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MORE GROUP CHAT SHENANIGANS PLSSSSS I BEG 🙏🙏🙏

dc x dp group chat shenanigans part 4

I well when you beg like that anon, how can I refuse? Also I'm sorry.

Tim has removed Stephanie from "Sib Chat." Tim: Guys something has come up. Cass: ??? Babs: Tim, Stephanie should know about this. I'm adding her back into the group chat. Barbara has added Stephanie to "Sib Chat." Tim has removed Stephanie from "Sib Chat." Dick: What's going on, my phone is blowing up with notifs? Barbara has added Stephanie to "Sib Chat." Duke: Yeah, you guys woke me up, what is happening with Stephanie, should I be concerned? Tim has removed Stephanie from "Sib Chat." Babs: Dammit Tim, she deserves to know! Tim: Just let me talk! Babs: FINE Tim: The foster family that took in Stephanie's daughter reached out. Dick OH FUCK Cass: ??? Tim: Apparently the little girl is in the hospital and it's pretty serious. She's reacting weirdly to medication and they are trying to figure out if Steph has any medical history or allergies that might help them figure out how to move forward. Dick: Okay Jay and I are gonna end patrol early and head back to the safehouse so we can talk about this further. Babs: I still think you should tell her Tim, not letting her know isn't right. Tim: I know. But I don't think the group chat is the right way to tell her. Let's just figure out how we are gonna break it to her once she comes home. Babs: Fine. Tim: Thank you.

A few minutes later.

Dick: Okay what is happening? And why aren't we on comms about it? Babs: Bruce doesn't know. Duke: Why exactly do we know about this but they don't Tim: Babs and I have been keeping track of Steph's emails and socials while she was out of town. They reached out through email. Dick: Jay says it was a closed adoption so how would they know how to get ahold of her? Babs: My father folds under pressure very quickly. Dick: He would. Duke: How do we plan on telling her about this? We can't not tell her. Tim: Steph is on her way back to Gotham right now. Can we all be at the manor to tell her by the time she gets home? She's going to need support for this. Dick: Jay and I will be home soon. As long as we leave Dami on patrol with him, he wont suspect anything. Cass: omw Duke: Let me put on pants and I'll be there soon. Babs: Everyone keep their trackers on their person so I can make sure none of you run into her on the way. Cass:👍 Dick: Got it Duke: Heard

the next day

Steph: I'm at the hospital. I've asked to not let her see me. She's doing better now. She has my averse reaction to Benadryl. The hospital kept giving her more every time her reaction got worse which is why she wasn't getting better.

Babs: How are you feeling Steph?

Steph: Shaken up. I didn't want to ever have contact to keep her safe.

Tim: We know. Which is why we haven't told Bruce about any of this.

Steph: Thank you.

Cass: 💜💜💜

Duke: Of course Steph. Anything you need.

Jason: Do you still want me and Cass to pick you up?

Steph: Yes please.

Babs: We love you Steph

Duke: Let us know if you need anything else.

an hour later

Steph: Guys her name is Lillian.

Jason: We’re coming to get you now.

Steph: Please. I'm crying in a medical supplies closet.

Dick: Has anyone seen Damian? Does he even know?

Tim: I don’t know where he went. He packed a duffel in a hurry and ran out of the manor an hour ago. Babs is trying to find him right now on streetcams.

Dick: He found Tim’s tracker then?

Duke: Do we tell Bruce we can’t find Damian?

Dick: NO

Babs: NO

Tim: NO

Steph: NO

Jason: NO

Cass: NO

Duke: Okay then.

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Take a moment to stop and look DP X DC

Demon twins au

Except jazz is also related to Damien and Danny

From the moment Damien was born his siblings were known to be lesser constantly getting berated and punished for being lesser even if they weren't. Danyal has always been the stronger twin he was more brilliant in battle strategies as well as fighting through sheer force of will even when all hope was lost he emerged victorious and always had a knack for blending in well.

Jasmine was always brilliant when it came to the mind. All her victims and assignments died killing themselves leaving no trace to Jasmine. She could always predict their movements predict what their next goal would be what they would think and how she could crush it or take advantage of it for her own gain. She was intelligent in ways that no one could comprehend.

Yet despite all of that they were constantly getting compared to Damien. Even their mother despite trying to hide it showed favoritism toward him they weren't sure why but growing up they realized the reason.

It's because Damian was more brainwashed and inclined to do orders without question. He will not question authority and he would follow without question when it came to the League of assassins. So to Ras he was the perfect heir it didn't matter that he was weaker or less intelligent he found that to be fixable and what he truly wanted was control. And their mother? She thought Damien would survive the longest out of the three of them so she spent more of her time with Damien showing more love to him.

So it was clear that they were disposable and worth nothing

Because of that Jasmine and Danyal were closer always sticking by each other's side and looking behind each other's back to make sure the other was safe. Nights on rooftops as both of them ranted about their interest Danyal with space and Jasmine with people.

Going on a missions together and witnessing the world they come to realize that the League of assassins was wrong and everything they stood for. They were being manipulated so whenever they could they would show forms of kindness and try to resemble any form of peace.

It also resulted with them being closer to Mara after helping her with countless injuries and letting her talk about her interest or problems and giving genuine advice. They were all close tighten together and their uncle seem to favor them more than Damian they were okay with that. With their uncle and cousin they felt like normal people and an actual family that cared for each other.

Until Mara overheard Ras and his plans to kill off and Jasmine and Danyal. So she immediately went to her cousins to warn them of them about his plans.

They hushed her and told her not to worry and that they would handle it and for her to promise them that she would be okay and to protect herself and pretend this never happened.

That was the same night that they went to the Lazarus pits after feeling a calling when they see a figure with a cloak offering them to let them live in another dimension but as a result they would lose their memories of everything before going into that dimension.

They agreed on the condition that they were given the chance to give a few final gifts to their loved ones.

Mara found Danyal's jeweled constellation blade on her bed and Jasmine's book on psychology with a letter reminiscing about memories on the rooftops and also giving her a piece of jewelry that was as green as the pits but more pure.

Fast forward Danny is 15 and jazz is 17 on the run from their parents and the GIW and decide to run to the ghost zone while Sam and Tucker explode the building and all the blueprints as well as the portal.

They go to clockwork to which he guides them to a different dimension telling them a cryptic message about blades and origins but they weren't quite able to make out.

They decide to go live in Gotham seeing as there were job opportunities and no one who would question about their identities and where they're from.

Now if only everyone stopped the looking at them weirdly and the bats stop tried to interrogate them that would be much appreciated.

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Dp x DC prompt/idea

What if: we combined 'little shit Danny' who looks like one of the bat kids, and Bruce running oon little to only 8 hours within the last 4 days.

Batman going home from patrol, having had only 8 hours if sleep withing the last 4 almost 5 days because of patrol, Work, galas and business meetings back to back.

Also batman, running into Danny sitting on a roof eating a sub sandwich.

Batman: what are you doing here. Your meant to be at home. Your benched remember. *heavy sigh* whatever I'll just take you back myself.

Danny: huh? Wait-what? No side, I think your mistaking me-

Batman: up we go. Home time. Then I'm gonna make sure your going to bed then me or else penny one is gonna have my head.

- - - -

Danny in the Batcave with a de cowl'd batman, revealing Bruce Wayne's face. Danny still eating his sandwich as Batman aka Bruce lectures him about properly watching your health and injuries especially with a missing spleen, which told Danny that whoever Bruce/Batman thought he was, was missing a spleed.

Danny quickly sensing a message to his sister jazz letting her know he's sorta been kidnapped by a new Fruitloop and activates his tracker.

Jazz: OMW

Also jazz- sprinting to Danny's location across roofs with a creep stick in hand and her eyes slowly starting to glow because of her liminality.

Tim walking down into the Batcave not long later but then pausing eyes directly on Danny as they have a stare off.

Tim: uhhh. B?

B looking at Danny thinking he spoke: hmm?

Tim: B...

B slightly confused: how are you talking. Your mouth isn't moving?

Danny still chewing on his sandwich lifting his hand and pointing to Tim behind Bruce.

Que Bruce looking back and forth between Tim and Danny, eyes squinted as he tries to clear his bleary eyes.

B: but. Your sat here. But your also stood there... What?

Tim: B. That's not me...

B looking at Danny: then who's this?

Tim: HOW AM I MEANT TO KNOW?!

Danny: Hi. I'm the kid you kidnapped, most likely thinking I was your son. But I'm not. And now I know that Batman is Bruce Wayne. Which honeatly. Did not see that coming. I owe Wes sooo much money... Oh god, I can't let Wes know. I'mma be broke. More than I already am...

Then you have Tim and Bruce stood there confused out of their minds as they slowly realise what's happened. Then Tim leave to go get Alfred leaving Bruce and Danny still in the cave.

Not long later jazz shows up running down one of the long entrances/exits for the vehicles holding the creep stick panting, out of breath, and then running up to Bruce about to swing.

B: Babs? Is that you? But. Your walking... Your legs are better. Oh I'm so happy. It's amazing. Your better again. Your dad must be so happy.

Also B- going up to a stunned frozen jazz and hugging her.

Jazz: huh?

Danny: I think he's either concussed or just mentally unwell. Or both. Who knows.

B: your standing again. It's amazing. It's-

Tim who just came down stairs with Alfred: B... What did you do now...

B turning around with a slight smile: TIM! It's Barbra. She's walking again! It's amazing!

Tim: B... That's not Barbra...

B: what? But...

Alfred with the most disappointed look known to man kind: Master Bruce. Miss Barbra is still in the library helping the other still on patrols.

B:... Then who...

Alfred : master Bruce. I'd advise you go to bed before you make more mistakes, you have already exposed your identity. Now, if you do notgo to bed within the next 10 minutes I will personally prevent you from patrolling. I have already been lenient these last 5 days.

B: but-

Alfred: NOW.

B: yup. Bed. Going. Got it.

The following minutes are filled with silence as Bruce hurries to get out of his costume and up the elevator all while Alfred follows him with his gaze alone.

Jazz: huh?

Danny grinning: turns out Batman is Bruce Wayne.

Jazz looking frazzled, confused and still holding her creep stick as if she's gonna swing: wha...

Alfred:my apologies. It appears master Bruce isn't in the best state of mind due to a lack of sleep. Would you like some tea? How may I address you two?.

Jazz: I uhh... Yeah. Tea...

Danny: I'm Danny. This is my sister, Jazz.

Alfred: very well, master Danny, miss Jazz. I will bring some tea shortyl, I hope master Tim is able to get you comfortable while you wait.

Tim: sure thing Alfie.

Following this you get Tim leading Danny and Jazz to a sitting area in the cave, then Alfred coming down with a tray of tea, and decaf coffee for Tim.

Tim proceeds to explain to the two that they were mistaken as him and a family friend who is similar to a sibling due to similar appearances.

Later on Dick, Jason and Steph walk into the cave before freezing realizing that there are civilians and they've take off their masks. They proceed to try and replace them before Tim stops them and tells them Bruce had already messed up.

Tim, Danny and Jazz explain what happened which leads them to bursting in laughter.

- - - -

Jason: wait. I get how Danny got in here. But, how did you get in here?

Jazz: oh... Well, Danny keeps a tracker on his phone in case of emergency that let's me know where he is when he activates it.

Jason: okay, fair. But that still doesn't explain how you got in here, because the exits are all blocked off or unaccesible because they're through the manor.

Jazz: oh, I just followed his tracker, realized he was somewhere that isn't available on foot so I just started phasing through the wall till I got in that tunnel.

Jason: you what?

Jazz: I phased through the wall.

Danny: Jazz... I think your for getting something...

Jazz: what?

Danny: normal people don't phase through walls...

Jazz: what do you- oh. Oh, fuck.

Danny: yeah.

Dick: well... That's cool. We've got metals in here. Duke's gonna be happy. He should be coming down in a few hours to start patrol too.

Duke: nope, already here. I noticed no one had come upstairs yet other than Bruce and got curious.

Steph: HOLY SHIT! Don't sneak up on us like that!

Duke: are you guys really metas? What can you do? I can control light and shadows.

Steph: hey don't just ig-

Jazz: well. Yeah I guess we count as metas, because that category is broad anyway. I can phase through stuff, have increase strength, and emotionally affected fire hair, glowing eyes and fangs, and mild pyro-kinesis.

Duke: swe-heet. What about you dude?

Danny: oh well, strength, fly, invisibility, intagibility/phase through shit, glowing,ice powers... And yeah. That's the basics, yeahthere is more but that other stuff. ... I'm less meta more half human though. So..

Duke: cool~

Dick: hey, why do you guys call it phasing and not density shifting. Isn't that the same?

Jazz: well not exactly. Density shifting is the act of being able to manipulate your density to a molecular level so that you can pass through the molecules of another object. However, it can be blocked with a night dense material.

Danny: whereas phasing is essentially the act of going momentarily intangible while maintaining your density, or more accurately control ably not just momentarily.

Steph: ... Yeah that's too much words for me.

Dick: basically, density shifting -you can still be touched and blocked by some stuff and change how physical you are on the tiny scale. Phasing- you ignore laws of science to not be able to be touched and ignore how thick something is. Right?

Danny: yeah.

Jazz: pretty much yeah.

Steph: sweet.

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Parent of the Butler

DP x DC Prompt

Danny, during one of his vacations in a mortal world, had adopted a young boy named Alfred while he was living his life.

Danny had briefly been the butler to the Wayne family before Bruce was born. When Danny had to leave back to the Infinite Realms because of his Ghost King duties needed to be resumed soon. He had asked his son to become the next Butler for the Wayne family.

The reason for Alfred's "all-knowing" is because it's his liminal power he got by being near his dad, the Ghost King, for as long as he was a kid and teenager until he became a member of the British Guard.

Danny, and on occasion, Dani and Jazz, visit Alfred over the years, but their Infinite Realms lives keep them from staying for too long. They also seem to be visiting on days when Alfred is either alone in the Manor or is on a day off that takes him out of the Manor.

One day, during a rare quiet week in Gotham, the Wayne family gets a letter addressed to Alfred. None of them dared to try and read it, as they all didn't want to face the disappointed butler for a month after all of them failed to do security checks on the mail addressed to Alfred.

About half an hour later, Alfred is looking really happy as he makes food and such, like he always does whenever there's going to be one or more visitors. They all checked with each other, seeing if Kon, Bart, Bernard, Wally, Clark, or Jon is coming over. When Alfred was finally asked why he's preparing to welcome a visitor, he tells them.

"My dad is coming to visit me. Sadly, my sister and aunt are still too busy to visit. But it is still exciting news"

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Tim: We can't tell Dick he'll never let us pull this prank.

Jason: What? Dick loves pranks.

Duke: Yeah but not the illegal ones.

Steph: Or ones against cops.

Jason: WHAT!?

Batsibs:..?

Jason: Just one sec

Jason (calling Dick and putting them on speaker):

Dick: Whats up?

Jason: Hey remember when I was still Robin and you got mad at Bruce for telling you not to flirt with the rogues while he was actively hooking up with Selina, so you let me tag along to steal shit from museums while planting cat fur you stole from Selina's place hoping to frame her but the dumb ass detective ended up thinking it was a gang of hyper intelligent stray cats?

Dick (snorting): Yeah, of course, I still send the detective a box of kittens and something of his I've stolen of his every year on National Adopt a Stray Day.

Jason (deadpan look at his siblings):

Dick: Crazy to think that was one of the tamer pranks we pulled...

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So... Ghosts are made of ectoplasm and emotion. And one of the ways a ghost generates the ectoplasm they need to continue existing is through emotion.

So in theory, ghosts could heal eachother by ANNOYING eachother.

Thus implying:

Jason: Ough. Tired.

Danny: Last assignment really took it out of you?

Jason: Yeah. I just feel drained as hell. Maybe I'm gonna go take a nap or-

Danny: Mathematically speaking, some infinities are larger than others.

Jason:

Jason: Fuck you. Fuck you, and your math, and your stupid technicalities, and your-

Jason: Wait, why do I feel better

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Danny: ..... my dad is a scientist. Not an evil scientist. Batman: *points at a man that managed to take down Bane with a now smoking weapon with extreme ease* Danny: My mom actually did that. My dad just shot at some random ghost shouting about boxes. Batmam: ...where is your... mother? Danny: Something about hunting down a clown that kidnapped my sister. She's already back with her already. Batman: *looks back to see a woman in a blue hazmat suit carrying a large, is a battering ram... walking along side of a teen that could pass off as her daughter* Is that them? Danny: Mom!!! Did you kill the clown? Maddie: Oh, I trapped him in the Fenton Thermos. I plan to do some experiments on him. That fear toxin of his... I have some ideas. Batman: *doesn't know if he should be amazed or terrified at the thought...* Jazz: The stuff smells worse than the time Dad tried to make mac and cheese. Danny: The same one where the city outlawed dad to ever cook with any form of combination of noodles and cheese? Jazz: ....I am tempted to have dad make a batch and throw it into the thermos.

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Child of Time and the Hellblazer

DP x DC Prompt

During the brief time where Clockwork was in a relationship with the infamous Hellblazer, Clockwork had given birth to a neverborn Ghost because the Hellblazer was Liminal enough to do so. But by the time their child was "born," Clockwork and the Hellblazer had broken up.

The offspring of an Ancient is a strength to them, but also a weakness, so Clockwork, seeing how much trouble their offspring is going to go through by peering into the future, only sees one way to keep their offspring safe. Rebirth into a mortal body.

Clockwork had thought their child was safe, but a little over a decade later, their child is back in their afterlife. The Observants want Clockwork to erase their child from existence because of a future that could easily be prevented. Clockwork will not let that stand. The Observants don't have the authority to order the Ancient of Time, let alone the order of wiping out the child of an Ancient. Not only that, their child has become the next in line for the Throne for the Infinite Realms.

A few years had passed, and once Clockwork had checked in on their child after dealing with the Observants, they saw their child about to be ended by the humans he was placed with. In a fit of protective anger, Clockwork goes to save their child, ending the ones who harmed their son on the spot. Their child needs to be treated, as his injuries are too severe, and Frostbite is the only experienced doctor in the Realms to treat a child of an Ancient.

Clockwork's little star is safe, but had to be reverted to their new Ghostly age, that of a 3 year old. Clockwork has some business to attend to regarding the humans who supported the ones who tried to end their child and to locate the ones who their child trusted. Clockwork can't keep their child safe while also doing the tasks in the world they chose their child to be reborn in, so now it seems like the Hellblazer will have to look after his son while Clockwork is busy. Sure, John Constantine is currently in a secret relationship with the Dark Knight, but with how many children the Brooding Bat has, he wouldn't mind another one to look after with Constantine.

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so turns out the batfam has accidentally and unknowingly been going viral, and not in the way you’d expect. Nope, their names aren’t even attached to it. Whose fault is this, you might ask? Bruce. Bruce, who has a social media page devoted entirely to shit his children do, and no one realizes that said children are Gotham’s princes and princesses.

Damian paints his room. He spends over two weeks on the murals. Bruce, walking in to ask Damian about patrol, snatches a couple pictures before he leaves and absently posts them. Within the week they’ve gone viral and people are asking for commissions, but Bruce never answers.

Jason’s been annotating his copy of pride and prejudice so hard that there’s more handwriting in the margins than actual text. Bruce thought it was adorable, so he posted a page. There are now literary professors asking if his son has been to college and if he would like to.

Steph and Cas wrote their own song on a dare from Dick. Bruce posts a short audio clip of it and his secretary has to rush to copyright it because people are using it as audio in All The Videos

Bruce doesn’t even realize what’s happening, really. He posts is ‘cause he’s proud, then pretty much doesn’t check the page again. It’s more a blog to him than anything else. He has no idea that he’s become almost an internet celebrity/cryptid. There are Reddit forums dedicated to the “dad with way too many fucking skilled children”. Some people say that there’s no way he has this many kids who are so good at things. Some people think he’s just one really crafty person posting a bunch of his own stuff and claiming to be a proud dad.

Tim Drake, resident Reddit Addict, is LOVING it.

Jason: *lugging a body down the street* dammit, someone took a pic back there. Fuck, this is NOT what I want to go viral for Tim: so being a Jane Austen fangirl was the better option? Jason: *trips* what—

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Danny: *de-aged, sipping on a juice box*

Red Hood: *unconscious in an alley*

Danny:

Red Hood:

Danny: *Sips* On the one hand, Auntie Jazz said not to go near weirdos in costumes.

Red Hood:

Danny: Or to pick things up from the alleys.

Red Hood:

Danny: *Sips* But Auntie Jazz also said not to eat things off the floor, even though we all know the floor has the best stuff, so....

Red Hood:

Danny:

Red Hood:

Danny: Finders Keepers!

*Danny drags Red Hood home to his aunties and uncles dismay*

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so imagine you have a cat and sometimes he'll disappear for a while and you're like 'oh no what happened to my cat,' only to find out your neighbor also feeds your cat and calls him a different name. now imagine your name is Jack Drake and that cat is your son Tim

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Rainy days - Author: Donut-Bits23

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Taroko Gorge, Taiwan [OC] - Author: sonderewander

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I spent like 5 hours editing this gif frame by frame to make this shitty edit that I wanted to exist

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Constantine’s apprentice

“Whose sidekick is this?” Barry asks.

Everyone in the watchtower turns to look at the skinny, black-haired teenager sitting patiently in the corner. He’s got big round blue eyes, and smiles and waves at the heroes when they look at him. He would be perfect bat-bait if he weren’t also the picture of innocence.

(Every Robin in existence has had an unmistakable aura of menace around them.)

That wide-eyed innocence is precisely why it’s such a surprise when the kid answers “I’m here with John Constantine”

“John Constantine?” Zattana asks, bewildered and worried all at once. She knows better than most how it feels to be burned by Constantine, and is instantly angry on the kid’s behalf.

“Someone call?” The man himself asks, as he steps into the room, bag of chips in hand.

“Why do you have an apprentice?” Zattana demands, accusatory.

John tsks and frowns, directing his next words towards the teen in question, “I told you no, kid.” Then he turns back to Zattana and the room at large, and says, “I’m dropping this kid off here. He’s being hunted by the US feds. Hole in the meta human rights bill. He is not,” John’s eyes slide back over to the kid, “my apprentice.”

The kid (and someone should really ask his name, sooner or later) frowns and crosses his arms. Now he looks more like a Robin.

“And why not?” He whines. “You’ve been teaching me just fine so far. I haven’t even been that annoying!”

“Son, no,” Hal Jordan speaks up from the back. “You’re lucky to have made it this far, you don’t want to spend any more time in Constantine’s company than necessary.”

Zattana nods and says, “he’s got a habit of sacrificing others. It’s usually for the greater good, but still… you don’t want to be the nearest convenient sacrifice.”

“Really feeling the love in here.” John mutters.

“Well… it’s true, isn’t it?” Dick shrugs apologetically.

“Not to mention you’re just a bad role model in general.” Hal tacks on with a shit-eating grin.

“Is that all?” The kid asks.

“Do you… need more?” Dick asks. “Betrayal in a life-or-death situation isn’t a small thing, kiddo.”

The kid (and really, someone needs to ask his name. And also get the report on that hole in the meta rights) just looks at John with a supremely unimpressed expression. “Y’know I haven’t been relying on you for my safety this whole time, right? We were always safe, I just stuck with you to learn magic.”

“Danny, what the hell,” John says.

Ah, so the increasingly-more-Robin-like kid’s name was Danny. Good to know.

Danny shrugs, and says with a smug smile, “the night before we left Amity Park, I contacted an omniscient time-god from another dimension and blackmailed them into giving me forewarning for any dangerous situations I might get into. I think the specific wording was ‘enough forewarning to be able to escape any situation resulting in my death, capture, torture, loss of powers, or sanity.’”

The watchtower is completely silent for a count of three.

Then Dick snorts.

“Did… did John Constantine get conned?” Barry asks with glee.

“God I hope so…” Zattana breathes.

“I really appreciate you taking me this whole way, though.” Danny says to John. “I definitely want to get a few autographs.” He says with an innocent smile.

It’s at this moment that it sinks in for the whole room that a kid tricked John Constantine into traipsing across some portion of America with him for no reason.

Hal doubles over laughing.

“You’ve been blackmailing a god this whole time?” John checks, face blank.

“Uh huh,”

“You were able to trick an omniscient being, and now have struck a deal for divine intervention any time you’re in danger?”

“Yup,” Danny pops the ‘p’

“You’ve been wheedling magic lessons out of me for weeks with the full knowledge that my only reason for sticking around — to safely get you to the watchtower — was a complete waste of my time because you are effectively safe for the rest of your life in every situation forever?”

“Uh, yes? To be clear, Clockwork won’t intervene in situations where I can handle it myself. But if I’m ever in over my head, then they’ll show me a solution.”

The room is filled with poorly concealed grins, and not-at-all concealed appraising looks. After a long moment, John finally throws his hands up in the air.

“Fine!” He says, exasperated. “I guess you’re my apprentice!”

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Smallville is no stranger to "Totally not a Metahuman" neighbors.

So! When Jonathan and Martha Kent one day turned up with a Baby, supposedly an at home birth despite the baby clearly being at least a year old and Martha have never had a baby bump, most of the town just went with it.

They assumed it was an Abandoned Baby situation, and the Kent's wanted to avoid all of the legal hurdles of adoption, so whenever asked they would say "Oh yeah, Martha definitely had a visible Baby Bump a few years ago." "Of course she had an at home birth, the town doctor will absolutely testify to helping deliver Clark." "Why does he look nothing like his parents? Genetics are weird and complicated, I'm a farmer, I don't study that shit, get off my lawn."

When they noticed that Clark was just a little stronger than most kids, they wrote it off.

When they noticed he could easily catch up to sprinting dogs when playing in the fields, they just praised him for his athleticism.

When one of them saw him jumping onto the roof of their house to get a Frisbee, they just told him to be careful.

Why were they so non-chalant about all of those things? Well because they had dealt with all that stuff and more a few years ago, when Mr Fenton and his daughter Ellie moved in.

It was practically the exact same situation, only in their case Daniel was there to help teach his daughter about how to use their clear Metahuman Powers. The Kent's weren't Metahumans, and before long they realized that they were out of their depth when raising a meta baby who could leap over a Barn in a single hop. So they went to Daniel for help.

And help he did, because in the following years they would attest to Daniel being the only reason they came out of Clark's childhood with their house intact.

He taught the boy how to control his strength so he wouldn't hurt others, how to restrain himself when he was excited so he wouldn't float off into the sky, and most importantly, how to keep it a secret when others not in the Know were around.

He told the story of how he and his daughter had come to Smallville, persecuted by the government and disowned by his own parents, forced to run away from everything he had ever known to keep himself and Ellie safe. It really made Clark appreciate his own Ma and Pa more than ever.

It also helped that he had "Cousin Ellie" to play with as a kid, since he always had to he careful around the other kids. It was honestly a relief to her as well, considering she could only ever play with her Dad or the Meta-Dog that visited their home once in a while.

Years later, when Clark was raising his own kid, he looked to his Uncle Daniel for guidance.