Dinah Kord (bwa_ha_ha) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-07-26 21:31:00

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Mark Your Calendars
The Time Bubble appeared on a Gotham City rooftop with minimal fanfare, drawing as little attention to itself as possible. It was many years before the current generation of heroes would be born, many years before many of their parents would even meet. It was an era were Gotham was blessed by three guardians, a Batman, a Robin, and a Batgirl. It was a happier time and an era where the evil did not seem quite so terrible.

"The Calendar Man?" Dinah asked Riley. "Really? We're here to stop the Calendar Man?"

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	bwa_ha_ha 2010-07-28 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	Dinah swung easily, stopping on a rooftop to better get her baring. "Weird, isn't it?" she said. "I mean, I know we've done this before, but it's never been in Gotham before." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	boosted_gold 2010-07-28 11:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Mostly because you're always worried about tripping over the ghoul's territory. Contrary to popular belief, he doesn't own the city." Riley sniffs lightly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2010-07-28 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Mom says he wasn't always so grouchy," Dinah reflected. "Mom," she said again. "Out there somewhere. No idea what... no idea that..." She trailed off, wiping at her eyes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	boosted_gold 2010-07-28 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	Riley pats her on the back. "I know... but think of all she's got ahead of her before that." He pauses, then smiles. "And if you asked her, I think she'd say she's happier with what she ended up getting out of it." He nudges her pointedly. "You know... you and Uncle Ted." Just in case it wasn't clear. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2010-07-28 11:47 pm UTC (link)
	Dinah has little doubt that her mom is happy, but still can't help but think how the actions of one insane man turned everything upside down for her. "Yeah, I know," she said. She perked up a little. "Thanks, Ri." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	boosted_gold 2010-07-28 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey, it's what I do." He smiles warmly. Well... isn't this a cozy little scene? Just the two of them, in other people's costumes, alone on a rooftop. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2010-07-29 01:52 am UTC (link)
	Dinah turned so she could look at Riley. "You've always been there for me, haven't you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	boosted_gold 2010-07-29 02:12 pm UTC (link)
	Riley puts his arm around her shoulder, grinning. "I'm your best friend. It's what I do." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2010-07-29 04:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah," she said, maybe leaning in just a little closer. "You're good at it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	boosted_gold 2010-07-29 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	"OW! SONNUVA... DAST'ING...!" Riley suddenly yells, jerking away and rubbing his eye. The eye Dinah just stabbed one of the ears of her cowl into. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2010-07-29 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, God!" Dinah gasped. "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! Are you okay?!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	boosted_gold 2010-07-30 12:01 am UTC (link)
	Tearing up a bit, Riley lifts up one side of the eye-mask. "How does it look? Pop any vessels?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2010-07-30 12:11 am UTC (link)
	Dinah examined him for a minute, briefly touching the side of Riley's face. "It's fine," she said after a moment. "Really sorry about that! I forgot all about the ears!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	boosted_gold 2010-07-30 12:15 am UTC (link)
	Riley actually leans into that touch a little bit. "S'alright.. I'll be fine. Ow." He eases the mask back into place, blinking rapidly to try to diminish the soreness. "How the hell did Grayson get so much action with those in the way?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2010-07-30 12:26 am UTC (link)
	"Very... carefully, I'm guessing," Dinah said. "And I really don't need to think about Uncle Dick and Mom, thanks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	boosted_gold 2010-07-30 01:03 am UTC (link)
	Riley smirks and pokes her forehead. "Wuss." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2010-07-30 01:18 am UTC (link)
	"Careful there, Boy Wonder," Dinah teased. "I know all your secrets, remember. Be a shame if I had to tell people." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	boosted_gold 2010-07-30 01:28 am UTC (link)
	"Oh please. I'd lock you in my bedroom and ply you with chocolates and bad sci-fi until you promised not to tell." He grins. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2010-07-30 01:37 am UTC (link)
	"Treatment like that, I might not promise for a while," she giggled. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	boosted_gold 2010-07-30 03:06 am UTC (link)
	"Hm. Point. Oh well, I'll come up with something more fiendish." Watching out for the ear-points this time, he nudges hsi head against hers. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2010-07-30 03:35 am UTC (link)
	Well, this is... cozy. Nice too. Really nice, actually. She leaned in a little bit more, her lips just millimeters from his... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dc_misc
2010-08-07 01:45 am UTC (link)

He's found them.

He doesn't know who they are, frankly, he does not care. But they are both wearing costumes they shouldn't be wearing and pretending to be people they shouldn't be pretending to be.

He touches down on the rooftop silent, watching the pair of them. Teenage lovebirds looking for a thrill? They picked the wrong night.

"Take off the costumes and go home." he says, his voice the sound of moving gravel.

"Now." he says darkly.

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boosted_gold
2010-08-07 02:35 am UTC (link)

As a rule, Time Masters Do Not Panic. Panicking creates haste, which means you step on things you shouldn't, which means cascading changes across permeable time.

They are also, however, trained to react quickly. That's what accounts for the speed with which Riley/Goldstar/I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-Robin jumps to his feet, affixing a grin in place as he faces ~~the ghoul~~ Batman.

"Oh, good evening there chum. Quite frankly, wouldn't it make more sense to take them off when we get home?"

Don't panic don't panic don't panic...

"Just taking a breather. Can't do much of a good patrol if we run ourselves ragged before we've even taken care of any hoodlums."

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	bwa_ha_ha 2010-08-07 02:53 am UTC (link)
	Dinah refers to that rule as "You mess with the past, you get monkeys ruling the future." She'd never seen Bruce like this before, in full on scary mode. It was, well, scary. She fixed a neutral expression on her face. "Yes, we were just taking a... bat-breather. Yes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_misc 2010-08-07 03:02 am UTC (link)
	Batman did a quick assessment of the pair. The girl was clearly smarter and better spoken. The boy was an idiot. "Don't let me catch you out here again. You won't like it if I do." Batman says, fixing them both with his coldest glare. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)