[IC, wandering from cabin to cabin in the void AS HE MAY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR A WHILE]

[cardoperatedboy]

Where is everything?!

Sora?!

Namine?!



((Back in a few, showering! Back!))

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

I'm serious. Saving the world's a vocation not a job -- meaning we don't get paid.

[cardoperatedboy]

...What so you need the fans to get by?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

We're allowed royalties from merchandise -- that's the only legal way we can fund ourselves.

[cardoperatedboy]

Don't they ever give you rewards or anything in thanks?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

Nah. Even if they did, we couldn't take it -- sets a bad precedent.

[cardoperatedboy]

I thought it was an insult not to take a gift.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

We take gifts, next thing you know we're taking bribes, giving preferential treatment, extortion -- least that's how the media puts it. And super-heroes have to be above all that.

[cardoperatedboy]

That's annoying. You're a superhero?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

Superboy, in fact.

[cardoperatedboy]

Dunno you. But yeah, that's a "super" name.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

Clone of Superman -- and he's where the whole superhero thing comes from. So it makes sense.

You?

[cardoperatedboy]

...Riku's replica.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

No wonder your friend's with Namine. Nice to meet you, dude.

[cardoperatedboy]

What do you mean? Namine's not a replica of anyone.

Nice to meet you too.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

Namine gets things though. I mean other people are nice, sure, but she just kinda takes it all in and doesn't rush to say the right thing or the polite thing. You know she really thinks about it.

What should I call you?

[cardoperatedboy]

......Namine thinks, yeah. About. Everything she does.

I don't have a name. And I'm not picking one yet. So... whatever.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

It's important.

Yeah? I can understand that. Just be careful -- you wait to long, you'll end up with them just giving you a name. I didn't want to be Superboy, you see.

[cardoperatedboy]

Something like that.

They sort of gave me one. I'll answer to it, I guess. It -- doesn't matter yet. Why do you answer to yours?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

It's kinda complicated. Basically I was created to be the next Superman, you know? 'Boy' just seemed so insulting. I was young, yes, inexperienced, sure, but I had the skills. Then in your sudden unexpected plot twist, the guy's not actually dead and ends up saving the day per usual. Way to make a clone redundant.

But ... I dunno. I was expecting him to cut me down, you know? He was so ... no one could ever replace him. Not me, that's for sure. Forget being Superman, I figured he was gonna be furious enough over the Superboy thing. But ... he said I'd earned it. The title. And if I wanted to use it, I could. Not saying his seal of approval made all the difference ... but it was something that was mine.

[cardoperatedboy]

What, he actually wanted you?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

Hell, no. He's dead against cloning. Me -- he doesn't mind me so much. He even adopted me as a cousin and gave me a real name. But -- he's a busy guy, you know?

[cardoperatedboy]

I don't really know. So, what, he doesn't give you the attention you crave or something?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

...

Like I said, he's a busy guy. Fate of the world on his shoulders, all of that.

[cardoperatedboy]

Who're you trying to convince of that? Me? Or you?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_superdork_/]

Hey, you're the one who asked.