trans_9 | [OPEN] Claustragoraphobia while wandering the city...

Superboy still was quite unsure what exactly Stacy was. His images of space ships were at the largest the size of the Enterprise or the like. Large to be sure, but not large enough to hold a city. Which is where he was. Rather than being shocked at the size of the city in the ship, he was questioning whether this was really a ship at all. Despite the fact that everyone, including apparently the ship itself, was telling him that; he found it hard to believe.

Being used to Justice Mountain and only have a few people he knew around most of the time wasn't helping really and he felt... perhaps a bit claustrophobic? Or was it agoraphobic? Was it possible to feel BOTH claustrophobic and agoraphobic at the same time? Superboy wasn't sure. That seemed like a contradiction and yet he was uncomfortable with both the vastness of the city and the way the sheer number of people around him invaded his normally empty personal space.

As such he spent his time wandering the city, looking at stuff and generally trying to avoid being noticed... likely to little success given the large S shield he was wearing and general unease.

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Superboy shrugged off Kon's hand, "I'm not a little kid." He protested, sounding quite the opposite of what he just said. But unlike the previous times Superboy had complained around Kon, there was a slightly different intonation to his voice. One that showed he was maybe beginning to trust him a little.

"How old are you anyway? How long's it been since you broke out of Cadmus?"

"I'm twenty weeks old." He sighed, "I was rescued from Cadmus four weeks ago."

"Dude, forget being a kid, you're just a lil' baby clone." Lil' ickle cloney-kins! (Yes, he was teasing on purpose). "Ooooh man, I remember those first few weeks in the outside world. Have you discovered girls yet? Girls are great. So's ice cream, and nice cars, and Wendy the Werewolf Stalker..."

Edited 2011-04-05 05:44 (UTC)

Superboy just stared at him, "Girls are annoying." He shrugged, "Icecream is okay." He raised an eyebrow at him, "Wendy the Werewolf Stalker?" He had no idea what that was. Granted he tended to spend his time in front of the TV watching static, so that probably shouldn't surprise anyone. Not that anyone but Miss Martian KNEW that...

"Oh, you have so much to learn! Lucky for you, you have a teacher, one who knows the ways of the world, a clone that's hit the ripe old age of six."

He held out his arms expansively to indicate himself.

Joy of joys, Superboy. You just got yourself a big brother.

Superboy was not impressed. "You're joking right?"

"C'mooon. I've spent six years outside the tube, been all over the world and up into space, loved many a babe, saved the world a couple times, and fought side by side with guys like the Justice League and the Legion. I'm worldly for a clone."

Kon patted Superboy on the arm in a brotherly fashion.

"So, as long as you're on this ship, I'm gonna take you under my wing, and teach you the ways of the world, my young friend."

Superboy would roll his eyes, but that probably wouldn't do anything. If this guy was anything like him, and with his luck stubbornness would be the one way he was, then he was fighting a losing battle. "Whatever," he gave a non committal answer. But hey, it wasn't no!

"That wasn't a no! So, first things first? Want the tour of the joint?"

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Superboy just sighed,"Sure."

"C'mon!" Kon said, taking to the air and turning and waiting for the other Super to follow.

Superboy sighed inwardly, of COURSE he could fly. "I'd rather walk," he said. He wasn't going to give this guy MORE things to bother him about.

"This place is waaay too big for that," Kon said, darting back down and grabbing Superboy by the arm, dragging him up in the air with his teke. "Unless you wanna take hours, hoofing it's a bad idea."

Then he let go, fully expecting the other Super to fly.

Edited 2011-04-05 06:46 (UTC)

Superboy wasn't expecting that. He also wasn't expecting Kon to be so much faster than him. Or stronger than him for that matter. Of course none of this was as bad as the fact that he could fly. And Superboy couldn't... and was thus falling. Until he wasn't. No, then he was just in a fairly large dent in the ground and rather unhappy. Also embarrassed. But mostly angry. Very angry.

He could tell he was invulnerable, at least. Clap the guy on the shoulder and you could tell he was the type of solid that you knew could stop bullets. So he'd assumed he could fly, too.

Any second he'd...annnnnny second...

Oh snap.

"Oh snap," was all Kon could say. It was the kind of phrase he hadn't said in a fair number of years, but it was the only thing that was appropriate for the situation.

He floated back on the ground again and landed, looking guilty.

"Sooo...can't fly, huh?"

Superboy would punch Kon if he thought it would do anything. But the guy was obviously more powerful than him. "No." He growled more than said. He could still be intimidating though. Even if he was certain it would do jack against Kon.

"Why is that exactly? The not-flying? Do you have the TTK?"

Superboy blinked for a moment, "TTK? Never heard of it."

"Tactile telekinesis? Our trademark superpower?"

"Nope. Don't have that power." He thinks for a moment, "Unless Superman has a power I don't know about."

"Nah, tactile telekinesis is a Superboy exclusive."

He rubbed his chin, eying the younger Super.

"Weird. In the beginning, all I had was the TTK, and it let me imitate Big Blue's powers. Then again, I didn't know what it was at first and though I had his powers."

Superboy nodded, "I don't think I have that." He wasn't sure, as far as he knew his Powers were just Superman's powers... or at least some of them.

"So you have the genuine article: superstrength and invulnerability."

Interesting.

"But you can't fly."

Also interesting.

Superboy looked down, "Not being able to fly surprised me."

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