Event | Turtle Dive | January 16 - 19 | Everything's better down where it's wetter~

[hazelwood]

Characters: Any and all PCs, plus an offering of Lieuen
Date: January 16th - 19th
Location: All Sectors
Situation: Tu Vishan begins to dive to the ocean floor and the city of Keeliai seems unbothered by the process. Bonfire funtimes are made available to all!
Warnings/Rating: Underwater situations; to be updated as noted

>See the comments of this post for various situations and areas available for tagging.
>Each header will be set for a date and/or area.
>A unique thread under the bonfires is available for discussions with Lieuen, should there be interested parties.
>Feel free to start your own header for specific situations.
>Refer to the two OOC posts for further details. 01 | 02

Comments

[backwordscompatible]

[She's assuming Pepper is referring to more than just the suddenly Turtle Dive]

Like what?

[the_other_eight]

I'm living on a giant turtle with people who can shape shift. That isn't enough?

[A brow raises as the pot whistles. So Pepper goes back into the kitchen to get two cups of hot tea. When she returns she sets the sugar and one cup in front of Zantanna, a spoon on the small saucer it's sitting on.]

Besides, I'm starting to get the feeling that superheros aren't exactly in short supply here. No offence of course. I've nothing against superheros.

[She's dating one after all.]

[backwordscompatible]

Eh, I've seen weirder, honestly.

[This...is actually true. Considering who her father is. And Klarion. And the Helmet of Fate. And the worlds splitting in two. And that one time she met a ghost....]

None taken. [She's sort of dating one too.] Some of my closest friends are superheroes. Unfortunately, only one of them is here with me right now...which, I guess, is kind of a good thing. For the others, I mean.

[the_other_eight]

The number of them that I know seems to keep growing.

[It's said with a soft smile though. She blames it on Tony really. First him with the suit, then Natalie who she would have never believed was anything but a well rounded assistant if she hadn't seen her take out Justin Hammer and, well, all the other things she'd done, and of course there was Phil. None of whom she would have known about it if weren't for her varied involvement with Tony.]

I'm just glad I'm able to help in a small way.

[backwordscompatible]

I'm sure you're a bigger help than you think.

[the_other_eight]

[Pepper just smiles and takes a drink of her tea. She's never been one to let compliments like that go to her head, or even really believe them. Instead she'll change the subject.]

Do you live around here or were you just paroling?

[That's what superheros call it, right?]

[backwordscompatible]

[Zatanna also takes a sip. The warmth was exactly what she needed right then, and she sighed at the very first sip.]

Patrolling.

I live over in WO-3A, actually.

[the_other_eight]

And your patrol takes you all the way over here?

[Somehow she would have thought that Superheros would have had some sort of organization for them to cover all the shell. Then again maybe some of them didn't play well with others, like Tony.]

[backwordscompatible]

Anywhere I might have a chance to find my friends, really.

It's a lot easier to travel between the sectors when you fly.

[Not necessarily. And if there was, Zatanna wasn't a part of it. She still didn't consider herself an official member of The Team back home, even if she'd fought alongside them a few times already.]

[the_other_eight]

[Pepper almost replied with 'Yes, that's what I've always found' but thought better of herself. Zantanna's just a kid, and she might not be used to talking to normal people who can't fly or do anything super ordinary. Though Pepper can make a mean cup of coffee.]

I'm surprised the skies aren't more congested then.

[backwordscompatible]

[Clearly, coffee making is the superior power in this instance.]

Probably because not everybody can do it.

I know two boys here from my world, for example. Neither of them have any powers whatsoever.

[the_other_eight]

Are they both superheros?

[If they're as young as Zantanna they really should be more careful.]

[backwordscompatible]

One of them is.

[Technically, the other one is too. Because they're the same person. She just doesn't know that yet.]

[the_other_eight]

Do they have any sort of training?

[Yes Zantanna, Pepper is fretting for them already.]

[backwordscompatible]

Of course he does. At least four years, that I know of.

[Stop with the fretting. It's bad enough all the other adults do the fretting.]

[the_other_eight]

[But Pepper is like a big momma bear. She frets about everyone, even her boyfriend who runs around wearing armor.]

Is it military training?

[backwordscompatible]

[Just about.]

I...can't say. [It wasn't her secret to share.]

Sorry.

[the_other_eight]

It's alright.

[Pepper bites her lower lip a moment before taking another drink.]

I just hope he's careful. Especially with the sort of things that are apparently here.

[She remembered what that man had said about the thing they were to fight.]

[backwordscompatible]

He promised me he would be. [Right after he made her promise the same.] He's fought against supernatural begins before, though. This isn't new to him, either.

[the_other_eight]

It's still dangerous. You should both be careful.

[backwordscompatible]

[She inhales sharply at the verbal warning, but somehow manages not to audibly exhale.]

So I've been told. Repeatedly. By just about every adult I know, and a few others who somehow know me.

[the_other_eight]

They worry about you. It's not a bad thing to have people who care in your life.

[She's not being cruel at all. It's just a friendly reminder.]

[backwordscompatible]

I never said that.

[She does deflate a bit. Not meaning to come off as bratty as she might've sounded.]

I'm just tired of being treated as a kid, is all. My dad was even worse back home.

[the_other_eight]

Zantanna, you are a kid, and that's not something bad. Being a kid means you still have so much of your life ahead of you that's undetermined. Do you really want to be all grown up with all your life determined for you?

[Pepper understands what it was like. When she was a little girl she always wanted to grow up fast so that she could prove herself to everyone. Now that she's an adult though she often times forgets what it's like to just relax and have fun. That's one of the things that she's been working on since the expo, but it's a slow process.]

[backwordscompatible]

["You are a kid." Not exactly the words a 14-year-old trying to prove herself wants to here. She looks away in slight annoyance, not wanting to completely take it out on Pepper.]

That's not the point.

[Okay, maybe a little the point. But not the one she was trying to make.]

How would you feel if you could do something really good? Something that could help other people, but everyone kept saying you didn't have the age or experience or whatever to pull it off? What would you do?