2013-04-13 - When Kara(ry) Met Val(ly)

It is night in Metropolis and the place is Leviticus, a dance club uptown reserved for people who can afford a lifestyle of luxury and pleasure. The neon lights turn on and off painting the dance floor and the people on it purple, green, blue and white, the whole place smelling of alcohol and good times, unlike many seedier establishments this place favors clientele that is there to enjoy itself, and spend some real cash.

Despite the numerous good-looking men and women, the writhing bodies on the dance floor and the numerous beverages behind the bartender, there is something that draws more attention than anything tonight: standing by a tall table close to the dance floor it's a gorgeous blonde, a cocky smirk on her lips as she looks eye-to-eye with a muscle-bound type of fellow, the kind that wears sunglasses at night, and they are both locking hands in an arm-wrestling contest. Despite the male's best efforts, however, he is not victorious, as the lithe blonde across of him manages to beat him without breaking a sweat. The multitude of people around them roar and cheer, and money is collected, drinks are bought and the girl shrugs while smiling and going over to the male, trying to hug him in good spirits as he shoves her off and goes away, pissed off.

Kara Zor-El is back in Metropolis today. She'd spent the whole day at Ikea. Especially since it's been rebuilt since the 'destruction' that happened to it. And now her apartment in Metropolis is fully furnished with Swedish modern furniture at very affordable prices! Even Streaky is happy with it. So she figured she'd head out to see if she can get a pizza.

Unlike how she usually does it, this time she figures she'd not superspeed around. Besides, she wasn't going to get a whole pie, just a slice. So she's in her civvies, when she walks past the bar and a couple of guys come out, one of them holding his arm. One says to the other, "Cmon, admit it, you let her win so you could buy her a drink." The other one says, "No way, that girl nearly ripped my arm off." The first one snickers, "Whatever you say Cassanova."

Kara has tried to avoid going into bars since that time she went in with Zinda and had a drink spiked with red kryptonite but... she's going in to just see what's going on, not to drink anyway. Right? Plus if she WAS to drink, she'd make sure to check first.

She peers in and sees the blond woman armwrestle the much larger man, defeating him soundly and being in good spirits about it, despite him shoves her away and heads off. She murmurs to herself, "Sore loser" then watches as more bets start coming up ... so she comes in closer to watch, then looks up at one of the men. "What's going on here?" she asks curiously

The man, with some money on his hands, leans to whisper to Kara "Damn girl came out of nowhere and started challenging people! If she wins, she gets a drink, and if they win, they get a kiss! She's been drinking ever since the night started and she isn't even tipsy yet, and God damn she has made some people sore already!", a glee on his face showing he probably is making good money on this blonde. When he finally sees Kara, however, the man changes a bit and grins "Oooh, hello there!", leaning closer, waggling eyebrows.

Meanwhile the mysterious blonde shrugs at the man who just pushed her, going back as a reflex more than from an impression of his strength over her. She smiles a bit awkwardly at the crowd and shrugs "What do you know, right?! Maybe I was a tad hard on him!", and resting an elbow over her table, a cemetery of empty glasses, she yells with a smirk "Another!", raising her hand at the bartender, and looking around.

"Come on, guys! No one else!? I promise I'll be, like, super gentle!"

Kara Zor-El smiles a bit awkwardly at the man when he starts waggling the eyebrows at her. "Er.. yeah.. okay um..." She take a few steps away from him, over towards the table where Valkyrie has been challenging people - more to not get hit on by the guy, though a lot of the guys see it and think that two girls are going to armwrestle. Might not be a catfight but it'd be close. One of them even yells out, "Girl fight?"

Kara says, "What? No I didn't, the guy he was -" But they're already pulling out a chair for her and ushering her to sit in it. She looks at the other woman. "Er... hey." She looks around.

Valkyrie looks at Kara for a moment, puzzled, but then she blurts out a laugh due just Kara seems have been put in this situation randomly, although it could be misinterpreted as she laughing at Kara herself. The asgardian reaches to take the younger blonde's hand and shake it gently "Hey! Name is Valkyrie!", the girl winks. Although she is being friendly, Barbara also waggles an eyebrow at the kryptonian "So, wanna try this? I'm not going, like, push into this, or something! And you don't look like you want a kiss from me!".

From the crowd, however, people are already placing bets, Kara being the extreme underdog, which would be normal until she hears someone laughing "Supergirl is going to kill her!", and then another "This girl has some stones, man! Supergirl has been breaking arms for hours now!".

Kara Zor-El blinks a bit when people start saying 'Supergirl.' She looks ath er clothes. Usually they don't even realize it when she's wearing civilian clothes. Even without the glasses. Then the last line of 'Supergirl has been breaking arms for hours now' Oh. They think the other girl is Supergirl.

She pauses to peer at Valkyrie a little closer. Apparently a lot of people want 'supergirl' to be legal age. Though her DNA is different. Then when the woman announces that her name is Valkyrie, and asks if she wants to do this, Kara thinks for a moment, then nods. "Um... yeah ok. No kissing necessary though, yeah." She thinks about it a moment, then puts her arm up on the table. She's done this with Dedrick before so she knows about the rules of armwrestling. Well if nothing else, people are probably going to be losing a LOT of money soon. "I'm not really sure how I got pulled into this.. um.. Kara by the way. My name's Kara."

"By the Gods, Kara is the cutest name ever!", the other woman chuckles and positions herself as well, holding Supergirl's hand in hers. Kara can tell she is being careful not to hurt the girl, and it's obviously not even giving her much of a chance. The woman's touch is very warm, for some reason.

"No kissing is okay, but, like, let me buy you a drink or something, then? I mean, it would be totally terrible if I lost and didn't pay up! Like, cheating!", Valkyrie smiles widely at the other girl and awaits for the signal, commenting just before they start "You have -the- most beautiful eyes I have ever seen, like, two little rubies, but blue!.

When the signal is given Valkyrie is not even trying, expecting to give Kara, a mortal in her eyes, a challenge, not outright beat her. She is in it for the fun, not the fame.

Kara Zor-El smiles a little. "Um... thanks? I'm guessing you mean like... sapphire or something? Actually I have a friend named Kori, her eyes are totally emerald-ish. So um... Valkyrie. What does that mean?" she asks as she pushes at her arm a little to test the woman. She's not a mutant - DNA's all wrong for that. Also not normal human. Hrm.

Kara then tentatively asks, "I guess I could get a shirley temple or a coke or something?" And meanwhile, Valkyrie's arm is, probably for the first time the entire night, moving more towards her side than her opponent's side, though it's currently only because she's pretty much 'letting' Kara, not realizing the gesture isn't needed. One thing's for sure, people are groaning about how they're saying that Supergirl's just letting the new girl win to make the guys look even worse than they looked before.

"Yeah, yeah, totally sapphire! Like the author!", she exclaims, almost losing the focus on the armwrestling for a moment. Valkyrie looks at her hands almost without much interest in that, now using a bit more of her strength to push the other girl to her side of the table, and continuing the banter.

"Valkyrie is, like, the leader of the Valkyrior, and, mmm...", by Odin this is embarrassing to Barbara, and she blushes some "It's like, a goddess of death or something!". Not knowing the origins of your name is a bit too much, but it beats saying she is Thor Girl!

Kara Zor-El looks curious at the description of what Valkyrie is. "So... you're like a goddess then?" She thinks about that. Well... Cassie's a demigoddess and there was that Thor guy who had the dreamy hair and looked so... wow. Kara doesn't exactly pay attention at that point, though her arm isn't going back up when Valkyrie starts using more of her strength to bring it back to the center. "Oh um... yeah. So... you're a goddess of death? That sorta sounds scary and you don't really strike me as a very scary person. Um... meant as a compliment of course." she says as she again pushes Barbara's arm a bit towards her side.

Although the Valkyrie laughs some, swaying her head from side to side and smiling, but trying not to come off as arrogant "Yeah, I mean, kinda, more or less, it's lik-", and then she frowns, as if she finds something curious about the scene, which is of course Supergirl's pushing her arm. Although Barbara doesn't look mad or even angry that she is being beaten, there is obvious confusion in her green eyes that tell 'Oh-Oh, what's up?'.

The older blonde looks at the smaller Kara with a quizzical face, and smiling a bit nervously, and applying more pressure, she shoots a awkward "T-Thanks, Kara, you are n-not very scary in a good w-way too! Y-You are kinda strong for a girl your size!", the bystanders whispering between each other 'Maybe Supergirl wants to take this hot piece of ass home!' while the other rebukes 'Nah man, there's gotta be kryptonite here somewhere!'. Another male laughs out loud 'Oh man, who would have thought Supergirl would have her ass kicked by Super Jailbait!'

Kara Zor-El looks back at the guy calling her 'Super Jailbait.' "Could you be less offensive maybe?" She shakes her head and looks back at Valkyrie and nods a little. "Yeah um... kinda. I feel sort of awkward saying this but I'm sort of... welll um... I'll tell you after okay?" she says, looking around at all the guys. She pauses then smiles apologetically. "Actually I know a demigoddess who is a really good friend of mine." The girl's arm just won't budge. She shrugs a little. "I mean... small world and all?"

Now Valkyrie is really trying, the pressure she tries to put on Kara, always carefully, obviously not meaning to hurt the other girl, starting to show it's supernatural potence. As a single beat of sweat shows on Barbara's face, she smiles some at Kara, very, very impressed at this girl's power. "Y-Yeah, right? S-So, are you a demon-goddess too?", Valkyrie asks while gritting her teeth a bit, a loud crack easily heard by Kara indicating the floor beneath the Asgardian before her just cracked under her, the crowd giving them both space with curses and yells.

Laughing more, nervously and a bit excited, Barbara keeps trying "Y-You're like, totally Hulk-like! I can't move you!", those green eyes darting from their hands and to Kara's face.

Kara Zor-El doesn't really seem to be gritting her teeth or tensed or straining. The main facial expression is one of embarrassment about all these guys around calling her Super Jailbait and this being a bit of a spectacle. "Oh um... well it's demigoddess, not demon-goddess, and no I'm not one." She uses her free hand to rub the back of her head fidgetty.

However much power Barbara starts to exert into trying to push Kara's arm, it keeps meeting resistance enough that the young blonde girl's arm simply won't move. "Oh and yeah I actually met... well I met the female Hulk. She's really nice! I sort of met the male one but he sort of just went all roar-y and jumped away after beating up a bunch of people." She murmurs, "I guess that's a good thing... maybe?"

Kara looks back at Barbara, "So um... do you do this a lot? With the ...." She looks around. "I don't know.... fan base?"

Barbara looks embarrassed, she blushes and looks around, forcing a few smiles as if she is not even trying, even though someone would have to be completely stupid not to see the signs of her attempts at winning this, from the cracks on the ground to her gritting teeth. This woman is inhumanly strong, that is already obvious, but she seems to keep going and going, even if every step Valkyrie takes Supergirl can match and surpass easily enough.

"Do-don't really know what demi-gods are, b-but I-I kinda hoped y-you were one, geez!", she gasps out, her arm starting to hurt "Y-You met She-Hulk!? O-Oh my Gods I am totally jea-jealous of you! GGGGGNNNHHH....", the blonde tries some more, laughing out loud now, shutting her eyes tight "AND you've SEEN the Hulk! R-Rem-remind me to get your autograph, Kara!".

"J-Just fo-for fun! I ha-have no fans yet!", Valkyrie admits at the end, murmuring low "P-Please, All-Father, please do-don't let me lose to a human like this! E-Everyone is taking piiiiiiiictures", and she tries to budge Kara's arm again "I-If I lose everybody will laugh at me!". This woman still believes Kara to be human, which says something and raises a whole lot of questions about her intelligence.

Kara Zor-El bites her lip, realizing she's doing something that's going to be humiliating. "Well actually from what I know, a demi-god or demigoddess is the son or daughter of a god and a human. And yeah, I totally met She-Hulk. A couple of times, actually. She's really nice." Kara's arm then starts moving again when Valkyrie is pushing is, after Kara overhears the low murmuring. She'll let her know afterwards in case she wants some sort of re-match when people aren't taking pictures. Kara's arm slowly goes down to the table, with Valkyrie winning. Though it seems rather likely Kara threw the match after hearing what Barbara was 'praying' about. "Um... so I guess I buy you a drink right?"

Basically her arm went from being utterly un-budge-able to moving down to the table.

Kara Zor-El says afterwards so people around can hear, "Um... and thank you for letting me not lose right away, too. Would you like to maybe, I dunno, hang out a little?"

And then Kara's hand hits the table, and Barbara opens her eyes, a bit teary already, realizing she won. Her arm hurts, she has done some noticeable property damage, almost cried, her face is flushed but Valkyrie doesn't matter, she just jumps in the air screaming "OH MY GODS! I TOTALLY DID IT AGAIN!", laughing maniacally, both hands over her mouth for a moment, trying to regain her composure.

It doesn't take long until the Asgardian is hugging Kara with both arms, tightly, way too friendly for a stranger, but still very honest. "WHAT are you saying!? You are like, incredibly strong for a human! I mean it! Wow! I mean, WOW!", the girl says laughing, raising Kara above the ground in her bear hug, still squeezing the Kryptonian in her cheers. For the briefest moment, when Barbara buries her face on Kara's neck, she can hear the older heroine thanking the All-Father for giving her strength. It is, as apparently everything with this girl is, very heartfelt.

She sets Kara on the ground and raises the girl's hand "This girl right here deserves, like, all the dri-", and some bouncers are coming from somewhere across the dance floor. Knowing she is broke, and she has no way at all of paying for the damages she has caused, Valkyrie keeps an arm around Kara and silently moves out of the club, waving people goodbye. "Club got, like, totally crowded, right?", she asks smiling once they are on the street "And yeah, we should totally hang out..."

Kara Zor-El smiles a bit, unsure if telling her that she threw the match would be a good idea after all, though she does think she should at least let her know that she's not human. Kara erks as she's first hugged tightly by Barbara. She makes a note to ask who All-Father is later on. And then HER hand's being raised by the happy Asgardian, after which she is ushered out with Valkyrie. "oh yeah... okay - I mean if you want my apartment is actually right nearby and stuff."

Kara awkwardly waves good bye to people as well as she's pulled outside, then looks at Barbara. "Um... I probably have a few things I need to confess to you once we get to my place to chat and stuff?" She pauses. "I don't have beer though but I have lots of Yoo Hoo and Hawaiian Punch and stuff like that."

"Oh. My. GODS. I haven't had Yoo Hoo ever since I was a kid! I looooved that stuff! Of -course- we can totally plumber your chocolate reserves!", the woman says excitedly, although she does place an arm around Kara's neck to lead her away from the bar, really wanting nothing to do with the bouncers should they search for them outside. "So! Where's your place, mm?", the girl chuckles and kisses Supergirl's temple.

Within a few minutes of walking the Asgardian looks at her new-found friend and tilts her head a bit, always smiling "You are SO beautiful, oh em gee... I can't believe you almost broke my arm or something!"

Kara Zor-El pauses. "I'm really sorry about that. I wasn't trying to - I mean it's sometimes hard to gauge how much strength to use when dealing with someone else who has superstrength..." She points to the apartment building Batman bought for her.

(Editor's Note: See issue #19, in which Supergirl sold a 'Reset Button' healing device to Batman for $1 million + an apartment building in Metropolis)

She heads in the building with Valkyrie, "And I love the stuff too - my boyfriend actually introduced me to it. It's like drinking chocolate." They get in the elevator and Kara presses P for Penthouse. "So um... I guess I should probably fess up - I'm not exactly human, though you probably guessed something along those lines already?" Kara's overestimating Barbara's ability to figure things out, obviously.

"Wait. What!? You are not human?! You -look- human enough! Are you an angel or something?", the blonde asks smiling a bit, her words almost like flirting, but coming from this woman's mouth they just seem like compliments, really. Barbara either can't process second intentions in her brain or she is just very, very sweet.

"Hah! I am -so- glad you are not human! It makes winning that all the sweeter! We can totally rematch anytime you want! I need all the training I can get before I get some recognition!", Valkyrie smiles and ruffles Kara's hair "You are one bad girl, aren't you?", the warrior says chuckling "Bet you didn't expect me to be just as powerful as you!". Sticking her tongue out and biting at it playfully, Valkyrie hugs Kara again "Ugh! You are so cute! I want to buy a Kara plushie!"

Kara Zor-El scrunches her nose and smiles a little as her hair is ruffled. The woman's so friendly - it's hard not to like her. "I'm not THAT bad. I mean.... Angel? No... no no, I'm.... sort of... from another planet. I think it's called 'divergent similar evolutionary tracts.' Then she gets hugged AGAIN by Valkyrie, causing her to inadvertently go 'oof!' "Yeah.... totally... didn't expect you to be as powerful as me." Okay she totally doesn't have the heart to say she wasn't really trying, or that she threw the match now!

Kara can only imagine what would happen if she ever finds out anything about the FIRST encounter she had with She-Hulk before they became friendly with each other. Then the door to the penthouse apartment opens up. It's a pretty immense apartment with a balcony and everything, and rather newly furnished - mainly with Ikea furniture. Apparently the furniture of choice for Kryptonian girls. "So...." she says, while still in Valkyrie's hug. "I... I guess you're new to Earth too? I've actually been here for about a year."

"Oh my gosh...", the woman breaks character for a moment, sounding very mundane as she places both hands over her mouth, as if to keep flies from flying straight in and her jaw from dropping. "Your house is, like... Oh gosh... look at this couch... I never had a bed that is even CLOSE to this couch...", the girl murmurs, running her palms over the furniture as if this kind of luxury belongs to a world very far from her own. "Oh my God... GODS! Oh my gods... your place is... I imagine the All-Mother's room to be like this... and this TV! Are you kidding me...", she squeals and kneels before the screen, touching it carefully, her smile wide and, now that Kara might look a bit closer, a bit dumb, marveled at the smallest things. For the longest time Barbara seems to simply not register Supergirl's question, walking about completely stunned.

"You... E... I... What? Oh! OH! New to Earth? I...", Valkyrie takes a deep breath and looks a bit puzzled at Kara, but not only that, it seems like she is somewhat pained at what goes through her mind. It is obvious she is about to lie when the Asgardian exhales and shakes her head, taking a breath before smiling again, reassured.

"No. I am not new! I am -from- Earth! New York! I mean... not New York... I come from Minnesota, but I lived in New York for like, ages...", and while the woman speaks, she cringes a bit, despite herself, her past memories uncomfortable "I just... I just never had a home! I lived with friends all the time, once spent a week living inside a cardboard hut in an alley! Never had any money. This right here? This is -so- good, so incredibly beautiful... It is perfect for you!", and then Valkyrie smiles "SO! You are not from Earth? Are you like... Skrull or something?"

Kara Zor-El shakes her head as she disengages from the hug and watches as Valkyrie marvels (no pun intended) at Kara's apartment. "Yeah it's really nice, I came into some money a little while ago by selling some technology ... just enough so I never have to worry about money for clothes and stuff like that." she says as she head to the refrigerator to get two bottles of YooHoo. Then as she comes back into the living room where Valkyrie is in amazement at Kara's living room set, available at Ikea for $895, or the big screen TV ($1,595 on sale), she says, "What? Skrull? No. no no, um... Kryptonian." She pauses. "I'm not sure you'd be familiar with the planet." she says, figuring maybe Valkyrie was from the other universe before the merge. "It's ... not around anymore."

Biting her lip, Kara walks over and hands over the bottled chocolate drink. "Honestly I can't take credit for the decorating. I had a lot of help with that. Super-decorating is not one of my powers." she says trying to joke around. Then tilts her head. "You aren't like... um... homeless or anything right?" She never really figured on a hero or a goddess being homeless, but then again if it wasnt for her cousin and Batman ... then Diana ... where would she have been living after she first came to Earth? "Wait, so... you're a death goddess from Minnesota who lived in a cardboard box?"

Valkyrie smiles very awkwardly at Kara's last question, as if she tries to be upbeat but somehow feels the sting of being homeless and poor. Not a very dignified past. "Yeah, I'm... I'm... well... yeah, you could say I'm homeless, yeah, well... I don't really have a place to stay... Well, I get by, but no, I don't have a palace or a car or a wallet... Or anything in my name.", the woman states, taking the drink in her hand and looking at it kinda longingly. Maybe the reason why she hadn't a YooHoo since she was a kid has more to do with money than anything else.

Barbara doesn't outright say she doesn't want to talk about this, but she changes the subject when given pause, her cheeks flushed as talking about living in a cardboard box really gets to her pride "So! Krypton, huh? I don't know it... but... well... never was a good student... the only planets I know are the Moon, Venus, Mars and the Sun!", she chuckles, although it isn't a joke what she says. The educational system has failed her.

"You don't look alien-y... what gives? Are you, like, a small big-headed alien driving the cutest robot I have ever seen, or something? OH! You don't look like E.T...."

Kara Zor-El flops down on the couch with her bottled drink. "I... don't really know who E.T. is, but .... yeah well... like I said it's a divergent similar evolution. Krypton was a lot farther away." She tilts her head and decides to talk about something else. "You know, I actually own the entire building. And most of the apartments are vacant. I'm not really good at business stuff. If you need an apartment or something, you could have one?" She pulls her feet up on the couch and sits Indian-style on it.

She pats her lap. "oh and um... technically speaking, the moon isn't a planet. It's... well... a moon. Called Luna. Annnd the sun isn't a planet either - people on this planet call it Sol. It's a star."

Valkyrie falls over the couch a bit mannerless, almost squealing as her body relax upon one of Kara's many wondrous pieces of furniture, a wide smile on the woman's lips "Oh Gods... I would really love to have a home, like, for the first time ever... I just can't pay for it. I am trying to find a team that will take me, but... it's harder than I thought.", she chuckles.

Taking a sip from the YooHoo and outright moaning at the taste, chocolate bliss in a bottle "Oh my... I -cannot- believe I couldn't buy these... This should be, like, above AIR on my list of priorities!", the woman jokes and looks at Kara, reaching to pinch the girl's cheek "Thank you a lot for bringing me here, Kara! It's been quite sometime since the last time I had a friend... too long, if you ask me!". There is a pause on the energetic woman's voice, as if she thinks about something.

"So, you are brainy, hot, cute, super nice and super strong... have you ever thought about being a superheroine? Like, you would totally turn some heads! Put on a miniskirt, sexy panties and flip some tanks, and I am sure someone like the Avengers would take you in. OH MY GODS that would be a dream come true.", Valkyrie laughs and smiles, looking up for a moment "I am sure you could do it! We can even be, like, a duo! Especially now I am not Thor Girl anymore, you can have the name! What do you think?!"

Kara Zor-El shakes her head. "Oh it's okay.... I actually am fine on money... you could stay in one of the apartments for free. Annnd then she gets her cheek pinched. Kara smiles again - it's just too silly to not smile at. She listens as Valkyrie talks about the idea of Kara becoming a superheroine. "Well... um... actually I sort of already am a superheroine. I'm even with a team called the Titans on the West Coast. I just ... it's not very hard for me to commute, I'm pretty fast." She winces, "I'm sorta... Supergirl. You know, that name some of the people in the bar were calling you? It was one of the reasons I was caught off guard and didn't say anything in the bar."

"...", it's all Valkyrie says as Kara drops these bombs on her. The blonde blinks a few times, narrows her eyes, and slowly her lips curve into a smile "SO... you are saying... you are Supergirl? Like... -the- Supergirl? Like... NEWSPAPERS Supergirl!? WHAT THE HECK!?", the woman jumps on the couch, looking at Kara laughing out loud "Oh my GODS! You're Supergirl! I wrestled Supergirl! Oh my GODS! I AM TALKING to Supergirl!". It doesn't take too much time for the asgardian to pounce on Kara, both hands on the girl's shoulders.

"OF COURSE it's you! You are- I'm such a fan! Oh my! OH MY! SUCH. A. FAN. Wait a bit!", and reaching for a pocket the woman takes out an iPhone, brand new "Can I take a pic with you!?", the woman asks excitedly, looking around wide-eyed "SO this is how real superheroes live... Man... I thought you would have more stuffed bears or something! You are -such- an inspiration!", and the woman jumps out of the couch.

"I'm SO sorry I was saying all that stupid stuff about you being Thor Girl! Oh my Gods... You are so many LEVELS above me it's not even funny... I'm so, so sorry! You probably let me win on our match! OH GODS of course you did! WOW! I need to breathe, I'm going to pass out!"

Kara Zor-El gahs as the Asgardian pounces on her and shakes the teenager's shoulders excitedly. "Um... o...kay?" she says when asked to have a picture taken with her. Kara seems a little dumbfounded at this point, especially with the idea of HER being an inspiration. Usually people save that sort of talk for her cousin and she's in his shadow. She gets hugged by her as Valkyrie takes a picture of them together, smiling a bit unsuredly. She knew she had fans in Japan but not among goddesses from Minnesota. "Well I mean this is how I liv-" she gets cut off as Valkyrie is still talking excitedly. And Kara then says, "Actually I do have a lot of stuffed bears in my -" And again, cut off as Valkyrie starts apologizing about the Thor Girl stuff.

Kara waves her hands a bit. "No, it's okay. Nothing to apologize about! I mean... Thor Girl would sound like a cool name, but I just already have the whole 'Supergirl' thing and -" She starts looking uncomfortable with the whole 'levels above her' talk, though when Valkyrie realizes Kara let her win the armwrestling match, she starts again to say, "Well... yes I guess I did but I didn't want to embar-" She pauses and holds Valkyrie's shoulder back. "Calm down really... yeah breathe... no passing out okay?"

Valkyrie instantly hugs Kara, digging her chin and lips into the younger girl's neck, closing her eyes, as if she had been missing Supergirl for months. "I cannot believe Supergirl is my friend...", she whispers to herself, really, Yoo Hoo still in one of her hands. Barbara just remains like that for a moment, just close to the other girl, sighing softly "You have no idea of how much this means to me, Supergirl...", Kara's name now Supergirl's name.

With one last squeeze the Asgardian stands straight, wiping one tear from her eye, almost childlike, smiling again at Kara as if to keep herself from getting too emotional "MAN I had no idea my day would be so good when I woke up...", she speaks out loud, before taking a sip from her YooHoo, holding the bottle with both hands, cutely, despite herself. Barbara's eyes roam Kara's body up and down, not in a lascivious way, just measuring the girl, imagining her in the uniform (okay, maybe a bit lascivious, but not much), imagining her as Supergirl.

"Thanks for having me here... seriously... You probably have tons of Supergirl business to attend to...", the woman says with a smile.

Kara Zor-El gets hugged. Again. Oof! She cautiously hugs back. "Y....Yeah um... you know you can call me Kara since we're friends now, Valkyrie? If you want to, I mean?" She smiles. "You know... most people don't actually feel that way about me. They usually just ask me a lot about my cousin instead." Then when Valkyrie starts talking about her having 'Supergirl business,' she says "No it's okay, I don't have... well I mean there are things happening but nothing that I need to do right this second." She clicks her tongue a bit. "So um... would you want that apartment? You know... superheroines helping other superheroines out?"

Smiling somewhat more shyly now the Asgardian nods and looks at Kara "Yeah... if it's not much trouble? I mean... really... I could really use a bed of my own... you know?". And pausing for a moment the warrior concludes, her tone now very low, a whisper "Oh.. and... you can call me Barbara. It was my name before, and... just don't say it to anyone, okay? I don't like who I was before, but... my name is kinda intimate, you know? I don't want many people knowing it...".

Taking a deep breath Valkyrie looks at Kara tilting her head to the side, smiling some and raising her YooHoo "So, Supergirl likes YooHoo... I guess I'm on the right track!". Although the blonde chuckles and runs a hand along Kara's arm, always touching the other girl, meaning to be in contact, show affection, the warrior's feet seem to be glued to the ground. Barbara is overwhelmed, and it shows, trying hard to impress Supergirl with some politeness and distance that seem alien to her now, after the few hours they've spent together.

Kara Zor-El nods. "Okay ... I understand Barbara. But you can call me Kara any time you want. It's my name publicly. Kara Zor-El." She grins about the YooHoo. "Yeah... I know... Earth has GREAT food." She pauses while Valkyrie keeps touching her arm. "Um... you're not wanting to armwrestle again or anything right?" she tries to guess why Barbara keeps holding onto her like she'll disappear if she doesn't.

"She tilts her head. "You know, I really haven't been at this -that- long. Superheroing, I mean. So... you're new to this too. Mind if I asked how you... I don't know... goddess-ed up?"

Kara Zor-El adds, "And you were saying All-Mother before... and back in the bar while we were armwrestling you were ... I think praying... to someone called All-Father. Is that like your mother and father or royalty or something?"

"Oh! No! No! Unless you want a rematch, of course! I'm sure you can totally beat me if you try!", the girl says, humble, taking her hands away from Kara and clasping them together behind her body, as if to keep herself from touching the other girl.

"Errr... well...", the woman looks away, a bit embarrassed "I was living in my cardboard box for a few days then... hadn't showered since I got kicked out of my apartment by the landlord who wanted me to pay him in lots of creative ways since I didn't have the money, like I never had... and it was raining, I was cold... I think I was sick, and...", the woman sits down a bit, hands between her thighs, as she recalls those memories "GODS, I was hungry... I was rock bottom, and that's it.", Barbara makes it brief, the specifics about this hard for her to talk about.

"By the end of the week all I did was pray. I didn't even bother going out of the box anymore, and... suddenly, there's this huge flash of light, and the whole place is glimmering and it has all those things glowing on the walls, drawings, like letters... and a winged woman came to me... She told me she was Brunhilde, the Valkyrie... and she kinda offered me her powers. And I was like, fuck yes! And after we sealed the deal she kinda chose me as her avatar or something! So I got all these neato things, powers... to fight evil, you know? Reason why I was always broke is because I spent all my money on my costume and learning karate."

"Oh gosh, I was so stupid...", the girl chuckles at himself for a moment. SO! All-Father and All-Mother are Odin and Freya, and they are like, the parents of all Asgard, they treat them all like their little kids, and Odin is this bad ass, Bruce Willis kind of old man that kicks ass, and he leads the Asgardians, people like Brunhilde. So I'm kinda loyal to him, now. Also one of the reasons I gotta totally find Thor.", and grinning some, she blushes "ONE of the reasons..."

Kara Zor-El smiles and shrugs. "Only if you want a rematch. I'm good about it either way. I mean, you were doing really well and everything, plus you beat all those guys too." She then nods a little as Valkyrie tells her origin story to Kara, biting her lip during some of the sadder parts. Then confused about some of the more pop culture parts. "So... Odin and Freya, they're like Zeus and Hera are for the Greeks?" At least Greek gods she knows about, having lived on Themyscira for a while and being an honorary Amazon. Plus Zeus is her best friend's father. "And this Odin person is called Bruce Willis in a secret identity..." She nods a little to herself. Yeah, Kara needs to watch more movies to know who the actors are. "Oh... I think I actually met Thor once." She pauses, sighing a bit happily. "He's like... really buff with long blonde hair right? I mean we've never talked or anything but I've seen him on TV and I think my friend Diana met him once." She peers. "Rao.... you have a thing for Thor don't you?" she says with glee.

Barbara chuckles and scoots closer to Kara while the girl talks, shaking her head and correcting the alien every time she is wrong "NO! OH MY GODS! You don't know who Bruce Willis is?! We are -so- having a night in to watch some movies! First E.T. and then Bruce Willis! I'll have you know Bruce Willis is the -hottest- human being -alive- with more than 50 years! He is oh Gods, I cannot expl- You've met Thor?", and Valkyrie's expression changes. At first she is curious, and then she is mortified as Kara sighs happily and describes him not as 'Very honorable and powerful' but as 'Really buff with long blonde hair'. It is almost comical the way she seems like she'd seen a ghost when Kara peers at her, terrified Kara might have called dibs on her ultimate crush.

"W-What?!", she chuckles nervously, blushing furiously, "Ohmigods, no, oh my, totally not! He's all yours, I mean, chicks before sticks, right?", the girl blurts out, taken aback. "I... I am totally not going to get in the way, promise! I... Well...I can find someone else! T-there's a whole world for me out there!". She looks completely embarrassed and her face is a few shades of red darker.

Kara Zor-El blinks when Valkyrie pales, as if she thinks Kara's claimed Thor or something. "What? No actually .... I mean... he's... wow... But I have a boyfriend already. A human boyfriend, actually. I wasn't saying... Believe me, I'm sure we'd have nothing in common. Not that I have much in common with ...er... most people. I guess." She pauses then tries to shake the image of the buff brawny god of thunder from her head.

"Anyway, no I mean... I bet you two would be great together. I mean you're both... you know... gods and stuff." She shakes her head quickly. "I promise it's just a... you know, like when you see a guy and just go... wow?" She looks embarrassed herself now. "They didn't really have dating back on Krypton, it was all arranged marriages for genetic compatibility. I'm still getting used to the idea of having a boyfriend and dating and stuff like that. I wasn't trying to imply... you know. That I'd want to -" She smiles a little. "with Thor...." She then shakes her head again quickly. "No anyway... I have a boyfriend and he's totally wonderful and handsome and I really love him." She nods to herself.

Kara says, "Besides I doubt he even knows who I am. I've never actually TALKED to him even."

"You totally have a crush on him! Look at that smile! Ohmigods! I knew it! I knew it! I can't compete with Supergirl!", the other woman kneels on the couch, looking at Kara "You are totally head over heels about him and OH GODS how am- Not that I want anything with Thor! I mean... not if you do! But you do! You keep smiling and stuff and- ARE YOU DROOLING?!", the woman laughs, even if she remains blushing, wiping some invisible drool from Kara's lips quickly.

"You can say all you want, but you are totally over him! I mean... Oh Gods, please, I promise I know how to share, but please let me try first?", the other woman clasps both hands together "I've been through SO much, I mean, the things I've DONE... I was Thor Girl, damn it! Please give me a chance before you do anything Kara?! Please?!", Barbara begs, taking Supergirl's hands on hers "I promise you can have a go! Not always! But we can talk about it!"

Kara Zor-El shakes her head emphatically. "I promise it's just a little um... you know... like infatuation! Yes... sure. I don't want- I mean, he's all yours." she says when Valkyrie starts actually seeming to beg Kara to let her have 'first shot at Thor.' Especially uncomfortable since Kara wasn't planning on trying to have -any- shot at Thor, given she already has Dedrick. "And... I do have a boyfriend. I promise, I'm not wanting to ... I'm not drooling!" She looks totally embarrassed though that she's being seen as such an unstoppable romantic rival, given she doesn't think of herself like that at all. "You were Thor Girl. Totally understood!" she says as Barbara is holding Kara's hands and clasping them together. "Maybe we can... I don't know... double date or something? Me and my boyfriend..." she says again, for the third time in the last 30 seconds using the words 'my boyfriend' ... "And you and Thor if you ask him out or something?"

Letting go of Kara's hands and opening her own wide, Valkyrie looks excited, "OH MY GOD. Can you even picture!? ME!? And Thor!? Oh Gods!", and she falls back on the couch, enamored with the idea, hands close to her chest, smiling widely.

"You are the first friend I ever had, Kara...", the woman lets out, something that to people usually takes more than a few hours, but maybe Barbara is just that lonely "I cannot believe it took an alien to, like, make me feel... worthy. I like how you don't... look down on me. I really do. Especially when I'm all weird on you, I know I'm strange. I know I'm... dumb. I -know- that... But I really appreciate the respect. I do.", and sighing deeply the girl grins and teases Supergirl a bit more "And don't worry, when I get Thor to like me, we can double date and you can drool over him all you want!".

Kara Zor-El smiles a bit and pats her hands. "I find that hard to believe. I mean.. you not being able to have friends. But I'm really happy you'd think of me as a friend. And you know, even though we just met I think we're going to be great friends too." She leans forward and says, "And you're not dumb, and as for weird... c'mon, seriously. Alien invulnerable superstrong, superfast flying girl from another galaxy who got trained on an island of Amazons, who shoots lasers from her eyes and can blow hurricanes and freeze stuff by blowing." She takes a deep breath, then says, "So... I'm pretty sure in my company we don't have to worry about you thinking of yourself as 'weird.'" She giggles a bit at that. "Besides, anyone who tries to do good should get respect. And I bet you'll get Thor to like you in no time, and I will admit... teensy bit jealous of that, but don't tell my boyfriend that!" She grins. "And I'll try to limit the um... drooling on him when we double date.

It's a nice, pleasant moment.

Then Streaky jumps down from one of the light fixtures to attack the interloper in the home!

Mrrrooowwwwwwrrrr!

There's a reason why Kara usually goes to Dedrick's house instead of vice versa.

Valkyrie's reflexes act much quicker than she actually realises, catching Streaky in her hand before the little fellow can reach her, a warm smile on her face as she looks at him, and then at Kara "Now this is a nice looking cat... always wanted one, never could afford it, though. SO cute!", she exclaims and rubs her cheek against the furry fellow, before chuckling, and rubbing her nose against the cat's, not caring if he actually claws her. Valkyrie is a superhero now!

"So, furball, you live with Supergirl, does that make you Supercat? Yes it does, yes it does!", her voice playful and dumbed down, as if she is talking to a kid "Did you know I thought your owner was going to be a -total- bitch?", and she spares a look at Kara, smirking "But she's a -total- angel instead! Yes she is! YES she is!", the woman once again teases the, probably making it's attempt at attacking her more torturous than it had already predicted!

Streaky mrrrooooowws, warrior that he is as he's held by the scruff of his neck scratching at Valkyrie. Plotting the ways to eviscerate the stranger. Though ... fortunately for Valkyrie, she pays him the appropriate homage of rubbing cheeks and rubbing his nose. Pay no mind to him trying to scratch her and breaking some claws. He did that to Kara for months and eventually she realized that he was the lord and master of this house who must feed him and give him toys. So this stranger shall live for now. It's a good thing too, because in another few seconds, he'd ahve totally broken free of her grip and she would have rued the day. Oh yes.

Rue.

The.

Day.

Kara grins as Valkyrie actually seems to like the little psychopath kitty who she took in from the fire escape months ago. "Sorry for that - that's Streaky. And he's GOING TO BEHAVE, right Streaky?"

If Kara could talk Cat, the next 'mrrow' would be loosely translated as 'I can pee on your laundry.'

Kara smiles when Streaky settles down a bit "Streaky takes a while to get used to strangers. So um..." She pats her lap. "I know all this stuff about you. Have anything to ask about me, and are you okay with me letting you stay in an apartment in this building?" She adds, "And it's free - you know, for friends. It's not really like I need money anyway, and I actually do plan on getting some tenants for the building but I'm just really bad at business stuff." She strums her fingers on her lap. "They didn't have a 'Business Guild' on Krypton."

Valkyrie laughs at the kitty's attitude, enjoying his fiery temper and attitude, but also feeling her heart hurt a bit, this kind of warmth completely lost to her in the lonely life Barbara had up until now.

Unceremoniously rearranging herself on the couch and laying down, face over Kara's lap so she can look up at the other girl, Valkyrie smiles reaches to caress the girl's cheek some, before resting both hands over her stomach.

"I would love to stay here! I have some trouble sleeping sometimes, but a warm bed might fix it! And as for questions, I have tons... You look so young, but you are so smart and stuff... I'm completely out of the loop with you... are you like, as old as the Queen of England but you look like this totally hot teen? Why do you wear the clothes you do? You look so sweet, and those clothes are kinda... daring...", Barbara chooses her words more wisely than outright saying 'slutty'. "OH! And... do you think you can train me? I mean... to be a hero? I don't wanna embarrass myself in front of true heroes like you and... not in front of Thor!"

Kara Zor-El shrugs a little. Barbara is so friendly! Kara then says, "Well... technically speaking I'm 16. Though I did spend about 32 or 34 years ... sort of depends on which planet's yearly cycle you're talking bout... in cryogenic stasis in my ship so... I'm sort of older than my cousin Kal." She then expands on that. "Kal being Superman. But really speaking, I'm still just 16. Almost 17 though!" She pauses. "Oh um...well I actually like my uniform. My cousin's adopted Earth mother made it for me. And I think she knew I wanted to look, you know.... hip and with it."

Way to go Kara on using terminology from a decade before you were even on Earth. Really need to watch movies that aren't from the 80's.

Kara grins. "In any case, I really like it. And it's not really like I need to worry about having ... you know, armor or anything since..." She shrugs. "... invulnerable and all that." She then adds, "Plus apparently with my invulnerability there's some sort of biomatrix that also protects clothes a bit if it's sort of skin tight. So too loose the clothing is and it really won't survive the type of stuff I do on a regular basis."

When she's asked to train Valkyrie, Kara pauses. "You do realize I'm really new to this as well right? I mean... I'm still sort of still thinking of myself as 'in training' too. I mean... I know a few things like... oh if you want we can spar and stuff, because when I was training on Themyscira, they taught me how to use a sword and a bow... and both Diana and Batman taught me hand to hand combat techniques. And I did train in Klukor since I was five." It doesn't seem to matter if the girl's probably one of the most powerful beings on in this galaxy. She's still new to heroing.

And what the #%^%%^@#!# is Klukor?

Kara can see it happen before her eyes: at first is a smile at how Supergirl explains about her clothes and who did them, and her age. Barbara seems to find it interesting that Kara is just sixteen, but as soon as the Kryptonian begins to speak about planet yearly cycles, cryogenics, stasis, biomatrices, and so on, the Asgardian yawns some, still smiling. It is not that Valkyrie finds it boring, but her brain just can't process, giving space to fatigue.

Adjusting herself and turning on her side, with her head still over Kara's lap, the warrior just nods and smiles at the mention of so many places and heroes, grinning "We should spar, yeah... I'm totally awesome at that... Kuklor...", the woman mumbles more and more incoherent until she finally sleeps, right there, over Kara's couch, over Kara herself.

Valkyrie is that trusting, confiding in Kara to watch her helplessly asleep, but there's another aspect of her that Supergirl notices: she is a bit of a push-over. But, then again, Kara is a Kryptonian, and if anything, Streaky is also there to keep an eye at Barbara.

Kara Zor-El smiles when she realizes the woman apparently fell asleep on her lap, lying on her couch. Streaky looks over at Kara. Basically the look of 'I could pee on her you know.' but instead he decides to lie down on Valkyrie to take a nap.

Kara carefully slides herself out from under Barbara's head, and puts a couch pillow under instead. "Ikea sure makes comfy couches...." she says to herself, "Don't even need to pull it out into the bed feature." A quick move to the linen closet and Kara puts a blanket over her house guest.

Yeah this is the type of thing that Batman would say is a 'Mistake' - Kara having a trusting nature. Being resistant to most harm, not to mention having the influence of people like Kal who is always pointing out the best in people - it tends to emphasize Kara's tendency to trust people more than scrutinize them. Plus Kara can already see it anyway - the woman is very genuine and they're going to be great friends.