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Who: Lance Hunter and yourself, should you choose to engage!
Broadcast: yes
Action: Marsiva
When: no time like the present!

[ the comm seems to be haphazardly leaning against something, and the image you get is crooked. a sleeping man, who almost instantly awakes with a start. no scream, mercifully, he's quite over screamer videos, and besides, it wouldn't really be that surprising under the circumstances, now, would it? his eyes dart around the room, his feet flying off the cot and touching the ground. the moment he speaks, his accent undeniably and unapologetically identifies him as an englishman. ]

Not again - [ he groans, looking around him. the first time he was knocked out and kidnapped happened because he was foolish, he trusted a friend when clearly he had overestimated the bond, bloody spies, he's had his fill of bloody spies. but this time - he has no idea what happened. one minute, he's in a pod, sailing to freedom and the next - he's in this bed. he must not have deactivated something. do they have a blasted tracker beam on these things? so paranoid! ] Oi, @therealshield, you forgot to paint your eagle - I'm gonna have to deduct your merits - [ no answer. the room really doesn't seem like anywhere his previous captors kept him in, and that's rarely a coincidence. he gets up, and the comm seems to slip off whatever it was leaning against and end up in a new position, one that shows the back of the man, as he walks towards a window. ] ...you have got to be joking.

[ and a moment later ] Bloody aliens!

[ the man comes in and out of the frame, as he's clearly examining his surroundings, before he heads back to check on what he's got by his cot, and notices the comm. picking it up, you now get a close up of his face - ] Little red light - you're either going to explode or - [ that sure looks like a camera, doesn't it? he holds it directly in front of his face. ]

Take me to your leader.

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I'm sorry, what's your name?

Mother told me to never answer to extraterrestrials I don't know, that's how they got uncle Freddie. Is that your true form?

[ Kara has several regrets ]

Yep. I don't even dye my hair.

[ she'll have plenty more, likely, before they part ways. ]

Of all things to remain constant across species, contention over natural blonds seems an odd choice, but alright. And what are you, Kara with the naturally golden hair?

Well, I live in California. So that's just kind of a multiverse thing.

Not even a hint to your name? Can I start guessing letters?

Does it have a.... J?

California? That explains a lot, actually.

[ he always found americans odd. he's willing to accept you all being aliens. ]

Hang on - [ he needs something to write with and something to write on. there's a little line now for her hangman to hang by, no Js. ]

What's that supposed to mean?

E.

I have every confidence you can figure it out.

[ he considers making it extra difficult by scribbling whatever nonsense sort of name that first comes to mind - but that seems like the sort of thing that sticks to a guy when everything is filmed. so two e's are written in correct distances.

he's not marking how many letters come between them or when one word starts and the other begins, though. can't make it too easy. ]

You live to make another guess.

R.

California gets a worse rap than it deserves, by the way.

Most of the time.

Some of the time? Anyway, I think you're just jealous.

[ well done, one 'r' added. curious choice, as most people would normally follow up an e with an i or an a. it could be a fluke, as she opened with a 'j', or, it could be she already knows. ah well, he's not adverse to playing this out. ]

Of what, exactly, your ungodly obsession with blending perfectly good vegetables into repulsive beverages?

Okay, I will not be held personally responsible for the juicing craze. I'm all-in on pizza and potstickers.

[ there was an _ _ _ _ e _ what else would you put there! now it's _ _ _ _ e // _ _ _ _ e r ]

A.

Edited 2017-04-21 18:16 (UTC)

Neither American nor Alien, so I reiterate, what is it I'm meant to be envious of?

[ more like a 'a e er' because he's an asshole. ]

Edited 2017-04-22 08:37 (UTC)

Mild, warm temperatures and sunlight?

T.

That attract aliens, I'll pass on that. Never had these problems back in the UK. I'll take a spot of rain over another invasion, thanks.

[ there's a quirked brow at that guess, but he puts the t in its place. ]

Well, I know what my biggest mistake of the last 24 hours was.

[ _ a _ _ e // _ _ _ t e r ]

S?

The librarian outfit? I agree.

[ he draws another line ]

I was beginning to think you're psychic. You're not - are you? [ he's seen some weird things, kara. ]

Wouldn't you like to know.

And step off librarians. They're badasses.

L.

I would, yes.

[ he would very much like to know that. ]

I wouldn't necessarily call them bad - the librarian at my high school had a rather sweet round little thing back there.

[ he looks wistful for a moment, before writing in the 'l' ]

Ew, Lance. Unnecessary.

I assure you there was nothing 'ew' about it. Can't vouch for its current state, of course.

Okay, well, this whole "sexism as a defense mechanism" is cute and everything—and by cute I mean "definitely not cute"—but I can see that you're not actually interested in learning more about the situation you're in.

What gave you that idea? I'm extremely interested in that. The psycho analysis I could do without, got enough of that from my ex.

I'll stop the psychic—sorry, psychoanalysis when you stop trying to chase me off so I can actually answer any questions you have.

I'm still waiting on 'what are you'.

[ eye roll ]

I'm Kryptonian.

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