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

[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.

[kongeriget]

Never heard of it! Is it future stuff?

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

You've never heard of Wayne Enterprises?

...Well it was 2004 last I checked.

[kongeriget]

That's why! It's only 1943.

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

Um. I'm pretty sure Wayne Enterprises was established long before 1943. Maybe your world just doesn't have the same Gotham.

[kongeriget]

I also don't know much American stuff, even though America's pretty cool!

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

The whole world know about Gotham, especially Wayne Enterprises. It's a pretty big deal.

[kongeriget]

Amerikansk tilstand! It's American state!

[selfmadehero.livejournal.com]

What? No it isn't. Gotham is a city.

[kongeriget]

No, no, that's not what that means! （　and then there's a pause as he tries to think of how to say it in english.　） It's American being? Like, an American assumes everyone knows about American things! It's an American state of affairs!