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AS PORTRAYED BY AARON.

MULTI-SHIP & MULTI-VERSE ;
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#MINIKENT

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houseguilded:

_{sometimes, she forgets that the story of her arrival is not a widely known one, & she forgets that the fact that she’s older than clark is not common knowledge either. the people of gotham are particularly familiar with the meteor that crashed in the bay, but with all the weird shit that happens there, it was just another day. the people of metropolis knew when there was finally a girl to join the supers, but none of them knew where she came from other than she came from krypton. they didn’t know when, they didn’t know how, they didn’t know whether or not she had grown up with superman. the only people who really know anything are a few of her fellow heroes, and the amazons – none of whom are very easy to contact & interview. so her life on krypton… it’s not exactly a common conversation topic. it makes sense, that clark and lois would tell jon about her “origin story,” because she doesn’t think she ever did.} 

_{❛   i sure am; i was his favourite babysitter, not that your grandparents ever asked anyone else. i couldn’t even tell you the number of times he ruined my shirts with his spit up, and don’t you ever let him forget that i told you that.   ❜   sometimes, she thinks that it helps to remind herself that clark isn’t the all - powerful being that the media makes him out to be. he’s just a normal guy who happens to have ridiculous powers – but so do they.} 

_{she casts a sideways look at jon, a smile on her lips that’s bordering on a laugh – because oh, boy, if they’re getting into how she managed her powers…   ❛   figure out my powers ? it was more like trying to figure out how to stop randomly floating and lighting things on fire. way unlike your dad, or you, actually. my dad, jor-el… when he sent me to earth, he lined my ship with yellow radiation lamps, so i was supercharged when i got here. it took your dad years before he got to his level, but i was under those lamps for, oh… almost thirty years ?   ❜}

_{when it comes to krypton, jon knows that there is so much he couldn’t even attempt to know. such a vast planet filled with secret knowledge and unattainable mysteries ; all wiped away in one fell swoop. it was as if their homeworld didn’t exist at all. the only thing left of it’s glory remained on earth ; those who carried it’s DNA and those they would birth soon after. it wasn’t as if clark had the time to teach him everything either ; being superman has it’s priorities. there was only so much lois could teach him as well. he was a patient boy, but he just wanted to know. he wanted -      - no, needed to understand so he could wear his new mantle with pride. it was why he knew about his older cousin’s story. it was why he learned about zod. it was why he was taken to the fortress. soon enough, it would be on him to be the son of krypton. better know it now before it was too late.}

_{he could only attempt to laugh as kara told him about his father’s past. he was sure that he was the same with he was a baby, but he would never admit it ; giggling as he scooted closer to the older female. ❛ blegh, that’s gross ! was it super spit too? i mean, but imagine it it was! ❜ oh, how kids could be entertained by even the smallest thing. he’d almost completely forgotten about his earlier dilemma. it was why he liked hanging out with kara. she was a cousin, but she felt like an older sister. someone he knew would be there for him whenever he needed. he was still growing and when clark couldn’t be around, he knew she would be.}

_{❛ wait, lamps? does that mean i could use some too? i feel like i should be doing more than i am… ❜ there goes that pout again. ❛ i can’t even stay afloat for more than ten seconds without falling again. what happens if i’m training with damian and i fall and… well… s p l a t? ❜ things he didn’t want to think about as his body shivered at the thought of it. this was why he needed to learn ; to train. he couldn’t be the weak link. he refused to be.} 

                    _{❛ -              - you don’t have to BABYSIT me, you know. i’m not five. ❜ no, not five, but a super at his age meant anything could happen. guess superman didn’t want to take any chances.}

houseguilded:

_{her visit probably isn’t a secret anymore, since she heard from lois that jon managed to heat - vision blast bruce and diana recently ( with no reported casualties, she’s so proud ! ), so it stands to reason that he’s gotten his super - hearing. kara arrived in the middle of the night but he probably knows that already, so she lets the screen door slam behind her when she’s gotten dressed.}

_{kara had never had problems with getting her powers – she’d had a problem with containing them – but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t recognize why jon’s just sitting in the grass alone. she’d spent a full earth year, a full three hundred and sixty five days sitting in the grass alone herself. figuratively. and if that wasn’t enough, her hearing picks up on his voice, soft & sad.}

_{she doesn’t say anything when she first gets to him, approaching the normal human way so as to not startle him – walking. and she sits down, running her fingers through the grass, but she speaks eventually.   ❛   —  i know, kid. you got some pretty big shoes to fill, huh ?   ❜}

_{HE’S TRYING, if that even matters anymore nowadays. he’s trying not to let the inevitable truth consume him. he’s not his father ; he’ll never be his father. most people would tell a boy like him to be MORE THAN THAT but that’s kind of hard when your dad is superman himself. jon shouldn’t beat himself up ; he’s barely a pre-teen at this point. he has a lot of growing up to do before his powers even matter, but it doesn’t make it hurt less. FLYING should be the easiest thing out there. he’s done it once ; why not again?}

_{nevertheless, for now he sits. he knows kara’s there, he just doesn’t have the strength to acknowledge it. right now, a small ant on a blade of grass has his attention. one would be surprised at how good his vision is. blame the super genes. it isn’t until she speaks that he looks up at her ; beady eyes trying to find out how she does it. how his dad does it. how anyone of kryptonian blood does it. perhaps, it’s just a foreign concept that he’ll never understand. at least, not right now.}

_{❛ aren’t you technically older than my dad? how did you figure this stuff out? ❜ a genuine question. he’s heard the stories. kara zor-el. stuck on a meteorite ; finally coming to earth years after his father. just an unfortunate truth, but it’s how you accept them that make you who you are meant to be. ❛ -         - i mean, because this sucks !  ❜} 

concentrate. they said the key was to CONCENTRATE. eyes closed as silence overtakes his core ; a bit of willpower goes a long way, it seemed. he could feel it, a sense of weightlessness, if only but for a second. how did his father do it? every now and then, it’s as if he was hearing it for the first time.

                                                                _{❛ is it a bird?
                                                                                           is it a plane? ❜}

why can’t that be him? a sigh ringing out as eyes fly open ; a pout escapes before plopping down onto the ground, swatting the lone rock that dared lay before him. flying seemed so EASY and, yet, even the SON OF SUPERMAN couldn’t do it.  

robinworn:

           It is times like this when the boy’s mind ventures to wonder why he ever thought it would be a GOOD IDEA to work with the newest addition of Superman’s guild. He slowly tears his glare away from his partner, scanning the area. It seems the suspect surprisingly hadn’t noticed the outburst. A click of his tongue further makes his incredible ANNOYANCE known. Together his teeth do grit, && his grumble barely makes it past his lips. ❛ You’ll get to know the mission when you EARN the right to. ❜

         _{it’s unfair that the younger of the two was left in the dark ; this is what happens when two dads give permission for jon to work with the baby bat. eventually, it would be they who ran a new team of superheroes, so it was best that they worked together as soon as possible. jon hadn’t necessarily thought that damian would take over though, huffing as the other shuts him down with ease. ❛ but, i have a RIGHT to know, damian !  ❜ eyes squinting to see who the other was glancing at ; a glint of crimson flashing over his eyes. ❛ we’re gonna take him out? pfft, that will be easy ! ❜}

magictricked !

         ^{❛   he said he needed someone and i volunteered.  figured it would be better than BATMAN  ….  assuming he would have even come but …   ❜}

      _{❛ did you know that i’ve gave batman a cookie? he owes me, even if he doesn’t know it yet. ❜ a shrug given & he’s walking over to his couch, plopping down with ease. ❛ it’s okay though. i like company !  what’s your name? ❜}  

magictricked !

         ^{❛   when I WAS in school it was a planet  …  i’m the wrong person to ask about this but  …  something about the mass and it’s gravity  ?   ❜}

       _{❛ …that sounds FAKE but okay. ❜ wow jon, way to be blunt.  ❛ -          - so, did my dad ask you to come babysit me today? i think he forgets that i’m eleven and not five. ❜}

_{magictricked !}

   ^{❛   it’s all technicality  ?  it’s more DWARF PLANET than anything  …  which i guess is pretty insulting.   ❜}

     _{❛ that sounds lame though.  i read some books & it used to be a planet but some stupid faces voted against it or something? what did pluto ever do to them?! ❜}

       _{❛ -         - so, is PLUTO a planet or not? school says it isn’t, but it looks pretty darn planet-sized to me ! ❜}

_{&. @clonedboy !}

      _{❛ dad says that you were the FIRST superboy. ❜ he doesn’t know where it comes from, to be honest. as of late, he’s been blurting out whatever came to that head of his. nevertheless, now it was out in the open. what was supposed to come from it? who knew. it was almost a passing thought as he plopped down onto the couch, eyes watching the other.  ❛ -        - does that mean i can’t be superboy now? ❜}