5849/Love Revolution

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Love Revolution
Date of Scene: 25 November 2018
Location: Unknown
Synopsis: Summary needed
Cast of Characters: Star Shimmer, Breath




Star Shimmer has posed:
Its been a long night for the young Star Sapphire. After the events at the parade, she opted to go back to Gotham. What she found was, her former home is now occupied by another. Her things are gone. All she has are the clothes on her back and the ring on her finger. She even lost her guitar! Not that its that big of a deal. This is a slight problem. She may be A Star Sapphire but she isn't THE Star Sapphire. She doesn't have a fortune in a bank or anything. No extra cash laying around. She's, for lack of a better term, shit outta luck. This has lead her to an LGBT friend Shelter. Why here? Old habits die hard. She may not physically be the person she once was but she is still growing mentally. Plus she's technically a bisexual so no biggy.

Quietly she enters and looks around. Clothing wise, she's wearing a violet sweater and a violet coat. Definitely warmly dressed at least. "Umm... Do you have any room? I mean... I know its kinda... early in the day and stuff. I just need to find a place to get on my feet. I've been umm... out of town? For a few months? I came back and everything was gone." She frowns.

Breath has posed:
The girl at the counter looks up, and nods, "We have a bit of room for tonight," she says, pulling out some paperwork. "Have you been here before?" The sounds of a meeting come from the room next to the reception area, muffled by the partition between the two. A trans community group, by the calendar posted. Not the main one, on account of the time of day, but not everyone's schedule is the same.

They actually have a Breath poster for the Titans on the wall here, mixed with the various Pride posters and informational posters. Not the most common of hero memorabilia, but a few of them are around here and there in the city for those who actually watch for them. White and sky blue costume with a winged backpack, caught in flight. A thin coating of dust is on it; it has been there awhile.

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn shakes her head, "No, I've never been here before. First time. Never really been on the street before. I'd be out busking but someone stole my guitar." She omits the fact that she could make one with her ring but a glowing guitar light construct would be a little conspicuous. "What do I need to do? I mean I don't want to impose myself or anything."

Her attention goes to the images and memorabilia. "Huh... The Titans. I have met some of them in the past. I mean umm... Well A few have helped me out. Also... a few Justice League people. Including Batman and Star Sapphire." At the mention of the last one her hands go behind her back, hiding the violet ring from sight. "Seems like they got some fans here though. Gotta love the heros. The idea of being able to helping others like that. Its amazing."

Breath has posed:
The receptionist nods and offers you a pen to go along with the forms and clipboard. "Oh, yeah, she stayed with us for awhile. She still volunteers here."

"She's actually giving a presentation in there today about safety right now, how not to get kidnapped and stuff. I mean, I've heard it before. But it's still really useful for some of the new arrivals. Just go ahead and fill this out, and we'll see about getting things checked out. We're only able to take short stays right now, but hopefully, you can find someplace soon once you've had some rest."

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn quickly fills out the forms. Shes seen them before and helped people fill them out at the old folks home. "I used to volunteer at a nursing home in Gotham. Its been a while since I was able to." She smiles. Handing back the paperwork, she gives a smile to the receptionist. "Sounds like she's a good person. One who... loves... what they do and helping others. That to me is very special." Its hard for her not to accent the L word as its pretty much changed all the things.

Quietly She leans against the counter. "So She's a Titan... I seen one of them just last night... Ummm Starfire!" She grins. "I understand though. I bet things tend to be busy. Especially this time of the year."

Breath has posed:
The receptionist nods, "Yeah, way too many kids being kicked out of their houses this time of year. I just don't get it." She glares at the desk with some jaded anger for a couple seconds. "We do what we can."

She nods. "I don't really know anything about the Titans," she admits, "I only ever see Breath. But she helps a lot. I helped her find a conversion camp to break up, a few months ago. From what the kids told me, I don't know how it didn't end up on the news. They didn't leave a single building standing."

The partition slides open a ways, as a couple people slip out to the bathroom or coffee. Break time.

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn frowns and looks down, "I don't understand it either. Then again... I was kinda kicked out too. Disowned. If not for people like Batman and Star Sapphire, I'd have been coming here much sooner than now." She sighs. "I wanna help. I just wish I could." She sighs and looks around.

Then it clicks. What else has happened while she was gone. "A... Conversion camp?! I've been gone way too long. It couldn't be helped but... This is a problem." She frowns. A simple glance shows this hits way too close to home. "I'm going to help out where I can."

Breath has posed:
The receptionist nods vigorously, "Yeah! A fungus outbreak ended up appearing close to it. It's a wonder none of the kids were killed by those things. And things are really crazy right now, too! Hate crimes are just through the roof! There's violence on the news that just doesn't feel real anymore, it's so much worse now for some reason. There's more camps springing up now, too. I just don't know what's gotten into people!"

Breath wanders out to get some water, and waves at the receptionist. "Anything else go wrong while I was in there?"

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn looks at the receptionist. Her heart sinks at that. "So while I've been gone the worlds gone to shit. Great! Wonderful. I should have been here. I could have done something." Suddenly another voice speaks up...

"Autumn there is nothing you could have done. You had much you needed to..."

Autumn whips around and whispers "quiet! You can't talk right now!" She's doing her best to keep quiet. Turning back around, "Sorry umm. My phone must have been left on. Its one of those umm free ones that are all borky and stuff." She states as she tries to cover the fact that it most definitely DIDN'T come from a phone.

Then out comes Breath. "Oh umm hi! I was just looking for somewhere warm to crash tonight and stuff. Didn't mean to cause a scene."

Breath has posed:
Breath blinks a bit. "Well, I didn't notice anything. Other than your shoulder angel or whatever." Wide shoulders, narrow hips, blocky face, marginally passes. Trained voice, still has that distinctive resonance. Medium length blonde hair. Sort of befuddled expression at the concentrated bundle of glamor fails you managed to experience in under ten seconds.

"I'm kind of curious what you would have been doing. The past few days, I could use all the help I can get. Things are just getting crazy!" She droops dramatically, then smooths her hair a moment. "Like, usually nobody actually attacks any of the tent cities I visit. Last week, it was daily, just random crazies. I wanted to give people a heads up."

Star Shimmer has posed:
She frowns, "Well I was very much out of town until last night. I didnd't know anything that was going on. As far as what I could have been doing, We all have our talents right?" She gives a warm smile. "So you are one of the Titans and all around awesome person according yo your receptionist." She extends her hand without thinking about the violet ring on it. "My name is Autumn. Autumn Merryweather. I'm a musician and a bit of a tech fanatic!" She gives a warm smile and steps back.

After a moment she speaks up again, "I sorta came back to the news that my room has been taken over. All of my things are gone. So... Square one! I will make do though. I always do."

Breath has posed:
Breath nods and shakes the hand, briefly noting the ring. She doesn't know the significance, but it still looks different than usual. "Well, sure. I'm.. really sorry to hear about your room, that's awful. My dad doesn't even acknowledge me. It's great to meet you, Autumn. What are your pronouns? And did you want to go somewhere and talk while Anna puts this stuff in the computer..?" She sort of founders around a bit, trying to think of how to protect your other closet but offer you a chance to talk shop. Even if you seem like you're blowing holes in the door right now.

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn smiles, "Oh umm She/Her/Her's. As girly as they come really!" She laughs. "I was kicked out too. My father hates everything about me. My mom was the negotiator. She negotiated that I leave." She shrugs. "So where would you like to go." She asks as she falls in line. For now she keeps her other side secret. Well as secret as she can. Hiding her identity has been difficulty to say the very least.

Breath has posed:
Breath hmmmms, thinking as she walks out the door. Once on the quiet side street, as the door latches, she says, "That depends on if you can get to rooftops or fly. Or, you know. What you want to talk about. I'm not going to pry."

She looks up and down the street. "I don't see anybody looking." She continues walking to get us away from the covered up window, regardless. "Just, you're dropping names, something is talking to you, good advice by the way and hello, and.. yeah. The whole 'I'm going to suck at secrets because I need to talk to somebody but I can't just say it' thing. Been there."

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn lets out a sigh. "I really suck at this part." She quickly looks around. Light erupts at her feet and covers her body. Suddenly she looks slightly much less like a civilian and much more... Well maybe slightly on the exhibitionist side but very much like a freaking super hero type. "See you on the roof then." Her whole body glows violet and she flies up to the roof tops. Once up there she uses her ring to make a pair of chairs and even a fireplace which would appear to be lit.

She takes a seat, "Sorry. I guess... I go by several names. If you go by the news and stuff, I'm Star Sapphire. Not THE Star Sapphire. Thats my Princess. Honestly, Nightingale works much better. Or just Autumn if we are friends. The voice you heard is Libby. She's the AI in my ring. She holds a crapload of information." She sighs and winces, "Sorry. I just... I didn't know where to go."

Breath has posed:
Breath crouches a bit, looks down and BLOWS at the ground like a jet engine powering up, and launches herself onto the rooftop, landing a bit roughly, but that can't be the most controlled sort of flight around. The neighbors are apparently used to it by now.

She nods, takes a seat, listens. "Okay." She gets out a notepad and writes names down so she can be sure to remember them. She really needs some better gear. The pen taps on her chin as she considers. "So you just got back from? Somewhere or other? And you need a safe place to stay?"

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn smiles, 'Honestly, I just got back from Zameron. Its a planet several light years away. Right now I'm sorta the only Star Sapphire for this sector. Star Sapphire, As in Princess Star Sapphire is on Zameron doing the princess thing. I don't have anywhere to stay at this time. I just wanna kinda find my way."

A voice rings out, "Greetings, Breath. It is a pleasure to meet you." The voice is coming from her ring.

"I was called to Zameron for training. Sadly that means I couldn't remain on Earth. I can see the results of that choice. I feel terrible about it. I will do my best to make amends for my actions."

Breath has posed:
Breath nods and takes more notes. "You sound a little like Starry. You aren't a mustard fanatic too, are you? It's nice to meet you too, Libby. What are your pronouns? And how do I spell Zameron? If it even has an English spelling?" Scribble, scribble.

"I'm not sure if any of the others are around right this moment, but I can try to ask today. Is there any way I can get a hold of you easy?" She digs out a Titans business card and hands it over. "I mean, I have to look into this and make sure you didn't try to take over the world or anything."

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn laughs a little, "As in Starfire? We met last night. Mustard? Not so much. Pizza though? Do you gotta ask. Plus I am a bit of a techie girl. Give me a compute or twoand I will be a happy young lady." SHe blushes. "Z. A. M. E. R. O. N." She states, giving the spelling.

Libby speaks up, "She/Her. Most Star Sapphires are of the Female gender. Autumn was of the Female Gender with her body out of sync. This was healed."

Autumn Facepalms, "Libby, Someday we are going to discuss TMI." She blushes a little and rubs the back of her neck. "Long story. Suffice it to say, Its not unlike so many others." She frowns.

Breath has posed:
Breath nods and writes, not looking up at the unremarkable to her conversation. "Sweet. I haven't decided if I want to get bottom surgery, myself. It just hasn't come up yet. Nobody ever asks me out, even, and I wouldn't want to be laid up when things go loopy." She pauses writing and debates if there's any other notes. "I mean, it would be nice to be able to wear a skintight outfit. But yeah, Libby, that's usually sensitive information. And yeah, like Starfire. She loves mustard. And sauerkraut. Sometimes on pizza. There's a lot of pizza there."

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn takes a deep breath. "I umm. Didn't have surgery." She rubs her head, "The Lantern rings are among the most powerful weapons in the universe. They tend to take very good care of their wearers. In my case, It viewed my gender dysphoria as an illness and proceeded to treat it. Nine months ago, I was a regular trans person trying to conceal who I was. Then, I got beaned in the head with a ring. Libby still needs to explain herself for that one. I'm still dealing with the mental end but physically... it changed me." She sighs. "I feel awful about it. Like I won the powers lottery but I can't do that for all trans people. So what I can do is help out where I can."

She sighs and just looks down. "There are downsides too. Like it brings out the emotional state that will amplify its power. In this case, Love. When I can't do anything.... I feel terrible."

Breath has posed:
Breath looks up into your eyes. "You don't apologize for good fortune. That makes it sound like you wish you were worse off, and people need to see people who had good fortune because one day good things might happen to anybody else. All we can do is help where we can."

She looks down at the ring. "Libby, back me up on this. Am I right, here?"

"Now, I'm going to see if I can get you set up as soon as I can manage, and then we can start trying to figure out all this.. yuck. Or finding who knows about it. I don't have any idea. We had some crazy lately. Like I said, the whole world is in a dark funk."

Star Shimmer has posed:
Libby speaks up, "Breath is correct. You know well that you can not show hate towards yourself without harming your abilities. Your body was healed. You should be happy. Do you not love yourself more now?"

Autumn sighs, "I do. I just wish I could do the same for everyone else you know? Its a burden you know? I want to make life better for everyone."

She pauses and listens. "A dark funk. I think I know what you mean. Its like a cloud of darkness has fallen on the planet. The Star Sapphires should have noticed this from Zameron but they didn't. Part of me wishes I could send for help but this is my responsibility now. I need to try to make things better. I need to... I can do this at least." She lifts into the sky. The violet aura glows softly. Quietly she begins speaking, "For hearts long lost and full of fright, for those alone in blackest night. Accept our ring and join our fight, love conquers all with violet light!" Her body ignites glowing far more bright than it was. She begins radiating love. Raising a ringed fist into the air, Light erupts upward and the image of an eight point star takes form and shines in the night sky.

Floating down, she lands leaving the star high in the sky. "Let that be a warning to those who show hate. Love Conquers All." She is still radiating love. "So I guess this is the start of a love revolution!"

Breath has posed:
Breath grins. "Let's do this."

She stands and pops her wings out. "Is there anything you need to check out or do? I don't know much about what you do yet. As Stardust says, I suck and I blow. It's goofy, but I do what I can. I'm right there with you as much as I can manage."

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn smiles bright. "Well, you may not like it. I Kinda have to break in to my old room. I left something very important there. It won't have been stolen. They wouldn't be able to find it. I have to be able to recharge my ring. I'm getting a little low to be honest." She smiles, "So to Gotham?"

Breath has posed:
Breath gives a thumbs up. "It wouldn't be the first time. Can we knock, first? Maybe they'll just let two heroes in. We just have to make sure not to piss off any bats."

Star Shimmer has posed:
Autumn laughs, "There is a reason I go by Nightingale." She winks playfully. Immediately her body flashes and she is suddenly wearing dark armor not unlike the Bat family. "Batman and company are friends. Just... downplay your powers. Focus on non-powered combat in the event of trouble. This is going to be fun by the way. My Parkour skills are kinda rusty."