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[mythically]

( diana is seated at one of the consoles in a café when the video feed begins. it seems she’s already gone a bit native—there’s a kedan-style cloak draped around her shoulders, apparently all she needs to keep warm. still, the glint of gold from her armor is perfectly visible, as is the tiara set amongst her dark curls. she’s making no pretense of who she is, should anyone be able to recognize her.

she lifts a hand in simple greeting, smiling. she’s perfectly calm, though anyone who knows her well can probably sense just a bit of tension in the set of her shoulders, the way her eyes are focused. )

There’s many of you here that I know. And many more that I do not.

My name is Diana, and while I’m newly arrived I believe I’ve gotten most of the basics of the situation. It seems you’ve all been busy, recently.

( there’s nothing mocking about her words, and her smile is genuine and honest. she pauses, for a moment, as though to give her audience a breather. then, she continues— )

I’m sure there’s a lot to be done, and I’m willing to offer my assistance to anyone who should need it. But first, I would like to be better acquainted with all of you. If we’ve met before, I’m sure you’ll come and say hello. And if we haven’t, it’s never too soon for introductions.

( both before and after this broadcast and subsequent conversations, diana will be flying over the same café. in effect, she’s using herself as a beacon. feel free to run into her in person if you’d prefer. )

Comments

[mythically]

Sisters and siblings are different, I've found. But even if you were born without them, you can always adopt.

[backwordscompatible]

You would know better than I would about that sort of thing, I guess. Although, I do like the way you think.

[mythically]

I'm glad you do.

But then, you probably know Donna, so my thoughts on the matter are obvious.

[backwordscompatible]

Donna?

[She thought about it for a moment]

Umm...no. Can't think of anybody named Donna off the top of my head. Is that another friend of yours?

[mythically]

Oh. I just assumed, with Robin and Kid Flash on the team...

Donna is my sister. In the more traditional sense. She used to go by Wonder Girl.

[backwordscompatible]

So she's from the same island as you?

[Going by the vague information she knew about Wonder Woman and the Amazonians.]

No, sorry. With the exception of Speedy or Red Arrow or whatever he was going by at the time, the only other superheroes my age I knew were the ones on the Team.

[Which is not to say they weren't out there. Just that she didn't know them.]

Even then, Robin's the only one who's actually my age. [Give or take half a year] The rest were all older.

[mythically]

<sub>( she just nods. donna's history is... complicated, but in the end she is an amazon. though diana can't really imagine a universe where she wouldn't be alongside robin and aqualad and kid flash and speedy. the five of them had been such an entity.

she laughs lightly. )</sub> I fear we could start counting the differences between our worlds and be here all night.

[backwordscompatible]

[Zatanna was tempted to join in.]

Between all the cliff note versions I've gotten? I'm tempted to just check off 'all of the above' by now.

Though being here all night doesn't really sound so bad.

[mythically]

I should probably be responsible and enforce a curfew. Or at least encourage one.

[backwordscompatible]

[Et tu, Diana?]

You can't be serious.

[mythically]

Usually I'm told I'm too serious.

_{( which means her jokes often go unnoticed. )}

[backwordscompatible]

[She can't imagine why.]

Well, no offense...but not gonna happen.

Once you've escaped from under Giovanni Zatara's roof, pretty much anything's possible. And besides that, they tried to do the curfew thing here, too, 'bout a year ago. Didn't go over so well then, either.

[mythically]

_{( now she does laugh. )}

I wouldn't expect it to. But if your father does end up here, I can tell him I tried and it won't be a lie.

[backwordscompatible]

...afraid of him too, huh?

[A mental image of her father attempting to ground Woman Woman for conspiring with her flashed across her eyes. And she was amused.]

[mythically]

I respect him.

_{( ain't scared of nobody, and etc )}

[backwordscompatible]

[To-may-to, to-mah-to]

You just don't want to get him angry. Hey, trust me, I get it. Believe me.

...but I'm still not following any curfew. Too much to see at night. [Too many low-life scum still lingering the back alleyways of certain districts] You understand.

[mythically]

I think so, yes.

_{( she can appreciate nightlife. older zee probably showed her a lot of what she knows about it, too. )}

[backwordscompatible]

Did you have any plans of seeing it yourself?

[Should they add one more to the Rooftop club?]

[mythically]

I suppose, eventually. It's going to take awhile convincing myself I can just relax.

[backwordscompatible]

Relax might be a bit of an overstatement.

I mean, this place is no Gotham, that's for sure. But then, I'm like 90% positive that no place is like Gotham. That'd be like comparing someone playing peek-a-boo with an infant to a professional illusionist in Vegas.