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all_powerfull ([info]all_powerfull) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-03-02 13:55:00


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Entry tags:cait curry, iris west, npc - aquaman, npc - mera, plot - "call of cthulu", tyler darnell

Happy Birthday, Cait
The entire world is reeling from the aftermath of the near disaster with an elder god's rise. Nowhere is more hurt than San Francisco, including Titan's Tower, and the ravaged bay. Normally, he tries to be very careful not to overuse his powers, tries not to leave the world too affected. But this is special - its both home, and its just before Cait's birthday. As such, all of his normal rules are off.

First there's the city. He isn't so bold as to try and fix the trauma and pain and all, but he can blanket the area with positive psychic impressions, and push people towards good dreams and limit the nightmares. Its a start. Then there's the damage done - using Calculator's memory of everything he's seen while above the city, he slows time until he's effectively moving at 99.999% of light speed, and begins transmuting everything back the way it was - but clean, lacking all the dirt and wear and tear, making the city as new as if everything had just been built. Even at his speed, it takes most of a day.

Then he turns his attention to the Bay - its been most ravaged of all. Death and decay fill it, lifeless fish and other creatures float on the water and litter the sea floor. Somewhere between ocean master's magic and bending time, he starts by accelerating the processes, the decayed things rot away, and become fertilizer in very little time. The spawn slime and acid is disintegrated so things can grow anew, and for good measure, he takes decades of pollution with it. With Poison Ivy's powers, he grows new plant life, then speeds its growth, rebuilding the shattered ecosphere.

Ocean Master's magic and telepathy helps him locate examples of the sea life that should live there, this time leaving out all the invasive species that had moved along the coast. He teleports a few breeding pairs of everything that should be there from elsewhere, restocking the bay. There's not near as much life there as before, but there's the bare bones for recovery.

He's given her not just San Francisco back, but renewed the city, and especially the Bay, and helped the people towards some kind of recovery, but there's one step left.
Reaching out into the ocean, he finds what he's looking for - and he returns a pod of Pacific White-Sided Dolphins to the Bay area, working just one bit of magic. One of the pregnant females undergoes just a little bit of magic, boosting her health and suitability as a mother, and the timescale is time-sped up just right.

When Cait wakes up tomorrow morning, amidst all of the astounded other headlines and reports of various signs of hope will be one that should stand out to her - just to make sure, he plants a suggestion in the lead editor's head, and makes sure there's a good photograph of the pod in the Bay, used as a sign of hope and renewal for the damaged region, making sure when she wakes, there'll be a newspaper nearby with a photo and large headline about the birth of a brand new baby pink dolphin in San Francisco Bay.



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[info]all_powerfull
2010-03-02 10:32 pm UTC (link)
//I know there's a pink dolphin, love. Its part of your birthday present.// he responds.

When she gets out of the tower, the city is, to put it mildly, fixed. Even the pollution is gone. There's no damage, the water is clean and pristine, all the plants have returned, and the basis for reconstructing the animal life is there, even if its still years from a total recovery.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-03-02 10:40 pm UTC (link)
Cait got outside and froze. //My gods, Ty, this is amazing,// she said as she looked at the bay and the city. //You shouldn't have. It's too much.//

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-03-02 10:52 pm UTC (link)
//The city needed it, love. After all it went through. A lot of the recovery will take longer, but I hoped having the city cleaned up and back would speed it up. And I wanted the Titans to kind of have something to help with a fresh start. The pink dolphin was just for you though.//

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-03-03 03:49 am UTC (link)
//This is...wonderful. Come join me. There are dolphins to play with.// Cait stepped into the water and sent out a request to the pod.

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-03-03 04:26 am UTC (link)
He teleports out to her, hovering above the water, enjoying seeing her so happy.

//I'm glad you like it. It took a long time, but its all worth it.//

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-03-03 04:29 am UTC (link)
Cait used water to lift herself up to be level with him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. "I love it and I love you."

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-03-03 04:31 am UTC (link)
He smiles and kisses her back, still kissing her when he dives back into the water with her, just letting the newly clean waters support them.

//I love you too. Always.//

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-03-03 04:51 am UTC (link)
Cait could sense the change in the water. It had never been so clean as it was now. //You are amazing and I am a very lucky girl.//

The dolphins swam around them. Cait squealed whens she saw the pink one. //She's so cute!//

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-03-03 07:15 am UTC (link)
//I'm lucky to have you, you keep me sane. And be careful, she's a newborn, but I made sure she'd be perfectly healthy.//

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-03-03 07:22 am UTC (link)
//You're amazing. She's amazing.// Cait put out a hand and the newborn dolphin nudged it with her nose. //My father will probably be around later. Thought I would warn you.//

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-03-03 06:23 pm UTC (link)
Oh, right, her father. Lovely.

//Right, I'll save him some trouble, and just go get a couple thousand gallons of boiling water to dunk myself in then.//

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-03-03 06:49 pm UTC (link)
//I wish I could say he'll be behaved, but I can't make any promises. Mom will probably be with him, so it may be better than the last time.//

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-03-03 07:10 pm UTC (link)
//He doesn't like me, I can live with that. I could go somewhere else for a while if that would make the visit easier?//

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-03-03 07:20 pm UTC (link)
Cait looked at Ty. //Daddy doesn't like hardly anyone. No. I want you here. He'll just have to deal. Besides, I plan on having you in my life for a very long time and he better just get used to it.//

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-03-03 07:29 pm UTC (link)
He sighs, breaking the surface. This is not promising.

//I know he doesn't, but for you, I'll do it, of course.// Like there was any question. For her, anyway.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-03-03 07:41 pm UTC (link)
Cait broke the surface and kissed him. "I know it won't be easy and I'll understand if you really don't want to do it."

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-03-03 07:52 pm UTC (link)
He kisses her back.
"No, no, you're a part of my life, and I want you to be for a long, long time. Your father doesn't like me, but I have nothing against him beyond the fact I look like a drowned rat when hit with 500 gallons of boiling water at high pressure. And I really should meet your mother. It won't be easy, but he's just going to have to learn to deal with me."

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-03-03 07:57 pm UTC (link)
Cait wrapped her arms around his neck and put her forehead against his. The dolphins continued to swim around them.

"You are absolutely wonderful."

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-03-03 08:02 pm UTC (link)
"Not half as wonderful as you." he replies quietly, content to rest against her.
"I think the baby likes you though." he says, noting the baby pink dolphin daring to swim quite close.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-03-03 08:49 pm UTC (link)
"She's adorable and she knows it," Cait said as she put a hand out.

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-03-03 08:53 pm UTC (link)
The Dolphin swims right up to Cait's hand, the mother cautious, but allowing it.

"That makes two of you."

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-03-03 08:59 pm UTC (link)
Cait blushed a deep red. "Flatterer," she said as her fingers lightly brushed across the dolphin's nose. "You need a name, sweetheart," she said aloud and using her marine telepathy.

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-03-03 09:12 pm UTC (link)
He settles in behind her, wrapping his arms around her gently and watching her and the dolphin over her shoulder.

The dolphin seems curious about this name concept, while obviously not getting it. She knows who everyone in her pod is, and they know her, after all.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-03-03 09:29 pm UTC (link)
Cait smiled. //Other sea life calls me Young Swimmer. This is Tyler. It's how we identify ourselves.//

Cait leaned into Ty. With all that had happened lately, she needed his presence and strength.

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[info]all_powerfull
2010-03-03 09:51 pm UTC (link)
He needs her too. For all he can do, she's the only one who seems to get any 'presence' out of him. He can move the world, but deep down, he's still the same shy geekboy. At the moment, anyway, the feedback loop of comfort seems to work fine for them both though.

The dolphins seem curious about this name thing now, and no one wants to be left out if anyone is going to get a name.

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(no subject) - [info]all_powerfull, 2010-03-03 10:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]young_swimmer, 2010-03-03 10:44 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]all_powerfull, 2010-03-03 10:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]young_swimmer, 2010-03-04 04:37 am UTC
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