synthneon | · CALL ME OUT (SPRING) ·

Edited 2021-04-23 02:07 (UTC)

When I asked you to come to my event, I didn't think you'd spend most of the night out on the balcony.

Well, the view was nice... and sometimes I'm more of a people watcher than anything.

Fair enough.

But you have to dance with me for one song, at least.

I can arrange that. The question is, how many people do you want to see it?

Nothing is ever really private, is it?

Not when you're dealing with people of our profile. No.

[ Now, what sort of high society prick actually lives in a house where every single bloody wall is made of glass? Christ, talk about trust issues.

Not that John Constantine is one to talk really.

He also just wants to see if he can pull one over on supposed World's Greatest Detective. Technically, Gotham is the stomping ground of the Batman. John isn't so suicidal to the point that he's going to operate in that domain without getting the attention of the Caped Crusader. Although, he does let himself into the aforementioned glass lakehouse.

Without turning the lights on he takes a seat in the 'living room', crosses an ankle over the other knee, makes himself comfortable, and waits. Not that he needs to turn on a light. The bloody moonlight shines through the glass walls enough to let him figure out where a chair is.

Time to see if Bruce Wayne knows a thing or two of what might be happening on a grand old scale. ]

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Edited 2021-04-29 02:47 (UTC)

[ Barry does his absolute best to keep his powers under control when he's being -- you know -- not the Flash. Sometimes he messes it up. Sometimes he can't help it. Especially when he sees a kid in danger. What he isn't expecting is who might be watching.

Because, Barry grins at the girl he has set down on the ground. He puts a finger to his lips to keep it quiet. Then, there is that sense that someone is watching. He turns to look at who might be watching. Who is it that might have seen that he isn't just a regular citizen?

Oh, shit. His shoes are gone again too. ]

( Tragedy seemed to follow closely at Wanda's heels — it was never too far away as it continued to deviate her life. The death of her parents due to civil unrest in Sokovia and the use of Stark Industry weaponry lead Wanda and her twin brother to volunteer themselves to be human test subjects for HYDRA as a way to get back at Tony Stark and the Avengers. Not only were the twins used and manipulated by HYDRA, Ultron did the same thing, but after seeing reason and siding with the Avengers, Wanda experienced the death of her brother as her soul was ripped apart.

With nowhere to go, Wanda joined the Avengers with the hope to do better in the world only for the Lagos Catastophy to happen — where Wanda attempted to save civilians only to cause the death of others she wasn't protecting. The loss of innocent lives at her hands deviated Wanda, and it took a great amount of support from her teammates to overcome the hurdle, but it still left a scar on her soul. After the Sokovia Accords were signed, she was forced to choose sides in the war that broke out among the avengers, siding with Steve Rogers and those who joined them to fight their teammates. In the end, it was Tony Stark and those that sided with him that prevailed, leaving Captain America's team imprisoned on the raft prison while Steve thought of a way to break them out.

Once freed, Wanda and the rest of Captain America's team went into hiding since they were wanted criminals. Still, all that was pushed to the side once Thanos' cohorts began attacking earth, searching for the Infinity Stone he was missing — the Mind Stone that gave Vision life. In an attempt to free Vision's consciousness from the Mind Stone, the Avengers went to Wakanda seeking out their advanced technology and the brilliance of T'Challa's younger sister Shuri. Sadly, they ran out of time before Thanos arrived on Earth, and Wanda was left to destroy the Mind Stone and, as a result, Vision. Unaware that the titan had the Time Stone, Thanos reversed time to retrieve the Mind Stone from Vision, making Wanda watch as her friend died a second time.

With all of the Infinity Stones, Thanos snapped his fingers and fulfilled his desire to rid the universe of half its population — Wanda was one of the many casualties.

It took five long years for the remaining Avengers to hatch a plan to revert what Thanos had done; after scouring many timelines, they managed to collect all the Infinity Stones for themselves where Natasha sacrificed herself to allow Clint to receive the Soul Stone and Bruce Banner used all of the stones to bring back the missing population and their missing teammates just in time for a final battle against Thanos where Tony Stark sacrificed himself to finally eliminate Thanos by using the Infinity Stones and Gauntlet to make him and his armies suffer the same fate he put on half the universe's population.

Steve Rogers promised to return the stones to their rightful places in the different time steams. Still, he never returned, finally allowing himself to live the life he always wanted and returning to his love, Peggy Carter — where they grew old together. Without Natasha, Tony, and Steve — three of her greatest supporters — Wanda was left to deal with her turbulent emotions alone. This resulted in the Westview Anomaly, where she lost control of her powers and subjecting the residents of Westview, New Jersey, to live in an alternate reality Wanda's grief and uncontrolled abilities created to deal with the despair Wanda felt. It didn't help that the witch Agatha Harkness took advantage of Wanda's vulnerable mental state.

After releasing Westview from the control of her powers and punishing Agatha to live life out as the Nosey Neighbor, Wanda secluded herself in isolation as she learned what the Book of Sins Darkhold had to teach her. Wanting to start a new life without the events of this world hanging over her, Wanda opened a portal to another universe, creating a new life for herself in Central City, Ohio. At first, this seemed like a world and universe that wouldn't need her powers, but she quickly proved wrong. On several occasions, she found herself manipulating reality and using her chaos magic to help save people.

Today she finds herself in another one of those scenarios.

After grocery shopping, Wanda begins heading back to her modest apartment when she runs across a child in danger — without thinking; she drops her groceries, eyes, and hands glowing red as she uses a force field to stop the bus before it hits the child. Utterly unaware that someone else with abilities already scooped the little girl faster than Wanda could comprehend and had her safely away from the bus.

As Barry looks around, he notices a young woman's eyes and hands glowing red for several seconds before she goes to normal; with his heightened perception, he would have seen the spectacle easily, and it doesn't take long for Wanda to follow the trail of energy back to Barry, her eyes wide with surprise before she uses her abilities to pick her groceries back up as if they had never fallen as she quickly ducks into an alley away from anyone else that might have seen her. )

[ That's the thing about the Speed Force - everything is different. What takes a blink of an eye for someone else can be literal minutes for him. As he sets the girl down his eyes go to the distinct energy he can sense. Glowing eyes, hands, and trying to... slow things down?

Huh, that's new.

An electrical charge leaves him as things speed up to normal. The screams echo and Barry turns his eyes down to the girl in his arms. With that smile and finger to his lips to keep a secret, he stands up and slips into the crowd that starts to form. His attention goes back to trying to find the woman with glowing hands once the mother and father are back at the side of the girl.

He notices the woman duck into the alleyway. A few strides and he's at the entrance of it, barefoot, and in a red hoodie. ]

Hey! Wait a second!

( While she's nowhere near as fast as Barry, Wanda is halfway down the alleyway with her hood pulled over her head when she calls out to her. She has half a mind to ignore him and keep going, but she figures he could catch up to her with ease, and flight is risky during the day.

Coming to a pause, Wanda slowly turns around to face him — the paper bag filled with her groceries clutched tightly to her chest as she eyes him warily. She knew it was risky to use her powers, but she couldn't let something happen to the kid, and she was too preoccupied with reacting that she didn't think to skim the thought of those around her. Maybe then she would have realized someone else was also thinking of acting. )

Can I help you? ( Her voice has the remnants of an Eastern European accent that she doesn't bother hiding. )

[ Barry smiles as she turns to see him. Surprisingly, he walks normally up to her. Well, normal is relative. It's more like a fast strut -- though that's the slowest pace he can do. The smile on his face didn't leave, even as he closed the gap between them. He looks more like an excited puppy at seeing someone else with powers. ]

What you tried to do back there? That was pretty cool.

( Wanda is wary as he approaches, tightening her arms around the bags of groceries, but she can feel herself disarming slightly from the contagious smile on his lips — the corners of her's twitching as the corners of her lips turn up slightly. )

Yeah? Which part? ( There were a few things she did, she just wanted to make sure they were talking about the same thing, and if the chance he didn't see her use her powers — well, she didn't want to admit to anything. )

Um, the whole saving the day thing?

[ Honestly, what else is he going to say? The cool red powers? Oh, yeah, definitely. But, he knows he wouldn't want to be outed so he isn't going to do that at all. The smile on his face says that he did see it, but, he isn't going to push it either way.

Instead he just quickly moves up to stand beside her. ]

Are you new to Central City? I could show you around. I mean, assuming you already don't know your way around. Sorry, is that weird?

You know, I wasn't exactly the only one saving the day.

( She offers a pointed look before breaking into a smile herself — his smile and demeanor are a bit contagious.

An eyebrow raises slightly, but she feels a bit of embarrassment wash over her when he asks if she's new. It seems she needs to brush up on the skills Natasha taught her, or she was never good at blending in as she thought. )

Yeah, I've been here a month or so... Lived in New York before that. Not weird at all, it actually sounds nice.

( She's alone in a strange universe and city, so making a new friend who understands what it is like to have powers isn't all that bad. )

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I have absolutely no idea what you mean.

[ The grin on his face says otherwise. They need to keep a low profile, right? Can't have too many people turning their heads and figuring out secret identities. He's pretty sure a certain billionaire playboy will have his head if he breaks that whole identity thing.

Not that he really wants to turn heads his way anyways. ]

New York, huh? What's that like?

Sorry. Got held up for a bit.

[ Sure, he might only be an hour late coming home, but after getting caught up in someone else's business whilst working his delivery route, Cloud had to send her a message. If Luna were to call him now, he'd still pick up. His relationship with her may have begun as an alliance that saw them fighting across multiple worlds for the sake of some divine "conflict"...but if there's one thing that he's become much better at? It's how much more forthcoming and honest he's become. When he'd once hide some facts from her in a bid to protect her or not make her worry, she's gotten him wrapped around her finger by now.

But now that he was running behind on his way home, that just meant he'd need to make up for lost time with her. ]

[ A divine "conflict" that Lunafreya had to wonder of. How much damage had such a thing caused to their respective worlds? Could they ever truly return home with all of their memories in tact? The answer she had settled up on was 'no.' Perhaps some version of their homes was preserved and continued on in a fashion. Such was not the case for her, as she had found herself in an oddly humble and quaint life with the warrior who fought to defend her through it all.

Lunafreya looks the message over on the phone as she places the dishes away in the cupboard. ]

Held up or wishing to help someone a little longer? Please, take the time you need.

[ Cloud can't lie to Luna. Even if he would end up helping someone, it unfortunately started from a fight. Fortunately, he's the one who came out the better side of the exchange. As his thumb hovers over the keyboard, he huffs with a small but boyish curl of his lips. It's a whole lot easier saying things via text. ]

And lose out on you? No thanks. Shouldn't be long now.

[ She has playfully thought of having many of their conversations over texting. Simply because it seems the easiest way for Cloud to say what he means. Even after the fighting has stopped, and they have settled in some shambles of left over pieces of the worlds formed into one? Talking has been far from his strong suit. ]

I highly doubt you would miss anything in regards to my person, Cloud. Where might I go other than to those that would need healing? That is something you certainly would insist on being at my side for.

So what am I missing now?

[ Her. The answer is "Her". But he just might have to show it rather than say it by the time he gets in the front door. ]

Quite possibly dinner.

[ It is all said in jest. Lunafreya is more than content to wait until he arrives home -- even if that is within the early hours of the morning. ]

Pretty sure I'm missing more than that.

Perhaps. I will be outside to greet you when you arrive.

[ As she always is. ]

[ Though Cloud may not show it with giddy glee on the surface, he does get excited being around her. That very same excitement only continues to grow when he gets closer and closer to home. The telltale sounds of the engine rumbling in the distance, drawing nearer until, should Luna be outside, she'd be able to spot a familiar head of spiky hair coasting down the road atop his massive bike.

Rolling to a stop on the sidewalk, he kills the engine before lifting up his shades, setting the kickstand as he can't help thinly smiling up to her.

And if she stays right there or comes any closer? She's in for a surprise. ]

[ There is a certain smile that she wears only when Cloud is there. It is not something she had planned on, or even does on purpose. It is a natural response on seeing him. The two have been through so much that there are times she wonders how the pair of them have been blessed to have a small part of reality where they might exist together.

She bows in customary greeting as he raises his goggles before making her way to stand beside the motorcycle. A few children just a bit away see the two and wave. Cloud somehow seems to make himself known to everyone around him. A bit of a local hero of sorts? ]

[ Across time. Across space. Across countless battles that saw them used to further the ambitions of the divine. While he'd always planned on protecting what matters to him, the fact that he found himself in the care of Lunafreya all this time leant to another revelation entirely. The fact that he never planned on something so...dreamlike. The idea of actually following his heart when he could hear someone calling to him. And the one he answered to? Was smiling so tenderly for him. Somewhere along the way, without a shadow of a doubt...

He fell for her. He never planned on falling as hard as he did, yet they were given this space to exist in together, living day by day for themselves and each other. Luna's changed him- something that he made sure she was aware of when he showed his affection for her. So after coolly waving over his shoulder to the children saying hello? He'll lead Luna back inside.

He would have done this earlier if it wasn't for the kids, but the moment they get through the door? ]

Heya, [ he says with a hand slipping around her waist, stepping in as he presses his lips to hers. Soft and far from a chaste, quick peck. ]

[ Lunafreya had never much thought of being able to have a life outside of the calling of the Oracle. Even once Eos had faded and she remained among the heroes that fought in a near-eternal war against the darkness. She would be the Oracle even in death, until it was fulfilled. It was the man who thought himself a SOLIDER that taught her to live as herself and the Oracle at the same time. It is something incredibly precious to her. Something she considers herself blessed for that she has been able to keep even past their time in the war.

She follows him after a smile is given to the children. Of course, she had intended to keep walking into their home, but found herself spun back to face him. There's a blush that takes her cheeks even as her arms drape around his neck. Perhaps one day she will find herself not so easily embarrassed by it all. ]

Welcome home.

[ To Cloud, for all his bravado, it's still a case of being "behind closed doors" for him when it came to expressing himself this way. Even that side of him took some time to reveal itself. Yet he was never wanton or gluttonous in his desire for her- only gliding forward at a tempered pace which helped them cherish each moment they could get. One of these days, Cloud was going to lose that patience as his heart erupts for her in so many ways. But until then? He'd keep pressing. He'd keep encouraging her as she's encouraged him.

Lift her up as she's lifted him. Between words, he draws back when Lunafreya welcomes him home, his own softened mako blue gaze half-lidded as his cheeks redden. ]

Didn't keep you waiting too long?

· CALL ME OUT (SPRING) ·

🌸 SPRING

🦇 bruce wayne/batman | dceu+zsjl

after that one text thread we did

awww yiss

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/84 years later

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🔥 john constantine | constantine / hellblazer

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hmmm post-zsjl, first meeting, rolls with the pictures!

🩺 helen magnus | sanctuary

⚡ barry allen / the flash | dceu+zsjl

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dystychiphobia | first meeting? (using the first row of pics as we go)

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🔻 jesse faden | control/remedy verse

🕊️ elizabeth | bioshock

🌙 lunafreya nox fleuret | final fantasy xv

PSL

:( dw why you no give notif?

dw loathes us. we must fight it.

we are succesful! i got the notif, just late cause of work.

i to am late because my brain needs to stop being a weenie fkdjhsa

i feel this on deeper levels than i care to admit :(

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🔮 adalind schade | grimm.

⛛ yugi mutou | yu☆gi☆oh!

🐉 seto kaiba | yu☆gi☆oh!