Tourist, May I?

[takingkarabusiness]

Who: Tourists and visitors!
Broadcast: Nooooooooope
Action: On the Tourist
When: May

[ Ship Catch all for May! Mingle! Talk to your neighbors! Walk in on your friends! Wait, don't do that. ]

Comments

[winn]

Oh! Is it Apollo?

[takingkarabusiness]

Yeah! He's super nice. And his daughter's extremely cute.

[winn]

I've heard about him, but haven't met him yet - does he know how his powers work, what exactly charges him up?

[ it probably wouldn't be the same, but it might give them ideas where to look! ]

[takingkarabusiness]

He is, I think, literally a solar battery.

[winn]

OK, there's gotta be a way that's useful, just need more fuel to figure it out.

[ taking another mouthful, hope you don't mind sharing your food, there. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ ugh fineeeee ]

Maybe it's transferable? What he just stores the direct energy and then it can be saved and concentrated for me?

[winn]

It all circles back to we have to figure out what exactly triggers your powers.

[ dammit, why didn't he major in everything? ]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ blahhhh ]

Hopefully we'll just end up on another sunny planet.

[winn]

[ he smiles apologetically. she wouldn't be experiencing this frustration if he were better at his job. he's supposed to take care of the technical parts, and he's failing. miserably.

he rubs her arm. ]

We'll get there, I promise. I'm not giving up.

[takingkarabusiness]

I know. Thanks.

[ she sighs ]

Let's go hang out in my office or something.

[winn]

Sure.

[ he gets up, wishing he could do something more. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she closes the door after him and flops on the couch, hoping he'll follow suit ]

So I just had James-and-Lucy 2.0 happen with Hank.

[winn]

[ he sits down carefully, taking up as little space as possible.

oh boy.

well, he talked to james about it. if he could suck up the awkwardness for james, he can absolutely manage it for kara. he's come a long way. he's with kitty. he's happy. and he's the only person here she's known for longer than a couple months, the only person here who knows what james-and-lucy 2.0 means.

(it still stings that he got friendzoned to death and hank, who is basically him if he were blue and into genetics instead of computer science got james-ed.) ]

Kara, I'm sorry.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ her exchange with Winn did come to mind, which sucks. but she's not going to bring it up either ]

I'm just mortified more than anything else.

[winn]

You have nothing to be mortified about.

[ in his opinion, they should be the ones beating themselves up - they have a chance to be with kara, and they keep blowing it. he just can't wrap his head around the concept. ]

What happened?

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she shrugs ]

I went over and we were just chatting and I was making myself look like an idiot I guess because he told me his ex was here and it was complicated and he, quote, "didn't want to hurt me".

[winn]

[ oh, that hurt is way too familiar. ]

Come on, you couldn't look like an idiot if you tried.

[ he tries to lighten the mood, at least a little, but it falls flat on his ears as well. there isn't much to say about a situation like this - it just sucks.

maybe this is for the better - it'll spare her the choice, the separation. he's pretty sure all that's keeping kitty away from national city is a portal. but hank has his own world to go to - and in theirs, there's james. but he's not sure saying that would make her feel any better. logic doesn't work all that well on the heart. he should know. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she leans her head on his shoulder, if she can ]

That's a lie and you know. I'm very awkward.

[winn]

I'm awkward. You're cute.

[ he'll even stroke her hair, and try very hard not to feel awkward about this whole situation. it doesn't really work, but his best friend needs him right now, and awkward his life. a couple of months on the fleet have been spoiling him - but not rotten yet. ]

James and Hank are idiots.

[takingkarabusiness]

Maybe.

[ sighs ]

The time thing was kind of weird with Hank anyway.

[winn]

Yeah -- [ he tries to sound reassuring. is it working? ] he has a world to go back to, and for all we know James could show up tomorrow. Inter-dimensional relationshipping is complicated.

[ his has only been made simple by the horrible fact that his girlfriend is dead, and nobody really wanted him back home - no exes (banshees don't count, clearly that wasn't a relationship ok!), no tormenting over leaving your world or your love. he hates himself for even thinking it but it's true - it makes things easier. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

I can't just sit and pine for James though. That sounds incredibly boring and silly.

[winn]

No, but maybe something serious with a friend isn't the best way to go either.

[ it sounds like a recipe for losing a friendship and broken hearts all around. and the still hurt and bitter part of himself wants to growl at the concept. why hank and not him? ]

[takingkarabusiness]

It definitely doesn't have to be serious.

[ though this is kara. "fling" isn't really a thing for her... ]

[winn]

You can't be casual with a friend, Kara, feelings are involved from day one. The only thing you'll get out of pretending otherwise is a whole mess of broken hearts.