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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	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)

	boosted_gold 2010-08-07 03:08 am UTC (link)
	Another grin. Clearly, everything was going just fine. "It'll be a very long time indeed before you ever see us in Gotham again." He gives Dinah a confident nod, thumping his chest lightly, as if to say 'I got this.' (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2010-08-07 03:17 am UTC (link)
	Dinah wondered if there was a rock she could go crawl under. "You have our word, Sir," she said. "You won't see us again." She took a step back under the glare. "Failing that, I'd like to exercise my right to a separate interrogation." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dc_misc
2010-08-07 03:25 am UTC (link)

Batman takes several steps forward to stand look Riley directly in the eyes.

"This is not a game or a joke. You two could get yourselves killed dressed up like this with no training or ideas. If I'd been any of a dozen people during your 'moment' just now, you'd both be dead." Batman says.

Something about the boy reminded him of someone he didn't like very much, but he couldn't think of who just then.

"Who are you?" he says, looking at Dinah. Perhaps he'd better follow these two home to make sure they didn't try going out again when he turned his back.

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	boosted_gold 2010-08-07 02:03 pm UTC (link)
	Riley's good humor disappears, and he looks right back at Batman. "We've got plenty of training, Bats, and we're not playing games. This is one of those situations where we jeopardize others by saying too much, but let me just tell you that we're here for a reason, and we've got work to do." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2010-08-08 01:06 am UTC (link)
	Dinah didn't know whether to be embarrassed by Riley for arguing with Batman or proud of him for having the courage to stand up like that. "We're people who're here for a reason, Sir," Dinah told Batman. "I don't expect you to understand or even trust us, and I wish that I could say more. But it's important, very important, that we do what we came here to do." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dc_misc
2010-08-08 03:20 am UTC (link)

Batman listened carefully to their words. They believed they were here for a reason and they couldn't talk about it. He'd heard that talk before, from people like Booster Gold.

He was not fond of Booster Gold or his sidekick, Blue Beetle.

"I don't trust or understand you. You picked the wrong people to impersonate and you picked my city to do it in." Batman says.

"I'll be watching you both. Don't step out of line." Batman says, feeling he doesn't need to elaborate on the or else.

He glares at the pair, expecting them to take the hint that their leaving now is a head-state option.

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	boosted_gold 2010-08-08 03:30 am UTC (link)
	...that worked? Of course it worked! "Don't worry. We're professionals." Riley fires off another swing line and takes off. Once they're a safe distance away, he rolls his eyes and puts on a guttural rasp. "'You picked my city to do it in.'" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2010-08-08 03:38 am UTC (link)
	Dinah, who had been following after, couldn't help but laugh, bwa-ha-ha style. "Oh, God. I'd forgotten how creepy he could be. I can't believe you stood up to him like that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	boosted_gold 2010-08-08 01:56 pm UTC (link)
	"It wasn't any big deal. I just kept reminding myself he's a grown man running around dressed like a small animal." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bwa_ha_ha 2010-08-08 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	Dinah smirked, adjusting her swing a little bit. "There," she said. "Gotham Museum of Natural History. That's where Rip said it would be." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	boosted_gold 2010-08-08 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	"All right. Let's see how much trouble some stupid calendar-themed bad guy can really be." They head for the rooftop. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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