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[imaginate]

Characters: Kyle & various.
Date: Catch-all log for July.
Location: All around.
Situation: Various.
Warnings/Rating: War horrors, child abuse, mention of torture, physical and psychological.
Notes: [Action] or prose are all good. Ping me if you'd like a specific setup/threadstarter.

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[wingedwarrior]

[She speaks with a certain seriousness, but there's no signs of pain or regret. Yes, she let people down, but she won't wallow in the past anymore.] A few Thanagarians with a grudge tricked me and two other League members and got us trapped on a planet. Though they really only wanted me, but threatened to harm Vigilante and Vixen to get me. [And there were lots of feelings and Shayera felt better afterwards.]

[imaginate]

Some grudge.

[A low whistle, of wow that must suck. He wondered how much of the mess that had been the aftermath of the Rann-Thanagar war he could get out of simply because he'd saved the day there and stopped the fighting. Is that why she was out of touch with the news back home?]

Sorry.

[wingedwarrior]

I am the reason they lost the war. [Not "we". It wasn't her war anymore once she saved Earth, she didn't have that luxury.] It's all right. I've... ["Gotten used to it" is out of the question. That's something you never get used to.] accepted it.

[imaginate]

[And Galatea had shouted a few choice words over the console. This choice was bitter and heavy, and it would only get worse if people drew attention to it or tried to get her to talk about it. Some doors stayed closed, and locked.]

Don't carry it all by yourself forever. It gets really heavy, trust me.

[Despite the content of the words, his tone is light, cheerful. Have a little hope, it says. Share your burden.]

[wingedwarrior]

[It's hard to ignore the optimism from a Green Lantern, much less Kyle.] When you find someone who can share this, give me a call.

[It's said in a partly sarcastic tone. She would like to release part of this burden, but realistically, there aren't many who can.]

[imaginate]

I've got a list. Wanna see it?

[HE WILL SHOVE ALL HIS HOPE AND OPTIMISM AT YOU, SHAYERA, YOU CANNOT ESCAPE]

[wingedwarrior]

[She makes a sweeping gesture with her hand in front of her, as if to invite him to take his best shot.] By all means.

[imaginate]

[He points a very serious finger at her okay!!]

Top of the list. [He holds up the ring.] Why don't you take a few guesses?

[wingedwarrior]

[Her lips twitch into a half smile, and she just shakes her head disbelievingly.] Who, you?

[In all honesty, she is joking. There's only one other person here who knows what happened, and Galatea is a lunatic. Everyone else just mistakes her for someone else.]

[imaginate]

You'd be surprised what I can carry.

[He's matching her joking tone, but there is a brief, dark flicker in his eyes that suggests it's all the truth, he'd never lie about being able to take something that heavy. He knows he's unbreakable; he was made to be.]

[wingedwarrior]

[She's not sure if she imagined that darkness that she viewed briefly in his eyes, but it makes her doubt treating him like he couldn't handle this. Part of her doesn't want to because that means telling what happened.] You're cute, Kyle. A bit too much of an optimist, but cute.

[Now she's just being mean.]

[imaginate]

Oh, this? This is not cute. I will carry your shopping bags and it will be adorable.

[He folds his arms in a So there!! gesture. If she doesn't want to tell him, he's not going to push. Some things aren't his, even if he does consider her family, and that's just it. Nothing more, nothing less.]

[wingedwarrior]

Too bad for you I'm not the shopping type. [This is the girl who works out to keep her "girlish, girlish figure".]

[imaginate]

Oh you will be when I show you the best weapons stores in the Earth Sector.

[How can you resist this cheeky grin, Shayera, HOW.]

[wingedwarrior]

Please, I could carry you and my weapons all across the turtle without breaking a sweat. [SHE'S PUT UP WITH WALLY, THAT'S HOW.]

[imaginate]

[That's it he's breaking out the puppy dog eyes.]

Oh come on, I need to make myself useful somehow.

[wingedwarrior]

[She is immune to your puppy dog eyes, what now.] You can pay for it, that'd lift my "burden". [Ahahah she's terrible, Kyle.]

[imaginate]

One of these days you will wake up to FREELOADER graffitied to your house.

[So cross rn GOSH.]

[wingedwarrior]

And the next morning, you'd wake up with a broken arm. [Don't worry, it's just teasing.

Mostly.]

[imaginate]

[He points the spoon at her and then the food arrives so he can't be angry! Food. He passes her plate to her with a quick grin, says grace quietly, and then looks at her expectantly so they can start eating at the same time.]

[wingedwarrior]

[She takes the plate with a quick "thanks", and is about to start eating until she hears him saying grace. She's not completely up to date on Earth customs, but she's polite enough to wait. As soon as he looks up at her, she grins back and dives right into her food.]

[imaginate]

[He eats heartily but politely, he's usually a messy eater but he's learnt a lot in his few months here.]

So, how is it?

[wingedwarrior]

[Shayera's never been the best at manners, unfortunately, but she is making an effort not to be sloppy. A mouthful of noodles are swallowed before grinning.] The best I've ever had.

[There's a pause in her eating before giving him a much more gratuitous look/] Thank you. For today, I mean. I really needed all of this.

[imaginate]

[He looks at her, curious.]

Family means never having to say thank you. I don't want to hear it again, all right?

[wingedwarrior]

[And here's the deer in headlights look as her spoon drops back into her bowl.] What?