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[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

Okay, so the basics?

I lied.

I am not a normal person. Trust me, I wish I was. I'd LOVED to be a normal person which is why I maintained my secret identity. Of course, if the universe is gone, that's kind of pointless. And if we do make our universes again, I guess I could just lie if someone is from my world and say I have no clue.

According to Nemesis there are universes where I am normal, so it works out well enough.

And since I already had to tell people because when we're about to be eaten by zombies? Lying about powers doesn't seem the best idea.

So, yes, I am a barmaid from Apex City. Yes, my best friend is Helen/Deja Vu from the Luminaries. And yes, I have been possessed. Just some of the facts have been smudged a bit for the people I've told this.

I am in fact part of the superhero team. I am Dream Weaver.

I can make illusions for most anything, unless it's a camera. Cameras don't pick them up for some reason. I can put people to sleep, not instantly and not a wide spread area. I can astral project. You know, the whole spirit leaving the body thing and walking around. Which is how I got possessed because my body is kind of an empty puppet then.

....and I can travel through dreams.

Comments

[livestoannoy]

I can't believe you weren't kidding me. Superheroes! There are really superheroes here! From Marvel and DC and everyone!

[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

Well, I thought being one myself was proof enough.

Marvel and DC?

[livestoannoy]

Yeah, but I thought you were just pulling my leg.

Their two rival companies that publish comics. You've got Batman and Superman and all those guys from DC, and the X-Men and Super-Man and whatnot from Marvel.

Hey, which one are you from?

You do realise this is seriously cool, right?

[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

And the fact I had super powers and a costume was what?

What do you mean which one? I'm from the same place as all of them.

....it's just the story of my life.

[livestoannoy]

Having powers doesn't mean you're a superhero. And I didn't exactly see you wearing the costume.

Hey, what does your costume look like?

Selene, that's just nuts. Batman is from DC and Spider-Man is from Marvel, and never the two shall meet. Except possibly here. Which would be really awesome, because then I could prove to Jake that Spider-Man would beat Batman in a fight!

Wait, is this more of that crazy multiple-universes stuff?

[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

Flowy, dreamy, sort of greekish dress like white with a white leotard underneath if I have to actually be physically in combat and that part rips. And a white mask.

....what are you talking about? They're both around. They're just a few states away! Now I don't know if they ever met or why they would fight though...

[livestoannoy]

Nice! And hey, you look good in green. Do you have a place that you like to use to change into your costume, like Superman with the telephone boxes?

In the comics I've read they aren't. Hey - if you've got both Spider-Man and Batman in your home universe, you've gotta tell me. Have they ever fought? Who won?

[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

Well, if I have time to change, I change in a room before meeting with the team. Otherwise, I'm usually only there in astral form and then it's just an illusion thing that's pretty much habit now.

....Superman changes in telephone boxes?

I don't know why they would fight and as far as I've know, they haven't.

Though it'd probably be Batman.

Batman is scary. Spider-Man's tendency to quip would probably just make him mad and scarier.

[livestoannoy]

That must make things easier. And I guess you didn't know about the telephone box thing, then?

Well, sure they don't have a reason but...don't you want to know who'd win? And come on! Batman? Seriously, it's gotta be Spider-man!

[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

No, not really. Why telephone boxes? People can see in them.

Spider-Man doesn't get the scary rumors in the mill. Fear is a powerful, powerful weapon. I've seen a lot of people go down from fear alone. Just because he doesn't scare me personally because I am the girl who ends up having to go into nightmares that feel incredibly real, I can still respect someone whose very good at inducing it.

Besides, he probably have an 'Anti-Cling to Walls' gadget in his belt.

[livestoannoy]

Hey, don't ask me, ask the big guy.

Wait - is Superman here too? Who else is here? the X-men? Fantastic Four? Wonder Woman?

No one's ever going to be very effective in a battle if you can't learn to deal with the fear. There's always fear. I'm sure Spidey can handle it. And it'd just be a mock battle anyway! They wouldn't really be trying to kill each other.

Come on, you don't really think an "Anti-Cling to Walls" gadget could exist, do you? Seriously, I know Batman's got some weird stuff, but still.

[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

He might be here. I don't know everyone on board yet, but there's definitely some people whose got 'Super' in their names going around. Haven't seen the Fantastic Four, but I believe Jean Grey is here and probably some others. Haven't seen any hint of Wonder woman either.

There's different levels of fear. One can be the simple 'I might die' fear and then there's the irrational fear that makes people not know how react at all.

I have seen Handy-Man make weirder. We have a blender we occasionally modify to be a teleportation device.

[livestoannoy]

The Jean Grey? As in the Phoenix?

Oh, I'm plenty familiar with fear. All kinds. But you know, I defy you to watch any of the clips from the old '60s TV and and still find Batman scary. This is a man who dresses up as a bat and goes around with "bat-rope", "bat-radars", and "bat-cuffs", you know. Formidable? Yes. Incapacitating? yes. Completely ridiculous? Hell yes.

Handy-Man?

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

So. When you were telling me about superhero teams and such, you told me because you are a superhero yourself?

[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

Well, I didn't tell you because I WAS one. Just how it went.

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm sure you had your reasons Selene.

[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

Mostly questionable powers and unsure how secure a secret identity would be here. There were a lot of big names here from my world. I don't know them personally, but it meant it was likely someone would be around I didn't want knowing back home.

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

I see. Sometimes 'normalcy' is overrated. You going to be okay?

[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

I liked normalcy though.

Yeah. I think so.

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

Heh. Most people do.

If you ever need to talk, just come find me okay?

[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

Definitely less stressful.

...all right. Honestly, I was mostly worried that my lying to you and my other friends might have made you guys mad.

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

Out of all the people here, I could hardly fault you for keeping that kind of a thing a secret.

[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

....I suppose so, but you also trusted me.

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

I still do.

[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

...that means a lot to me.