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New Task:
Host a memorial service for the recently departed and sing at least one song.
Reward: Memorial Park
Deadline: End of the day.
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I woke up with two surprises. The first surprise was of course the system task, the second was Supergirl's arm slung over me which knowing her, she probably wouldn't have done on purpose. It felt nice, but I knew Supergirl did not like my Superhero self much and so I used my stealth to slide out from under her and then left her to sleep.
Walking outside the Castle, I created two celebrity clones for myself and then parted ways with them as one went to prepare to sing tonight and the other went to work for me at the new filming location. Luckily the times for the two did not overlap so they would not be seen at two different places at once. After they left, I made a broadcast to Moonlight City. "Residents of Moonlight City, I have made arrangements for a Memorial service to be held downtown today. I encourage those who may have lost someone or was injured in the recent Doomsday Monster attack to attend.".
After saying this, I printed out a large number of fliers with information on the memorial and flew over the cities that had the most casualties before dropping the fliers from above. When everything I could do at the moment was finished, I got in touch with the league and asked if they would like to participate, which every one of the league members agreed to. With the Flash's speed, Batman's big pockets, and the rest of the leagues popularity, we were able to create something out of nothing in no time at all.
After a busy day of getting everything ready, It was finally 8:00pm and starting to get dark. Tonight I was King Moonlight and my Clone was singing amongst other Singers who had been paid to attend by The Justice League. Because I didn't feel right profiting off of this show, I denied payment and chose to work for free this time around. If the movie I was currently filming went well, I should be getting paid very well soon enough anyway.
The whole league was here in Moonlight City as we all were in charge of different things to make sure the memorial went well. I was in charge of handing out paper lanterns and was helping someone set one up when I first heard the Concert start.
The opening act was none other then Puff Daddy who sang "I'll be missing you" and after him was A singer I hadn't heard of before but was apparently fairly popular in this universe. A man named fen sheng sang a song called "A better place".
Each song that had been sung so far had been music you would hear at a funeral, that was until my clone went up on stage and was about to sing 'Everybody lost somebody' by The Bleachers. Using the peppers ghost holograms, one hologram was on drums in the back, while another walked out playing the saxophone before my clone started to sing into the mic while playing an electronic keyboard.
🎵♪🎶I guess it's true
The only reason that I called you last night
It's the reason I been standing on a wire
It's this dream I keep having where I'm begging
Just to give myself a break (Hey)
But there's nothing I wouldn't do to wake up and remember it
I wanna wake up and remember
So take my clothes, that's better
I think pain is waiting alone at the corner
Tryna get myself back home, yeah
Looking like everybody
Knowing everybody lost somebody
I'm standing here in the cold and
I gotta get myself back home soon
Looking like everybody
Knowing everybody lost somebody
Everybody lost somebody
Everybody lost somebody🎵♪🎶
The music sounded upbeat compared to the other songs before it, but the lyrics still spoke of loss. It was an odd mix, but it wasn't bad. Many who were crying while listening to the previous songs had begun to brighten up slightly as they held on to their lanterns and listened to the song.
🎵♪🎶I waited 'til the night was over
Cursed the sun for coming up below her
Cashed the checks I had, I didn't own
Standing on the corner, God I wonder when
I'll give myself a break (Hey)
But there's nothing I wouldn't do to settle up with Heaven
It's a debt I gotta settle in Heaven
Take my clothes, I'm begging
I think pain is waiting alone at the corner
Tryna get myself back home, yeah
Looking like everybody
Knowing everybody lost somebody
I'm standing here in the cold and
I gotta get myself back home soon
Looking like everybody
Knowing everybody lost somebody
I'm lost
I know that I'm lost
Lost in a world without you
I know that I'm lost
I know that I'm lost
Lost in a world without you
And there's a reason I wake up alone in strange places
A reason I see myself in a million faces
A reason I can't stop it all from changing
So come on, motherfucker, you survived
You gotta give yourself a break (Hey)
But there's nothing I wouldn't do to settle up with Heaven
It's a debt I gotta settle in Heaven
Take my clothes, I'm begging🎵♪🎶
When the saxophone finally stopped playing, my clone exited the stage and another singer took his place.
*Ding*
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Task Complete
Reward: One Memorial Park
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As the last song played in the cold night, everyone released their paper lanterns into the nights sky. When the lanterns could no longer be seen, I went up to the stage as King Moonlight and spoke to the people below with my Disciples behind me.
"Doomsday is locked away forever and will never see the light of day again, this I can promise you all. Before I do what I had set out to do tonight, id like to thank the rest of the Justice League for helping me put all of this together, next id like to thank the singers who have come to sing for us so last minute, and finally Id like to give my condolences to those that have attended".
Behind me a huge LCD screen turned on showing the other side of downtown Moonlight City. With a wave of my hand everyone could see a small park appear out of nowhere on the screen changing the landscape around it in the process. It was a small plot of land I had picked out earlier that had no buildings near it. In the middle of the beautiful new park was a large glass wall that was lit up and had the names of everyone who had died by Doomsday engraved on it.
As I walked away from the stage, Whisper who had stayed on the stage began to play the song of healing. Everyone that was in attendance who had suffered severe injuries during Doomsday's rampage began to heal rapidly.
The whole crowd who had already been very amazed by the new memorial park that had appeared from thin air were now even more amazed once they saw people who had previously been crippled begin to move around and function normally.
Many heroes had attended aside from the Justice League which also included Supergirl as she made her way to me and spoke. "I knew you were kinder than you presented yourself".
I felt uncomfortable hearing her words. "Supergirl, I hate to break it to you, but I didn't do this because I am kind, but instead because I am selfish. I did this to relieve my guilt more than to do something nice for people. Please stop trying to look for qualities in me that I do not have, I am not like the traditional Heroes you know of. What you see on the surface level is what you get. Love it or hate it".
I liked Supergirl a lot, her usual bubbly personality seemed to compliment my lack of bubbliness and being around her made me feel good, but I was not the good guy she hoped me to be and it was annoying to me for some reason to see her hope that I was more than I am. If I had to put it into words, it felt like I wasn't good enough as I was.
"You don't give yourself enough credit. Even if you did this to be selfish, you made so many people feel better other than just yourself. Even if it was unintentional, this is how others are going to view you. Why is that so bad?".
I didn't know how to answer her question without sounding more melodramatic than I already have been, so I asked her my own question in hopes to avoid her question. "Supergirl do you have someone you like?"
When asked this question, two people came up in Supergirl's mind, but she quickly dismissed one, not knowing why she thought of him and then was left with Prince Aeric alone in her mind. "...Yes, but it's one sided. Why do you ask?". Her eyes looked up into mine in a way that made me feel some sort of way for a second.
"Every person you know wears a mask. Every person you know including yourself has secrets. We all have the personality we keep to ourselves and the one we are comfortable showing to the world. Some of us have more mask's than others, but all of us have at least one mask. Try to remember that in the future before just assuming the best of people, that goes double for guys you might like, they just might disappoint you later".
Supergirl looked a little upset upon hearing my words. "You think I don't know this? You think you just said something profound? You have such a pessimistic view on life and people. If everyone was an open book, there would be no mystery and adventure. Life would be boring. I don't need to know everything about someone to like them, nobody is perfect, but I can determine for myself if someone is worth my time or not. If they disappoint me later, that is also part of life. We as people are all lost and learning. The ones that don't dare to explore out of fear of failing are the only ones not experiencing life fully. Those people are cowards".
I once again did not know how to refute her words. It was at this time that Superman walked up to us. "Is something wrong?" he asked.
"No" Supergirl and I both said together.
Superman chuckled before speaking again. "From afar you two looked like a bickering couple".
"Me with him?" asked Supergirl.
"Me with her?" I asked almost at the exact same time.
Superman chuckled again as he walked away. It was like he had just come over to drop a grenade and then leave, not looking at the destruction he had left in his wake.
I called out to him. "The hell, You trying to pick a fight?"
Supergirl 'Hmphed' and then walked away angrily like usual. If I was honest with myself, her bubbly side was nice, but this side of her was also nice, this side of her was very cute and funny to me. The more I thought about it, the more I think I prefer my interactions with her as my Hero self over the interactions I had with her as my Celebrity self. It felt more real to me even if she wasn't as nice as when I had met her backstage and took a picture with her.