tushanshu_logs | My corner of the sky

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My corner of the sky

Characters: Lois Lane and open!
Date: During the mis-spell event!
Location: Lots of places in Keeliai!
Situation: Lois has Kryptonian powers, she's not sure whose. (Spoiler: Jor-El's.) But her husband's a teenager. She has some issues.
Warnings/Rating: Language, I'm sure.

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By far the best part of this whole situation--and there were precious few good parts to it, at least in Lois' opinion--is the powers. She's not sure which of the family's powers she picked up in the switch, but so far every test she's done has proven the guess of earlier that morning: she has Kryptonian powers. Most of them, of course, are something of a nuisance--it took a while for Clark to walk her through the problem with hearing.

But she can fly.

Being high has the added benefit of blocking out some of the noise, but mainly Lois just cannot get over the sheer joy of flight. She always loves flying with Clark, of course. She is honestly just incredibly pissed off that he seems to have lost his (it would be utterly in keeping with their lives if she got his). And that he's a teenager. She'd give anything to go flying and racing with him.

Even so, the sheer joy of it is her consolation for the stress of the rest. She picked up flight much more easily than Jor-El or CJ (as she's been calling the little Clark in her head) had.

So she can often be found swooping around the skies, or even just hovering and exulting in the feeling.

Despite the new superpowers, Lois is still a reporter first and foremost. More often than not, she can still be found at the radio station more often than not. While there, she's working same as usual; however, she's also easy to find around the sector, mostly investigating the results of Zatanna's little... mishap.

On the other hand, she's as likely to be hovering slightly off the ground as not while wandering around talking to people; whether this is conscious or not is probably best left unquestioned.

Water Sector is home. That's its first attraction, of course. Then, too, she's never been able to swim quite like this. It's not quite as exciting as the flying (no offense, Atlanteans et al), but the feeling is still novel and amazing. Cutting through the water at such speeds, and not needing to breathe as much... yes, Lois is definitely enjoying herself. It might sometimes splash the passers by, of course. She also might not exactly apologize for it; this is just too much fun.

However, there's also the constant sound of water, a little closer and more immediate than it is in other sectors, and that makes it much easier to focus on. She has trouble sorting it all out sometimes (and hasn't quite gotten the hang of focusing on one heartbeat like her--apparently very romantic--husband), so the sound of running water helps her keep a grip on it all.

She's as likely to be found just sitting by a fountain, maybe even with her head in her hands, as eating at a cafe.

Despite Lois finding flying oddly natural--whether due to years with Clark or simply not feeling as enslaved to gravity as others (she slept through certain science classes)--trees present a special challenge all their own. While she learned fairly early on not to crash (much), the fine maneuverings between trees takes a lot more skill.

That said, it's also kind of exciting to be able to climb trees without fear of injury if she should fall.

As a result, about half the time she's in the area she's practicing zipping between and around trees. The other half, she's just climbing high and enjoying doing what her parents used to yell at her for.

Lois isn't quite as compulsively given to the whole superhero thing as her husband. Not that she doesn't want to help: she entirely understands it and it's one of those things that she loves about him. But for one, she is still learning to tune her ears specifically to crime as opposed to everything else; for another, she's not used to dropping everything to save the day.

However, on the other hand, these powers aren't naturally hers. As a result, she feels no particular need to disguise herself or even wear a mask. Easy enough to explain--even truthfully--that this is temporary... but that doesn't mean she's not stepping in.

(Besides, while Clark's grounded--literally--she feels obligated to step in.)

Metal Sector has the most one-off crimes, so she spends quite a lot of time dropping in and out, even patrolling to some degree, because it's rare she gets to take out her dislike for criminals quite like this.

Unlike Metal Sector, more crime here tends to be organized. That makes it a lot harder for her to go after the more violent ways. On the other hand, now she has better eyes and ears than ever. Better, because this is totally temporary, she has absolutely no problem using them. They'll definitely contribute to some good stories, that's for sure--maybe, if she feels generous, Clark can cover it.

On the other hand, she can also listen and look in on meetings and the like and tell the police about it and then hang around to get the story--and maybe stop anyone guilty who tries to run. (How Clark balances his life is making a lot more sense, now that she has first-hand experience doing journalism with powers.)

As a result, her strolling--or hovering--around is not as casual as it looks.

It had been a normal start for a normal day.

Clark had woken up hours before Lois, mostly because he didn't even need the sleep to begin with, and had flown around to check everything was alright (a habit he'd gotten in Metropolis and never got around to lose on the turtle). Once that had been done he'd flown to change to his pajamas again and crawling back to bed to wait for her to wake up.

Once she had and they had shared the usual morning lazy pleasantries, Clark had started on breakfast. It wasn't his favorite meal of the day to cook, but it was the most important one so he always made sure to have plenty ready for both of them. With a lot of fruit because it was healthy in the morning.

He actually recalls wondering which one of the turtle's weird fruits was Lois' favorite when there was- a loud sound, and some kind of energy. And then a light.

"Wha- Lois...?"

And then his clothes didn't fit him anymore, and he swears it had been such a normal start for a normal day...

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