Curiouser and curiouser [ Semi-open]

[azulescarabajo]

Characters: Jaime Reyes, Cassie Lang, other young super-types.
Setting/Location: The main street of District One
Date & Time: RIGHT NOW
Warnings: None
Summary: Jaime meets up with Cassie and some other young heroing types. Open to Young Avengers and other teen super-heroes.

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[veracitatem]

Throughout her life in the Patriarch's world (though she never called it that anymore), almost everyone she had met had commented on how Diana commanded the attention of a room. Everything about her said confidence and strength, and even without the grand entrance of flying, she managed to stick out amongst the crowd

[azulescarabajo]

Jaime froze for the barest of moments. He was a bit used to meeting the big heroes these days (Guy Gardner had eaten a burger at his place after all) but this was Wonder Woman. It was like meeting Superman. Or Batman. Okay maybe not Batman. But still! He stepped forward, holding out a hand.

"Ah, hi Miss Diana. I'm Jaime, I talked to you on the phone-thing? You might know me a bit better as Blue Beetle." Keep cool, Jaime. It's not like she's gonna bite your head off like Bats or punch you into the nearest pile of large rocks like Guy.

Right?

[littlestlang]

Cassie peered around the side of Billy's head as Diana arrived and Jaime went to greet her, the conversation having died as soon as the heroine had walked into sight. Automatically, she reached over and brushed some crumbs off Billy's cape. If she was one of the most powerful heroes in Jaime's world, they wanted to make the best impression possible. Powers or no powers.

"She really is like Thor," she muttered to her current perch, unsure how good their newest member's hearing was. "I'm not the only one who feels a little outclassed, right?"

[magiclad]

"Just a little," Billy replied in an undertone, self-consciously adjusting his cape.

He raised a hand in an awkward greetingy sort of way. "Uhm, hi, I'm, uh -- I'm Wiccan. Usually. When I've got more, uh ..." When he wasn't wearing jeans and a t-shirt. When his magic actually worked. When he wasn't trailing off into awkward silence.

[batbombshell]

The phrase 'Holy shit it's Wonder Woman' keeps passing through her mind over and over again. Along with 'Don't fall on your face' and 'Don't say anything stupid.'

"Oh, hey, WW," she said with a meek grin. "It's Batgirl." Again with the obvious introductions. She could almost feel herself turning red. "I'm a, uh, big fan." Smooth, Steph. Real smooth.

/short extra tag

[littlestlang]

"I'm Stature," Cassie waved a little more confidently, still sitting down to lower the risk of falling off her friend. "We talked on the junogam."

[oopsalienprince]

"Hulkling." Mimicking Cassie's wave, he hovered near to her and Billy, feeling equally somewhat... superhero-starstruck by the newest addition to their steadily growing group. He couldn't help but hope that his t-shirt didn't look too rumpled, or his hair too ruffled - then again, he was standing next to someone wearing jeans and a cape. At least that was kind of reassuring.

[hold_aces]

"Speed." Tommy flashed a thumbs up. "Or used to be at least. This place is kinda cramping my style."

Then softer, under his breath, "She's hot. I vote in."

...I think that is everyone lmao

[veracitatem]

"Please, call me Diana. It is a pleasure to meet all of you. I am glad that of those we have gathered here, that it is such a fine group of young heroes," she said honestly, offering her hand to shake to each of their hands (though perhaps only a finger for Cassie

[magiclad]

Billy felt vaguely compelled to raise his hand before replying. "Uhm, yeah. Normally I can do magic and fly and summon lightning and stuff? But, uh, now not so much. And ... I -- I mean, let's be honest here, I'm not really sure how much of a ... promising hero that makes me --" He paused, glancing nervously at the others, "-- Not that, I mean, not that you can't be a super hero without powers, because, you know, duh, loads of people are, but that's -- that's not me. I'm the Squishy Wizard. I don't really ..." He rubbed the back of his neck, embarrassed. "That's kinda all I've got. Had."

[littlestlang]

As she shook Diana's finger, Cassie found she wasn't incredibly intimidated. Maybe all of those breakfasts with Hercules had gotten her adjusted to being around someone who had just stepped straight out of legend. It certainly helped with understanding her style of speech. She nodded along with Billy's reply, concealing a brief grin at the thought of what Kate would say if she'd been here to catch his slip. Maybe it was the fairy-tale style of the whole scene, but she found herself enjoying it more than worrying.

"But it's not just powers that we've got going for us," she added excitedly, picking up from where Billy had trailed off, "All of us have done this stuff before, right? We've got the experience, and we already know we can work as a team." She paused to slide down Billy's shoulder enough that she could settle in a fold of his cape instead of balancing next to his ear, "I could probably still fight, too. Um, as long as there are any threats small enough, anyway."

[azulescarabajo]

"Yeah, my armor is having problems too. I mean, it works, but it's like, way underpowered. I don't think any of my big guns are working, but that bothers Khaji Da more than me. But more importantly, no flight or super-strength. And I don't even want to try getting into the Bleed..." Jaime shrugged.

"But I agree with Cassie. We can handle this. We're still heroes, right? We still help people. It's our job."

[realson]

After scouting the edge of the forest for a little while Damian had finally decided to grace the superhero gathering Stephanie had mentioned with his presence. His feelings on the matter were more like his father's and although he wasn't exactly dragging his feet like most children would, there was definitely some reluctance as he made his way through the streets. Damian was not a team-player and he wasn't raised to be.

Rooftops in Gotham are good for moving fast and stealthy, the ones here... not so much. So at some point Damian just dropped down and moved around in the shadows of the streets, managing - for the most part - to blend in seamlessly despite the bright colors of his costume.

Finding the superheroes wasn't a hard task at all, the capes and costumes tend to stick out and a small crowd of them even more so. Damian stuck to the shadows a little while longer, listening in and assessing, before simply stepping out of the alley he was in to announce his presence. Stephanie received a look, Diana a small respectful nod and the

[azulescarabajo]

Jaime kind of stared at Damian as he rather rudely interjected into the conversation. Wow.

"So, uh, who shrunk Tim? And who turned him into a jerk?" Jaime looked back at the rest of the group, continuing.

"Anyway, even if we don't have our powers up to scratch we can still help people. It's our job to help people, no matter what. People without powers help out every day. There's no reason we have to stop even if we're weaker than normal. Am I right?" He grinned at everybody in the small group.

[batbombshell]

"Way to make a first impression, Robin," Steph sighed as she facepalmed. She guessed that she should be thankful that he wasn't trying to stab anyone. Yet. And she felt maybe just a little bit glad that his wrath wasn't directed at her for a change. "The little troll is always like this," she explained to the others. "Just try to keep anything sharp out of reach. Trust me."

"Even without powers, you guys know how to fight, right? And if you don't, maybe us unpowered people could teach some hand-to-hand stuff." She gave Damian a brief glance, imagining that his training probably consisted of scary ninja techniques and the essentials of switchblade fighting. "Er. I can, at least. And I bet WW knows how to use every weapon, like, ever."

[magiclad]

Billy was ready to get defensive for all of about five seconds - sure, they might not be seriously big name heroes or anything, but come on, this kid couldn't be more than, like, ten or something - before he realized that they probably did pretty much look like riffraff.

Or, well, he did, anyway. Geez, why was he even bothering to wear the cape? Jaime and Steph's reactions to the kid - Robin? - were a little reassuring, and in other circumstances he would probably have thrown some derisive sarcasm of his own in for good measure, but ...

The others probably had a point - looking at Wonder Woman, Billy really didn't doubt Steph's assertion for a moment - but, let's face it, the majority of superheroes were a little more hand-to-hand, whatever their powers, than he was. He sighed. "I know how to duck."