Session 10

Session 10 took place on the 8th of July 2023.

Notes were taken by Respawn, Julie, Alyssa, Polychrome, and Donna Troy,

## Recap - Justice League Gala Mega-Session

### It begins

* Donna, Rhys, Julie, and Alyssa got invites to the Annual Justice League Heroes’ Ball by Diana, since they all agreed to be adopted as her children.
* Donna asked Madisynn to be her +1
* Rhys asks Alyssa to be his +1, since Rick can’t be invited due to working for the figurative devil.
* Julie asked The Literal Devil to be her +1
* Vee was invited by Andromeda, like she has been the previous 3 years

Everyone met up in an alley behind Mario’s Pizza in their gala outfits where Diana helped them take the Boom Tube to the Watch Tower. She gave them a tour of the old Watchtower that isn’t really used anymore. Observation deck, old dorms, kitchens, all that. Then she takes them to the Memorial Room.

There’s monuments to the Heroes who have fallen, but there’s also monuments to those related to Heroes, whom they have lost. Diana tells Rhys she has ensured that Grant Wilson (oldest son of Slade Wilson) is up there, despite technically being a villain, and trying to kill the Titans. Rhys never met him, but he takes a few minutes to mourn him, and who they could have been to each other regardless. Polychrome offers him a supportive hug, and went to mourn her own lost one, someone named Brandon.

Diana lets Rhys know that Batman will be attending specifically after finding out that Rhys will also be in attendance. Rhys appreciates this warning, and the team head into the gala area. There are so many heroes there. Instant panic. Julie and Lucifer go to the bar where they bump into Red Hood chugging a long island ice tea. Julie suggests a “better” drink for him, which he ignores and orders an utter garbage drink instead. Julie then urges Lucifer to “do his thing” on Hood, who ends up admitting that he just wants to belong. After being forced to reveal his desire, The Red Hood nopes out of the conversation, flipping the bird the entire way.

Rhys and Alyssa avoid anyone Bat related through sheer power of will, and instead run into Dr. Temperance, and Abe Sapien of the BPRD. Government supernatural investigation division of some sort. Hush hush. Rhys now knows this. They decide to go to the bar and get drinks.

### Respawn

After they acquire drinks, Rhys and Alyssa run into Cyborg, and the two latter hit it off. Unfortunately Rhys isn’t as .. Technologically gifted as them, and is having trouble following the conversation. Not wanting to drag Alyssa away from getting to geek out and network, Rhys parts with her, just in time to avoid a creepy stalky shadow, cutting through the dance floor to do so. Unfortunately Rhys is awkward, and bumps into Red Hood who decides that the two of them are dancing now, and they link hands. The two have a talk about Jericho, Rhys’ oldest brother, with whom Hood has been traveling with for some time. Hood confirms Jericho is doing better, and is less possessed than he previously was, which is a lovely update that distract Rhys enough that he doesn’t notice that they’ve danced right up to Damian Wayne before they’re already there.

Hood, the traitor, leaves them to presumably go get drunk, and Rhys doesn’t get to apologize for anything before he’s hugged rather tightly. He decides to hug back after his brain has rebooted. Then he tries to apologize for trying to kill Damian, for running away from Damian, and then for not contacting Damian the past 7 years, or at least the past 1,5 years after he had left his father. Damian doesn’t accept the apologies, or rather, he deems them unnecessary, and even informs Rhys he’s tried to kill Red Robin several times and that’s just water under the bridge. They go sit down away from the dancing crowd, and Rhys is almost thankful, but then he finds out it was another trap, and Batman is standing right behind him, wanting answers about the Viper’s Den incident from a couple of episodes ago.

Rhys has plenty of answers, calls Batman “Mr. Man” at least twice, and thanks him for his service, and not killing his dad, and apologizes for being a bad egg. Whether Bruce Wayne has a heart and decides to let the severely acoustic man off the hook with a warning, or Rhys somehow managed to come across as a completely sane individual who answers interrogation questions perfectly, is unknown, but somehow, thankfully, Batman leaves, revealing Orphan to have been standing behind him. Rhys and her share a meaningful nod.

Damian has run away in the mean time, leaving Rhys on his own.

Julie informs him that Jericho is in the Memorial Park, out by the Next of Kin hologram, and Rhys asks if perhaps she would come with him to talk to him. He has had many emotions already, and he’s not sure he’ll be able to handle any more unless he has some support. She agrees. They meet up with Jericho, and Rhys and he have a talk, both about what they’re currently doing with their respective teams, but also talk about meeting up, specifically for a game of Laser Tag later that week. He agrees to come, provided he can bring some of his team-mates.

Heading back inside, they run into Donna, who immediately asks Rhys if he’s murdered Atlanthean citizens, which Rhys admits that yes he has. Donna calls him a murderer, which Rhys also agreed to, it’s irrefutable, and she storms off. Rhys is already out of spoons at this moment and decides that the easiest way to deal with his team mate hating him, is to get a hug, so he finds Alyssa, and after Rhys manages to tell her that he’s talked to two of his siblings without her present, they go to talk to Rose.

Rose is not impressed with Rhys making the rounds of siblings t try and “make amends” for being an absent brother who followed in his father’s heels, and is now groveling for attention and forgiveness. She and Alyssa get on quite well though, and since he’s very certain he’ll never really make it into Rose’s good book, he’s satisfied being the objects of ridicule for the two women’s jokes, if only so he gets to spend time with her. He invites her to Laser Tag, and she asks if she can bring her team too, which Rhys agrees with without a second thought. He realizes that she’s the only sibling of his who is reacting like he deserves, and that means he has to work harder to win her forgiveness. And if not that, just her acceptance.

Alyssa and Rhys find Julie and Polychrome at the bar, and the amount of drinks consumed through the night leads to a .. Deadlift competition, only the deadlift is friends. After Alyssa and Vee prove that they can totally lift Rhys for a couple of seconds, they decide that Julie, who is much stronger than them, should lift Rhys AND them. Rhys tries to argue that it’s a bad idea, but he doesn’t actually have any arguments other than “Do we really need to do this?” and is overruled, so Julie lifts Rhys who is holding Alyssa and Vee. The cheerleading tower isn’t complete though, as Donna shows up again, and Alyssa, Vee, and Julie beg her to lift Julie (and by proxy the rest of the team), so they can go even higher. To which she obliges, because no one has taught her drunk person safety measures like “don’t lift people”.

Donna lets them all down and Rhys is prepared to get decked, but thankfully he’s hugged instead. He’s not entirely sure what happened to change her mind about him twice in such a short time, but he is not going to ruin the mood by asking. They all take a selfie together.

### Julie

Julie's night at the Watchtower evolved after parting with the others. After Lucifer had pissed off Red Hood, Julie made a bet with the devil to collect the deepest wishes of atleast 20 people attending the Gala -without- the use of his powers. It had to be pure guile. Additionally, he could not use the letter E. Lucifer took her up on this and swiftly left her alone. Once alone, Julie felt insecure and out of place and decided to do something about it. Something fool hearted. She decided to go arm-wrestle Superman. Superman. Of all people. It went about as well as could be expected. Julie embarrassed herself, broke the table and lost without effort from Supes himself. Infact, the only effort he had to put in was to make sure she didn't get hurt.

After that embarrassment, Julie left the gala room to go find someplace quiet to get rid of her embarrassment and calm down she went to the Garden. Here she met with Jericho and got to talking (Or rather, she talked & he wrote). After finding out he is Rhys's brother and found out more about Rhys's general family relations, Julie left Jericho to himself, feeling slightly better and no longer as insecure. When she went back to the gala room, she ran into Rhys and told him about where Jericho was. Rhys seemed scared to go talk to his brother (because Rhys has questionable relations to his siblings) so Julie went with him to be his emotional support. It went well and Rhys and Jericho got to talk.

After that, the two returned to the bar, where they ran into Polychrome (But not before Lucifer turned up to tell Julie he already won their bet), and began to take pictures together. When Donna suddenly appeared, there was a rather serious conversation (About Rhys's past and how he had to face judgement for his crimes) and they went to the bar. Julie and Rhys spoke briefly, before Julie tried to talk with Donna about the issue she had with Rhys's past. The two did not come to an agreement, Julie's attempt to change Donna's mind failed and Donna went off to talk with Wonder Woman, leaving Julie alone.

After some time, sitting alone, watching Alyssa & Rhys talk to Rhys's sister (Ravager) from afar, Polychrome joins Julie for pictures and selfies. The two shares some good moments before Polychrome leaves Julie to take pictures with Rhys and Alyssa. Julie then sat for a moment alone, talking with the bartender, grilling them on their drink before she was approached by Raven and Raven's friend called James. He turned out to be the King of Illusions and the three of them had a brief chat, where he tried to pierce Julie's mask. From that he gathered she was not in the mood to talk about what was bothering her, and made a smooth exit leaving Raven alone with Julie.

The two talked for some time, before Rhys, Alyssa and Polychrome came back to Julie to take photos and to hang out. They eventually ended up in a competition to see who could lift who (Julie being lifted by Alyssa) and ending up with Julie lifting Rhys, while he was lifting both Polychrome and Alyssa. Donna reappeared and then lifted Julie high, making the entire group on tall Totem pole of people. After having secured themselves as being "The thing that year" they all come down and Donna has a moment together with Rhys. That concluded the Gala at the Watchtower for Julie.

### Alyssa

* [I'm too tired, grandpa.gif]
* **Deleted Section**: It was actually my first time ever being asked to anything, much less a gala like this. I'm so glad it was Rhys.
* **Reinstated Section**: We all met up together outside this little pizza joint. Its supposed to be really popular, but I never actually went there. You know me, Nana. Lack Toes And Tolerant.
* **Deleted and Reinstated Section**: Did you know that leather straps on bare shoulders is an awful idea? I didn't, but I learned really quickly that it was. I'm so glad that we were all distracted by Julie's lover boy and didn't really have time to address it. Speaking of which, I did not appreciate him trying to kiss Rhys' knuckles in greeting. I won't lie, Nana. I took Rhys' hand away from that man whore and didn't let go until I was sure this little lamb was safe from that wolf.
* **Deleted, Reinstated, and Edited Section**: We met up with 2 government officials. One looked like a good swimmer and the other looked like they could tell you science facts until your brain literally melted.
* **Reinstated Section**: So. Nana. I met a guy and Rhys left me with him and I actually didn't mind it much. He's a total tech nerd and kinda easy on the eyes. It was interesting talking to him about technology and how things worked. He even took the time to show me some of his projects and, I'll be honest, it was really impressive. He also told me a bit about his past and he seems like a total Mama's Boy. It was strangely endearing and we swapped numbers. I think I made a friend. I know how to make those now.
* **Deleted x3 and Reinstated x2 Section**: I finally met one of my brother's siblings. You ever meet someone and just know that you two are either going to end up thick as thieves or forever at each other's throats? This was that kind of situation. She actually kept up with my wit and it was very easy talking to her, Nana. It was almost like I was talking to myself. We spent so much time teasing Rhys, though I feel like she might actually think that he and I are dating. We're not. Rhys is just the person I am most comfortable with, ya know? I know I can take anything to him and he won't judge me for it. I really doubt there's much I could do to make him not care about it and that's scary and so great and makes me want to be there for him too. You ever feel like that, Nana? Rhys invited her to come play laser tag with the rest of us later. I am so excited for it.
* **Deleted Section**: I may have had more to drink than I thought. I'll never own up to it, but I very much remember getting overwhelmed with the urge to hold P to my chest and pet her hair. She looked so fucking cute in her outfit and she's so small. So. I did that. I picked her up and spun her in a circle. I may have called her "My Little Glitter Sparkle." I have a deep suspicion that its on video too. I'm too tired to find and delete all the evidence. I think I can let her have this one thing. Of course, I had to lift Rhys after that. (P did motion to him and call him Baby Boy as a redirection.) Fun fact: I can lift tall people. Well, P then had to lift R and I, in turn, lifted Julie (who is also really tall.) I then had the most wonderful idea. What if Julie lifted Rhys? P (I think it was P) said that she should do it while Rhys held us. Like little goblins, we tried to climb Rhys and he gave in, lifting both of us. I wasn't sure she could do it, but Julie did manage to lift Rhys by his ankles. I was so fucking high up. Then I saw Donna and very kindly asked her to lift us even higher. She did! We were the oddest T pose that crowd had ever seen.
* **Deleted and Reinstated Section**: I think I care about these people.

### Polychrome

Introduced Andromeda to the team, they’re chaotic and Alyssa and Rhys brought guns. Great first impressions.

Rhys told the team a memorial hologram was for his brother, Grant. Vee hugged him tight, when she let go her eyes were misty.

Ran and left a miniature rubber duck by Brandon’s memorial after giving Evelyn some time and immediately rejoined the group. Suuuuper subtle.

Talked to M’gann and Kori’ander, caught up. The old league is retiring, The Flash is a different person and M’gann is probably gonna take over Martian Manhunter. Vee asked about her gem, they don’t know but pointed her in the direction of a Green Lantern woman and Pandora.

Flirted with Tim Drake. He asked her to “show him the ropes” with karaoke. He said “you’ll have to show me the ropes” at least three times. I think it’s a date? Honestly he had a pretty natural flow but then got really nervous when it came to biting the bullet, it was really cute. Likes singing Bananarama and Cyndi Lauper in the shower.

Passed by The Flash being weirdly flirty with Andromeda, tries to bump him knowing it won’t work, he sticks his tongue out and she sticks hers back, Evelyn smacks his arm and he lets her, He winks at Vee, who now has a sneaking suspicion that WAS Wally aka (ex-)Kid Flash.

Talked to Temperance, Abe, and then Herja took over lol. Asked “wenches” for mead, no takers

TOLD DONNA HOW DATING WORKS? SHE’S GONNA GET KALDUR’AHM’S NUMBER, SHE’S KIND OF IN LOVE AND LIKES FISHMEN I GUESS??? WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN ABE

VEE TELLS DONNA ABOUT TIM ASKING HER OUT, DONNA’S EXCITED FOR THE MARRIAGE, VEE PANICS AND SAYS “WAIT NO I DON’T KNOW HIS VIBES”

Asked Pandora about the gem. It’s very ancient, was once a person, is now a shard. Like a green lantern. She’s messing with it, it feels wrong. Uncomfortable. Vee could be as powerful. Might want to look into where the meteor came from to find out what happened to the rest of it. They were genocidal maniacs, there’s a reason why they were shattered. “You’d do well to talk to the Guardians.” “Which ones?” “(...) they guard the universe. They run the Green Lanterns.”

Goes to the bar in an existential crisis, meets Signal and they compare powers like nerds, get along great and she calms down, he heads off after a while (walks like a jock) and she gets a vodka sour.

She gets a few too many drinks actually, and ambushes Rhys and Julie on the way back in to get selfies. They’re happy and chill. Donna comes in and reveals that she knows Rhys has killed people. Obviously feels morally betrayed. Vibe: Killed. They take a sad selfie and go to the bar, then Pollly (now sad and more sober) goes to blow off steam and get more pictures.

She gets a few people (Tim/RR, Duke/Signal), fails to get Damian Wayne or Cass or Batman. Damian needs to ask Vee if she’s the Gay Avenger, she admits she’s queer but alas she is not the Gay Avenger. She feels like she is increasingly making a fool of herself in this interaction, they say no to any pictures. (Vee is intimidated by Batman, but manages to escape while telling him Andromeda does a great impression of him)

She finds Red Hood bc he was dancing with Rhys and she knows he’s invited to laser tag, asks for a selfie. He’s confused that she wants one (“You’re friends with my friend and I’m taking pictures with my friends???”) but accepts then takes a second one for himself as well. Accidentally outs himself as Jason by mentioning the “place from last time” for laser tag when she invites him. Calls her Princess.

**LASER TAG CHALLENGE**: Renegades VS Outlaws, picking teams

**STAKES**:

* If they win, she has to convince Ricky to let him have permanent residence in the Oblivion
* If we win, he’ll appear in one of her music videos in a tutu

Thoroughly feeling less depressed about the state of her team, goes to find her teammates, determined to manage to take pictures where they’re actually happy this time. She updates Julie, Rhys, and Alyssa on laser tag, then Rhys and Alyssa go to see Rhys’ sister.

Talked to Julie about making Jason a room anyways, so even if he loses he’ll have a room. He just ALSO has to appear in a tutu in a music video.

Waits for Rose to clear out, then sneaks and gets a happy Rhys selfie, then a couple happy Alyssa ones.

Furtim on Laser Tag: DON’T PICK ME

Furtim goes to the bathroom and doesn’t come out for a long time.

(Lucy is short for LUCIFER? He had all that time, and THAT’S what he went with?)

Bonded with Rhys about leadership and heroing. Accepted his past. Told him she doesn’t have siblings anymore, he surmised her relative is in the memorial garden, she shushed him / covered his mouth. Is secret. They bondin.

Rhys: When we get back from all of this. Will you go around the Oblivion with me, see who knows Ricky, and help take pictures with them?

Vee learned the tale of colonel quacky, talked to raven, kid ink is magic? Sorry, Mr. Kid-Ink

Alyssa…. Is drunk, and admitted to liking Vee, picked her up and spun her like a short pet, told her she liked her and called her a little sparkle, a lil glitter, her little glitter sparkle

Alyssa lifted Rhys

Alyssa lifted Julie while Vee lifted Rhys

RHYS LIFTED ALYSSA AND VEE, JULIE LIFTED THE THREE OF THEM

THEN DONNA CAME IN AND LIFTED ALL FOUR

WHOOPS WE’RE THE THING THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR

End of the night, stumbled upon Jason alone. Tried to start a deep conversation with mixed results. Overall positive experience, ended up making out in an engineering shaft. Escalated a bit, we are totally making healthy choices.

**Polaroids taken by Polychrome**:

* Picture of the Earth
* Selfie with the Earth and the Moon in the bg
* Rhys X Jason dancing. Damian is sneaking up in the bg.
* Julie X Superman Arm Wrestling, there’s a dent in the table.
* Temperance X Abe, she’s unamused; he’s elated
* Donna X Cass, Cass’ hand on Donna’s chest hugging her arm, Cass looking to Batman for confirmation
* Donna X Fish People, with a doodle of fish and question marks. (Aquaman, Kaldur, Mera, Abe, Dolphin)
* Vee X Rhys X Julie, in selfie pose looking at Donna very shocked and somber as she confronts Rhys about killing people. There’s a person in the background doing an “oop”
* Very awkward selfie of the four of them, trying to be happy
* Blowing off sad sober steam Selfies (aka try to collect the batfam) with: Signal (Duke), Tim (Red Robin), Nightwing (Ass Shot), Batman Damian Cass said no
* Thanks Diana! BIG selfie of a bunch of woman superheroes
* Selfie with Red Hood - he takes a second one where she’s a little surprised, and pockets the first
* Selfie with Donna post - “birds and the bees with Diana” - talk
* Selfie with Julie, puts the disaster trio of Rhys, Ravager, and Alyssa in the background, kisses Julie's cheek and pulls her in with an arm around her shoulder. Respawn looks displeased, holding Furtim’s hand is the only reason he’s still there.
* Second Selfie with Julie, she kisses Vee’s cheek
* Donna X Vee X Julie, double attack Donna cheek kiss, she looks overstimulated
* Kid Ink X Plastic Man from afar
* Rhys X Vee selfie, arm around shoulder, cute
* Alyssa X Vee selfie, Alyssa’s on her phone
* Alyssa X Vee Selfie 2, ALYSSA KISS ON VEE CHEEK :>
* TEAM TOWER!

### Donna Troy

The notion of visiting the Watchtower of all places was overwhelming to Donna. Actually going there was an entirely different level. Donna was not sure what to expect, or what she ought to do, or so many other things that were bouncing in her thoughts. With that said, Donna floated this stress for the first leg of the party, up until she meets a remarkable young man whose intensity matches her own: Kaldur'ahm, of Young Justice. Donna is quickly taken with him, and left that conversation an adorably blubbering mess. She shared all of this with Polychrome practically immediately, going so far as to congratulate her on her upcoming marriage date with Tim Drake. Vee insisted that she get Kaldur'ahm's number, something that deeply embarrasses Donna for not thinking to get that in their conversation.

Donna segwayed from this euphoria of feelings into a different euphoria of feelings, this time in the form of meeting Orphan again. Though she struggled to communicate with her without knowing sign language, she maintained a thorough camaraderie with the girl, hoping to spar with her again. This meeting is completed with Batman showing Orphan how to hug people by mock hugging Donna; a core memory was unlocked.

Donna found Kaldur'ahm again, who is now with Aquaman, Mera, and Dolphin. Mera quickly picked up on Donna's "interest" and quickly leaves them alone together. They eagerly picked up their conversation again, though things go awry when she proudly mentioned that Respawn is the leader of her team. Kaldur'ahm's troubled response took Donna completely by surprise more so when he told her that Rhys is a wanted criminal for murdering Atlanteans. Donna floundered while trying to defend her friend, insisting that Respawn is a better man than who he had been in the past. She managed to trade numbers with Kaldur'ahm, but not on the terms that she had been hoping for.

After seeing her mother speaking ardently with Aquaman and Mera, Donna ran into Rhys and the others shortly thereafter, where she angrily confronts him about what she just learned. He does nothing to refute her accusations, accepting that he had in fact done what was said of him. Julie pushed back against Donna's passions, and they had a bitter debate about how they believed justice ought to be carried out, and how that applies to their mutual friend. They quickly came to an impasse, though, and Donna left, wanting to be alone.

Remembering that her mother had been speaking with the Atlantean royalty, Donna sought out her mother in her office to talk about what happened. Diana explained that while she took a calculated risk with adopting Rhys as one of her own, she warns Donna that she is going to need to take sides, and that she won't always be able to be friendly with everyone. With that in mind, Donna confides in Diana about her love for Kaldur'ahm, which prompts an embarrassing lecture from her mother about the "rich literature" that Donna ought to read on the subject. Mortified, Donna retires to the Memorial Garden. She revisits her grandmother's "grave", lamenting that she had never - and probably will never - know her. She saw Andromeda nearby, and works up the will to speak to her. She learns about Brandon, who he was, and what he meant to Evelyn. The conversation helped calm Donna's nerves and gave her perspective on what she had just recently said to Rhys and Julie, but also about the world of heroes that she has become a part of.

Donna came back to her friends with this attitude in mind, and when their daunting people tower asked her to join, she gladly volunteered. Once everyone was back on safe ground, Donna embraced Rhys and apologized for what she had said before. No matter what, they would be friends, he was their leader, and she would do everything she could to protect him. He agreed.