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[exponentially]

Display Name: Superman
Profile Photo: Here.

[ there's still snow melting on jon's shoulders and in his curls as he lifts a hand in greeting, a small, slightly uncertain smile on his face. evidently he's done the superman thing and either speedran the introduction to this new dimension, or else after the alliance brought the newbies to the diadem, he'd instead gone back out to help in the blizzard for a while longer. both options are equally likely. ]

Hi. [ for a moment, he looks every inch the worried seventeen-year-old he really is, but then his expression smooths, smile firming into friendly confidence. ] For those that don't know me, at home, I'm called Superman. I don't usually operate at the behest of a particular organization, but.. this isn't my dimension, I guess. [ he's probably still not signing up for a guild, considering he didn't even join the league, but.. you know. never say never. ]

Anyway, I still have a lot to pick up, since I'm a pretty new arrival, but I thought it might be a good idea to introduce myself, since I'm aware that an unexpected blue-and-red blur in the sky could be kind of alarming if you don't know what it is.

[ his other purpose with this is to check in with anyone else at home, but he doesn't want to call them out if they're in hiding. ]

.. Also, I've done a little reading about the guilds here, and I'd love to hear your opinions about them, whether you're a native inhabitant of this dimension or not. Thanks!

Comments

[exponentially]

not unless there's a lot more about being half-kryptonian that i still have to learn. i guess you never know, though.

[mostdangerousbird]

So you’re being completely open here as well. Good to know.

I think that’s something you can definitively know.

[exponentially]

i don't know about COMPLETELY open. [ he hasn't said his name yet, or mentioned his family. he's not really sure if he wants to. ]

guessing you've been around a minute, then?

[mostdangerousbird]

Considerably open.

[ Which is fine - Tim will watch his social media and tags. ]

Several minutes.

[ Seven MONTHS, but there are very few Robin comments and no posts on this account. ]

[exponentially]

reasonably open! [ Far Too Open by bat standards, of course, but he's not a bat. ]

would you like to meet up?

[mostdangerousbird]

Do you always agree to meet strangers from the internet?

[exponentially]

it's how i met my boyfriend, so it's worked out so far.

[mostdangerousbird]

Correlation is not causation.

[ A DM comes through from an anonymous account, with the location of one of the taller buildings of in downtown Central City. ]

[exponentially]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[ he's considered that this could be someone who isn't a robin, of course. it could be a supervillain from home, someone who wants to trick or trap or kill superman. it could be some awful alternate version of a robin, for that matter.

it's worth the risk to find out, though, and jon's one of the few people who can take that risk with reasonable confidence. .. still, he does scout the location out briefly, looking and listening for anything that seems out of place, before letting himself drop lightly down out of the sky. he slows to a stop a few feet off the roof to wait politely, because if he knows anything about bats, he knows they do things cautiously and in their own time. ]

[mostdangerousbird]

[ Never fear, it IS a Robin, and he actually doesn’t make Jon wait long. This building was chosen because Tim had been nearby and already had eyes on it.

Because he was on it.

After a minute or so, he steps out of a shadow. If it looks like a Superman, there’s only a small chance he gets flung off the roof. ]

I couldn’t figure out how to discretely say it’s not the Robin you’re looking for.

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I figured, [ he says with a little laugh, finally lowering to his feet to take in.. tim, he guesses? he doesn't know him very well, but rao knows damian's complained about him enough at points for jon to feel like he knows him. a slightly warped version, anyway. ] My Robin would've probably opened up a lot more aggressively.

[ damian's softened up considerably since jon's disappearance and following stay in the 31st century, but he's still very much damian.

he gestures to take in the rest of the rooftop. ] I assume you've done a pretty thorough sweep already, but I checked it out, too, if that helps at all. [ no one nearby, no one listening.. that he can tell. obviously if there are other people with hearing like jon's, he wouldn't necessarily know, but that's probably a long shot. ]

Still.. [ he hops up onto a heating unit for the building, crossing his ankles and offering a crooked smile. ] If there's anyone I do trust to know what I should probably know about being here, it's one of you. [ a robin, a bat. they're not great detectives for nothing. ]

[mostdangerousbird]

[ There’s the faintest hint of a smile. Tim knows Jon and Damian are friends, so he’s not going to insult his little brother in absentia. Even if it would be a milder insult than it once was. ]

It does. If you weren’t the Superman from - at minimum - a world similar to mine, we wouldn’t still be talking.

[ Actually, they might. It would just be smart to find out as much as possible from Tim and then pitch him into orbit. He really should know more about Jon, but it’s a little late for that epiphany. ]

Well, then you’re in luck, because you already know there’s two of us.

[ Or more. ]

The Joker is or was here, and he is either laying extremely low or has vanished in another Confluence. The in-universe threats already include telepathic alien invasions and oceanic kaiju. The guilds have better PR than Lex Luthor, and I’d trust him more. He has predictable motivations. What do you want to know fourth?

[exponentially]

[ he winces at the mention of the joker. technically, the joker shouldn't really be his priority with robin here to keep an eye out for him, but considering the vision dreamer had given him not long ago, he's.. wary. ]

I'd prefer to deal with Luthor, [ he agrees with a small sigh. it's true that they at least know what to expect from him. but the alliance? and what about this other guild?

still, there's a more pressing priority right now. ] What do I need to know to operate here? Who's around? What should I be hiding so I don't blow someone's cover? [ he gestures to himself, gripping the edge of his cape and lifting it up. ] I showed up in this, so I haven't settled on a civilian identity, or what I should hide, if anything.

[mostdangerousbird]

[ The Joker isn’t Jon’s problem, but he should know that he’s here. He does like using other heroes to get to Batman. ]

The guilds don’t like unauthorized heroics, so you’ll have to make a decision about whether you want to sign up to do TikToks with Fantastic.

There’s a few people you’d know, or know a variant of them. Multiverse. Most of them look as you’d expect, and most are still very protective of our identities.

[ Unlike present company. Although the “secret” part of Tim’s is increasingly tattered by the carelessness of others. ]

If you’re going to be open with your identity, then you’re going to have to pick who you know. Starting with those from my universe, Batman and Superboy. The latter is going by Guardian publicly. From potentially the same universe but pre-soft-reset, two Batgirls and Kid Flash. You might know him as Impulse. Different universe, but some similarities: Red Hood. He’s about as cooperative as you’d expect if we’re from similar universes. Different universe entirely: Wonder Woman, as best I can tell from a distance. She hasn’t reached out at all, and she’s in a guild. I’m not inclined to explain the hierarchy of Robins to someone who doesn’t already know.

[ He hesitates on the last one. ]

The youngest Robin is here. He’s 20-25, 5’9”-5’11”. 170-180 lbs. Long hair. I met him during one of the Confluences, and things were… terse. I don’t know what name he goes by - he was dressed like a red Nightwing with a lot of high tech armor. Almost cybernetic. He recognized me, but he’s been impossible to locate. Whatever universe he’s from, I am still not his favorite person.