Memory 001: Starting over again.

[forgotten_titan]

Good morning 625 Topper Street! Usually, the house would be filled with the chatter of the drone!kids and the drone!wife as they start the day all fresh and chirpy. However, this time there's something, or rather someone, who's acting out of the "ordinary" for drones. Rather, when the drone!mum pops up to shake her "daughter" awake, all she gets is a sleepy, "Ten more minutes dad, please...?" Drone!mum shakes her head with exasperation, but gives the teenager the extra time she wants.

Tara is in bed less than that though, as her sleepy mind suddenly realizes that something is not right. Her mom isn't home, she's working out of the country. It's dad who usually wakes her up. And he would NEVER give her ten extra minutes.

Action: 625 Topper Street
Hey Sniper, you have a blonde girl dressed in pyjamas trying to sneak to the phone. She's trying to avoid the drone!mum and the kids, but obviously she's no Spy. However, she does look determined, if not nervous, to get to that phone. Care to speak with her and say hi to your new not!daughter?

Action: Topper Street
She's just had a conversation with her new not!dad, but there's still plenty of things she doesn't get. She's taken to wondering the streets outside now, gaping at the perfect houses and trees that line the entire neighborhood.

Action: School
Mayfield High, there's a new kid who's in town. Tara "Mundy" is looking a little lost though, and she has no idea where the classes are, or even which is her locker. She's going around asking people for help. Maybe she's just waved you over then? Or maybe you see her wandering the corridor? Either way, will you help her out?

Action: Town, after school.
The moment the bell goes, she's out of the place immediately to check out the rest of town. Prison or no, she's not one to turn down the opportunity to go exploring. You might see her around as she checks out the place.

Phone, unfiltered
(She was already told that she had been taken from home, that this wasn't even the USA that she had grown up in. Still, she had to at least try. Her fingers nearly slip as she dials in the number.)
...Dad? Are you there?

Comments

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

(whoops, too late. Because she notices that like our favorite alien from Kansas, he doesn't get hurt too.)

Ummm...are you like Superman or something? You seem to have all of his powers.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[Using the leash to keep the dog from reaching him, holding it up.

He does turn to glare at her though, for that one.]

No, I'm not like Superman. I'm not allergic to green rocks and I don't have the power to do everything.

I'm The Captain.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Sorry. I just thought...well, you could do a lot of things that I've seen him do.

(Yeah, she's feeling slightly afraid that she's made him angry.)

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so I read.

Look, I'm not Superman. He's probably a jerk anyways.

[Oh, now he made a kid afraid of him.]

I'm sorry, okay?

Back home I'm a pretty terrible superhero. It's kinda frustrating to see Superman is the king of superheros elsewhere.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

(She can relate, actually. She's always comparing herself to the other better girls in school.)

Yeah, I know what you mean. I mean, I'm not a superhero or anything, but in school I just can't do well in my tests, but some people just seem to get all the As without studying as hard. They just have all the luck. It's like I've got this mental block in my head that's preventing me from getting the marks I want.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I fought a dragon but Superman moves planets.

How do you compare to that?

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Well...at least you can fight a dragon. The only dragon I can deal with are dragon flies. Plus, there're other superheroes out there who don't have Superman's powers, but hey, they're still pretty cool as well.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Yeah? Then how do I end up as a miserable failure every time?

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it's not EVERY time.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

No, you're right, one time I ☠☠☠☠ a demon with a toilet brush after stomping his ☠☠☠☠.

That worked out pretty well for me.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

With a toilet brush? Can't say that I've heard that one before, but hey, you managed to defeat a demon! With a toilet brush too. I say you get points for originality.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Well, I also stomped his head through a toilet, but he's a demon so I don't think it mattered.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

So long as you stop them, I'm not complaining!

By the way, which City do you live in? We might be from the same world, seeing as we both know Superman. I'm in Jump City, though I used to live in Steel.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

No, Superman doesn't exist back home. He's here though, and there's these comics about him at the shop.

I'm from Brooklyn.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Well, there's a Brooklyn in my world. I haven't been there myself though, but I heard that the bridge is really something to look at.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is.

Only the toughest guys come out of there.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Is Brooklyn a hard place to live in?

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Yeah, people die there a lot and it's a pretty big ☠☠☠☠ hole.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Gee, it sounds a lot like Gotham City. That's probably one of the more dangerous places back in my place. There's a lot of burglaries and murder there, and even then those aren't the things you have to look out for. Gotham's pretty much home to some of the meanest bad guys in my world. Like...like the Joker.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Huh, yeah the worse criminals don't come from Brooklyn. You got aliens and people that own their own countries.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Your world doesn't sound too different from mine. They've both got people who try to make life harder for others.

(She gives him a small smile.)

At least they've got you though. Just seeing someone who doesn't give up and stands up for what's right...that always helps.

I gotta go. Thanks for talking to me, Captain.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[Yeah... doesn't give up.

He's going to let her think that.]

No problem, good luck.

[forgotten-titan.livejournal.com]

Same to you. I'll see you around then! Hope things work out with your dog.

(With that she turns around and heads back home.)