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[kryptomight]

--there we go!

( the feed opens up to just his face, a satisfied grin plastered across his mouth now that he sees that he did, in fact, get this thing to work. it doesn't quite reach his eyes, though; they're a bit red, definitely swollen. don't judge him. )

Hi! My name’s Jon Kent. I’m looking for my mom and dad. My dad’s name is Clark, and my mom is Lois. My dad looks a lot like me, just bigger? My mom has brown hair. I’m sure they’re fine, but I haven’t been able to find them yet.

( the grin shifts into something a bit more sheepish, free hand raising to adjust the big, bulky glasses sitting on his nose. )

And uh. . how do I know which room’s mine? Why are there ogres outside--?

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[sonofab]

[But Damian can't help but judge. Especially when he finds the son of a legacy so near tears.]

...First things first. Do not start crying. I can not stress this enough, Kent.

Second, your parents are not here. You can call them all you like, but this time you really are on your own. So knock it off.

Third. The rooms are yours for the picking. Find an empty one and there you have it.

And fourth... the ogres? Well, they're just here to kill us.

Welcome to wonderland.

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[kryptomight]

I'm not going to cry. I'm not a baby, Damian.

( just because he did already a little doesn't mean he's going to again. okay, maybe he almost started up again when damian told him he's on his own--because he hasn't been on his own like this before, but. he doesn't. because damian would've sassed him about it. so he takes a few deep breaths to calm himself down a little, get down from that edge of almost tears but not quite.

why is damian here if his parents aren't. that seems like such an unfair trade off. )

If they're here to kill us why aren't we out there?

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[sonofab]

The name is Robin. I have no idea who this Damian is.

[Dammit, Kent. *switches to private because NAMES! Not that it matters here. Everyone seems to know his name but nothing else and that is very aggravating]

[Private]

Who said I wasn't? I'm doing some restocking before I head back into the action. [Because he's been itching for a real fight since he got here.] Do you have your uniform or are you planning to punch a dent into an ogre as Jonathan Kent?

Not that it would matter here. Compared to Ogres and talking animals, a super powered Alien wouldn't be that strange to the people here.

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[cloned]

[What.

What.



What.

Kon's scowling as he turns on the camera, and he immediately makes it private because wow, unless this is some serious alternate universe stuff secret identities are going to be discussed ad even if they're not as secret here as in other places...... yeah. This is private.]

Clark and Lois don't have kids. I'd know.

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[kryptomight]

Um. Yeah, they do. They have me, Jon, their son.

I'm pretty sure I know who my mom and dad are.

( i mean that's not really something he could be wrong with. )

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[cloned]

Do you know who I am?

[Cause he does realize that time weirdness is a thing. Still. What. Since when.]

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[crisised]

Woah, woah, woah. What? [ no, seriously. what??? ] What Earth are you from, do you know?

[ because kara is 90% sure that kryptonians and humans aren't, y'know. compatible in that way without some jiggery pokery. ]

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[kryptomight]

Hey, Kara! ( you don't understand how glad he is to find someone that he knows that isn't damian. he smiles wide, leans in maybe a little too close to the screen. )

I'm so glad you're here! I mean--not that you're stuck here, because that's bad, and there's no way out that I can find and if you're here there probably really isn't a way out because you would have found it by now--but that you're here and I'm here? . . not that we're here, but that-- uh, you know what, nevermind.

( wait. she asked him something, didn't she. )

I don't really get the question.

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[crisised]

Hoo boy... how to explain this...

[ kara gnaws on her lower lip for a moment before deciding it's best to just come right out with it. ]

There's multiple universes out there, each one a little different from the next. I'm from Earth-0, that's what we call my universe. But I think you might be from a different one, because we've never met that I know of.

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[fulllifeconsequences]

Sorry. Your parents are dead.

[Spoken flatly. Disinterestedly, even, though they're eyeing the screen very closely. They're trying to suss out this kid's age. Older? Younger? Could they take him on if he tried to beat them up?

They could totally take him on if he tried to beat them up.]

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[kryptomight]

( only if they can handle taking on an alien with superhuman strength, speed, and reflexes. . but that's beside the point. because jon isn't the kind of child who will just beat up people because they give him bad news, not without good reason.

you would think that, perhaps there would be some doubt as to whether this stranger is telling the truth, right? but no. jon's eyes widen in response, before they're squeezing shut to fight the onslaught of tears, one hand raising to rub his palm against his eye. )

W-what?! No way. . There's no way Mom and Dad could've died! Why would you say that? What happened to them? Who're you?!

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[fulllifeconsequences]

[They are definitely just a ten year old with something sharp, and therefore definitely cannot handle an alien with superhuman strength, speed, and reflexes. Nonetheless, they're very consciously sizing up their chances if he does try to beat them up.

Nonetheless, they are also telling themselves they could find a way to win.]

Oh, yes. Completely dead. They got swallowed by a gigantic prehistoric fish. From hell. A demon fish from hell. You're all alone here, so I wouldn't waste any time weeping over them.

I know that because I'm a demon too. The hell fish was my neighbour. We were in the same youth group.

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[oakay]

[There's someone on the face box thingy and they look sad. Sad and without family. He knows that feeling, he and Rocket are in the same boat. Groot frowns for a while before deciding to send a message, just to make sure the sad looking floaty face is okay. He would try talking but people tend to have more luck responding to the fun picture-y things.

What is so hard about 'I am Groot'?]

🖐️

😢😧??

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[kryptomight]

are you okay?

[oakay]

[well duh, you short little man. of course he's okay.]

👍👍👍

👍?

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[plutonicideals]

I don't know them, sorry.

But you can pick any room you want and decorate it!

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[kryptomight]

Decorating it seems like a lot of work! Especially if we're not going to be here that long..

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[plutonicideals]

Oh yeah...

Well, you can think about how you want to decorate your room! My room normally has all kinds of rainbows and bunnies.

[tattooedredheads]

I don't think your parents are here yet, though they might show up in the future. In the meantime you can take any empty room. It'll change to match what you want.

[kryptomight]

. . are we sure we're not just stuck in Mister Mxyzptlk's home?

[tattooedredheads]

[Why does that name not have any vowels, kiddo?]

Pretty sure, unless that guy never goes home. I've been here for a year and still haven't seen the owner.

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[trabryu]

[ Mondo's just walking around the hallways when the feed starts up from his palm pilot. He's not even gotten used to how foreign the Wonderland's architecture is, and now it's become something from an entirely different dimension. How fucking great. It's not hard to tell the so-called 'event' has started since two days ago, and been keeping him on edge ever since.

So this feed simply pisses him off further. The fuck's wrong with this place?! Taking a kid from their parents? Whoever's in control of this shitspace is a goddamn asshole! ]

Uh.

[ How the fuck does he talk to kids, though, shit. He can see the reds on the edges of the kid's eyes, sure as hell that's from crying. ]

Look, uh. [ Crap, he didn't get his name, what was it. ] Kid. I dunno if we can find your parents here but... er. D'you need anyone to be with you there? [ Details can wait later when he's sure this kid's safe. It doesn't seem like the ogres could penetrate inside with the strong defense out there, but... ]

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[kryptomight]

( if he's being honest: jon definitely doesn't need to be watched. not in that sense, anyway; the oges don't scare him at all, he's pretty sure he could get rid of most of them pretty fast, but they don't seem like they're getting inside, so--as long as it's just a party of ogres wandering around out there, he probably shouldn't go fight them?

jon will anyway, but that's entirely beside the point. ) Jon. Um, I'm okay? I'm used to being on my own sometimes--so it doesn't really bother me! ( a lie, but. ) I can come find you if you want, though. ( this place isn't that big, he could superspeed his way around and find this guy pretty fast, probably. his hair looks like it'd be hard to miss, even when he's going real fast. )

[cisskabob]

Clark... Kent? And Lois Lane? Are they your parents?

[Hooooooooooly crap, this is not going to go over well with Kon, but since he and Cissie are avoiding each other at the moment... Yikes. Also shoot, this kid is young. As far as she knows, Clark Kent and Lois Lane don't have any kids yet... which means maybe she isn't the person from the furthest in their timeline anymore. It could be an alternate Earth... but that's hard to say.]

As far as rooms go, you can claim your own. The ogres... they're temporary. [Time for a reassuring smile and a little wave.] Hi Jon. I'm Cissie.

[kryptomight]

Hi, Cissie. Nice to meet you. ( he didn't say his mom's first last name, did he? which means that this is probably another person who is at least vaguely aware of his parents--but not aware of his existence from her pause. it's not the first person to react like that, it probably won't be the last, but it does raise the question of how exactly she knows them.

just a fan of the paper they both work at, or--? ) Yeah, they're my parents. Do you know them?