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𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫

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“If you plan to build walls around me, know this — 𝘐 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.”

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𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 16d

𝘐𝘕 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏𝙀𝙎𝙏 𝘿𝘼𝙔
𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘽𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙀𝙎𝙏 𝙉𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏.

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𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 10d

'Love has no kiln on Apokolips. Greed bears no seeds in The End. and Hope? Hope is the rallying cry of beings who cower behind those stronger, deadlier, more absolute than themselves... Hope is a flimsy shield, and a tattered cloak to bury oneself in. It has no foundation in this universe.'

𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 10d

/ hang the fuck on, i just deeped: darkseid reduced the emotional spectrum in the absolute verse to 'Death', 'Rage', 'Fear' and 'Willpower'.

What a fucking... ASSHOLE.

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𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 10d

crashes back to the ground with a loud thud . . . and suddenly her hand 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨, like she'd been jabbing concrete.

𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 10d

Trying (!!) to meditate. Diana loves talking about how transformative and freeing it is, but spending time with only the voices in her head is . . . not bringing her freedom.

It's only running up her -

𝕊𝕆𝕁𝕆𝕌ℝℕ𝔼ℝ 𝕄𝕌𝕃𝕃𝔼𝕀ℕ. 𝔹𝔼 𝕎𝕀𝕋ℍ𝕆𝕌𝕋 𝔽𝔼𝔸ℝ

❝ Fuck-! ❞ The room around her, once floating in green pods

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⁀➴𝓗𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐞. @zenarchery.bsky.social · 12d

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𝓒𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝓗𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐞.
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“𝘐𝘧 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦... 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥... 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦...

𝘐’𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺... 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺.”

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ᯓ𝙒𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙔 𝙒𝙀𝙎𝙏. @absolutespeed.bsky.social · 11d

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𝖳𝖧𝖤 𝖬𝖠𝖱𝖳𝖨𝖠𝖭. @eidolonmind.bsky.social · 10d

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𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 10d

Looking around. Looking back at the water bo - okay, that's gone, too.

This is - fine.

𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 10d

. . .

ᯓ𝙒𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙔 𝙒𝙀𝙎𝙏. @absolutespeed.bsky.social · 10d

No sooner had she set the food out than it disappeared in a crackling gust of wind.

𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 10d

[ just - just leaving out a burger and half a bottle of water. ]

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𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 10d

[ just - just leaving out a burger and half a bottle of water. ]

𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 11d

Oh, shit... I gotta find a babysitter for Hal.

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𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 11d

❝ Huh. ❞

Handwritten invitation. Hadn't seen one of these since grade school. But a 'sleepover with a bunch in custom PJs' necessitated a level of childishness.

❝ I'll be there, Di. ❞ Here. She'd already been staying, why leave now?

❝ Think this'll get messy? Lotta troublemakers under one roof. ❞

𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧. @apolyti.bsky.social · 11d

This one brought her a smile. A direct invitation, written in her own hand, on elegant stock paper.

Delivered to @viridisapex.bsky.social in person directly over a breakfast bowl of cereal.

The Princess, smiling bright at her friend and ally, took a seat opposite her at the table.

❝ Tonight. ❞

𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 12d

Hasn't had a GOOD burger in - weeks? Coast City burgers are all 'GMO Free' or 'Impossible' or whatever craze was on top at the moment.

She was aching for an honest to goodness, grease-dripped, sesame seed bun BURGER.

𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 12d

'Welcome, safe, clothed and fed'.

In any other circumstance, she'd be worried about a sweeping generosity like that. Coming from her, though, it's like each word is a hug.

❝ Thanks... I'm no freeloader, though, ma'am. You got anything you need done around here, you turn to me without hesitation. ❞

𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧. @apolyti.bsky.social · 14d

Be welcome, safe, clothed and fed!

Many of the halls aren't to be trifled with, carrying whispers and directives that have withstood the passing of eons, and survived the fall of empires.

But if ever a hall, or a room, carries with it a lit lamp and open door? Then you are welcome there, and safe.

𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 16d

Ah . . . ? Well, she's not gonna turn down a stay at a literal princess' magical forest clearing cabin.

𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 12d

/ you've always been cool to me 🥺

we do send up for Hal Jordan having a terrible time over here, you're 100% right.

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ᏴᏞᎪᏟᏦ ᎻᎪΝᎠ @secretheart.bsky.social · 12d

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

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ᯓ𝙒𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙔 𝙒𝙀𝙎𝙏. @absolutespeed.bsky.social · 17d

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𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 12d

/ DEE, HOLY SHIT!?

𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 13d

All she has to offer is a 'nod'. That's the symbol. That's the thing that... changed all their lives for the worst.

The same one that comes to life on her chest whenever she threads her thoughts into her own ring.

❝ Abin Sur called it a 'Green Lantern'. Told us we were going to be judged by it. ❞

𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 13d

❝ See, that's where I think our disconnect is. You're referring to it as... as if it were a person.

The thing I'm talking about? The thing that gave me this ring? It was a giant... symbol, or letter, or something. It fell from the sky and, literally, crushed Evergreen beneath it. ❞

𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 13d

But somehow, every single time, she knows it's listening.

𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 13d

She's up early. Hard to 'sleep in' with a cosmic battery on her hand, sure, but she'd have been up anyway.

City's quieter this early. It's easier for her to run through & marshal her thoughts.

❝ You and me, we're gonna gain some common ground today... ❞

The ring doesn't speak back. It never does.

𝐁𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 @viridisapex.bsky.social · 13d

That's what happened to Todd. He was with fear...