[action] Around the garden and checking everything out...

[theshortestbird]

[He'd only been here for about a day and a half. Talking to the head instructor, dealing with filling out a class schedule, which meant he had to figure out what half of these classes even meant, and Tim was now ready to go out and explore

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oh here we go...

[genomorphed]

[Conner was just leaving his INT 101 class, the door sliding open, when he stops short at seeing Tim-- or rather almost bumping into him.]

--hey- watch it.

[Really, doesn't ANYONE in this place watch where they're walking?]

oh man /sob

[theshortestbird]

[Usually he's so attentive to where he's walking, but without any previous knowledge of the area, it was like walking around in NYC when he was so used to Bludhaven.]

Sorry, I'm still...learning...

[Tim's mouth falls slightly open, eyes widening a fraction as he sees who it actually is. His voice is a whisper.]

Kon?

poor guy :c

[genomorphed]

Conner.

[What was this, the fourth time now?]

bawww best friend whyyyy

[theshortestbird]

Conner. Right, sorry, I was just... so surprised.

[And Tim is rarely surprised. And he rarely, if not ever, does what he does know; throw his arms around the other boy with a grin.]

You're alive!

:c besties already look at that, mgann will be so proud

[genomorphed]

[The hug throws him off; that blond-haired girl from days ago was the only one he's known to have ever done that, impulsively hug him. Not even M'gann's hugged him.

Conner tenses up exactly as he had with her and then immediately goes to step back or step out of the odd embrace. At the same time his hands push at Tim's shoulders, putting that needed distance between them, frowning.]

...You're surprised that I'm alive? I never died. I have always been alive, for the past five months.

:D MY BRO IS ALIIIIIIIVE

[theshortestbird]

[He doesn't mind being pushed away, but he gives him a look that's equally parts confused, relieved, and taking the idea that this is probably some joke Kon is playing on him.]

You're alive, here, but no... Kon, you died. [He frowns, voice softer.]

I watched you die.We had a funeral for you, everyone came. [And then I tried to clone you back to life.]

HE TTLY IS. but now I can almost see why they're so 'shipped' aieeee

[genomorphed]

[This guy is clearly troubled and upset, frowning and everything. Conner's unsure of how he should respond; he's never met this guy in his life, doesn't know a single thing about him or what he's talking about.

So does that mean he should say something like Uh- sorry for your loss...?]

Everyone...?

OHMYGOD if you read the comics the two of them make SO MUCH SENSE together dskhfka

[theshortestbird]

Yeah. Everyone who was still alive; almost everyone from Young Justice, and all the Titans. Everyone from the Justice League, what was left of it.

Everyone. [Repeats that word again, and he frowns more, looking troubled. This...wasn't Kon. He almost thought for a second that the cloning had worked, but no. It wouldn't work here.

So who was this guy?]

lol! I personally don't pair them up but we'll see after I read them! /not big into m/m anymorelakgl

[genomorphed]

[These names, Young Justice, Titans... they fly right over his head. His team was just called... The Team. But Justice League, now that's one Conner knows. All too well.

The guy's frowning all the more and Conner finds it odd that he seems so... upset. Or lost. Confused. ]

The League... Including-- [Very small pause. Conner almost doesn't want to say it out loud. Doesn't want to hope that hey, if he had really died would Superman even show up to his funeral?] --Superman...?

fff, don't worry, I am a guilty guilty Tim/almost everyone ever shipper. Big bat family shipper /)(\

[theshortestbird]

[It hurt, to see a guy who looked exactly like your best friend, to be what your best friend used to be, and then for him to know nothing about anything.

He wasn't truly back, and Tim cursed inwardly for being so stupid. Of course he hadn't come back. Of course.]

Yeah, including Superman. Everyone came to it. [Softer.] We gave you what you deserved.

I love the bat family ;_;

[genomorphed]

[That didn't mean they couldn't work towards resurrecting it.]

[Hearing that he had died, somehow, in this boy's time and world was unsettling and yet... Conner had no recollection of it ever happening and so... it couldn't have been HIM him. But another... form? Was it another one of Cadmus's projects? Another genomorph?

Either way, being told that Superman had shown up at his... other clone's funeral... Conner wasn't sure how to feel about that; relieved, pleased, unsure...?]

...I don't understand. What did I- uh- Kon deserve?

Me too ;;

[theshortestbird]

[Resurrecting was what he had tried to do; being pulled back from the abyss by Dick hadn't helped. Not when it came to this. He frowned, hands stuck deep in his pockets as he looked down at the ground.

What didn't he deserve? He was the best friend Tim ever had. And one of the founders of YJ, of TT, Tim couldn't even articulate that kind of thing. Not while he closed himself back up.]

...The best. You-- He deserved the best, for everything he did. For all the help, and the people who were touched by it.

[genomorphed]

You're the third person to call me Kon. To think I am... someone else.

[This world is weird. This entire time thing is weird. Being mistaken for someone else, or a group of people claiming he's someone else but a person they're so close to...]

It doesn't make sense.

[theshortestbird]

There's many different universes out there, and many different timelines. It's only logical that there would be another version of people out there, if you know where to look.

[He swallowed, looking up and giving the polite half smile.]

I'm sorry for bothering you. You do look and sound a lot like him, and it was wishful thinking on my part, for wanting him to be alive again.

[genomorphed]

[The anguish and grief, the ache and emptiness for a friend lost is coming off of Tim in waves; Superboy's quick to pick up on this, but not that quick to register what they might mean.

Conner looks down at him, meets his gaze, takes in the polite smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes. Should he at least be supportive? Apologetic?]

Maybe... he will show up.

[Everyone else is showing up in this world... so why can't this guy's passed on friend? Hope is something Superboy will need to learn better.]

[theshortestbird]

[Tim just gave a small smile.]

Maybe. But if not, that's okay. I should be learning to let the dead rest in peace.

[He shrugs a little.] I'm really sorry for before. It must have been weird, to suddenly being hugged by someone you don't know.