𝐇𝐚𝐥

In brightest day and blackest night, his will endures. The Green Lantern of Sector 2814. #GreenLantern #DCRP

[𝐇𝐚𝐥 @LanternOfEarth]

#InBrightestDay #InBlackestNight

[𝐇𝐚𝐥 @LanternOfEarth]

Sitting on top of the trailer, Hal watched the sunset.

[𝐇𝐚𝐥 @LanternOfEarth]

Scanning a debris field left behind by a shattered mining platform, Green Lantern noted the metal tumbling in slow arcs toward a populated trade lane.

The fragments gathered, piece by piece, guided into a tight orbit by his construct for later retrieval.

[𝐇𝐚𝐥 @LanternOfEarth]

- broke. It had been either this coffee or a meal. He had gone for the coffee.

And here he was in an empty baseball field, on his own, on Valentine's Day.

The Corps. The life.

He nodded to himself as a chill dropped across the field.

[𝐇𝐚𝐥 @LanternOfEarth]

𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥
𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯
𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩

Who was that? Who wrote that? Kerouac?

Hal sipped his coffee staring out at the empty baseball field, that American haiku in his head. Just over a month until baseball season. It had -

[𝐇𝐚𝐥 @LanternOfEarth]

- been 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 since he had last seen a game. His father used to take him to all the games when he was a kid. That and the flying...

Years since he had had the time to see a game. The life of a lantern. Now living in a trailer, getting by with his test piloting, but he was -

[Metropolis Eagle @MetropolisEagle]

We Check In With Our Green Lantern And Ask Him If He’s Okay
#HeIsnt
|| @LanternOfEarth

[𝐇𝐚𝐥 @LanternOfEarth]

- freighter limp along and thought about how the universe always did this, moved on. There is nothing new under the sun.

[𝐇𝐚𝐥 @LanternOfEarth]

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦,
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦,
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯.
— Ecclesiastes 1:9

He hovered above a quiet shipping lane, guiding a -

[𝐇𝐚𝐥 @LanternOfEarth]

- damaged freighter back onto a safe vector. Nothing dramatic, just course corrections and reassurance over comms. A week ago Hal had been inside 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, holding the line against something that could swallow planets! Now... he was traffic control.

Hal watched the -

[𝐇𝐚𝐥 @LanternOfEarth]

𝐼𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑡.ᐣ 𝑀𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑗𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠...

Hal stared up at the stars, sitting in a camping chair. So close, just a short flight away, all of them. He prayed for a mission.

[𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐚’𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 @OfTruthAndWar]

📲 Welcome back Hal. That’s fine and looking forward to seeing you.

[𝐇𝐚𝐥 @LanternOfEarth]

📲 Just back from a business trip. Sounds good! How's this, can you pick up the bill? Just trying to keep the lights on here!

[𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐚’𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 @OfTruthAndWar]

@LanternOfEarth 📲 Discovered a lovely bistro recently quite by accident. Lunch in the new year? May you have a lovely Christmas.

[𝐇𝐚𝐥 @LanternOfEarth]

Evicted...!

Here he was, the Green Lantern of this sector living in his brother's trailer. He wasn't presumed dead this time on his return, but at least he still had a roof over his head. This time... nope. Evicted.

Great, just great...!

[𝐇𝐚𝐥 @LanternOfEarth]

- return.

He descended. Millions of lives moving forward, unaware of how close things had come, once again...

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Sector 2814

Approaching Earth...

Hal eased his speed as the planet filled his vision. From orbit there was no sign of the many conflicts.

He let himself drift for a moment. The fatigue settled in now that the urgency was gone. He had never been told about this part, the -

[Sinestro, Savior of Korugar @FearLantern]

@Tomar_Re 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑎𝑙.

It landed with quiet precision. Sinestro allowed himself the smallest smile.

"Perhaps," he said. "But it is rarely where things stay."

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@FearLantern @ArisiaRrabGL @GreatMedphyll @Tomar_Re @SalakkOfSlyggia @CyborgOfMight @Sector2261 - from within, exploding free from 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙!

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𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 fills space long before it fills Hal’s thoughts! Plates the size of continents slide and realign, slow and deliberate, the planet is constantly correcting itself. Every adjustment feels intentional!

Hal flies straight at it. Behind him, the green light of the -

[𝐇𝐚𝐥 @LanternOfEarth]

@FearLantern @ArisiaRrabGL @GreatMedphyll @Tomar_Re @SalakkOfSlyggia @CyborgOfMight @Sector2261 - captured Lanterns began to stutter, then falter, no longer able to circulate cleanly!

"Time to get out of Dodge!" Hal muttered, clambering to his feet. He noted that Arisia had got everyone free. One last look around and he nodded to himself. He took off like a green comet -

[Sinestro, Savior of Korugar @FearLantern]

@ArisiaRrabGL @GreatMedphyll @Tomar_Re @SalakkOfSlyggia @LanternOfEarth @CyborgOfMight @Sector2261 Drifting a distance away from 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, Sinestro watched.

After a moment, noting what was happening, a thin smile appeared.

"Effective," he said. "Yet... expensive."