Maria Helena Grayson (crossbow_bat) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2013-03-17 21:20:00

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damian wayne, dinah kord, huntress, janie drake, marcus todd, thomas kyle

Bat Family Dinner (Thomas, Damian, Dinah, Janie, Marcus)
Bruce threw a curve ball, he was quite fond of them, and decided to set up a Bat Family dinner. He did this once in awhile and Maria dreaded them like a root canal. Even though she never had a root canal. Most of the time they were normal dinners, but there had been a few that would always be remembered in the annals of the Bat Family history.

Just to torment the Squirt, Maria told Damian that dinner was in costume. Of course it wasn't, but she wanted to see if he'd fall for it.

Maria hummed happily as she made her way to the dining room.

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	underthehood 2013-03-20 01:53 am UTC (link)
	"Well it really does look good on me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thegirlwonder 2013-03-20 06:17 am UTC (link)
	"Red's a good colour," she agreed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angriestrobin 2013-03-20 12:34 pm UTC (link)
	"Green is always good too." Damian had almost fallen for Maria's little joke. It would have been pretty easy since he believed her most of the time. It made no sense to be in uniform at a family dinner. It's family. That's the important part. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-03-21 02:18 pm UTC (link)
	Thomas had been in the dining room and had heard the doorbell and was waiting for people to get there. They were taking too long so he went to go check what was going, kitten first. "So we're standing around asking each other for favourite colours?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-03-21 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	Maria rolled her eyes. "No. It's a joke and if you would have watched the movie like I told you to do you would get it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-03-21 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	Thomas rolled his eyes back. "I just came in to hear people naming colours. I don't have the context to know what you're joking about." He had actually seen the movie in question, just hadn't been there for the beginning of the references. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2013-03-21 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Green is a very good color," Dinah added. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	underthehood 2013-03-22 12:01 am UTC (link)
	"So I guess I should take it that this happens all the time and it's not just me then." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-03-22 12:09 am UTC (link)
	"Thomas has no sense of humor," Maria said. "Come on in. Dinner awaits." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-03-22 12:12 am UTC (link)
	"I do, you just don't like it because it tends to be at your expense." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2013-03-22 12:12 am UTC (link)
	"He's Bruce's kid. He had it surgically removed at 13." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thegirlwonder 2013-03-22 12:14 am UTC (link)
	Janie glances at Damian. "Does that mean you used to have one a year or two ago?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angriestrobin 2013-03-22 12:16 am UTC (link)
	Damian finds the corner of his mouth twitching. "I'm still recovering from that procedure. It's very traumatic." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-03-22 12:21 am UTC (link)
	"You're coming along nicely," Maria said and patted him on the cheek. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	underthehood 2013-03-22 12:24 am UTC (link)
	"So that's why he needs Robins, for the jokes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2013-03-22 06:40 am UTC (link)

"Well the first costume was a joke," Thomas shoots back as the group finally (in his opinion) starts to make its way to the dining room.

In the meantime, Mr. Paws had been examining the new people and had determined he didn't particularly care about any of them one way or another at the moment. Unless they sat on his favourite cushion, then they'd be on the receiving end of kitten bat-glares.

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	bwa_ha_ha 2013-03-22 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	Dinah followed the others inside. "When you get the cat, Thomas?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-03-22 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Back in November, his name is Mr. Paws. I didn't name him, but unfortunately the name stuck." The cat in question ignores them and hurries ahead to the dining room and food, wondering why the humans were taking so long. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2013-03-22 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Some girl named Pippi gave him to Thomas," she said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2013-03-22 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	Dinah stopped suddenly. "Did you say... Pippi?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2013-03-22 10:51 pm UTC (link)

"No, he was one of two strays we ran into in between dealing with the Jokerz. She didn't think her team would have two kittens, apparently the gruff guy on her team likes cats, and Mr. Paws liked me so I took him," Thomas corrected with a frown because her version made it sound like this was some girl that liked him or vice versa. So not the case.

"But yes, Pippi. The one with the chainsaw."

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	bwa_ha_ha 2013-03-22 10:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh. Oh God. That girl is either dumber than a box of rocks, or pulling the world's greatest practical joke." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	underthehood 2013-03-22 10:54 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm getting a strong feeling that I should be glad I don't really know who your talking about." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-03-22 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	"She was insistent that bats were birds," he deadpanned. "I doubt it's a joke on her part though. She means well enough just...has odd priorities and ways of looking at things." Which was a relatively nice thing for him to say, but she got that because she'd liked cats and that was always a good thing in his book. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2013-03-22 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, she's nice as all get out. She's just best handled in small doses." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)