capeandcowl | 009 [ Voice ]

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julian keller | hellion

009 [ Voice ]

[ So Julian's been gone somewhere close to a week. He finds that out from a newspaper stand. For him it's been a hell of a lot longer than a week, and his head is spinning now. Memories he hadn't known were there are rising to the surface, fitting back into place. Friends, enemies, people from other worlds. Events he'd thought he'd never forget. Skrulls, Vulcanus.

God, this is weird.

And last time he'd been here, he hadn't looked like this.

He's walking through the City, metal hands concealed in his pockets. Every part of this is a mess. His powers are holding the phone to his ear, and there's no video.

He sounds like he's bored. ]

This place has good timing. I was almost in math class.

So I'm back. You can all stop missing me now. Since nothing's in pieces I'm gonna guess no one tried to destroy the place this week. Did I miss anything worth telling?

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They couldn't do much worse.

Well, that was the idea last time.

[ Beat. ]

Who did you even go with last time?

One might say I went with the best fool I know.

You went without a lawyer. [ Well, that explains it. ]

Hadn't I already implied that heavily enough?

Give me a break, Professor, I've been gone for months here. Did I imply heavily enough that a real lawyer might've got you out of this? Cause if I didn't, I can make up for that now.

But that's just the point. When I didn't want out of this, I represented myself and sabotaged my defense.

Now, I have real lawyers. What does that say?