman's, er, assets, is a new one.

"She does; it's amazing. And Batman? They're really good friends, but if it ever came down to it, she totally could."

She tries to think about Batman's butt and ends up sort of laughing and pressing her hand against her face for a second. She just remembers the stern voice and shadows.

"I have no idea, he's usually just a very intimidating mass of black cape."

Wait.

Cassie lifts her eyebrows.

"Future Batman?"

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

She grins at her laughing, but the question, answers, "His name is Terry. Where he's from, Batman's an old man or something."

[halfgoddess.livejournal.com]

Terry? Cassie's never heard of a Terry, but despite the initial wondering about what happened to Tim, or Nightwing, or any of them... well, she's sure there's an answer for that.

"Weird. That's got to be... I don't know, when do you consider Batman an old man? But it's nice to know he lived to retirement."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"He talks like the world hasn't gone to hell. Means it's still there."

[halfgoddess.livejournal.com]

Cassie breathes a sigh of relief.

"That's great news, at least."