Train-surfing, or Bored Teen Hero at Play [Open]

[kid_flash_found]

WHO: Kid Flash (Bart Allen) and YOU!!!
WHERE: Anywhere there's a railroad
WHEN: First Week of October
WHAT: Riding the open rails the wrong way!
WARNINGS: Teenage stupidity, possibly reckless endangerment, will edit if needed

[ooc: Catch Bart anywhere high-speed or light rail is found, because he gets around]


One of the nice things Bart had found out about the way the nanites interacted with the 'net on this Earth was that when he didn't feel like running between places or trusting his luck to the Porters, he could pull up bus and train schedules at a thought, and read as quickly as he wants. Which is what leads to Kid Flash going train-surfing.

Sure, he could have gotten a ticket and rode inside, but on top of the train, he could feel the wind in his face in a way that tended to fade when he ran as his frictionless aura shielded him from pesky things like air resistance and heat. Besides, balancing on trains was fun, and getting on and off took a little timing and precision. Not to mention any fans that caught him on video will enjoy the thrill of it, without actually endangering anyone or spending every free moment catching purse-snatchers and other petty criminals. He does that, too, but this is just about the joy of the moment.

Kid Flash can't help the tight-lipped smile that keeps threatening to turn into a full-fledged grin as he shifts his weight in reaction to the movement of the car beneath him, a map of the rails with current track schedules and timings kept current on an internalized heads-up-display. And when he notices that he isn't alone anymore, that grin is realized, amber eyes lighting up behind the mask.

"Amazing, isn't it?"

Comments

[usaf]

Carol nods, listening carefully. Obviously the whole bit about some League and the Greek gods goes way over her head, but she can understand the public's faith in an institution being shaken. She relates, with how her own faith in the Kree leadership was shaken when she learned the truth about Mar-Vell and the Skrull refugees.

"So that's what you're trying to do? Establish yourself as something the people here can believe in?"

[kid_flash_found]

"Kinda. At least to be someone you can trust to be part of the solution, not the problem," Bart said. "I'm not one of the folks with the kinds of huge powers that can save entire worlds, but I can at least do something. But it's hard to protect people who are afraid of you, or hate you, no matter how justified their feelings might be."

[usaf]

Carol gives the sort of half cocked smile of someone who knows (or thinks) they are one of the folks with world-saving powers. But she nods, understanding.

"It's an honorable thing to do. Trust isn't built easily, but it breaks like that." She snaps her fingers to illustrate.

[kid_flash_found]

"Yeah, well, not everyone gets to be a flying brick," he half-grumbles, half teases. "But yeah, it's just about trying to establish that this is as much a uniform as a cop or an EMT. I'm just trying to serve and protect in my own way."

And the part where he gets overlooked due to age is just a mild annoyance most of the time.