First case.

[dorkwonder]

[As soon as Tim found himself suddenly transported to a strange new place, he scurried over to a shadow and began to gather intel. Wherever he went, a journal appeared at the area he was inspecting. After awhile he realized it was the same journal appearing over and over. So, he finally picked it up and began to read through it. The entries gave him a decent idea of what was going on. Combing the entries with the view of the sky made it obvious he was no longer on Earth. Tim was no stranger to the multiverse. He knew that the name “Wayne” was recognized in some of the alternative Earths.

When Tim finally dictates an entry of his own, his voice comes out sounding nervous and awkward. Instead of introducing himself as Tim Drake, the ward of multi-billionaire Bruce Wayne, he's Alvin Draper; confused high-school student.]

Okay, so I know there's the whole “be careful what you wish for”, but this is kind of overkill. And by “kind of”, I mean completely. I just wanted to get out of my Calculus test! A fire alarm or sneeze attack would have worked.

[His voice sounds increasingly nervous as he speaks.]

So, uh, my name is Alvin Draper and I'm not from around here. I don't even know if I'm from the same world as this place. This is what I get for wishing I was in all of those sci-fi novels I've read, huh? Ahaha. Seriously, I never going to wish for anything again. Anyway, um, if anyone could let me know what's going on here and how I get back home, that would be great. Thanks.

[ooc: Just as a side note, since Tim's father is in a coma and not dead in his memories, he currently thinks he's the ward of Bruce Wayne and not his adopted son.]

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[dorkwonder]

There's already another difference in our worlds. Kon came close to dying when he fought Superboy-Prime in space, but we got to him in time. It took him months to recover and then he left to deal with being related to Luthor. Once he came to terms with it, he came back to the Titans. You were never on the team to "replace" him. I wanted you with the Titans because you're smart, powerful, and I thought you'd appreciate being around people your age who get what it's like to be different.

I agree. We don't need to go hashing out all of our personal details, we need to focus on a way out.

[kryptonian]

[She pauses for a moment, just to make a variety of faces at the journal. Tim, what the hell? No.]

Right. I'll prove to you that you're from our universe later, Mr. "One Major Event Can Change Without Compromising Everything Else." You realize Kon's death had a huge impact on you and that is probably why the castle took it from you, right? Good thing Kon's back now.

[dorkwonder]

Let me guess, in your Earth Steph actually died and never told everyone she needed to go to Africa, right? [SARCASTICALLY.]

[kryptonian]

I'm not sure who I'm more sorry for, you for having this awful loss, or Steph and I, who will now have to deal with you being a jerk about it.

[dorkwonder]

I'll make it easy for you and you won't have to worry about dealing with me for the rest of the day.

[Cuts her off in true Bat fashion and closes his journal.]

[kryptonian]

[~So offended!!!~ She's just going to indignantly talk to the closed book:]

Wow! Rude. I can find you in five seconds, you know!

[dorkwonder]

[Which is why he's going to lurk in some shadow while he explores...for all the good it will do him.]

[kryptonian]

[She's hunting you down, rude boy. She can hear your heartbeat.]

[dorkwonder]

[Omg, Kara, go away! Go be angry with Steph or something! Tim's currently lurking by the library, hoping to find more "useful" answers there, i.e. answers that fit his outlook of the multiverse.]

[kryptonian]

[And she's floating behind him with her arms folded.]

[dorkwonder]

[Long, suffering sigh, before he looks over his shoulder.]

I thought we were done for the day.

[kryptonian]

Seriously? You just get here, we have a little disagreement, and we're done for the day?

[dorkwonder]

You kept pressing the argument and I wasn't interested in spending the rest of the evening arguing. [Knows eventually their conversation would have lead to discussing what happens to his father and he does not want to get into that.]

[kryptonian]

Hey, I'm the one who said we should focus on where we are, you're the one who got snarky. But whatever! Moving on...

[dorkwonder]

Right, moving on.

[Steps out of the area he was lurking in and moves over towards the door.]

Anything unusual in the library? [It's a library in a magical castle, there have to be all kinds of unusual things in it.]

[kryptonian]

I haven't given it too thorough of an exploration, but it strains my eyes to try to look too far inside. Like, the bookshelves go so deep I can't focus. I tried superspeeding in and it just goes forever, but when you walk back, you're practically back at the start already... so it's pretty much impossible to get lost in.

[dorkwonder]

Does this place have any of the journals that belonged to the people who have come here and left?

[Already knows he's been here before, curious about his previous experiences in this place.]

[kryptonian]

Yes, actually. I mean, you can't see their filters, all the journals look identical depending on what you can see, but everything from the first five years are in them. It's now the seventh year, I think.

[She zips off and comes back with one –– none of them have names.]

There are a whole bunch here in the library.

[dorkwonder]

Could I see the filters in my own journal, since it was technically me? [Eyes the journal she has in her hand.]

[kryptonian]

I assume so, I can see my own.

[She offers it to him.]

[dorkwonder]

Just to clarify, are you saying I can read the journals that belonged to the older versions of me that were here before?

[Takes the book from her and begins to skim through it.]

[kryptonian]

Yeah.

I read my old stuff. It's all me, I wouldn't question a single thing I did or said.

[She frowns.]

[dorkwonder]

I'll check them out later.

[Doesn't want to read them with her around. Because if he's able to read the stuff from the Tim who was from her world, then that means there's a good chance he's from her world. Then again, there's still the theory with the future him.]

[kryptonian]

Sure.

How much of the castle have you seen?

[dorkwonder]

I've explored most of the bottom floor, I haven't had the chance to check out all of the towers. Where's your room?