one ✩ voice

[boobwindow]

[ The ID on the Network appears as Power Girl.

As the audio begins, anyone with a good ear or paying close attention will notice there isn’t complete radio silence between the time the feed turns on and when a woman begins speaking. There’s a passing wind that lightly filters in through the speaker – and are those wings flapping in the distance? ]

Okay, I get it; Lachesis does not appreciate a hands on approach. Does she really call herself that? I guess she doesn’t get memos, but I thought I washed my hands of this alternate universe mess a while ago and I’m seriously not interested in being apart of it.

The City... that’s original. [ A light scoff. ] Should have stuck with New York.

If anyone from the JSA or the League is—oh. One second. [ The audio cuts for about five minutes before it’s switched back on and Peej sighs. ] That was a close call.

Sorry, as I was saying: All-stars or JSA, Leaguers, Titans, heck even Legionnaires ... this is Power Girl. I think I’ve gotten the gist of the situation, but if there’s anything else I need to be briefed on get in contact with me ASAP.

[ Not that her voice will betray how she really feels, but she really hopes she’s not stuck in another alternate universe by herself again. ]

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[boobwindow]

Dick... Roman. [ OKAY, she's just not going to bother with that but really. ]

I take it the company was their front for their own personal restaurant.

[not_really_charlie]

Yeah. Should have been a tip off, right? It' not like he popped out of no where, though... Someone actually named their kid that.

More like they were turning the entire world into their personal restaurant. The company just gave them lots of money.

I was supposed to hack into a drive.

[boobwindow]

That's where it went wrong?

[not_really_charlie]

If by "went wrong" you mean a couple of... hunters, I guess? They convinced me to hack into Dick's stuff, send them all the information, and delay a package so they could get their hands on it and save the wrold.

Yeah. They messed up.

But apparently I'm some sort of uncopyable genius, so....

[boobwindow]

[ She's actually keeping this name in mind in case she needs to hack something. ]

Hunters?

[not_really_charlie]

They hunted... things. I didn't really want to know. One species trying to kill me was enough.

[It's a good idea - keeping her name handy. That thing about being an un-copy-able genius comes straight from the Leviathan. It's the only reason they didn't eat her like everyone else.]

[boobwindow]

What kind of "things"? These leviathans?

[not_really_charlie]

And stuff.

Girl doesn't ask that many questions when she's already being asked to piss off one species.

[boobwindow]

I'm really sorry to hear about all that.

[not_really_charlie]

Not the first time I've had to disappear.


Unless you think my name is really Charlie Bradbury...

[boobwindow]

[ A beat. ]

You do realize you shouldn't be telling me that, right? On a public network?

[not_really_charlie]

Why not? Nobody here's evn from my world. Not like they can dig around for my past on another planet.

[boobwindow]

You're really an open book, aren't you?

[not_really_charlie]

Guess I can't keep my mouth shut with a pretty girl.

That, or ten months of being stuck here here... Not everything's so important to keep stuck. [But no, there's still a lot of things she keeps hidden.]

[boobwindow]

[ Another pause. It's not the first time this has happened to her, but it's usually men. Not that women haven't been caught staring at her boob window before. ]

One: woman. Two: Flattered, but not interested.

Well, no one's panicking which is a good thing. Kidnapped folk tend to have very nasty reactions so I'm glad people are relatively calm so far.

[not_really_charlie]

One - woman, then. Two - figured. Still true, though.

It's not like we all got kidnapped yesterday. We're getting used to it.

[boobwindow]

I'm worried about Stockholm syndrome, honestly. [ So hopefully this aura of calm isn't due to that. ] How have you been keeping busy, Charlie?

[not_really_charlie]

If you mean loving the porter? I wouldn't worry that much...


IT girl. Remember? Plus, I'm sort of mounting the hacking defense against Vulcanis... [Or trying, anyway. She's only found one other halfway decent hacker so far.]

Plus, there's... Cyd. My roommate. Who looks just like me. [Yeah. Best to get that out of the way.]

[boobwindow]

Again: should you really be talking about that in public? [ She's surprised by how open this lady is about the fact. That's sensitive information. ] Wait, let me answer that for you: no. You don't talk about hacking the terrorist organization on a public network.

... Come again?

private; at last

[not_really_charlie]

Blame jack. He's the one who asked me to on public network. I've pretty much given up on keeping secrets in this place. [Not true. She just figures if she reveals a few flashy secrets, people won't probe into the intimate secrets she really cares about.] Why do you think I'm doing private recruiting?

Alternate dimensions or something wonky like that. I'm gay, she's straight, I prefer tabletop, she does online gaming.

But we look like identical twin.

private

[boobwindow]

You can blame whoever you want -- you need to be more careful. [ Given Vulcanus is clearly bad news for imPorts. ] You're recruiting me? Look, I'd like to help, but I'm also new here. I need to get all the facts straight before making any decisions.

Oh. [ Yeah, she gets how annoying alternate universes are. ] I get it.

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[not_really_charlie]

I'm recruiting hackers. No offense, but unless you're miss tech girl...?

Yeah. So if you think you see me acting all nervous, that's why. [A heartbeat.] She's sweet. [Charlie's more worried about Cyd than herself, right now.]

private

[boobwindow]

I just got here, but I'll keep it in mind.

I'll... also keep that in mind? Been there, done that myself. Sort of.

private

[not_really_charlie]

You do computer work?

Just in case. She doesn't need anyone mistaking her for me.

private

[boobwindow]

I can.

Well, if her name is also on the network I won't.