[untracable due to high speed flight]

[worldofcrdbrd]

You can't save everyone, Superman. You know that. You know what happened if you tried to do it.

Doesn't stop me feeling helpless. I've missed about four major crisis already.

And that's part of being human. Do you need a time out?

Maybe you're right. For now at any rate.

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[scrapperzen]

Take it easy, big man. None of us can ever be everywhere at once. You're doing all that you can, that's all anyone can ask of anyone.

That's why we're all heroes here. Not one of us can support the world on our shoulders, but all of us?

That's a different matter entirely.

[worldofcrdbrd]

I know. It just doesn't help that this world makes me feel like a rookie all over again.

[scrapperzen]

Technically, we're all rookies again. There's no harm in that, everyone's got to take their first steps somewhere.

Just be willing to learn, and make mistakes, and recover from them and keep on moving. That's all it takes. The only difference between a rookie and a veteran is the experiences that they've had.

That's all. That's all that separates people.

[worldofcrdbrd]

Just like with Cadmus, I had to learn again...

Thanks, really I mean it. I guess I've got a lot to learn again.

[shrinkn_violet]

... Anything in particular bring this on, big blue?

[worldofcrdbrd]

It's mostly being unable to help with all of these major concerns that's been getting me down. I can still stop a landslide or prevent a forest fire, but when it comes down to it, I miss a lot of the big problems that crop up amidst us, the tamers. I'm often off dealing with something else miles away, and I don't even hear it until it's already happened.

[shrinkn_violet]

Question, then. Can it really be helped?

[worldofcrdbrd]

I suppose it can't. I know how hard it is, being able to hear everything, see everything, and then be torn by twenty disasters in every direction. It's how I felt, growing up actually, being so different from my peers.

And then there's the part of me that wants to make everything right, to do as much as I can to end the suffering. But... I've seen where that road leads, and the terror of stepping beyond the line to do so.

Agumon's right, maybe the Big Blue Boy Scout needs a vacation for just a day or two.

[andihavemyhonor]

Hrn.

A word of advice. A proper warrior does not concern himself with the battles he cannot fight.

To attempt to push one's self beyond his limits is folly.

[worldofcrdbrd]

That's some good advice, especially in a place like this. Thanks.

[andihavemyhonor]

Indeed. Save the exertion where potential sacrifice is the only recourse remaining.

[worldofcrdbrd]

Let's hope it doesn't come to that, but yes, you're right. When the last resort is down, then the gloves come off.

And in this world, I don't have to feel like everything's made of cardboard anymore.

(ooc: strikes muttered)

[grissom1liner]

I know the feeling. It's impossible to be everywhere at once. When I worked as a CSI, our crime lab was understaffed, so a lot of our lab guys had to work in the field as well, even when they didn't have the training. None of what we did was correct procedure simply because we didn't have enough manpower--we had to learn how to do everyone's jobs and to work more than just our own shifts.

The responsibility is tough. I've lost two CSIs working for me--three, if you count a visitor--and my team has gone through more personal tragedies than I can count. Two more left the crime lab. I retired. And still, the world moves on. I watched the crime lab readjust to the changing of the guard as I walked out for the last time. I had faith that they would, which is why I knew it was okay for me to go.

You don't need to handle every crisis that the world gives you. Trust in the rest of the world to take what you can't.

[worldofcrdbrd]

I will, thank you. I'm Superman though I'm sure you may know who's under the costume already.

(ooc: strikes locked from hostiles still)

[grissom1liner]

Gil Grissom. And revealing your identity is your choice and your choice alone.

[thefirstscratch]

... Word of advice, bub. Even those of us that aren't humans have limits.

Take some time off. Get a cold one. Or do what I do and take a ride for a while.

I've seen 'nuff to know somewhere, something's going down that's hurtin' somebody. Don't mean I'm gonna wreck myself worrying that I'm not there to stop it. Always gonna be monsters in this world.

[worldofcrdbrd]

And there's always going to be monster-slayers, with or without me actively helping at the moment in time. Thanks. You're Wolverine, correct? I'm Superman as you may have noticed.

[thefirstscratch]

And here I was hoping I could avoid a reputation.

Yeah, that's me. What of it?

[worldofcrdbrd]

Ah, just getting to know the other costumed people in the world really. I noticed you every so often flying overhead during a routine patrol, so I figured I'd put a name to the face.