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[littlecousin]

[There's an extremely attractive blond woman on the other end of the feed, looking a little wet and a lot disgruntled. Nita's features are distinctive--high-arched eyebrows, pointed ears, and if you're looking very carefully, gill slits along each side of her neck.]

PSA. If you were thinking about leaving, bad news. You get about half a mile out and something knocks you back into that same coma we were all in when they fished us out.

[She is so disgusted you don't even know.]

So unless you really enjoyed that six-hour cart ride, I'd start looking at other options.

[And there's Kon in the background looking soggy and miffed. He huffs and pushes away wet hair from his face.]

Yeah, like doing a Dorothy and finding some ruby slippers.

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text; anonymous

[cowled]

['Looking very carefully' is Bruce's middle name. Interesting. An Atlantean.

And a Kryptonian. Not just any Kryptonian, but Superboy. In the uniform he wore prior to his death.

He's not getting a headache, but it's a near thing. Tim, Damian and now Kon. He could do worse where allies are concerned, but the Kryptonian was a little unruly at this age, and Bruce is a little short on Kryptonite at the moment, should anything happen to warrant its use.

He'll concern himself with that later. In the meantime, they've provided him with an interesting amount of data. Nevermind that he never would have expected leaving this place to be that easy.]

How many times did you try, exactly?

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[littlecousin]

Who wants to know?

[Anonymous just makes her suspicious. It's always eco-terrorists or the Mad Thinker or freakin' Doom on one of the days he and Namor have decided they don't like each other.]

text; anonymous

[cowled]

Oh, sorry about that. Name's Craig. I'm like everyone else, just kinda got fished out of the ocean a couple days ago.

[Not a first name he's used before, but it comes naturally regardless.]

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[littlecousin]

Oh. Video button's on the upper left.

[...Or whatever.

She's not (too) suspicious. She's just being ~helpful~. The obstructionism is merely a delightful side benefit.]

video; anonymous

[cowled]

[Well, why not. He's sitting in a cafe, fully disguised anyway. Whoo for being a master of the craft.

He's aged himself a little, lightened his hair and has applied a scruffy but relatively well-kempt goatee. He looks like a middle-aged business-man of the 'weekend warrior' variety. He projects calm and confidence but of Bruce Wayne there is nary a trace. His voice, when he speaks, has a slight British accent, like someone who grew up in the country but moved young. He already has his backstory firmly ensconced in his mind, and he wears this new life like a second skin.]

Do I pass muster now?

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[littlecousin]

[ALL SUSPICIONS ASSUAGED. Nita grins.]

What? You were the anonymous text guy. You coulda been anyone.

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[tactile_telekinesis]

[Yup, he'd been reading the text over Nita's shoulder and shows no shame in it at all. He stuck his pinky in his ear and wiggled it about a little.]

Enough to get the hint.

[video]

[mistyoldworld]

Surely a salmon would be able to make it. [She sees those gills, though...]

[video]

[littlecousin]

Maybe a salmon. But not us.

[She tried the underwater route, too.]

[video]

[mistyoldworld]

[Totally misinterpreted that.] Then it's settled. I will become a salmon and leave this place. Do you know the way to Ireland?

[video]

[littlecousin]

[First, buy a ticket at LaGuardia...]

If the salmon is still you in another form, I don't think it'll work.

[Totally unfazed. Shapeshifters, nbd. And the kid's too nice to be a Skrull.]

But if you want to try it, I'll swim out a little way with you.

[video]

[mistyoldworld]

I must try. My forest is waiting for me.

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[sophos]

[She sure sees those gills. So while she suspects the method, it's always good to ask and be sure!!]

How did you test it? Swimming?

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[littlecousin]

We flew first. Then I swam out to try again while Kon laid around on the beach like a lazy bum.

[That's an affectionate description, really.]

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[tactile_telekinesis]

Oi! I'm right here you know!

[Yup, just talking over her shoulder.]

Can't help if I woke up weak as.

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[littlecousin]

Yeah, I wouldn't have said it where you couldn't overhear me.

[trololololo~]

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[tactile_telekinesis]

[There's a pout over here and he's using TTK to flick her nose.]

Now that's just mean. I was catching some rays while you floundered in the water. Tssh, ended up in there too much for comfort.

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[sophos]

[She doesn't sound in the slightest surprised by the flying. Just disappointed that it failed]

So leaving the turtle by both water and air is out. Half a mile out, you said? Was the barrier sudden? Or more of a slow slip into unconsciousness?

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[littlecousin]

[Well duh. Flying is normal.]

I just had time to realize I was falling before I was out. About the same for Kon.

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[sophos]

[She makes a sort of thoughtful noise]

Not particularly promising news, but it's still good to know. Thanks.

[video]

[dadissues]

What? Even if you take a boat?

[video]

[littlecousin]

[Brief, confused pause.]

We didn't take a boat.

[Seriously why would you bother with all that.]

[video]

[dadissues]

...You swam? Oh, I guess that's why you're both all wet. Well, obviously you won't get anywhere by swimming unless you're a fish or a crazy Olympian! What about using a boat?

[video]

[littlecousin]

No, we flew.

...The first time. I swam the second time.

[With a bit of concentration, Nita can make her gills flare even when she's above water, the same way anyone else can wrinkle their nose. So she does.]

World's only water-breathing mammal, here.

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[dadissues]

...How did you fly the first time?

Oh...so those are gills? Whoa...so wait, what are you then? I thought all the new people here were humans. [So polite.]