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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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[Dinah just nods. It could be the teleportation, or it could be that what's affecting everyone else is also getting to Shayera. It might not, but that would make her an exception.]

Well, just so you know, a lot of people are having problems with their superpowers recently. I've lost my Canary Cry completely, and all the flyers are grounded.

So, you know, if it gets worse, it's not you. But it is a new thing, and there's no reason to think it's permanent?

So people are normally at full strength, then. Any reason for the sudden drop in powers lately? [She would like very much to fix it.]

[Dinah frowns, the shrug she gives partly helpless. She really doesn't have a full reason and it bothers her.]

I think it's about Tu Vishan, the turtle. He's sick and it's affecting us.

And I'm guessing it doesn't have a doctor. [Otherwise she thinks they would've been better by now.]

As far as I know: no giant turtle doctors.

Well, so far, this place is really making me want to stay. [There's that thick sarcasm again.]

[Dinah just grins.]

I suspect we're not going to find our way home until we've defeated some sort of Big Bad. That's how things usually work.

We're superheroes. If we had contracts, defeating "Big Bads" would be in there somewhere.

In the opening paragraph in big letters.

I'm running on the idea that this is what I do so I might as well do it, and then worry about getting back to Arrow and everyone else.

In bold.

Finish up what was started here, right? [Though it stands out to her that she specifically pointed out GA.] Are you dating Arrow?

[She hasn't so far mentioned him to anyone not from her world, even in parallel. There's absolutely no reason to assume that her life and Oliver's would be so interlaced with each other in different universes. But Dinah is surprised to find that she's surprised.

Today, she happens to be wearing her rings so she holds up her left hand, wraggling that finger. The engagement ring bears a rather large diamond, but it's what it's set in that might attract Shayera's attention. A Flash ring, with that very recognizable lightning bolt insignia.]

[... okay that? Very surprising. That's one of the things she could never ever ever could have seen coming.] You... and Flash. You and Wally...

[She's by no means insulting her. Just. Extremely shocked.]

Oh god no, me and Ollie.

[Oops, she did not mean that to come out so vehemently against Wally there.]

He had the diamond set into a ring Barry gave him.

Oh. I see. That... does make more sense. [WELL THAT WAS AWKWARD.] I've seen how close you and Green Arrow are where I'm from, so I suppose congratulations are in order.

[Exceeeeept for one thing.] But... who's Barry?

[That was an unexpected question. So Wally must have been the Flash who founded the League with Shayera?]

He was the Flash who founded the JLA with me. The second man on our world to call himself Flash. And Wally's uncle.

[You learn something new everyday.] I didn't know Wally had an uncle. Much less that he was the second Flash. [To be fair, she doesn't know a lot of things about a lot of people.]

It's possible your Wally didn't. Not if he was the first Flash on your world.

I'm not sure if he is. I'll have to make a note to ask him about it sometime.

What's Barry like?

[Dinah lowers her head for a moment, smiling.]

Well, for one thing he was always the last person to arrive.

[She'll keep the past tense until it's inaccurate for her, but knowing that it's present for Bart makes her happy beyond measure.]

[... she doesn't like the sound of that. Especially not the past tense.] I'm sorry, Dinah.

It's okay.

[No, it really is.]

It was a long time ago, now. And it's always been a hazard of the job.

[A hazard of the job. She's heard that many times before, and she lost quite a bit as a "hazard", too.] Just because it happened a while ago doesn't mean the pain goes away. [Just look at Batman.] We can still miss them. [She misses Hro like hell sometimes, that much is certain.]

Oh, don't get me wrong, I miss him.

[She smiles again, fondly.]

I miss all of them. But if I dwell on it too much, I'll lose my way.

[Dinah was not built to be Batman.]

[No one was ever built to be Batman except Bruce Wayne.] Sometimes it's not always dwelling. Just... remembering.

I know.

But thank you.

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