<div class="floatleft">(https://brideandbreakfast.hk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/RyanReynolds_groom_style_003.jpg)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Hal Jordan [Green Lantern] (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=304004.msg14884068#msg14884068)<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>Wednesday the 1st of May 2019<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Upstate Keystone City,  Benny`s Bar<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Blazer and tie<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Kendra Saunders [Closed]<br/><strong>Warnings:</strong>None<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Hal found it interesting that she nearly flinched when he asked about her family. First dates were always a little touchy; some people were perfectly comfortable to bring up religion and politics, while others could barely talk about their childhood without it bringing their entire mood down.<br/><br/>Kendra clearly wanted to avoid discussions about her family and past, which was fine with him. He wanted to get to know and possibly date Kendra—not her mom or dad or cousins. He quirked an eye when she said she was a goth. Like a lot of people who didn’t understand the goth subculture he had his misconceptions of them before he joined the Air Force. He thought they were all basically overly dramatic attention seekers that lived on the fringes of society and wanted to emulate vampires as much as humanly possible.<br/><br/>“<strong>I knew a goth…several actually in the Air Force. He claimed the call sign Lestat and his friends had similarly themed monikers. Legosi, Elvira and Draven were some of the best pilots I ever served with. I can only remember their call signs because they were so proud of them. I underestimated them in a few ways. They weren’t brilliant, but they read a lot on the whole Victorian and Elizabethan age where their subculture was based from. I even went to a few concerts. Sisters of Mercy and The Cure. I was sort of surprised to like a lot of their music.</strong>”<br/><br/>“<strong>I could never wear the pancake makeup or dress in a skirt like Draven did but after getting to know them I realized how much I misjudged them. I thought, ok…based on their appearance alone, that they would be all angsty and emotional and they did admit that people sort of read about the extremes and figure that stood for everyone. They were just different from the norm, it didn’t stop them from being patriots or serving their country.</strong>”<br/><br/>He listened to her view on how superheroes had changed everything, and he shrugged. “<strong>I’m not sure anything has really changed.</strong>” he said. He swirled his drink. Normally on a first date, or any date really you tended to not want to disagree with your partner. Hal was always about being honest and speaking his mind.<br/><br/>“<strong>Whenever there has been a threat, a few good people have found it within themselves to not run from the looming danger but to stand against the wind and not accept the injustice they perceive. They inspire others and soon people like Stalin or Hitler weren’t able to strong arm everyone with their versions of nationalism or racial superiority.</strong>”<br/><br/>“<strong>Now with more aliens discovering Earth, the scope of the threat is bigger. It’s still the same bravery and sense of duty—Wonder Woman isn’t that much different a person than the heroes before her, she just happens to be an Amazon. Superman is just a big boy scout who happens to be an alien—Batman…ok, yeah he’s pretty scary.</strong>”<br/><br/>“<strong>I think you understand this new world because it’s calling out to you. Not everyone hears that call to bravery, to you it just makes sense that something needs to be done.</strong>” She was like him, he could have said no to Abin Sur, but he didn't want to. Someone had to stand up and fight.<br/><br/>He chuckled when she apologized. He loved it when women brushed their hair behind their ears, it was s distinctly feminine thing to do. “<strong>It’s ok, you weren’t monologuing your secret plan about how you were going to take over the universe like Sinestro did last week. You were just giving me some background details about how the woman in front of me came to be…you.</strong>”<br/><br/>Seeing how light headed she was he ordered some fries. They would only take a few minutes and absorb some of the alcohol they both had coursing through their system. “<strong>Tell me when you want to meet Jade.</strong>” he says feeling they could leave here any time.