IC CONTACT

[you_tried]

Congratulations! You've reached Booster Gold! I'm probably saving the world right now, but your call is important to me. Leave a brief but adoring message and I'll get right back to you.

( text | call | email | voicemail | action )

Comments

text; that's also a rejected slogan from the dc comics marketing team

[you_tried]

hey i'm pretty much the best at bad timing

so what happen

ing?

i mean WHAT'S HAPPENING

as in what's up

gloves. typing. don't.

text; are you sure it was rejected

[khajidont]

Well I saw that Ted's here.

[Aw, screw it, let's just throw subtlety out the window. He's already been made aware that he's a walking spoiler for another universe, let alone his own.]

Is my existing going to be a problem? Like spoiler wise?

text; they might have tweaked the language a little

[you_tried]

[ Well, Booster's not exactly the world's biggest fan of subtlety. It's all good. Still. Talk about a sensitive subject. (For one of them, anyway.)

This takes a minute, and not just because he's figuring out how to turn autocorrect on. ]

He's been quoting that Monty Python parrot skit since he got here, if that's what you're asking.

text; just add an 'xtreme' here and there and you're solid

[khajidont]

Oh

[Jesus Christ, Ted.]

Yeah that's what I was asking. Sorry for bringing it up so soon it's just that I've already been in the news once already and I'd like to avoid

You know.

voice

[you_tried]

[ A minute later, the comm rings. ]

This piece of junk doesn't know how to spell timeline anomalies and neither do I, but that's what you're trying to avoid, right? Well, don't worry about it.

voice

[khajidont]

[Not hip enough for texting, eh, Booster?]

Yeah. Well, no. Even if I am worried about that, there's no way we'd actually be able to avoid it. It's just... you'd need a little heads up beforehand.

[And so, come to think of it, would Ted.]

voice

[you_tried]

Yeesh. Yeah, I guess so. I mean, there's no way it's not gonna be kinda weird, but...

Look, I meant it when I told you he'd be proud.

voice

[khajidont]

Thanks, Booster.

[He appreciates it, even though he still feels so nervous he wants to puke a little.

Or maybe that's excitement. He's still flipping back and forth on that one.]

I should, um... I should probably introduce myself at some point?

voice

[you_tried]

That'd be a good first step.

Are you nervous? Do I need to set up a play date or something?

voice

[khajidont]

No.

[Yes, but it's second nature to deny all nervousness like a champ.]

Maybe. It's just -- I don't know when a good time would be? I feel like he should have some time to settle in, or something.

[What's the respectful way of going about this?

...though he's starting to realize that if he's aiming for respect, maybe he shouldn't be asking Booster. Why did he call Booster? He should have called Power Girl.]

voice

[you_tried]

Yeah, there's not really a rulebook for this kind of thing. Though come to think of it, there probably should be.

Look, you want me to break it to him first?

voice

[khajidont]

[Jaime's quiet for a moment, seriously considering it, weighing what's probably the right thing to do versus the easy thing to do.]

...Nah, it's okay. I should do it. But do me a favour and let me know when a good time will be?

voice

[you_tried]

Honestly, I think you should just get it over with. It's been a couple days. It's not like a couple more is gonna make a huge difference.

[ ... talking about this is so surreal. Who's he to give advice to anyone? ]

He's probably gonna be really weirded out at first. But he'll get over it.

voice

[khajidont]

Okay. [There's a hint of a smile in his voice when he says,] I figured you would know. I'll do that. Soon.

text

[khajidont]

So like everyone from back home knows who you are right?

[This is going somewhere, he swears.]

text

[you_tried]

pretty much everyone cool. why?

text 1/3

[khajidont]

Because literally every green lantern that gets near me immediately goes RRGHRGHHRGHHH BIG THREAT MUST YELL AT AND/OR SHOOT

text

[khajidont]

Which I don't do to everything the scarab says is evil, just saying

text I lied one moe

[khajidont]

Point is if another one comes and decides to arrest me or punch me or whatever I need someone to vouch for my non evilness

text

[khajidont]

Please

[MANNERS REMEMBERED AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE]

[you_tried]

off the record, it seems like a lot of GLs are dicks

don't know why

maybe it's a space rule

[khajidont]

Please don't say that before you tell them how not evil I am.

But it's probably saying something that this one just tried to knock down my door in the middle of the night instead of attacking me and that was actually an improvement

[you_tried]

I won't say it OUT LOUD but I'm gonna be thinking it and not even the space police can stop me

yikes. I'd say "how did it go" but I guess you just answered my question

[khajidont]

Shoot for the stars. They don't have thought police yet

I dunno it could have gone worse. Apparently the ring thinks that I'm worse than darkseid for some reason so I guess I get why they keep on flipping out

But it's still really annoying. They could try talking nicely first

[you_tried]

jewelry would never lie. ring first, ask questions later. did he at least knock?

p.s. talking it out is underrated in the superhero community, but I'm learning to appreciate it