September SOL and Dreamshare stuff (ota with some closed prompts!)

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

Who: Doreen Green eatsnutsandkicksbutts (plus Jason and Bart in some closed prompts)
What: Slice of life September stuff! Plus Dreamshare
When: throughout September
Where: Central City, Little Love
Content Warnings: mention of animal death and asphyxiation in the nightmarish Dreamshare prompts




Rooftop hangouts - OTA!

[ Things in Central haven't been too crazy lately, but it still hasn't been a great time to be a conspicuously visible, Unaligned meta. On the bright side, since it's September, that means it's officially Sweater Weather, and by god Doreen is going to take whatever downtime she has and friggin' chill.

You can catch Doreen hanging out on the rooftop of a nearby building at sunset, (giant cozy sweater on, tail out and headband engaged, secret identity intact!), drinking some apple cider and snacking on trail mix. She is, of course, flanked by a small posse of squirrels, with Tippy perched on her shoulder. ]

Y'know, I'm gonna miss being able to generate this stuff when we go back. Saves a lot of money.

"Chht chk chutt chik!"

No, I'm not saying you guys have been breaking the bank, I'm just saying it's been convenient.

[ Feel free to interrupt! ]


DREAMSHARE! (also OTA!)

[ If you stumble into Doreen's dreams tonight, you might run into a couple of scenarios:

• You might find her on the moon, sitting on the enormous, purple shoulder of Galactus the World-Eater, staring down at the earth in the distance. Doreen's smiling fondly at a trading card in her hand, and gives the side of Galactus's helmet a friendly nudge. ("Aw, this was really nice to revisit! I'm glad we worked things out, Galactus." "YEAH, ME TOO. IT'S BEEN A PRETTY CHILL HANG.")


• Teenage Doreen, complete with her furry old outfit, is crouched over... well, it can no longer, in good conscience, be called a squirrel. At least, not an alive one. Since it's Doreen dreaming this, the squirrel's body has been pixel-censored out, but it's evident that this was not a natural death, and that she's pretty heartbroken over it.

After a moment, once she's realized that she's dreaming again, teen-Doreen sits up and wipes her eyes, smearing the eye makeup across her face (god, why did she wear so much of it as a teenager!), and takes a deep, steadying breath.

I'm sorry, MJ. You deserved so much better than this, buddy.


• Doreen's fighting... Doreen. Or at least someone who looks exactly like Doreen, apart from the hardened glint in her eyes, and the arsenal of superpowered weaponry that she's equipped with. Allene - that's her clone's name - has Captain America's shield strapped to her back, one of Iron Man's gauntlets, a set of knockoff Doc Ock tentacles sprouting from her backpack, Magneto's helmet, and countless other weapons and gadgets that she's stolen on her rampage.

Doreen's next punch goes right through her double's head like mist, and when she stumbles forward with the momentum, the landscape shifts back to the empty moon, only this time there's no spacesuit, no Galactus, there's no oxygen, and as Doreen falls to her knees, the panic starts to overwhelm her because she can't breathe she can't breathe she can't breathe--! ]

Comments

[robintohood]

Not much. I'm just a mechanic. It's my day off so I wanted to take in something besides oil and the sounds of drills.

[Which isn't entirely a lie! He just also has a double life]

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

Hey, nice! What kind of stuff do you work on? Is it cars? I bet it's cars. Ooh, have you done any old vintage ones?

[ This is a shot in the dark, he could be a TV repairman for all she knows, Doreen just thinks old cars from the 50s are cool! ]

[robintohood]

[Jason grins]

Yeah. Cars and motorcycles are my specialties and I can never get enough practice working on the vintage ones. It's satisfying getting them to be as good as new or better.

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

Oh, dude, that's legit amazing! If I can ever afford a scooter here, I will totally hit you up!

[robintohood]

[Huh. Getting a gig wasn't what he expected but sure. Why not?]

Thanks. They're easy to work with so it'd be a quick job. You only recently moved here?

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

[ a potential future gig anyway, she has to buy a scooter first! ]

A... couple months ago, yeah! Earlier in the spring?

[ Not technically a lie! She showed up here around April. ]

[robintohood]

Seems like a decent amount of time. Hope the drop-off wasn't too rough on you.

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

[ 'The drop-off'... is he talking about a confluence? Does he ALREADY SUSPECT HER SECRET?? Quick, time for some ambiguous answers! ]

Oh, well, uh... life comes at you fast, y'know? It's fine! Sometimes things change and you just have to move to a new place and roll with the punches!

[robintohood]

[Jason purposely leaves her guessing if he means the Confluence or not]

Yeah, no kidding, especially while living in a city. Hard to believe half the year is already gone.

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

... God, it really is, isn't it?

[ Doreen has no poker face, and can't hide the way her expression falls. She's been gone for six months, and while she's usually pretty good at keeping this stuff on the backburner, she does really miss her friends and family. How have they been handling her disappearance? God, her mom must be worried. ]

[robintohood]

[Jason mentally notes the way her expression changes]

Time flies when you live in a chaotic city like Central and giant monsters attack and the sky cracks open.

[Jason's tone is casual as he tries to leave room for her to recover and not make things too awkward]

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

Oh my gosh, right?

[ THANK YOU FOR THAT SUBJECT CHANGE, she will grab onto it like a life preserver in the ocean! ]

Things are crazy here! I mean, my place back home was pretty crazy, but it's been just straight-up bonkers here lately! Oh, I'm Doreen by the way, nice to meet you!

[robintohood]

[Worked like a charm]

I'm Jason. Nice to meet you too. How crazy does your home get?

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

[ Well played, Jason! ]

Picture New York, but with costumed dudes running around and giant monsters popping up like every month. Not too different from here, honestly!

[robintohood]

Giant monsters included? Are we talking Godzilla-level or smaller than that?

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

I mean, sometimes? Last one I remember was a giant ant that got zapped by radiation or something. He wasn't doing anything wrong, poor fella was just hungry.

[robintohood]

[Jason stares in genuine surprise. Giant monsters attacking cities isn't completely unheard of in his Earth but still, Gotham isn't one of the cities usually subjected to that]

I can imagine. I'm assuming there was a shrink ray?

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

Iiiiii... don't remember, I think I just read about it in the news the next day? It wasn't like I was there, but one of our super-dudes can shrink stuff, so that's almost definitely what must've happened!

[ NAILED! IT! ]

[robintohood]

[Jason continues to pretend he doesn't notice Doreen obviously lying]

Wow. Must've been a hell of a sight to see. It sounds almost like it's straight out of a sci-fi movie. And at least the ant was still alive.

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

[ Mission accomplished, as far as she's concerned! ]

It would've been wild to see, yeah! I'm really glad the poor guy was okay. How about you? Are you from around here?

[robintohood]

Nah, not really. I've only been here for a few months. I moved in April.

[Which technically isn't a lie]

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

Hey, same hat, I got here around the end of March! So, how crazy is your hometown compared to this? On a scale of 1-10?

[ Look at them, just sidestepping the truth all over the place! ]

[robintohood]

[Nothing but harmless white lies here, right? Right. Jason chuckles a little]

Here's definitely crazier. My home though? I say about 7-ish. It's a city so of course there's gonna be some weirdness with that many people around. How about you? What score would you give your home?

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

Oh, gosh. Maybe an 8? I think New York would be at least a baseline 6.5 even without the superheroes and giant monsters running around.

[robintohood]

That sounds about right. Just what is it about that place that just brings out the weirdos? And that's not including superpowers.