[ text | un: jkent ]

[supersweet]

psa: no one is allowed to tell me off for wandering alone in riverview because you guys are all the worst kids ever when you get tiny.

you also all have like zero self-preservation instincts. ZERO.

also if you're a tiny kid and you don't want adults in your business, I'm happy to help out.

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*private // un: t.drake-wayne*

[stalkingandplotting]

*Jon* Who are you inviting into trouble?

{Sorry, kid. Tim is not deaged.}

[supersweet]

I'm not inviting anyone. It just makes more sense for me to be there. I mean, my powers work most of the time.

[stalkingandplotting]

And when they don't?

{Can you hear him sighing across the city?}

Would you carry a tracker or panic signal if I gave you one?

{Yes, he knows Clark's around, but Tim had already seen proof of magic being around. That wasn't mentioning the potential discovery of kryptonite waiting for them, or the fact that there were a handful of things like lead Clark wouldn't be able to track Jon through.}

[supersweet]

My dad gave me a beeper. I don't want to carry multiple trackers.

[stalkingandplotting]

That's understandable.

{It's fine, he'll just build one and hide it in a seam of your ball cap, and another in like your sneaker or something. It's fine. And maybe he'll try to get a read on the beeper's signal. Better safe than sorry.}

video » @LOKIOFASGARD

[lieborn]

Jon.

[supersweet]

[ Jon stares. ]

Loki? What happened to your hair?

[lieborn]

I'm wearing a hood, stupid, I still have hair. What are you doing, rallying the diminutive forces?

[ It may actually work. ]

[supersweet]

Why are you wearing a hood?

[ Seriously. It's not even a good hoodie. But Jon easily moves on with a shrug. ]

It makes sense, right? I mean, when you're small and everyone around you is bigger, you don't know who to trust.

Video - @chandra

[fistlogic]

*Much younger orange eyes of Chandra than last time. She's still bad at cameras and a lot of freckles.*

Adults bother you about what you're up to? Why?

And I haven't had anyone inside of the city try to kill me, so I think I'm doing pretty okay.

[supersweet]

[ Huh. ]

They like to know what kids do so they don't feel responsible for them. Or something.

Anddd I don't think people here will kill kids.

[ Says the kid people try to kill regularly. ]

[fistlogic]

So they butt in so they can get away with not getting involved? Either be involved or leave it alone.

Yeah, nice thing about this place. Officials haven't tried to execute me.

[supersweet]

They're not all like that. But some of them kind of are. That's why I said it might be easier if we stuck together.

[ Uhhh. ]

Yeah, it's definitely a perk.

audio; un: d.grayson

[pixieboots]

Kind of begs the question of whether old guy me gets a say anymore.

[ Jon is in the file. He knows they'd spoken, at the very least. He sits on that thought for a moment.

Then abruptly he switches to private. ]

...It's Jon, right?

Jonathan Kent?

[supersweet]

[ Jon squints. ]

Yeah.

[ Oh boy. ]

Is that you Mr. Grayson?

[pixieboots]

...Yeah. I guess. [ And wow does he sound unenthusiastic. For Jon though, he works to inject a little more lightness into his tone. ]

So is your dad gonna be mad if I steal you away for a minute?

Just to talk. In person, I mean.

[supersweet]

[ Jon shakes his head. ]

No, it's cool. My dad would be okay with it. Where should we meet? I can be there quickly.

un: R.Peril

[nikolaievich]

Jon.

[He's glad to be using text, so the relief at seeing he's okay doesn't show.]

Are you alright, then? How's Clark?

[supersweet]

Hi Mr. Alexei.

Yeah, dad and I are fine. This weird thing hasn't done anything to us.

[ Well. They're not affected, thankfully. "Fine", he's less sure of. ]

[nikolaievich]

That's good. It hasn't affected me either,
so if you need anything please don't hesitate to contact me.

[A pause as he writes another text.] Are you really having to babysit other people as their age regresses?

[supersweet]

I'm gonna try. I mean, it's easier for some kids to listen to another kid than an adult. No offense.

Plus, I have enough allowance left over. A lot of them just want candy.

text | un: d.wayne

[bestrobin]

Not all children are scared of their own shadow, Jon.

[supersweet]

I didn't say they were scared.

Maybe some of them are. Most of them seem to be keen on stealing candy.

[bestrobin]

Why candy?

[supersweet]

. . . because kids like candy?

This is kind of obvious, Damian.