<div class="floatleft">(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/allamerican/images/4/42/Cody_Christian.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190510223633)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Brion Markov||Geoforce (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=309416.msg15029427#msg15029427)<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>As picture<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>Friday, August 21st 2020<br/><strong>TIME:</strong>4:37 PM EST<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>Back in Brion & Helena’s shared bedroom<br/><strong>CONTENT:</strong>Chilling with Helena, Beers 2-4<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Helena: Closed<br/><br/><hr/>She paused as if in thought. ”I just hope we can do this right. The senior members will be watching every move, every step. Like orientation. I wouldn’t be surprised if they kicked someone out afterwards if they disapproved of certain actions taken...”<br/><br/>It's hard not to see she's pretty much talking about herself. Helena rarely believed that she belonged. "<strong>The world isn't the same place it was. Superman is probably the most idealistic of the League, but even he has guilt over the phantom zoners attacking Metropolis and what needed to be done to defeat that many Kryptonians. You belong here Helena, as much as anyone else. We're all broken in some way and trying to fix the world as we go.</strong>"<br/><br/>Thankfully the cat question brought her spirits up. ”Um....definitely! Everyone loves cats...” He sage nods to that. "<strong>Exactly, we'll go to a shelter after our first mission and find someone as a reward.</strong>" he says.<br/><br/>Brion basically just ate when she did. Talking like this with her is something he always wished they shared before. He wasn't one to lament what was, especially since he was getting to share this with her now. When she scooted over to him he had to admit it set a flutter going on in his chest. ”So do you think we can do this?” She asked soulfully, her right hand raising and swaying dramatically back and forth as if to encompass the holy “everything” about being a member of the Justice League.<br/><br/>"<strong>I think that necessity won't be giving us very much of a choice. We have to do this, no one else signed up.</strong>" he says putting his plates to the side and shifting slightly so he could look at her face more fully instead of just her profile.<br/><br/>”Like.....all of it? Well, maybe you can with your cool Mother Earth Powers, but meeeeee?” She was clearly in the mode of self-question. ”What can I do? Kick people really hard? Shoot a crossbow? Brion? Am I overrated?" He scratches his chin for a moment and then takes her hand. "<strong>You do realize you're asking me to pretty much break out into a soliloquy about your virtues here...right? Be prepared for words like 'verily' and 'whilst'.</strong>" he says trying to keep the mood even with some self deprecation.<br/><br/>"<strong>You look at this like what?...You're standing beside two kryptonians, a martian, a flame elemental and two beings of magic. I'm not sure where Icon is from but he's like Superman level threat too. And you can side kick with picture perfect form? How are you relevant before all that? How are the rest of us? What am I doing here that all those insanely powerful aliens couldn't do a thousand times faster?</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>In this time of veritable gods and monsters, you completely matter. You find a way to win. You always have. I'm going to use the closest analogy I can...and he's not your favorite person. But your roles are exactly the same. Take a look at Batman or Green Arrow. Humans with training, some gadgets and ingenuity. When Superman's fist can't solve the problem because there is nothing in front of him to hit ...what happens. Everyone looks to Bruce to figure things out. To come up with a plan that uses everyone's abilities and strengths. To have the moxy to fight creatures of myth and hold his own.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>And beyond all of that, there is this philosophical aspect of it. A regular human being needs to sit at the table. Be part of the fight, be part of the decisions being made. You are there to represent the human perspective or how even surrounded by powered beings humans are relevant, of feeling like humanity has a place among the stars and among the gods.</strong>"<br/><br/>He holds her shoulder because he just needs some contact. "<strong>On a more personal, Helena specific level, you're the fricken Huntress, you are the one that can find and track where are enemies hide. People fear you and that causes them to make mistakes. Because you don't have powers you are always forced to think about how to tackle a problem. Zod would just punch it. If it didn't fall...punch harder? You react quickly in the moment when one strategy doesn't work, you quickly try another. And Green Arrow is pretty much the poster boy for how scary arrows with a little bit of tech can be alongside aim like yours.</strong>"<br/><br/>"<strong>So if anything, I believe that you underrate yourself. We are all still growing and learning. If half your passion and commitment to fighting crime rubbed off on the team you'll have improved it immeasurably.</strong>"<br/><br/>He stops. "<strong>Damn...I didn't get to say verily.</strong>" he says letting go of her shoulder with a smile, hoping that he's restored some of the faith she has in herself, and drinking some beer.