fourteenth flight - video;

[cloned]

[The camera comes into focus on a familiar (to some) chiseled jaw. Kon smiles and gives the camera a little wave.]

Hey, guys. Been a while, huh? Well, for me. I've got no clue how long it's been here. Anyway. I'm back! This place seems about the same.

Right. People who weren't here before? I'm Kon. Or Superboy. Either one works. Yeah, I'm related to Superman, if you were gonna ask that, and yeah, I can fly. So can my dog.

[Krypto, on hearing Kon mention the word dog, wanders over, looking curious. He barks at the camera and wags his tail. Kon goes over and scratches Krypto's head before looking back at the camera.]

So how's everyone been?

[Locked to friends from before he left.]

Hey! Who's still around? What'd I miss?

Comments

[goodgrasshopper]

Hey stranger. Long time, no see.

[ihavettk.livejournal.com]

Hey... [He does a double take.] ...woah. Molly?

[goodgrasshopper]

In the flesh. How've you been?

[ihavettk.livejournal.com]

Oh, you know. Pretty good. I... like your hair? [He does, really, but he is having trouble comprehending the other changes. She's pretty different than he remembers.]

[goodgrasshopper]

[griiiiiin. She knows just how different she looks.] Thanks. It was time for a change.

[ihavettk.livejournal.com]

...how long was I gone?

[goodgrasshopper]

That... is a surprisingly complicated question, Kon. It's been almost six months since you were here last, and during that time, I spent six months or so at home, so I guess it's been about a year for me.

[ihavettk.livejournal.com]

A year. [That pretty much explains the major differences, though he has to wonder what happened in those six months.] Wow. It's only been about a month for me. [Probably. It's kind of hard to calculate with comics.]

[goodgrasshopper]

[Good luck getting answers there, Kon. Molly's not talking. Much.]

Only a month? Really?

[ihavettk.livejournal.com]

[But Kon is persistent and adorable!]

Yeah, and the really weird thing is I don't even remember leaving. Just all of a sudden, the Admiral asking me to come back and I was like, oh, sure.

[goodgrasshopper]

[He can commiserate with Cissie. They can try tag-teaming her.]

Yeah--it was kind of like that for me, too, when I was gone.

[ihavettk.livejournal.com]

[Young Justice: Assemble! Also, time for some gentle prying.]

What happened back home?

[goodgrasshopper]

[slight smile] A lot of things that don't bear repeating, Kon. It was a pretty rough six months. The Barge is a vacation in comparison.

[ihavettk.livejournal.com]

[That gets a surprised and somewhat worried look.]

Wow. That sounds bad. You sure you're okay?

[goodgrasshopper]

It is. I'm managing, but--thanks.

[ihavettk.livejournal.com]

...let me know if there's anything I can do, okay?

[goodgrasshopper]

Thanks. I will.

[Liar.]