text;

[quadrifoliate]

[ Considering how chatty Clover usually is, and how she isn't shy about showing her face on the network, the briefness of her message seems utterly out of character: ]

What's it like, not being human?

Growing up with it, I mean -- being a different species or having powers even before you came here.

[ Also out of character is the unusual effort she makes to keep the text legible and correct -- as anyone who's been subjected to her haphazard keypad-smushing and emoticon spam can attest to. ]

Comments

[Text]

[kryptonianclone]

I think it's pretty cool. [Most of the time. That whole thing with Luthor controlling him wasn't but he's not going to talk about that to someone he doesn't know.] There was one time where I lost my powers for a little bit so I know what it's like to be a normal human. Wasn't very fun for me because I wasn't used to not having them.

[Text]

[quadrifoliate]

Losing your powers must have been really weird.

[ She tries to imagine it, but she can't, really. ]

What would you say the biggest difference is?

[kryptonianclone]

Between having powers and not having them? For me, I felt weaker... in more ways than one.

[quadrifoliate]

Well, it's like that for most people.

You must have been really happy to get them back.

[kryptonianclone]

Yeah. They definitely come in handy, that's for sure.

[quadrifoliate]

So what do you do with them? Save the world?

[kryptonianclone]

Pretty much. [He's being completely serious lol.] I was on a team back home.

[quadrifoliate]

[ lol and she's just "SURE... WHATEVER YOU SAY" ]

Like a superhero team, or something?

[kryptonianclone]

Yep. That's it exactly.

[quadrifoliate]

I thought that kind of stuff was supposed to be top-secret. Secret identities and all.

[kryptonianclone]

That's what we have disguises for. [His... is kind of terrible and he doesn't really have a costume but oh well.]

[quadrifoliate]

Do you like it?

[kryptonianclone]

I love it. Never want to do anything else.

[quadrifoliate]

No dreams about settling down in a nice house with a picket fence and two dogs?

[kryptonianclone]

Already got that mostly covered. Only one dog and the fence isn't a picket fence.

[quadrifoliate]

Well, I didn't think superheroes got big paychecks.

[ With her fingers starting to cramp with the unusual effort of keeping her typing legible, Clover finally gives up on text and switches over to voice. ]

So, what do you go by? I'm Clover.

[Still text on his end!]

[kryptonianclone]

It's pretty much straight volunteer work.

I'm Superboy.

[quadrifoliate]

[ Her voice lilts a little, definitely teasing now. ]

Seriously?

[kryptonianclone]

It's not my true name, obviously, but that's a secret.

[quadrifoliate]

I know. Aren't superhero names supposed to have something to do with your powers, though? "Superboy" doesn't exactly tell me what you can do.

[kryptonianclone]

Hey, I didn't come up with the name. I'm a clone of a guy called Superman, hence Superboy.