Second Adventure

[selfmadehero]

[ Voice ]

So I've got the survival thing down pat. I think I may actually be able to keep myself alive for an extended period of time, not to mention clean because some wonderful God-like being loves me and decided I deserved running water.

And I know things have been crazy lately, so I've got this wooden plank here just in case the walls come crashing in on us because I said this and I need to knock on wood, but...

I'm kind of bored.

Um, Ace, was it? You said you wanted to share stories with your brothers. You still up for that? I can hunt around and see if we can find some s'more fixins, make a campfire, we could make an evening out of it.

Comments

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

You lost me somewhere after "stories and running water".

[kongeriget]

Ya were talking about that story about Alice, so I was telling ya about Alice. Whose nickname is Ane.

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Well you said something about citizens, and then something else about kids, and I still don't understand why Ane is a nickname for Alice.

[kongeriget]

Because it is! Nicknames don't have to make sense! Also my kid's name is Ane but it's unrelated. For real.

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

So you have a kid named Ane but you call Alice Ane too? ...How does your kid feel about that?

And seriously, what's up with the citizen thing?

[kongeriget]

Faeroes isn't here.

Oh, right! Ane is a—I mean, the Ane here—Ane is a Danish citizen!

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

...You're one of those countries, aren't you.

I though you said their name was Ane!

[kongeriget]

I'm Denmark!

And confused!

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

That makes two of us.

[kongeriget]

Well, ya can call me Den for short. （　after a moment. no use in confusing things further.　）

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

I'm Stephanie. Or Steph. Whichever.

[kongeriget]

American, right? I can tell by yer accent!

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Yup! New Jersey born and bred.

[kongeriget]

That's on the east part, right? （　NOT SURE.　）

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

North-east. South of New York. Total crap-hole.

[kongeriget]

I know about New York! I've been there!

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

I think New Jersey is sort of like a run down New York? I dunno, I've never been to New York. But where I'm from, Gotham, I'm pretty sure it's a more run-down, more corrupt, more dangerous New York City. Or Manhattan, or whichever that big city is, I can never remember.

[kongeriget]

New York is the big city that has a lot in it. And immigrants go there. It's on the water. （　/HAS NO IDEA he's basically only been as a tourist, decades ago.　）

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Right. So Gotham's like New York only filthy, corrupt, and full of psychos who try to kill everyone.

[kongeriget]

Seriously? I thought America was better than that!

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Gotham's what we like to call [ Air quotes, ] "special".

[kongeriget]

Ya should do something about it. But that's what happens when so many people live in one place like that. They can't help it.

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Things are being done about it. [ Ever so vague... ]

[kongeriget]

Like what?

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Very important police business is being coordinated. And of course there's Wayne Corp starting a billion and one projects.