JLI #1: Attack of the Retro Culture

[boostedfailure]

[Booster had been thinking a lot about this time, the place, and how the 20th century was a bit nuts. Well, not nuts per say, but they did things he didn't understand so he decided it was time to try to relive some of the old days.]

Action - The streets of Mayfield

[Once long ago, to learn how the 20th century worked, a friend had Michael reenact the Trench Scene from Star Wars in a grocery cart through the streets of Venice... Now Mayfield is no Venice, but you may see a cart zipping down the streets as he and Skeets relive that famous moment in cinematic history. You may hear things about Red Leader, or you may witness as Booster fails to feel the force and crashes into an open Garbage truck at the end.]

Sir. I believe you failed to feel the force.

Skeets... All I feel now is pain. You make a lousy Han Solo.

[Phone]

Hey, for anyone who isn't quite from the 20th or 21st century, there anything you do to try and figure this time out, or is it all the same confusing culture shock?

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[motheringnation]

[Well that looked painful. Ukraine was walking by when the crash happens, so hurries over to see if he's hurt.]

Oh dear....are you alright there?

[boostedfailure]

I think so. I've hit my head on harder things before Miss.

[motheringnation]

You shouldn't be hitting your head at all. What were you trying to do?

[boostedfailure]

Forget that I was in Mayfield for about half an hour.

[motheringnation]

Oh....

[Yeah, she can understand that.]

Maybe you should try something that doesn't....send you flying into a garbage truck?

[boostedfailure]

I could have hit my force field just was a bit slow on it. But you know, sometimes you do dumb things at home that were fun.

[motheringnation]

[She has to laugh at that.]

Yes, I suppose that's true. Where are you from anyway?

[boostedfailure]

Metropolis? In the US. Well, among other places. I did a lot of stuff that had me moving around a lot.

[motheringnation]

Oh, you're one of Mr. America's people.

It's nice to meet you. I'm Ukraine.

[boostedfailure]

Mr. America? I was on a UN team till it was dissolved. Its just most of the really overpowered wackos on my Earth end up there.

[motheringnation]

Yes. America.

Oh really?

....was there anyone from Ukraine on it?

[boostedfailure]

No, had a couple of guys from Russia, but the Ukraine just offered material support.

[motheringnation]

Oh....Well at least we helped a little.

[boostedfailure]

Whole program was kind of a disaster anyways, you guys were at least smart enough to realize that.

[motheringnation]

Really? What happened?

[Okay yes. Kinda proud of her people realizing that. Yes, good job keeping out of trouble.]

[boostedfailure]

Super Heroes don't like to take orders from governments, that and the way the US and Russia were always bickering. Made it hard to get anything done really.

[motheringnation]

[She sighs.]

Yes....brother and America don't get along well. I can guess that was difficult.

[boostedfailure]

You're one of those country people, right? I'm guessing Ukraine? Honestly the only thing I remember is when we had to stop someone from killing everyone in a soccer tournament on your soil. We were based out of Italy and Germany most of the time when we were in Europe.

[motheringnation]

Yes. I'm Ukraine.

Oh....thank you.

[boostedfailure]

Uh, don't mention it?

We'd have done that anywhere, I mean stopping a soccer riot is out of my powers, but lunatic with bomb, that's bad mojo anywhere.