#001 - The New Adventures of Supergirl

[kryptonian]

[Kara Zor-El is having quite the day.

One minute she's coasting over Metropolis, and the next she's dangling from the ceiling in the lobby. Literally dangling by a giant red ribbon, twisted around her body from shoulder to ankle, complete with a giant Christmas bow somewhere behind her back. She swings there for a moment, taking in her surroundings, and then she gives a huff of exasperation, blowing her bangs out of her face. Is this a Toyman thing? It seems like a Toyman thing. Somehow.]

Alright, Toy-boy. This is the worst yet.

[She looks around herself again, this time scanning through walls. She can see through solid objects and at microscopic to telescopic levels, but she can't see behind her own head, where there is a huge tag that reads "From Paradisa, To Stephanie".]

Five seconds before I start melting things. Five, four, three...

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[secondchances]

[It's not every day you walk into the lobby and see a super BFF hanging from the ceiling with a tag that says your name, but today seems to be one of those days.

Stephanie stares, and then reaches up two gloved hands to rub her eyes. Was she out in the snow too long or something?

Nope. Kara's still there.

Loud. She will be loud, because she can't do a normal volume right now.]

Kara?

[kryptonian]

[ Kara turns, floating instead of hanging -- ah, the blessings of being capable of defying gravity. When she sees Steph, she wants to smile, but Steph sounds so shocked that she feels concern instead. ]

Hey Steph, what's up?

[ Then she'll wiggle, just enough to test the ribbon. Yep, magic. No dice on just snapping them. ]

[secondchances]

You, apparently.

[Her eyes keep drifting to that tag. She expected maybe a new bike or some memento from home, not anything like this.

Was she really so freakin' lonely that the castle took pity on her? Ouch.

Whatever. She'd take it and dwell more on the implications later. It didn't change the fact that Kara was here, looking pretty ridiculous.]

Please tell me you're not stuck.

[kryptonian]

No, I think I've got it.

[ She wiggles for a second longer, then just settles for brute force; she yanks hard, freeing an arm, and then manages to untangle the rest of her. Floating in midair, she reaches to untangle her feet. Don't look up her skirt, Steph! ]

But alright, what's up BESIDES me?

[secondchances]

[She might be a little too busy kicking the giant tag under a sofa to look up any skirts.]

I'll tell you everything in exchange for a hug.

[Because holy crap has she missed her :( ]

[kryptonian]

[ Kara notices Steph kicking, but is distracted by the story behind this place. She touches down on the tile and opens her arms for that hug ]

Sounds like a fair trade to me.

[ There is still a bow stuck in her hair. ]

[secondchances]

[Okay, good, now she can properly slam into her and squeeze as tightly as she wants.

The bow can stay.]

You're here! You're freakin' here! I shouldn't be so excited but--I'msohappytoseeyou.

[kryptonian]

Really? I mean, I'm flattered, but we saw each other a few days ago!

[ Tight hug, but not the head-popping kind ]

[secondchances]

[Thank you, Kara.]

It's been like--a year, at least, for me!

Timeline thing. That should be an indication of what's going on... wait.

[She pulls back to look at her.]

Any of this stuff familiar? The castle, the weirdness, the anything?

[kryptonian]

Huh? Steph, I don't recognize ANYTHING. You're gonna have to give me a rundown of why I'm supposed to.

[secondchances]

Oh, okay. [Give her a moment. Really, this is probably for the best. No memories of all that Isis stuff, and no memories of...

--ZEKE. Grr, Zeke, if his stupid face shows up again, Steph will kick it in.

... but anyway.]

Not too important of a detail right now. [A smile.] It's just... really good to see a familiar face.

[kryptonian]

I beg to differ! Happy as I am to see my BFF, it's kind of important to me to find out why I was, you know, suspended from the ceiling when I was just at a party.

[kid_apocalypse]

[Derp-a-herp, Evan was on his way to the kitchen for some supper when he comes across the pretty dangling lady. He looks up, a look of amused confusion on his face, before speaking.]

I...wouldn't recommend that. The lobby is really flammable. I found that out myself just a few weeks ago. Do you need a hand getting down from there?

[secondchances]

That's true.

[She'll reach over to pull the bow from Kara's hair.]

Condensed version: we're stuck in a different world, there are people here from tons of different worlds, no one knows the way out, and I think you're my Christmas present?

[kryptonian]

[She turns to see him, and is surprised to see a... Kid? Huh. She turns her focus to getting loose -- must be some sort of magic ribbon -- and starts picking herself free.]

Noted! And I think I got it -- but if you look up my skirt, I'm gonna hang you off the chandelier by the back of your shirt, kid.

[kryptonian]

Christmas in August, huh? Everything else was plausible until that.

[ When Steph pulls the bow from her hair, she reaches up to make sure her hair doesn't have any other yuckies in it. ]

So this is a different universe as in parallel dimension, or alternate timeline, or um... Just some distant planet in the usual universe?

[secondchances]

It's December, actually. Tons of snow outside. So I guess that means... alternate timeline? I mean, no one will notice you're missing at home, because technically you aren't, so...

I've never been very good with understanding all this timeline and universe stuff.

[kryptonian]

[ Slightly sheepish: ]

Yeah, to be honest, I kinda get the idea and then pretend I get the rest so I don't look dumb.

But if there's someone I can punch to get us home again, I've got it covered. I'm a great puncher.

[kid_apocalypse]

Oh, I wouldn't dare, Miss. My Ma raised me better than that. Here, I'll even do you one better.

[Evan's legs then begin to lengthen and grow, so he's essentially standing at eye-level with Kara, his legs looking a bit like gray stilts under him.]

Now I couldn't look up your skirt even if I wanted to. I'll stay up here 'til you're safely on the ground.

[secondchances]

So stealing that.

Unfortunately, no. Punching won't fix this, not even yours. [She runs her hand through her hair.]

On the plus side, you get your own room here?

[kryptonian]

[ She's surprised, yet at the same time so totally unsurprised. It figured, huh? Feeling a bit like a jerk, Kara laughs and goes for a smile. ]

You're not the average kid, then. Thanks.

[ And she pulls herself loose, staying afloat unfettered. ]

[kryptonian]

Kidnapping with accommodations. I like it. Nice change from the usual fare. But if there's no one to punch, what's keeping us here?

[kid_apocalypse]

Something like that, yeah. My name's Evan, but my classmates back home call me Genesis. It's a pleasure to meet ya.

[He sticks a hand out to shake, completely unsurprised by Kara's ability to stay aloft in midair.]

[kryptonian]

Evan. [ She takes his hand and shakes it ] I'm Kara, but most people call me Supergirl. Nice to meet you too!

[secondchances]

[She motions to the castle around them.] Magic. Your favorite. People like the words sentient castle around these here parts.