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Characters: Shayera Hol, and anyone who runs into her!
Date: June 23rd
Location: she'll start off in the Earth Sector, but she'll wander to the other sectors throughout the day.
Situation: her arrival on the turtle!
Warnings/Rating: it's Shayera, so don't expect her to be too friendly. other than that, not really expecting anything too severe.

[Honestly, Shayera had been in worse situations. Like the Thangarian invasion, or the Cadmus Crisis, and countless other that would no doubt take too long to list. But most of those incidents, she chose to get involved in. This one? Not so much. If the "Emperor" had asked and given her a good reason to come, she might have agreed.

But no, they dragged her here, most likely while she was sleeping, and so far, no way of getting back to Earth. Needless to say, she didn't feel like playing along. Sure, she'd at least go to her apartment in the Earth Sector and check out the room they gave her. Well, at least it's got plenty of room for her to stretch her wings. But after spending a little time in her room, she explores more around the Earth Sector, trying to ask people for a possible way out, or even more information about the place.

Once she's gotten her bearings in the Earth Sector, she flies over to the other sectors, moving onto the Fire, Wood, Water, and Metal Sectors in that order. Expect her overall demeanor to be frustrated, muttering curses under her breath occasionally.] If I see those guys again, I'll take my mace, and shove it up their-- [She cuts herself off, since people are starting to give her looks. Of course, her scowl isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Approach at your own risk.] I dare this day to try and get worse.

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[He laughs as he picks up the final fallen arrow and slings the full quiver over his shoulder.]

I haven't made it through a single showing, can you even believe that?

Easily. I honestly don't even know how Mari manages to stay awake. [Mentioned casually, because if you're John's friend, you know his girlfriend.

Mari? [He just looks confused.] Kat [as in 'Katma Tui'] this side.

[A contemplative pause.]

I think we're from different universes, but John doesn't seem to have changed much. Just the names and some of the details.

You mean Katma Tui? I've met her before. I mean Mari. You know, Vixen? John's girlfriend?

[Oh great, she loves headaches.] Different universes. Nothing will surprise me anymore.

Yeah, that's her. [Beat.] I know of a Vixen, but she's never been in the same circles as us.

[Where 'us' means 'Green Lanterns'. Speaking of which-]

Do I exist in your universe?

She is where I'm from. [At least she gets along with her.]

Yeah. John's mentioned you before, but I haven't met you.

[His expression becomes sympathetic, but it quickly changes to curious.]

How many Lanterns from Earth?

[Please say four. Please.]

[Give her a second. It's not like there's an official Green Lantern get together or anything for her to meet them.] I think four? You, John, and I think he mentioned two others.

Huh.

[A shrug. Okay, he'll bite.]

Anyway, the crux of the matter is some people are really alike across universes, and some aren't. There's a lot of people here from similar worlds to ours; most of them are from mine, and you'll run into all of them.

[He jerks a hand back towards civilisation to indicate his meaning. Then, a beat.]

I don't really know the version of you that's in my world, but if John likes you, you're family to the Corps.

[He sticks out a hand.]

Kyle Rayner. Just "Kyle" is okay, so's "Lantern". "Honour Guard", if you want to be fancy about it. Or "kid", since you earned that right.

Wait, universes? Meaning there's more than just our two? [Goddamn, she's going to need to be taking notes.] So more of the League is here aside from Batman. Well, that makes things a little better. [At least she has people to formulate plans with now. Even if they might not know the same 'version' of her.

But family... that's been a pretty foreign concept to her for god knows how long. She lost everything after the war, and not even all of the Justice League fully trusted her. Of course, that was to be expected. She takes his hand with a smile, giving a firm shake in return.] You can just call me Shayera. I'm not sure about the "kid" part, though. Anyone who picks a fight with me is stupid, but sure as heck not a kid.

There's more than fifty, but no point worrying about that, really. I'm just glad none of us are from the universe where we're all evil. [A wince.] We don't even have proper goatees!

[He shakes her hand, firmly, and starts to stroll along a beaten path through the clearing.]

"Stupid" tends to fit a lot of the time, too. [A self-deprecating grin.] Say - what's happening to Thanagar? There was a war recently [and he served, it's obvious from his voice] in my universe.

... fifty universes. [She sighs oh-so tiredly. Fuck this.] I already met the "evil" ones. Or the closest thing to it.

[Well. This can only end badly Her expression fades to a much more pained and melancholic look, her cheer from before all but gone.] I don't know what happens on Thanagar anymore. I only learned that... they lost to the Gordanians after the League stopped their invasion on Earth. [She still finds it her fault.]

[Oh, he's made a misstep, but he's going to fix it.]

Little far from home, aren't they? [he rubs his chin, thoughtfully.] Ours was against the Rannians. [Then he just waves his hand dismissively. It has bad memories for him too.] Anyway, the Empire's fine. Has been for a while. [Gently-] You're all fighters to the last man. [DRAMATIC PAUSE.] Hawk? I don't know.

... it's a long story. [That ends with her being a spy and betraying everyyyyyone.] Wish I could say the same about where I am. [But at least that gave her a tiny smile.] Man works fine for us. Or woman in my case.

[The good news is ~~unlike some paranoid people~~, Kyle doesn't really care about a person's past, as long as they're willing to move forward. The other thing is - he already saw Shayera. There's a reason he likes fighting that's because it's instinctive, one tends to see the real person in those split-second decisions, and read their movements to understand their psyche. Whether they fight to disable, like Bats do. Or fight to cause pain, like his enemies do. Or even fight simply to survive, or for the thrill. All of it's clear to him.]

So, is John still a Marine? He trained me, when I was starting out, except I ended up calling him 'mom' instead of 'sir'.

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[Her previous demeanor returns, feeling a bit better that he didn't press for answers and rub salt in her wounds like Vixen and Vigilante did. Even if they helped a lot in the long run.] I swear, he's more Marine than League member. He's always s uptight about "being professional" and "following rules".

[He laughs.]

I know right? Good thing that lesson never took.

Never stopped him from trying, though. [Ah, the stories Mari told her of how dull he could be.] I wonder if he knows what a break is.

[Lightly:] Oh we just started drugging his coffee to make sure he slept.

[Now that gets a small chuckle out of her.] Now that's what I should've done ages ago. I'll have to tell Mari that one, too.

So-- uhm. The League. Who's in it?

More people than I can count. There's the founding members, me, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, J'onn, and John. After the Thanagarian invasion, they gained a lot more members. We're talking dozens of superheroes. There's Black Canary, Green Arrow, Vixen, Vigilante, Aquaman, Zatanna, Supergirl, and Stargirl to name a few. We've got plenty more other than them.

[A low whistle.]

Yeah that's... a major difference. We're split into more teams, depending on generation, location, things like that.

We're all usually up in the Watchtower, and J'onn assigns us missions and teams from there.

That much hasn't changed.