dictated, via journal

[heirdom]

What's with all the people leaving today? Everywhere I look in this stupid thing it's just whining, complaining and moaning about people getting to go home.

[huff]

[ooc: i have internet on my friend's laptop right now so I'll try a post because I miss you guys terribly :) If you get tags with weird icon choices or no italics on brackets or

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[advocacies]

It's just a normal reaction. No one ever gets a chance to say goodbye here.

[advocacies]

[ she walks over to the TV and looks around for the DVD player. ]

Do you know how to have fun?

[heirdom]

I'll assume that by that you mean to ask whether I enjoy things most "kids" think are fun. No, I don't.

[advocacies]

I'm not just talking about what kids think are fun. In general. Like... enjoying a movie or going for a swim kind of fun.

[ pause. ]

You're kidding me, right? Best part about being a kid is having fun.

[heirdom]

The best part about being a kid are the small advantages in undercover work.

[advocacies]

What about other stuff? Amusement parks, getting tons of gifts on your birthday, eating a whole box of ice cream?

[heirdom]

No to amusement parks, birthdays are predictable and expected, and an entire box would be excessive.

[advocacies]

[ she presses the DVD button to play and moves back to sit on the couch. ]

But it's fun. Doing silly things. There have been times us in the JSA have gone skiing or that one time we all went to the dentist with Stargirl. It's okay to relax once in a while.

[heirdom]

The DENTIST?

[advocacies]

[ snorts. ]

It was a big day for her and she said we could come.

[ actually no, her braces didn't come off. ;( ]

[heirdom]

That sounds like a sad existence.

[advocacies]

How?

[heirdom]

Don't you have better things to do?

[advocacies]

[ movie's startingggg. ]

I fight crime, I work with scientists and try to help with the planet's environmental problems, I have an apartment and cat to care for, bills to pay, a team to train... I've got all sorts of stuff going on, Damian. But I'm entitled to fun, too. All of us are. It's what keeps us grounded, being able to do things civilians do.

[heirdom]

Everyone has some if those things, you're hardly unique.

I wasn't aware that civilians considered dentistry "fun."

[advocacies]

I didn't say I was. You asked so I answered.. [ rolls eyes and points to the TV. ] Shush now.