DC: 2012-03-05 - Libby Flies Supergirl Airlines

Libby's enjoying the swimming pool at Berkeley, having just gone for a swim and comes out of the pool to take a towel that someone hands her. Surprise surprise though - that someone's Kara. "Hey Libby." she says with a smile. She's wearing civilian clothes. Cute yellow midriff-baring t-shirt that says 'Keep staring - I might do a trick' and some tight jeans. Also has a pair of cheap plastic sunglasses that she's wearing like a barette.

Liberty is at the pool, doing her work study. It isn't particularly busy at the moment, so working involves sitting on a chair and reading. Having just finished up in the equipment room she has headed out to the pool to take Nancy's chair, letting her roomie take a quick break. Other than Kara there are a few dedicated swimmers doing laps, two of them old professors who are putting the younger kids to shame. Other than Kara? Kara? Liberty blinks and turns to look at the blond. "Suuuu..." She stops herself from finishing that, and hops down from the chair to give Kara a hug. "Hi!" She backs up a bit to look over the outfit then she grins, "Wow. Hi!" Yep, she repeated herself...but hey, this is Supergirl were talking about folks!

Kara Zor-El hugs back. "Hey Libby. I was just feeling a little cabin fever at the Tower, Starfire's still on the mend.... plus um her pizza choices are .... different.... and I thought maybe we could do that pizza thing in New York like we were talking about?" She looks at her outfit. "Something wrong?"

Libby laughs, "Wrong? no. You look awesome. You would look awesome in anything, but that is a cute shirt." She grins and gives another hug, "You're sure about the New York thing? Wow. Well, I would so love to do it. Just give Nancy a sec to get back to the chair okay? Then I can change and stuff."

Kara Zor-El smiles and is hugged again. "Oh ... yeah. Marcy's. $10." So odd to think of Supergirl shopping at a regular clothing store instead of some secret 'superhero' store especially for people who lift aircraft carriers and fight alien armadas and whatever. "Yeah. Definitely sure about the New York thing." She looks around. "I was thinking we could go for some pizza, hang out a little, if you want work on your powers and stuff." She looks around again, then makes a conscious effort to ignore what she's noticing, then nods to herself. "So you're a lifeguard or something?"

"Yeah. I'm a lifeguard." She quickly turns her attention back to the pull, climbing up onto her seat for a better look, making sure no one is in danger. "Have been since I was old enough to do it." Across the pool, Nancy comes out of the staff area, suit wet from a rinse in a shower. "So...I should introduce you as Sue? Or, um. Jane?" asks Liberty as she spots Nancy's slim figure making her way around the olympic pool.

Kara Zor-El looks at Libby. "Or, you know... Kara?" She shrugs a bit, putting her hands in her pockets a bit. Why does everyone want to call her some name other than her own? It's not like Kara's such an uncommon name anyway. Besides, if she had to go with a fake name, it would probably be something like... oh... for instance... Linda. Much better than Jane or Sue. Plus from what she had heard, there had been another 'Supergirl' before her called Linda anyway, though when she tried to get info about it, she'd always get hushed murmurs. "So is Nancy your friend or co worker or something?" She looks around. "I -really- want to go to college. Was going to fill out a scholarship from the Wayne Foundation but things got in the way."

 Kara Zor-El says, "if we ever get a Lana Lang here I'm planning on having her make the Linda Lang secret identity :)"

Libby shrugs, "Kara? Okay. That's cool." She eyes the girl then, then turns away to look towards Nancy as the girl heads towards her. "Nancy is my roommate." She waves to the girl as she shows up, then gives her a hug. "Hey Nancy, this is Kara. Kara, Nancy. Nancy, Kara and I are going to go hang out. I'm going to cut out early." Nancy offers up a lot of smiles and she offers a hug, though it doesn't seem nearly as natural as it does for Liberty.

Kara Zor-El gives a friendly hug back. "Nice to meet you. I was just going to steal Libby away for a bit to go get some pizza." She looks around. "College must be pretty great huh? You know, in Europe they just call it University"

Nancy nods her head and smiles, loking a bit shy. "Oh. It is nice to meet you Kara. Libby hasn't mentioned you before." Libby laughs and treachs over to take Kara's hand, "Yeah. It is great. So much better than high school. Especially here at Berkeley. We got more kids here who are interested in learning than partying." Nancy looks pretty skeptical at that.

Kara Zor-El tilts her head. "I wouldnt know - I was home schooled. Some partyng actually sounds like a fun part of the college experience personally." She grins, then pauses. She looks around again.

Kara Zor-El nods. "We recently met on the beach like a couple of days ago." She leans over to Libby and whispers "Is she your friend that helps with the shooting?"

Liberty shakes her head at Kara in response to her question. She then waves to Nancy, "Well, we're going to get out of here Nancy. See you later at home." Then she tugs Kara away. Once they are out of range she says, "No. Nancy and An don't know about me. Kim is the one who helps me with my website and stuff. I'm sure you'll meet her soon though."

Kara Zor-El nods a bit as she's tugged away. "It was really nice to meet you Nancy!" She sighs again for some reason. As the two of you walk out of the public area of the pool, she asks "Can you give me 30 seconds, I need to do something quick. You might want to get a jacket or something, it gets cold higher up, unless you don't get cold?" She takes a few steps away from public view, then a burst of superspeed and she's gone. 42 seconds later, there's another gust of wind and she's back, brushing her hair away from her face a bit. "Okay so... like I was asking, do heat and cold bother you?" Speaking of which, her shirt seems a little singed.

Libby is caught in the locker room, rinsing off. She nearly falls down at the sudden appearance of Kara. She shakes her head, "I don't think so. I can run around on the beach in a bikini in the middle of winter, and go swimming and stuff. And I can grab stuff out of a campfire and it doesn't bother me." Actually, it doesn't /injure/ her. She looks at Kara and her skirt, then goes back to finishing her shower quickly. Grabbing a towel she heads for her locker, where she dries off as quickly as possible, dragging on her clothes. Tight jean skirt, tee shirt displaying the worst ninja ever and simple black shoes. "I'd have to go back home for a jacket if you think I really need it." Then hunt for it...since she hasn't worn it in forever.

 Libby says, "http://sale.images.woot.com/Unstealthiest_Ninja_II__The_Unstealtheningrk4Detail.png"

Kara Zor-El nods a little as she follows Libby. "Okay." She smiles. "Ready to go?"

Libby pulls on her last shoe and tightens it. She tucks her hair back into pigtails then nods. "I'm ready. Kara? Is that your name?" That is a whisper, even though she thinks they are safely alone, she isn't going to risk such important information.

Kara Zor-El puts her arm around Libby's waist as they head outside. Kara looks around. "Yeah, Kara Zor-El" she makes she no one's looking, more for Libby's secret identity than herself, given that she's still not in the 'Kara Kent' identity. Then she flies up, rather fast, until the two of you are over the cloud cover. She turns around in the air, holding Libby around the waist. "Mind if I get us there fast?"

Liberty grabs on tight, dangerously tight if Kara wasn't Kara, as they zip up into the atmosphere. But once they slow down she looks down at the clouds and begins to giggle, "Oh my god! I think I left my panties on the ground! You are so fast Kara! Wow! How high are we? This is amazing! Woooooo!" She yells out her enthusiasm to the clouds, then shakes her head, "No. I don't mind. Go as fast as you want!" Then there is another gleeful yell.

Kara Zor-El looks down. "Um we're about 10,000 feet. You have to be at least 2,000 feet high when you go supersonic or bad stuff happens like... you know.... sonic booms blowing out windows. Plus the air's a little thinner up here so less wind resistance." She smiles at Libby. "I'd totally take you to see Mercury or the Moon or something if you were able to survive in outer space. -That's- awesome. "Oh... do you want to be on my back or just have me hold you like this?"

Libby laughs as she hugs onto Kara nearly two miles above the ground. "Well, however works best for you. I'm not freaked out by hugging you like this, but I could see this getting in your way and all. Plus, if Superman flew past he'd think we were making out." She giggles a bit, then contemplates just how one safely moves around on another person to get from front to back without falling.

Kara Zor-El shakes her head smiling. "Yeah that might be wierd. Kal freaked out about my even getting a boyfriend." Supergirl has a boyfriend? "When I flew with Robin, I let him hold onto my back instead. Here... put your arms around my neck." she says as she stands in midair, 10,000 feet up. "Then just swivel around to behind me."

"Ah...too bad. I was liking the idea of making out in the middle of the sky. How cool is that?" Liberty climbs around on Kara, skirt not doing here any favors in the process. Once she's on Kara's back, with her legs about the other girl's midsection she says, "You mentioned him. Umm. Solarpower? Solarfire? You said he lifted about the same as me. Can he fly? Have you made out in the clouds?"

Kara Zor-El declines to mention that she doesn't 'do' that sort of thing with girls. Heck, she only recently started with guys.... her recent Red Kryptonite problems notwithstanding. Once Libby's hanging on behind her, she starts flying so Libby can be on her back. "Yeah... Solarflare. He can fly, go into space, all that. He's a Tamaranean. You know, like Starfire?" When asked if she'd made out with him in the clouds, Kara blushes a bit and changes the subject. "Okay I'm going to start going fast, hold on tight as you can okay?" And that's when she breaks the sound barrier *BOOM* then Mach 2.... 5.... 8.... 10... 12....15.... and still going faster. About 3 1/2 miles a second across the country. The world pretty much is whizzing by under them at dizzyingly fast speeds.

Liberty holds on for dear life as the speeds start climbing faster than jet fighters. She tucks her head in close to Kara's neck, eyes nearly shut as Kara's hair bats at her. This time she doesn't even ask how fast they are going. It is silly fast.

Kara Zor-El's saying -something- but heavens if Liberty can concentrate on what she's saying - too busy clinging to the Kryptonian blonde for dear life. But within 10 minutes, they're no longer in San Francisco, but over New York. Kara slowly down quickly as she approaches the East Coast. "Thank you for flying Supergirl Airlines. We appreciate your business and hope that you can fly with us again." She turns her head a little. "Um... we're here." She pauses while Libby's head is buried in her hair. "Libby, we're in New York." Sad thing is, she was not going even a fraction as fast as she's capable. Explains how Kara and Kal are able to do stuff like go go around the world in seconds. They're freaky, "silly" fast.

Liberty pulls her head out of Kara's hair as they come in over New York and slow down so she can actually see something. "Oh. My. Oh. My! Great Scott Kara! Look at that! It's New York City!" The death grip is gone, though she keeps a good grip with her thighs, she needs to be able to lean out and rubberneck, "Look! The Statue! Oh! The Empire State! And...is that Ellis Island? And...Freedom Plaza?"

You can almost hear the Kryptonian whimper when Libby says 'Great Scott.' Oh Rao, please tell me that's not catching on. She does not SAY that! She starts to fly lower down a bit so Libby can get a better look at landmarks. Not everyone has telescopic vision, after all. "Yeah. I havent actually gone sightseeing here yet. Usually a little busy doing other stuff. Things just keep coming up." She looks around for somewhere to land, and decides on the Central Park. She lands a lot slower than she takes off at least, but fast enough that people don't actually see much of where the two women land, allowing Libby to let go once her feet lightly touch the ground.

Liberty doesn't let go immediately. She gives a full body hug, with thighs in on the tag team action, then she hops off. "Wow! Wow! That was so AMAZING! Holy Cow Kara!" She bounces up and down, clapping her hands together, the cheerleader shining through. "We just crossed the country in like, no time! You are like, teleporting you go so fast! We could have gone to Tokyo! Or Hong Kong! Great Scott! We totally need to do Hong Kong! Wouldn't that be amazing?" She bounces in for another hug, along with a kiss to the cheek. "Oh god. I am shaking with excitement!"

Kara Zor-El listens to Libby gushing a bit. "Well actually I was sort of going a little slower than I normally go. I mean, normally if I really want to get somewhere fast I can get there before Kal." She smiles a bit. She does like mentioning that she's 'faster than Superman' after all. More hugs, and a kiss on the cheek. Kara smiles again. "Yeah okay.... Hong Kong? Yeah we could do that."

Kara Zor-El tilts her head and takes your hand as they head off down a path, Kara looking around to recall where that pizza place was that she went to with Slobo. "Do you speak Chinese?"

Liberty grins and speaks Mandarin at Kara, then translates. "Yes. I have spoken chinese for years. It is my second major in school. If I wasn't wanting to stay in the states for my heroing, I'd totally go to Hong Kong or Shanghai...or anywhere in china really, to work a journalism job there." She swings your hand as the two of you walk along. "This park is huge! I mean, you always think it is pretty big from movies...but not this big."

Kara Zor-El responds in Mandarin, "<>" She then nods a little. "Yeah, it's pretty big all right. Actually you know where's really great? The Serengheti. There are these lion prides there and the cubs are so adorable! Actually they're all adorable."

Liberty gasps and replies in Mandarin, "<> She then pauses to get her head around the next comment, "Adorable? Lions? Seriously they'd eat your....oh. I guess you don't have to worry about anything eating you. You could think pirahna are cute, with the way they cuddle with you when you swim with them." This leaves her with a whole new line of thinking now, and she shuts up as she contemplates just what can hurt her.

Kara Zor-El smiles as she spots the pizza place only about 10 blocks away and the two of you make your way out of the park. No muggings or anything - a nice change of pace! "Well... I mean I've been to China and that helped me with knowing all the dialects accents, but actually I learned most of the languages I know from books or watching television." Languages? Just how many languages does she know anyway?

She scrunches her nose a bit. She actually considered piranhas ugly, like a month ago when she saved those native children who fell in the river from becoming a meal. Stupid piranha kept breaking their teeth but they left that awful fishy smell on her clothes. Even washing didnt help. She literally had to use lava to burn off the particles causing the smell. She nods a bit. "I... guess that's true. But lions... tigers.... really are cute, you have to admit it." She pauses. "I have a cat." she says suddenly out of nowhere.

"How many languages do you know? Do you speak Szechuan?" She tries out a couple of dialects that she knows on her friend, asking "Well, sure. Kittens are cute in any species. And tigers and lions are so pretty anyway. And cheetahs, and...well, I think most animals are adorable. I'd never thought about the fact I could probably pet a tiger and not worry about being killed, which means I could probably pet a tiger without it trying to kill me...much." She giggles at that. "Do you have a cat, or a pet lion? We have a normal cat at our house. Two of them really, though only one stays inside much."

Kara Zor-El respond in Szechuan, "<>" She then pauses and answers your question about how man languages she knows. "<>" What the heck is Interlac? She shakes her head. "Oh, no no... Streaky's just an ordinary housecat. Not a lion. He THINKS he's a lion with his attitude but he's not one."

"All of them! All of them?" This staggers Liberty more than any other power that Kara has demonstrated. "You know /every/ language on earth? That's..that's..." She tries to remember a number she's heard in the past, then with a sigh, she shrugs, "Thousands. Thousands of languages...and you speak all of them?" She'll have to ask about Streaky when her brain gets unbroken.

Kara Zor-El thinks a little. "Um... yeah about 14,000. I mean including the dead languages and the non-Earth ones." She then nods. "I mean I think my accent is probably off with some of them though - especially the dead ones, since you know.... no one's actually heard them actively spoken, so I don't exactly have a frame of reference unless some bad guy from ancient times come to the present and wants to rule the world or stuff. That actually happens more than you'd think though."

She pauses, peering at Libby. She didnt say anything really when she lifted the max weights in the Titans Gym with one hand, and seemed excited about her flying across the country in 10 minutes, but it's odd that -this- is what truly staggers her. Probably shouldn't mention she learned them all within 3 months. Kara says, "Well, when I first came to Earth I only knew Interlac, Kryptonian and a few languages from other planets but I sort of had to learn all of them here if I wanted to get along on Earth didnt I?"

"Fourteen thousand? Fourteen thousand? Great Scott Kara! That is insane!" She forces herself to stop dawdling. She stares at Kara with wide eyes as she continues to process this new information. She blinks several times then says, "Wow. I guess you really are more alien than I ever thought. Wow." She shakes her head at the enormity of the differences in brains. Apparently physical stuff is amazing, but lifting a billion billion tons doesn't make you different on the inside. Streaky? That's a cute name. Do you have pictures?"

Kara Zor-El walks with Libby, secretly really wishing she'd stop saying Great Scott. "Well... yeah. Krypton, remember? But it's gone. I only have Earth now." There -is- quite a difference in even the average Kryptonian brain to the average human brain, and Kara's a genius even in Kryptonian standards. She does seem a little hurt about being called 'more alien' though - despite the fact that Libby's absolutely correct. Still she's been trying to pass as an Earth Girl as best she can. She does try to explain, "Um... Kryptonians are able to learn things really fast in general."

She smiles a bit when you ask about Streaky. "Yeah actually...." she looks around for a moment to make sure no one's looking, then reaches into the portable dimensional pocket she has affixed to her hip where she keeps her knick knacks. She takes out the phone she built a few months ago so that she could make calls from anywhere on Earth or in space, and pulls up a picture of Streaky tangled up in a ball of string. "Here he is. Streaky. I found him on a fire escape of an apartment I had been living at after Kal first started letting me stay on my own.

What do you say to a person who, if you managed to combine Albert Einstein, Steven Hawkings, and Leonardo DaVinci into one person, they would still be a mentally challenged slug in comparison to, without sounding dumb? Liberty worries at her lip as the weight of being judged less than a slug presses in on her. The language thing really struck it home that Kara isn't really much like her at all. She had been thinking she was a girl from down the street, who was stronger, faster, tougher, and everything elsier than her...but still, a girl like her at the center. But, that isn't the case. She tries to shake off the whole thing, concentrating on the image of streaky. And well, that is enough to make her forget about the ALIEN thing. "Awwwww! Look at how cute he is! Oh my gosh! Isn't he precious? Kal? That's Superman?" She looks at Kara and for a moment her worry shows, then she fights it off, seeing the girl she liked instead of the freaky alien.

Kara Zor-El nods as she points out a second picture of Streaky, attacking a fern plant. "Yep that's Streaky. He's so adorable isnt he?" She nods a bit. "Yeah, Kal-El. That's Superman's name." Well, his Kryptonian name at least. She doesnt go telling people his human name, of course. She starts flipping through more pictures in the phone as she smiles and walks with you. Streaky hanging from the drapes. Streaky eating tuna fish. Streaky sleeping in some guy's lap. Kara holding Streaky in civvies. A T-Rex fighting a Triceratops. Kara at a McDonalds having chicken nuggets.

 Libby laughs and baps you! "A T-Rex fighting a Triceratops."

 Kara Zor-El looks all innocent. "What?"

Liberty awws again when Kara shows the next picture, and the next, and the next. She is a very appreciative audience and obviously believes in positive reinforcement. Every picture gets a positive response, right up to the dinosaur picture. She eyes Kara, then the picture, then Kara again, "That is a good shot. Really...nice composition." Phew! The next one is more normal, "Who took that one? Your boyfriend?"

Kara Zor-El shakes her head. "Um... no that's another friend of mine who took that. Did you know they have those McDonalds all over the world? They make some really good stuff." she says, not mentioning it was taken by Nightwing, Officer Dick Greyson, after she helped him with wrangling up animals that were freed from the zoo in Bludhaven a few weeks ago.

Libby smiles, "Well, you look great in it. See how nice you smile with your eyes?" She grins and bumps against Kara, giving her hand a squeeze. "I am sorry I freaked out there. Just...you are more different than I thought, but that's not a bad thing. I still like you. It is better to see you as who you are than to like you for being something you aren't." She stops and looks at Kara with very sincere eyes, "I am sorry for what I said. I hope it didn't upset you. Can you forgive me?"

Kara Zor-El tilts her head and shrugs a bit, making a little smile again. "Yeah... I know you didnt mean it. And I know I'm different. Just trying to fit in though. All things considered, that is." She gives a half hug with her arm. "Nothing to forgive." She looks ahead. "Oooh there it is!" She then tugs Libby by the hand and runs across the street with you to Ray's Pizza. "You've had pizza before, right?"

Libby gets tugged along after Kara into Ray's Pizza. She giggles and gives Kara another hug, "Okay. I'm glad you aren't mad at me. And of course I've had pizza. It's like the national food of college students right?" She sniffs the air, and takes in the sights of her first New York...anything! "It smells good! What do you like on your pizzas?"

Kara Zor-El heads into the pizzeria with Libby. "Oh... I like this thing called pepperoni. It's SO good. You have no idea. it's like... spicy meat sliced thin. Never had anything like it on Krypton." She goes up to the counter. "I'll have 2 slices of pepperoni pizza and... " She looks at Libby curiously.

Libby grins and digs into her pocket, pulling out her wallet. She checks it then checks the pizza choices, "I'll have the pepperoni. Two slices. And a...Mountain Dew please." When the counter guy turns his attention away she shakes her head, "It is good? I'll have to try it for sure."

Kara Zor-El takes the pizza, pays for it from some crumpled up money she has in her pocket (how does Supergirl make money anyway?) and the two of you head to a table to sit. "So.... want to talk about anything?" she asks as she starts in on a slice.

Libby pays for her own pizza and drink, then joins Kara. She starts in buy dumping a lot of sugar into her Mountain Dew, stirring up the sludge while she takes a bit of pizza. "Mmm...you were right. Pepperoni is delicious." She smiles at her pal, then says "So...um. Do you go to school? Or, are you too smart? I guess there's no reason for you to go other than to get a piece of paper huh?"

Kara Zor-El munches on her slice. "Um...well actually I was home-schooled by some .... er... acquaintances of Kal." Yeah, Ma and Pa Kent. "I'd like to go to regular school though. I mean.... there are more reasons to go to school than just learn right? If that was the case, not much reason to go to school. I mean... Krypton was 300 years ahead of Earth in most stuff." She pauses. "Well I mean I guess stuff like Earth History and stuff like that, the difference in technology wouldnt matter." She shrugs. "It's a social thing though - I mean I'd like to go to school with others my own age still. You know, friends and stuff. Um... friends who arent superheroes, I mean." She takes another bite of pizza.

"Yeah. No. I get it. I could have gotten out of school and into college without going to high school, but my mom wanted me to go so I would have like, a normal life. High school is more about the other stuff than the learning. That's why I was so busy. Cheerleading, Chinese Culture Club, Student Council, Student Paper, Track, Orienteering, all that stuff. You meet all sorts of people and make friends who stick with you forever right?" She tastes her sugared up Dew, then adds more and more sugar. Then she digs back into the pizza, making purrs of pleasure as she eats.

Kara Zor-El nods a little. "You do track still? I mean... with your advantages?" She remembers how Clark's mom said they had to forbid Clark from doing football practice because of the concern that he might seriously hurt other players and it just wasn't fair. Kara nods as she listens to Libby. "Yep, that's what I hear College is like. I'm really wanting to go. You have no idea. So what, you're a cheerleader too?"

Libby shakes her head, "I couldn't compete in track. I was the team manager. I ran though, just not competitively. My mom said it would be too much temptation. She let me run in middle school, but you know, in high school they are a lot more serious about it. And there's testing to worry about." She wolfs down the remainder of slice one, then picks up her drink, gulping down the sludgy mixture with a grimace. "Oh sure. I still do cheerleading. The time requirements aren't too bad, and I get to be near sports. I love it."

Kara Zor-El nods and smiles. "My parents didnt really encourage sports back on Krypton. Well.. I mean my mom did have me learn Klurkor and had me do gymnastics and combat techniques for the physical fitness tests, but that's about it. She mostly had me studying to enter the Science Guild like she was. And dad was an artist." She pauses. "I did play a little baseball with my cousin though." Wonder what that would be like. Hitting a ball into orbit, the other flying past mars to catch it, running bases when the bases were on different islands around the world? "Huh. Yeah. My mom would have preferred I didn't do all the physical stuff. But I've always been active. It's in my blood. So I still played sports in high school, just not with school teams. I can dial my stuff back pretty well, and back then, I didn't have to dial it back nearly as much you know? I never knew how tough I was before I got shot." She laughs and picks up the second slice, "You and..uh, Kal? That has got to be the strangest baseball game ever."

Kara Zor-El smiles and nods. "I wouldnt really know how to compare it. I mean Kal played baseball since he was young, I didn't quite get the hang of what the point was until halfway through, but it really was fun. And we do sometimes race but we both know I'm faster. Oh... I sometimes go out dancing also." She pauses. "I try dialing back but it's sometimes tough to know just how much, yknow?"

Kara Zor-El finishes off her first slice. Must be nice to never have to worry about your figure and eat junk food without the worry.

Liberty is already done with her two slices, and is pouring sugar onto her ice cubes to make a sugary slush. Then shs sucks on the slurry. "Well, we should play baseball then. You can hit a ball without knocking the ball across the entire planet and vaporizing a moon right? I mean, sports aren't about going all out, they are about fun and being active."

Kara Zor-El nods. "Oh.. oh yeah I pull punches all the time, not much different to pull a swing. In fact probably makes it a little more fair because then I'm concentrating on making sure not to hit it too hard to it's like... one more thing to concentrate on." She smiles a little as Libby exxagerates what she can do. (At this point in time, Kara has not done destroyed a moon - that won't happen until she time travels to the 31st century). The fact that she's capable of it? Totally a theoretical side issue. "And sociable! Don't forget sociable." She watches as you mix the sugar. "What exactly is that anyway?"

"Huh?" Liberty stops, then gets up and heads over to the counter to get a refill on her Moutain Dew. She returns to the table and pours sugar into it, and more sugar. "Umm. It's Mountain Dew. With extra sugar in it. And yeah. Tht's a lot of the fun. Just hanging out with friends, outside in the sun. Chatting and cheering on everyone."

Kara Zor-El finishes her second slice and nods. "Sounds like a lot of fun. Hey... Feel like going somewhere to test out your maneuvering after we're done? There are some places in the Catskills which would probably be perfect to try without any collateral damage."

Libby finishes with her drink, then sighs after she's wiped her mouth with a napkin. "Phew. Much better. The Catskills? Like...the mountains? Um, sure if you want. You don't want to look around the city some?"

Kara Zor-El nods a little. "Oh sure, I mean if you want to go sightseeing around the city, I'm totally game for that."

Libby shakes her head, "Nono. Your hosting. If you want to go the mountains that would be great."

Kara Zor-El gets up. "No, no ... you've never been here, and whenever I'm here it's usually just to save someone or stop some sort of disaster then I'm back in Metropolis or San Francisco or somewhere. We should both have some fun and sightsee."

Kara Zor-El takes Libby's hand and pulls.

Libby laughs and gets pulled along by her new friend. "Okay. You talked me into it! I want to visit Freedom Plaza, and Rockofeller Center, and Times Square of course. And the Statue of Liberty for sure. If I had my camera I'd love to visit Ellis Island, but that would be boring for you."

Kara Zor-El pulls Libby outside, smiling. "You can use my smartphone and just send the pictures to yours. It can send pictures pretty much anywhere for no charge. I built it to work that way." Again, she reaches into a dimensional pocket - basically a hole in the air - and pulls out the phone to give to you to use. Since when did Kryptonians have -that- power though? "Okay.... how about Rockefeller Center first, I'd like to do that ice skating stuff there anyway."

Libby smiles and holds up her own phone, but not before taking Kara's and looking at it. "Oh. Your phone is neat." She flips through the controls a bit then offers it back. "Just for you know, art shots, I like to use my camera more than my phone." She grins and grabs Kara's hand again, "Not that I'm not going to..." She stops and turns, taking a photo of the pizza shop. Then she laughs and puts the phone away. "Take pictures."

Kara Zor-El smiles. "Well it was difficult for me to get a phone without using my secret identity, then I figured if I ever lost it it would have my secret identity's information on it, so I built one instead. I mean it's not exactly difficult technology." A friend of my cousin explained all about smartphones to me. Honestly didnt understand what it was at first. No real need you know, with the super hearing and stuff. And on Krypton we had the brainiac interface system which was able to keep us in contact with each other with holographic displays so..." She shrugs. Yeah every time you begin to think she's normal she says something which just shows she's alien. She grins while you take the pictures. "Plus I found a lot of earth-based phones wouldnt work if I was in space or the moon or stuff like that because they rely on satellites."

She thinks about what you're saying about cameras being better for art shots. "Um if you tell me where your room is, I can go get your camera quickly. Probably won't take more than a minute or so." She says as she walks with you along 5th Avenue down towards 50th street.

Liberty looks at the phone again, then at you. She shakes her head, "No. That's okay. If I get my camera, then I'll start thinking about shots. I want to enjoy hanging out. I can get pretty photo-nerdy when I've got my camera. Plus, my room is a horrible mess right now. There's no way I'd want you seeing it like it is." She leans against you a bit as she laughs, giving your hand a squeeze, "So...you are pulling that out of no where? How do you do that. That is amazing. You don't have to worry about stuffing your phone into your shorts, or having it get crushed in a fight, or anything!"

Kara Zor-El thinks. "Oh that? It's a dimensional pocket. It was pretty common back on Krypton and my uniform doesn't have any pockets so I built one and tied its locality 2 inches from my hip. Basically it ties into a small, artificially created pocket universe where I can keep my stuff as long as it can fit in the opening. This rich friend of mine said I should think about selling the design but it sort of requires cold fushion to power it and Kal said Earth isnt really ready for that yet." She shrugs. "He's just really protective of the planet. Feels it could be used for dangerous stuff. I told him I could probably make one based on stable quantum strings instead but he's like 'No Kara, they need to learn these things on their own' and I'm supposed to be like 'Okay Kal.'" She shakes her head. "He totally forgets I used to change his diapers." Kara chats away as the two of you walk.

Liberty nods her head as Kara explains her phone while they walk. "So...you've got a cold fusion power plant running your phone? Or, the pocket you put it into?" She sighs, "Well, if you make one that isn't dangerous, you should at least market it to superheroes. I have to buy these cheap Wally World phones, cause they fall out, or get smashed or whatever, then I can't call the police to come pick up the badguys, or the fire department to come put out fires, or what have ya. That would be amazing. If it can survive the stuff /you/ do, then it could survive anything...and. You changed Suu...Kal's diapers? How does that work. He's older than you?"

Kara Zor-El pauses. Yeah she forgot that's not common knowledge. "Well.... technically I'm older than him, actually. Sorta. Kinda." She pauses and stops walking. "You see, Kal was sent to Earth when he was a baby. I was supposed to be sent in another ship at the same time. I was 16 when he was born you see. But my ship didn't take off in time and it only started taking off while the planet was actually blowing up."

She sighs a bit, not particularly liking repeating this part of the story, given that it reminds her that she saw her parents and her entire planet die from outside the ship's windows. "And so the ship's suspended animation systems kicked in, but it got encased in a meteor. Mass energy ratios... the meteor took a lot longer to get to Earth than Kal's ship. It crashed on Earth 9 months ago, and that's when the ship opened and the suspended animation ended." Wait, the meteor that crashedin Gotham last year was her SHIP?

"So... yeah I'm older than him chronologically.... but I still can't get into an R rated movie yet on my own. Go figure."

"So...like, you were his older cousin and..." She ponders the stuff that you tell her, "Oh my god Kara. It is all so fresh." Plus, she learned all those fourteen thousand languages she was talking about...in just like, a few months, plus had amazon training, plus has been saving the world like every other day, sometimes a few times a day? Liberty gulps and stares a bit, once more re-impressed with just how godlike you are, despite looking like a girl of about her own age. She takes a deep breath to process, but then she's hit with another shocker, "Wait. Wait. The Gotham Meteor was you? Seriously? Wow..." She does some blinking, "Wow. Well...so. Great Caesar's Ghost! You have had a busy life Kara."

Plus turning evil twice and being kidnapped by Darkseid once, but she's sure not going to mention that, given that it was almost as traumatic as her planet being destroyed. She nods a little. "Yeah. Well ... it encased my ship at least." She shrugs a little, not encouragingly. "Better late than never I guess, right? I mean... I was originally supposed to raise Kal and protect him on Earth but I guess it all worked out for the best. Right?" She's not smiling about it though, given she's still talking about her planet being gone. Unlike Kal, she actually grew up there, lived there, remembered it happening - it's not just some image on a screen from when you're a baby. "Sometimes I really think I could use a lot more boring in my life. Been thinking that a lot, actually."

She shakes her head and pulls you along down to the ice skating. "Cmon lets go skating okay?" Liberty nods along, then tries to stop you so she can give you a fierce hug. "You are a hero in so many ways. Great Hera, the stuff you've had to go through. You are more amazing the more I get to know about you. Not less like you'd think." She gives another squeeze, then lets go of all but your hand, hurrying towards Rockofeller with you. "Yeah. I love ice skating. I've never done it outside."

Kara Zor-El must actually be getting used to the fact that Libby uses every cliche hero cry ever seen on the news, because she doesn't even point it out. Great Scott from the Toon Titans, Great Caesar's Ghost - sounds like something her cousin or her cousin's boss says sometimes. Now Great Hrera. Definitely Diana. Then again she might be a bit preoccupied trying to not think about what she just explained to you. She gets hugged and smiles as you pull her over to the ice skating. "I've done something like it outside but it was on Antarctica." She goes up to the counter and asks for two pairs of skates.

Once they both have gotten their skates Libby walks over to a bench to put them on. "In Antarctica? I swear Kara. You have done more in nine months than well...heck. Anyone has ever done." She laughs and shakes her head, "May you live in interesting times I guess." Then her laughter fades and she looks at you with concern. She is a blabbering idiot, and she is trying not to think about everything Kara has gone through too much, but still, a bit of watery eye disease strikes her and she has to give your hand a squeeze before she goes to tugging the laces of the skates up tight.

Kara Zor-El pauses as she puts her skates on. "Well I mean... I was living there for the first month on Earth. Fortress of Solitude. Maybe I'll be able to take you there some time to visit." She pauses. "No pictures though." she says with a smile.

Liberty laughs and pauses to take a shot of Rockofeller building, the famous statue, and the skating rink. Then she takes one of Kara. Once all that is done she stands up and grins down at Kara, "No pictures of the Fortress of Solitude, whatever that is." She offers Kara a hand up, then it is out onto the ice. She appears to be quite comfortable on them, and is soon doing a happy spin. "Oh my gosh! This is like a movie Kara! If you were a boy, this would be the best first date ever!"

Kara Zor-El gets on the ice with you, quickly saying "I have a boyfriend." Almost like it's a practiced thing she's been saying a lot to different people lately. She then skates backwards a little. She takes your hand. "Oh it's Superman's home sorta... I guess. It's... hard to describe. I'll see if he's okay with my having a visitor there."

Liberty laughs and skates a circle near you as you, then clasping hands with you. "I know. You've told me. Solarsystem." She looks back over her shoulder as the two of you skate backwards, "Don't you love skating? It is so...elegant? He calls his house the Fortress of Solitude? Wow. I guess that's indicative of something. Must be lonely being the worlds most powerful person and all that."

Kara Zor-El murmurs, "solarflare." then nods and says, in a more audible voice, "Yeah, I do really like it." She spins around a bit, not mentioning what Batman told Superman about Kara's own power levels. "I guess. It's more I think about when he just wants to get away from it all, though, more than a feeling of loneliness I think. I dunno. I havent really asked him." Kara Zor-El takes your hands and spins around a bit. "So after this... you said Statue of Liberty, right?"

Liberty grins and nods her head, "I'm teasing. Solarflare. I still need to meet him. See what kind of boys you like. I bet he is amazing. Like you." She whirls about with you in a spin, grinning from ear to ear. "Yeah. Statue of Liberty for sure. I've never seen it. I've never been out of California actually. Heck, I've barely been out of Berkeley." Well, if you don't count growing up to age five in Vegas.

Kara Zor-El smiles. "I really wanted to go to Vegas, actually, but I did go to Atlantic City." She looks around and pulls closer to you while spinning around and whispers, "Me and Arsenal went there and I gambled by telling him what I wanted to bed." She nods smiling. "So fun." Okay, apparently she's not a total goodie two shoes. "I know I'm no supposed to but ... you technically my age, you know." She shrugs, though she knows it's a crock - biologically and in almost every way that matters, she's almost 17. It's like saying someone who time travels forwards from 1980 when they're 5 to 2010 is 35. They're still 5 though.

"You know, I havent ever seen it either. Funny huh?"

Liberty laughs as they spin so close. She leans in to listen to the whisper, "That sounds fun. I went to Vegas when I turned twenty one. Wow...it was crazy." Okay, she's been back to Vegas apparently. Maybe it counts as part of Cali in her head. "Oh please. You should be able to do anything you want. I mean, by what standards are you too young to gamble or drink, or whatever? You technically were born way more than 21 years ago, and you are smarter than anyone on the planet I bet. What does a number mean anyway? If you are an idiot at sixteen you'll still be an idiot at 21. And you aren't an idiot now...and I mean really, you can be trusted to save the entire planet, but you can't be trusted with a margarita? That's dopey." She apparently disagrees with the reasoning being a crock.

Kara Zor-El smiles a little but doesn't say anything. She's nervous enough about the fact that the first time she ever had alcoholic drink (apple cider with vanilla), someone slipped red kryptonite into it and she went on a 24 hour crazed romp along the west coast. Which is why she's been trying to be low profile on her heroing lately.

"Well... I know the intent is to protect young people who would otherwise be taken advantage of, but that's the only reason I can think of for it."

Liberty shrugs her shoulders, "Well, mental age and the ability to be taken advantage of are one thing, but you know, the modern standards of maturity are way out of whak with what they were historically. And they are going to keep climbing higher you know. One day they'll have it where being thirty isn't considered an adult. It's completely arbitrary." She spins away from her friend and does a single axle with a nice landing. Then she slides back over, "Is Red Kryptonite some kryptonian drug? Starfire mentioned something about it when I met her, but I didn't want to go all CSI and stuff on her. But she made it sound like that was the whole reason you had your Girls Gone Wild thing."

Kara Zor-El nods a little. "Um ... basically it's ore which emits a high frequency radiation which sort of ... disrupts Kryptonian cells in different ways. Red seems to alter personality or release inhibitions. Makes you not think right." She smirks a bit. "Lady Blackbird... she's another friend. She said it basically makes me act drunk or on drugs. I guess the analogy's sorta similar."

She skates on one leg for a little while. Well if she ever wants to give up superheroing, she could always get a job as a figure skater. She nods. "Yeah... it really was the reason I was doing all that stuff. I barely remember what I did specifically. It's still all fuzzy."

They skate together for a bit, enjoying the fun activity without words until Libby skates close to spin you about with a hand on your extended leg, the other at your hip, "So...what exactly did you do other than bust up a bar and forget to give back that money at the bank robbery? You were stoned?" She giggles at the thought of it, "I can't get drunk anymore. But before I got shot I could. Not easy, but I could. Doesn't seem like I can drink enough to get a buzz now. I guess if I had lots of money to spend on booze I might be able to."

Kara Zor-El looks over at you while spinning around. "I um..... hit on a few of my friends." She doesn't elaborate on that. "Beat up Captain Marvel...." Again, she doesn't elaborate. "Kissed 252 men along the west coast, for some reason shot spitballs at another 152 men... Trashed the elevator at Titans Tower. Couple of bars too.... about 200 windows in Sacremento. Not really sure what else. "I'm sure there are some types of drinks that could get you drunk. Just probably not from Earth. Starfire has some stuff that can for Tamaraneans and they seem roughly at your level, constitutionwise. Or maybe a teensy bit tougher, maybe." She pauses and doesn't also mention Tamaranean cooking, which has made even -her- sick.

"Well, if it was losing your inhibitions, I think you need to get your boyfriend to kiss you more! It sounds like you were horny." She giggles and presses you up into a lift. Ooh, all fancy skatery and stuff. After showing off how pretty you are to all the other skaters she sets you back on the ice to skate off with you. "You think? Well, I would love to try. Starfire seems pretty nice. But it won't get you drunk? or have you tried? Since you are such a repressed good girl. With some Captain Marvel issues."

Kara Zor-El gets a bit red faced with embarrassment about Libby saying that stuff. "I am not! I mean... uh..." She quickly changes subjects. "Actually I haven't had time to spend with Solar for almost a week." Then adds, wincing, "I felt horrible about doing that to Captain Marvel, honest. Maybe it was an authority thing." She skates off to the side with you. "How about we change the subject to you - what's your social life like?"

"Social life? Oh gosh. I'm not seeing anyone right now. Well, seriously. There are a couple guys that I go out with, but more like friends than actual dates. Maybe a little petting, but I haven't had the time for anything, plus, my mother sort of got me in the habit of pushing people away once they got close. I'm working on breaking it, but I've been so busy with my powers and my heroing that I really haven't had the opportunity." She grins as she watches a little girl struggling to stand upright on the ice while her Dad hovers behind her protectively. Once they are out of earshot she says, "It is weird. Captain Marvel seems so awesome on the news. But, he is like the manliest of men isn't he? So, yeah. You have some anger at guys it sounds like. Probably cause of the lack of kissyface." She teases, then says, "Hmm...I think Kim has a crush on me, but I sort of ingore that."

Kara Zor-El nods a little. Then says, "I have no idea what that means." after your first coule of sentences. Then she shakes her head. "Ugh. I can't think of Captain Marvel like that. He reminds me a little of my cousin so... no" She shakes her head again emphatically while taking off her skates, rather easily. Maybe it's perfect balance. Or maybe it's the fact that she's hovering a little over the ice to make taking off the skates easier. "Who's Kim?"

Libby starts taking off her skates and says, "Huh? You don't know what petting is? Seriously? You know a billion languages and you don't know petting?" She eyes you for a moment, then she shakes her head, turning her attention to the skates. While she works at them she says, "Oooh, my psy 101 is calling to me. You beat up Captain Marvel /because/ he reminds you of your cousin. Some unresolved issues there? Just talking out of my ass you understand. But...it would be easy to understand. Everyone has issues with their family, and to have a baby that you changed the diapers on suddenly be bigger and stronger and all bossy...well, there'd be issues." She sets her skates to one side, then pulls on her shoes. "Kim? She's my hero coordinator, web assistant, girl friday, that sort of thing."

Kara Zor-El puts back on her sneakers. "14,000..." She frowns, knowing that each time she's turned evil, she HAS attacked and hurt her cousin, but chalked that up to other factors - being brainwashed and ordered to by Darkseid, wanting to kill EVERYONE as her evil side, etc. Still, there are issues about her and Clark. "Pretty sure he's not stronger according to Batman." she murmurs to herself.

"I'd really like to change the subject about the whole 'why I beat up Captain Marvel' thing. So about Kim... she's your 'hero coordinator'?"

Liberty grabs both of their skates, then stands up. "Sure thing Kara. Sorry to harp on it." She then shrugs her shoulders, "Yeah. She volunteered herself on Facebook. She sort of runs my website, helps me pick up stuff my followers send me, picks up my costumes when I order them online. She reads the requests for help and all that. She makes my life a lot easier. I'd be swamped without her I think."

Kara Zor-El tilts her head. "You have costumes other than the... um... you know... underwear?" she asks as you return the skates and she listens to what a 'hero coordinator' does. She never thought of having a 'hero coordinator.' "On the facebook. Gotcha." she nods.

"Well, the Titans have folks that work for them right? At least robots, like that one that opened the door. Kim does that sort of thing for me. Like, if I have to miss a class, she takes notes. And...I've got lots of different costumes. The underwear ones are the best though. Kim can do a lot of things, but she is as bad at arts and crafts as I am. My jeans uniforms never worked out. Either I ripped them to shreds, or they looked awful to begin with, and I could only wear them when I was going out with heroing to do. The underwear I can wear all the time, and they are cheap to replace. Still hurts my pocketbook when I ruin a set though. Do you guys all use the same costume maker? I tried finding one online, but the only ones that didn't seem like scams seemed to be pretty expensive."

That's when Kara realizes Libby's sort of right. She doesn't mention that even her cousin has 18 androids that look exactly like him in the Fortress to take care of it and pretend to be him when he's not around. And Cyborg did make that robot receptionist. And Batman has that old nice English guy who made her finger sandwiches. Maybe she's the odd one for NOT having some sort of hero coordinator. Dang.

"Oh... um actually Kal's mom made mine for me from fabric from the ship. But I know there are some people who specially do make costumes for heroes. She also heard about how the one calling herself Supergirl before her, that Linda Danvers person, bought her costume from a normal costume shop. Powergirl's is pretty sturdy though she might have brought that from... hrm. "Um... I could maybe help you with finding one - if you wanted? You know, something more resilient."

Liberty contemplates the state of her checking account, "Well, sure. But, I'm a college student. So...I really don't have a lot of money to throw at costumes. My undies might not be fancy, but they are somewhat affordable. If I lose a set, I only skip a day of food." She hands in their skates, then takes Kara's hand as they leave. "So...Statue of Liberty next? Staten Island ferry?"

Kara Zor-El shrugs. "Well... that and you lose your underwear." Listening to Liberty, she does start wondering if she should be thinking about money in the long term. Until now, she knows that she has that house that Batman put aside for her, and knows that Diana said that as an honorary Amazon, she would be welcome in Themyscira whenever. And she's been living at the Tower. Sure she has that job at the diner that's about 2 hours a week because of her always flying around the world from disaster to disaster, crime to crime, crisis to crisis... but aside from occasionally taking Clark's credit card she doesn't exactly have a source of real income.

She hrms a bit. And Kal told her she shouldnt do the whole 'take coal and crush them with enough pressure to turn them into diamonds' thing... though considering the amount of money the Titans are going to pay for the damages she did, she really should. She better think about a way to never have to worry about money again. Then maybe she can help out Libby also.

Liberty nods her head, "But underwear isn't a big deal. Heck..." She stops herself with a grin then after a moment she goes on with a slightly different tack, "Right now, working as an intern means i'm working but not getting paid. But after that I should be able to earn enough to keep up with my bills and shop around for more stuff I could use in heroing. Like better phones or better costumes. You know how expensive kevlar is? It's crazy, and I don't even know if it would stand up to what I do right? Cause they throw away police vests after they've been shot." She walks along with Kara and asks, "So, I guess your cousin is a billionaire. And the Titans probably pay you?"

Libby nods her head, "Well, I just figured. What with him having a fortress and all. Thought he was probably rich as all get out." She shrugs her shoulders and goes back to sightseeing as they walk along. "It is a lot...citier than Los Angeles you know? I can see why so many superheroes come out here...and Metropolis is even crazier huh? You've been there a lot I bet."

Kara Zor-El shakes her head a little. "It's hard to describe it. He didnt buy it. he sort of.... look I'll just show it to you if I can." She shrugs a little. "A lot come out of San Francisco and Gotham as well as Metropolis. Funny, they seem pretty similar in a lot of ways."