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Featuring: Max Mayfield + Open
What's Happening? Meeting people, exploring things, etc.
When: Feb. 19 - ?
Content Warnings: None so far.

[House 11 Spam]

[Staying in a house that is mostly completely silent around the clock is strange in a lot of ways. The silence itself is eerie and takes her a few days to get used to, considering she's used to living with Billy and Neil who are anything but quiet unless they're unconscious or not at home. She keeps expecting to wake up from a dead sleep to the sound of screaming down the hall, or something getting broken. Instead she lies awake at night, staring at the ceiling, hoping that no monster hears one of them breathing and Godzilla's the house and eats all of them.

The other thing that's strange is staying in a house full of boys and...a centaur. She feels an odd sense of belonging among them that's both a relief and also troubling. One thing that life's taught her over and over is not to get too attached to anyone. She doesn't want to get attached to anyone and yet she also wants the easy camaraderie that she sees with Bill and Eddie and Richie. The same kind she'd witnessed back in Hawkins with Lucas, Dustin, Will and Mike. She so desperately craves it, but she doesn't know how to make it happen, either.

After a mostly restless night of sleep, Max makes her way quietly through the house toward the kitchen, her stomach twisting with hunger. If any of the others are there, she'll lift a hand to wave at them.

She also sends the following message to everyone else who lives there, via the device:]

I think we should start soundproofing the house.

[Out and About]

[Max finishes her full time quiet maintenance work for the day and decides to check out the rest of the town. She carefully makes her way over the sandpaths, barefoot, and when she closes her eyes for a moment she can almost pretend she's at the beach. Almost. But not quiet.

She'll trek to as many places as possible, including the hospital, outside Town Hall, and finally to sit beside the fountain, wishing she had a pen and a notebook to write in.

Later she'll end up going through abandoned houses, looking for anything that might be useful to have at the house. Like a hairbrush since her hair is a mess, and while she's not a fussy person when it comes to her looks, it's driving her crazy.

She's also on a mission to find the library. The whole time she's out, she's keeping her eyes and ears peeled for monsters or people who look sketchy.]

[Open to People in House 9]

[Her last stop of the day is to swing by the house where Will and Mike live. She's there to see Will, so she shoots him a quick message (I'm outside on the porch of your house) but remains on said porch because she's not about to barge into someone else's house without an invite, and it's not like she can knock.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Max doesn't notice the camera turned on her, or she'd probably be embarrassed at how giddy she looks. How could anyone not like flying like this? It's incredible.

She'd be thrilled for a day like that, because she's pretty sure Eddie and Bill and Richie haven't gotten to do this yet and man, they are missing out.

She lets go of Kara when they land, still smiling.]

That was awesome. Thank you so much, Kara!

[if there was a record to skid to a stop, Kara would be doing that just about now. Instead, she reads the message and physically leans back from the device, blinking owlishly. She looks from the device to Max and back and then spreads a very fake, forced cheery smile across her face.]

So! Why did you call me that name?

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[Oh shit. She knows she's screwed up now. Kara's smiling, but it's definitely forced. Max would know. That's most of her smiles.]

Did...Mike ever mention how he knew about you?

[Kara raises an eyebrow.]

...no...?

[Thanks A LOT, Mike. :| She hesitates a moment before typing up another quick message.]

Well...in my world there are comic books about you?

[she reads Max's message and her smile gets a lot more genuine all of a sudden. She's going to have to tell Kal about all this when they finally get back home! She has her own comic books! Ever since she crash-landed on Earth, she's discovered old comics about her cousin. Most of them were... really weird.

She loves sending Kal pictures of comic panels with just a lot of question marks and emojis following it.]

Oh! Wait, seriously? Comics about me? Holy toledo! Wait, why do they say my name?

[belatedly, Kara sends a second message.]

Not that that's my name!

[She relaxes when Kara smiles for real this time.]

Yeah, they're my favorites. [Well. They're the only ones she actually reads. She tries not to smile at that second message and she types out one more before looking at Kara intently.]

I don't know! But...I won't tell anyone. You have my word.

[Kara reads the message and sighs, heavily. Perhaps one day she'll visit Max's Earth and have a talk with the Supergirl there. Because honestly, how could she handle being that public all the time??

But... she trusts, Max. And besides, Max wouldn't be the only one here knowing who she really is. Apparently it's a lot easier to figure out with a smaller population that sees you all the time. Jimminy crickets.

So, she nods, reaching out and squeezing Max's shoulder lightly.]

Thank you, Max. I appreciate that.

[She winces a little when Kara sighs, but she nods quickly when the older girl reaches out to squeeze her shoulder.]

Of course. No problem.

[She's just thrilled to be in on the secret, even if it had been a happy coincidence on her part.]

[Kara flashes her a thumbs up and then gestures to her house. She grabs the duffel bag up, sliding the tv out of the handle, and fishes her remote out of the bag before handing the rest of it over to Max.]

You can come in if you want! I guess I should get this thing inside before it rains again.

[She wants to, but...]

I should probably check in with my friends since I've been gone all day. Make sure they're all okay. Um, I'm actually - next door in house 11.

[She lives next door to Supergirl. So cool.]

You can totally come over anytime you want! As Supergirl or...you know, Kara.

[She smiles softly.]

[Kara glances over at the back of house eleven and smiles, nodding.]

Yeah! That'd be great. Thanks. :)

[with that, she gives Max a wave and starts to head inside, turning at her door and watching Max leave, switching to x-ray once she rounds the corner of her house, so she can make sure Max gets safely inside. Can't be too careful, not here.]