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[ So, Roy hasn't been around that long, but he's gotten to know Keeliai, the natives, heard about the Emperor and definitely picked up on the tension between foreigners and the Kedan, but just out right asking about What The Hell Is Wrong With This Place seems a little too obvious. And lame.

And this way is much more fun. ]

Okay so is there a part of living on the back of a giant magic turtle that isn't supposed to be completely awesome? Because a lot of you seem to be really bummed about it, and I'm starting to think it's more than just a strong case of Stick Up The Ass going around.

[ And frankly, Roy likes looking like the idiot. He raises up a hand holding some kind of Kedanian smoothie in the cafe he's seated in, and gives an 'okay, humor me' kind of gesture. ]

Let's pretend for two seconds that you're all actually the most boring people ever and the part where we're on a monster turtle isn't enough for you - you're getting what's practically a free vacation. A beautiful city on a tropical island that's really more like a cruise, and even a space you can go sit near Yurtle's massive head and zen your neurotic brains out. The closest we have to that at home is legalizing pot.

I know I'm inviting a sea of sarcastic quips to kill my buzz about the whole badass Suessical adventure, so let's try to be organized and civil about this - there's only so much scathing sardonicism I can handle at once. Please fill out the attached form and get back to me:

Your Name: Self explanatory.
Your Age: It'd probably explain some things, I'm jussayin.
Level of Suck of Your Homeworld: On a scale of Fantasia to Bambi. Just trying to keep some perspective.
Your Complaints About Our Magical Turtle Adventure: Let it all out, brothers and sisters. Testify.
Notes: Whatever. How's my hair?

Thank you for your participation! Here is a wavier for your free snow cone! Not really. Sorry.

[ Oh wait, just this last piece here: ] Also, if you know anyone who likes to run around in tights and a mask, maybe a cape, let me know? Thanks! [ A little salute, and he signs out. ]

[[ ooc; If you could, please fill out his permissions post ova hurr, and here's the html for his little questionnaire thing :>

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[ Well that's... weird as hell to hear. Roy just gives a wide-eyed blink before a heavy sigh and holding his hands up in a kind of 'not even going to worry about that rn' kind of gesture.

Onto the question at hand, that answer is pretty easy. ]

In Gotham, hanging out at the Bat-mansion with the Batfam. Some bad shit had gone down with the Joker and Kori, Jason and I popped in to help out.

[ A pause and he frowns a little. ]

Well, Jason got involved and Kori and I popped in to fish out fearless not-leader back out.

[You know, he's pretty sure there was a protocol on how to handle situations like this. "How to handle family members from another universe", in big black letters, the kind of pamphlet you skip over until the one about "What to do when you're the weakest link" one appeared.

Connor is taking it one step at a time. But this is turning more into a drunk stagger than anything remotely familiar to a step.]

You're at the Bat-mansion. Not... cave? And you just threw out a lot of names, can you clarify who Jason and Kori is?

[ Roy will totally check the local Kedan bookshop for the pamphlet. Or 'Being The Lesser Doppleganger: For Dummies'.

Roy is... dealing. In a sense that he's not really dealing at all. He's just kind of taking it in a 'ahahaha this is totally funny (no it isn't)' kind of way and he'll go sit in his room later and think about how bad he wants a drink. ]

Yeah. Special invite, due to knowing Jason. And that's Jason Todd and Princess Koriand'r. Red Hood and Starfire.

[He frowns slightly at the mention of the Red Hood and Jason Todd.

Yeah, last time he heard about that guy? He kidnapped Roy's heir to the Speedy mantle and blew up her school. But he reminds himself they have another life, that probably never happened, right? He only needs to know one thing.]

Are they are people you can rely on? People you trust?

[ There isn't much of a hesitation when he answers. ]

Absolutely.

[ They're his family now, despite the fact neither would admit it, but Roy doesn't doubt they'd each risk going to hell and back to help him out. Maybe Roy trusts too easily or loves too easily, but that's one thing he can be sure of. Or at least, one things he needs himself to be sure of. Either way, the trust comes out the same. ]

[Not too much of a delay in that answer. That's good. That kind of respond is either a lie, something hard to come by or a guaranteed regret. All he has is this Roy's word to go off on and his own natural optimism.]

I'm glad you have people like that in your life. They're hard to come by.

[Aw bro, this just reminds him how much he miss his family.]

And I want you to know that even if you don't know me that well - or at all, if you need a hand with anything I have your back.

Don't I know it.

[ Said maybe a little bitterly while he fiddles with a plastic straw in his hands from his smoothie. So maybe there's some serious residual abandonment issues here. Maybe being alone in a place with all the people that should know you not knowing you is making that be a little less residual. Whoops.

He blinks up at him, a little wide-eyed. Kyle gave him that speech too. It's so weird to have this kind of thing from people he's never met. People he never would have met, considering his current state of effectively divorced for the main hub of the superhero community. ]

Yeah. Yeah, I'll keep it in mind. [ A minute nod and he gives a half-smile. ] You too, man. I mean, I don't know you, but you're apparently supposed to be pretty cool with me, so I'll just the theoretical other me's judgement.

I hope we're cool, too. Not the other Roy, or the other other Roy. Me and you.

[He gives Roy a smile and there's hope there. Hope that Roy will settle in fine, hope that when the inevitable meeting between Oliver and Roy happens, he'll be lucky (or unlucky, depending on your point of view) to be there. Hope that when Roy finds out he's Oliver Queen's illegitimate son he won't flip out and run off.

He thinks his Roy would've said, "that's kind of coming on hard, bro" but he'd say it with a smile that says he's still proud of the bridge he made.]

I'm at Water sector. Feel free to drop by, 'kay?

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