First flight -- video;

[ihavettk]

[There's a crash, followed by a sort of rush of color, then the white nose of a dog comes into view. Then there's a shout from the other side of the room.]

Krypto! I told you not to get into my things!

[The dog barks, then the snout disappears, and after a moment, Kon picks up the camera. He's a teenager, very muscular, and wearing a black t-

Comments

[goodgrasshopper]

[grin] I'm not a superhero, but I am a someone else, and I definitely know what it's like to have an energetic dog around here. I'm Molly.

[ihavettk]

Hey, Molly. Nice to meet you.

I'm just glad he doesn't have his superpowers. He could get excited and fly through the hull. Do we have a hull?

[goodgrasshopper]

Even your dog has superpowers? ...Okay, I guess I'm not much to talk there. Mouse is pretty magical in his own right.

...This isn't a typical spaceship? I don't think we have to worry much about hull breaches. Usually it's floods that cause the problems.

[ihavettk]

...you've got a magic dog? Wow. Yeah, Krypto's from Krypton, just like Superman, so he's got Superman's powers. So do I, usually.

[goodgrasshopper]

Yeah. Mouse is a temple dog. He's... kind of magical. Like me.

...Usually?

[ihavettk]

You do magic? Cool. I've got friends who do magic.

I don't know, something about this place. It's like... being under a red sun, though you'd think the Admiral could have mentioned that before I showed up. I'm not powerless, not even close, since I've still got TTK, but no x-ray vision or anything like that.

[goodgrasshopper]

Yeah, the Admiral pretty much sucks at warnings and things like that. You're definitely not the first one that's been screwed over by it.

What's 'TTK?'

[ihavettk]

Tactile telekinesis. It's the Superboy only power. See, I've got this sort of... aura, and when I touch stuff, I can use it to move them. Not just in the normal way, like, I can manipulate them, or make them break apart, or lift them even if they're crazy heavy. It's really awesome.

[goodgrasshopper]

That sounds pretty awesome. I've never even heard of anything like that before. Which... I guess makes sense, if its unique to you.

[ihavettk]

Hey, I'll show you if you want. I'm about to go meet my friend for a tour of this thing, but I'm more than happy to demonstrate.

[goodgrasshopper]

That would be great.

Who's your friend?

[ihavettk]

Cissie. We met a while back. See, this monster attacked her summer camp when I was around, and after I saved them, we had smores. It was fun.

[Kon can do this secret ID thing!]

[goodgrasshopper]

[Molly is a little amused, and kind of grinning at you, Kon. Cissie's told her about Hero Camp.]

S'mores are always fun.

[ihavettk]

Yeah, it was cool. And then we sort of kept in contact, so that was nice.

[He grins back. He sort of suspects she's flirting with him.]

[goodgrasshopper]

That's awesome. She's one of my really good friends here, so... I guess we'll be seeing each other around, huh?

[...Maaaaaybe. A little.]

[ihavettk]

Oh, really? That's cool. And so's that. It would be cool to meet you in person.

[IT'S COOL Kon likes it when cute girls flirt with him. And he's single again, so. That works.]