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voice; (forward dated to the early afternoon)

Sep 05, 2011 12:43

[It's a little after three when this post goes up. Someone's spent the day figuring out her new NV and doing a good sweep of the network. Her results are, to say the least, surprising: not only are several people from her "world" here, but so is Batman himself. It's a precarious situation, one she's none too eager to jump right in. This isn't home ( Read more... )

c: asano rin, !: cassandra cain, c: peter parker | spider-man, c: bruce wayne | batman, c: damian wayne, c: red x, c: iroh, c: chane laforet, c: carrie kelley, c: clark kent, c: rainbow dash

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voice! birdthright September 5 2011, 17:52:39 UTC

[ He's yet to meet Cassandra, but he has heard of her. He's heard of her skills, her success with the League of Assassins (something that hit home), and how she led the Outsiders. What he hasn't heard, however, was how she sounded like.

So as far as Damian was concerned, this was simply another person on the network with a particularly plain post. ]

It looks like home now. [ It was different when the Darkness struck. He's a new arrival himself, but he's already had the luxury of experiencing that. ]

voice! birdthright September 6 2011, 16:26:57 UTC

[ He'll just (fuu) all over the place later on, then.

At that response, he almost ends the feed -- there is simply nothing to say now, after all -- but stops himself to confirm one thing. ]

. . . You are from Gotham.

voice! bodyreads September 6 2011, 16:33:26 UTC

[He'll understand later, she supposes. She could even give her name now and he'd know immediately. But she doesn't.]

Yes. It's my home.

voice! birdthright September 6 2011, 17:16:51 UTC

Were others taken with you? [ He's wondering how many people are abducted from Gotham and dumped here each day. How long has this been going on? ]

voice! bodyreads September 6 2011, 17:37:09 UTC

Not at the same time.

[She was the only one on the diamond and the only one she saw anywhere in the Tower Apartments that she knew of.]

The network says there are a lot of us here.

voice! birdthright September 7 2011, 03:20:58 UTC

I've noticed. [ He doesn't need you to tell him that!!!1 ] A lot more than anywhere else in our world.

voice! bodyreads September 7 2011, 03:24:19 UTC

[She should feel bad for patronizing him.]

No ideas why, yet?

voice! birdthright September 7 2011, 03:40:52 UTC

If I did know, I wouldn't tell you. [ He doesn't, of course. But it's something to find out more on. ]

I don't know what you see in the tea.

voice! bodyreads September 7 2011, 04:04:58 UTC

[She smiles again, briefly.]

It reminds me of home.

[...Oh. Here's an opportunity.] A friend named Alfred made me tea.

voice! birdthright September 7 2011, 05:16:55 UTC

[ This pings him. Alfred would serve them refreshments unprompted, and the drinks he prepared were ... acceptable. (That itself is a compliment.)

However, there were many Alfreds in the world. It was best to not jump to conclusions. Normally, Damian would care little for some girl's friend, but this time, he starts to inquire. ]

Was he good at it? [ It was almost starting to feel like a regular conversation. ]

voice! bodyreads September 7 2011, 05:30:15 UTC

Yeah. He knew just what to brew. What to make.

[She's got him, leading him on the trail. But she knows he's getting the full picture now.]

He just...did. It's been a while since I've seen him, long before coming here.

voice! encrypted birdthright September 7 2011, 06:14:40 UTC

[ That did sound like Alfred, but everything was still vague. He had an egging that the last thing she said wasn't just some pointless reminiscing, however. This person's voice was distinctively female, and the way she phrased her sentences were ... different. From the norm.

Though he didn't know Cassandra, he knew of her. He knew she had left them a few weeks ago. He knew of her slight speech handicap. He was finally starting to get it. ]

You didn't say all that to bore me. This friend is Alfred Pennyworth, isn't he?

And you . . . Cassandra Cain.

voice! encrypted bodyreads September 7 2011, 14:01:53 UTC

[There he goes. She's glad he caught on, despite the speech impediments and the very obvious issue with her encryptions. She'll need to ask Bruce or Tim to set it up on her NV for her so she doesn't have to worry too much about it.]

That's right.

Hello, Damian.

voice! encrypted birdthright September 8 2011, 13:05:19 UTC

. . . I've heard many things of you. [ Good things. Very, very good things. But it's not in his nature to say that directly to her. ]

Hopefully, you live up to them.

voice! encrypted bodyreads September 8 2011, 13:24:04 UTC

[Her name's circulated a lot, it seems. The other Robin knows her too...but she expected this of Damian.]

I am who I am. [A beat.] You decide if it fits your...image of me.

[She's not going to change who she is to suit whatever he's heard, good or bad.]

voice! encrypted birdthright September 8 2011, 14:12:52 UTC

I intend to. [ Pause. ] I'll need an opportunity.

[ BLUH BLUH WHAT'S THIS?? HE WANTS TO MEET UP???? It's not a common thing for Damian to want to establish contact, but he's interested to see what she can do. What it takes to lead his mother's League of Assassins. ]

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