tushanshu | For your kindness I'm in debt to you

[Clark has hardly used the network to make posts as Clark lately, not since he got the radio started... but it wasn't really that he was avoiding it, not really. Investigating about the murders, then the disappearances had simply taken most of his free time, and he hadn't had much to say.

When he turns on the feed he's playing around with what looks like a calligraphy brush between his fingers, tapping the shaft against a very basic notebook.]

The new arrivals made me think of something. [And judging by the notebook, he's trying to make sense of it by himself. Those who actually know him know how fast his brain actually is... but he's always had the Kryptonian technology to back him down, and now he finds it missing.]

We're assigned living space when we get here, right? And we don't really choose it, we're simply given directions to it when we arrive. And we know there are 5 districts, and different kind of suites on each. Some of them are obvious [Hi, Arthur, of course you live in Water] but others aren't. I live in Water, while my wife was given a suite in the Earth sector.

[She didn't spend a single day there but that's beyond the point. You might actually see her on the background, she likes doing that.] And I thought maybe there could be some kind of pattern, something in the way the Kedan organize us in each district and place. It might not be relevant at all but I'd like to give it a try.

So I guess, what I'm asking is: where do you live? Have you noticed something similar between you and your neighbors? I don't know- age? Gender? Abilities? Hobbies? [A shrug] I don't really know what could be relevant. Also, feel free to answer anonymously if you'd rather- or in my inbox, to keep it private? Whichever way you feel comfortable.

And with that done... something completely different. If I'm right, Thanksgiving should be just around the corner... [The sheepish grin of someone who's completely aware that he's indulging himself] So, what are your favorite Thanksgiving day recipes?

[Later: Supercrypted to JLA MEMBERS - From Jor-El's console]

Yes, we are doing something for thanksgiving, in case you were wondering. My question is: where? And how many of you will have to be dragged there?

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[If he notices the change he doesn't comment on it. He's gotten used to people getting more technical with him as they actually get to know how smart he can be.]

Powers have something to do with it, since a lot of people have said they feel affinity with the sector. But it can't be just that, there's a torch living in the wood sector. Not to mention where that would leave people without any kind of powers. Personality could also be a factor but there's a lot of differences between people living in the same districts.

I'm working on the magic angle, but that will take longer.

[There's a pause and, when she speaks, she almost rushes through the admission.] My magic doesn't really have anything to do with where I live.

[And then she's quickly moving on.] But it could totally have to do with personalities. Maybe there are things like secret identities that you're not really taking into account, you know? Or deep dark secrets. It's not like anyone's going to admit to being a murderer or a thief or a superhero.

[He blinks at her easy admission of having magic. It hadn't really come up in any of their conversations and Hayley had made a big deal out of being defenseless, but he guesses it could have been something she wants to hide or simply something that's recent. He wonders if she wouldn't have zeroed in on green K if she had known Superman is also vulnerable to magic. ]

Yes, I'm considering trying something different, someone even brought up demographics. It'll just be hard to get honest or simple answers in those cases, when hiding is a matter life and death.

Did you mention magic?

Maybe. [Demographics doesn't seem to fit with the variety she's aware of.] Maybe the Metal Sector likes keeping secrets.

Yeah, I didn't tell you? [She knows very well that she didn't, but feigned surprise, even when its fake nature is obvious, seems the easier path to admission.] It's not a big deal or anything. My point was just that the spells I know and the source of the magic have nothing to do with metal or technology or whatever.

Edited (added words) 2013-12-12 00:52 (UTC)

No, you didn't. But it's fine, I didn't really ask anyway. I just thought... well, you have always said superpowers and supernatural stuff weren't really thing where you come from.

[Did you lie to me?]

They're not.

[There's a pause before she sees what he means.] I learned it here.

Edited 2013-12-22 23:19 (UTC)

[And that answers both the asked and the questions left unsaid, he guesses.]

Would you let me see one of these days?

No. [The reply is almost instant, sounding almost disgusted. Then, after a split second to think, she adds:] Why?

[He was expecting her to say no, but he was also expecting her to come up with an excuse. He was even ready to pretend he believed her to give her privacy- he was just curious, as he was curious about most things in life. That's a reporter's job after all.

The quick dismissal makes him blink and pause.]

I- I was just curious, I have never been good at magic things myself.

[There's quite the pause while she considers it.]

Sabriel's teaching me. You should ask her.

Maybe I could. [He won't.]

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Good luck with your research, okay?

For your kindness I'm in debt to you

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