old_windbat (old_windbat) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-09-10 19:11:00

Entry tags:

inactive - marissa wayne, npc - bruce wayne, npc - tim drake

Public Relations Control
There had been a lot of publicity around Marissa Wayne leaving for Star City, and it was something she couldn't maintain. Instead, Bruce had to calm the media storm surrounding the five individuals it affected the most; Bruce, Marissa, Tim Drake, Keith Queen, and Ollie Queen. Bruce had managed to remove the Queens from the equation and settle things down by explaining that he sent Marissa to live with Tim Drake for an extended period of time while Bruce was dealing with health issues. It wasn't true, of course, but news of Bruce with a concerning health condition kept the media at bay. Anything surrounding the name "Wayne" at that point was generally about who would take over Wayne Industries after he died.

It should be fairly quiet until Marissa finally returns home. Bruce knew full-well that Tim would be accompanying her.

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	batdaughter 2010-09-12 01:55 am UTC (link)
	Tim's departure left Marissa alone with Bruce. "So." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

old_windbat
2010-09-12 02:13 am UTC (link)

Bruce didn't dignify Tim with a response. He knew that Tim wouldn't risk publicizing him, or else he would also put Marissa in danger. But that was enough about Tim. Bruce turned his attention to Marissa again. he didn't speak until Tim had effectively closed the door and the car was driving off. Bruce didn't need him being anywhere near hearing Terry's name.

"You're grounded," he said. "You don't get to go out except on patrol with Terry, or when I say you can go out. I'm terminating your cell phone until your punishment is over. You will also go without training, television, the radio, your iPod, your CD player, and your diary."

Her turn.

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batdaughter
2010-09-12 02:17 am UTC (link)

Was he really serious? All of this bullshit from a man who barely noted that she existed? It was almost laughable, at least to Marissa, and quite insulting.

"I don't keep a diary, my iPod is broken anyway, and if I'm going to be on patrol the lack of continued training or at least practice is kind of a weirdly irresponsible decision but hey, your call. I just gotta know though...what the fuck did my mother ever see in you?"

His turn.

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old_windbat
2010-09-12 02:23 am UTC (link)

"Batman," he replied coolly. He honestly couldn't say for sure what Vicki had seen in him. "I'm sure Tim trained you well enough to handle yourself on patrol, unless the help you asked him for wasn't any good?"

Check.

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batdaughter
2010-09-12 02:29 am UTC (link)

"Actually, her journals pretty much disprove the Batman theory. She thought it was a distraction in regards to the man underneath. That's who I'm curious about, though I'm starting to think Mom was nothing to you and I'm even less so let's just cut to the chase here: you don't like me. You don't want me. You can't get rid of me because it'd be a PR nightmare, but keeping me around pisses you off almost as much as Tim does.

"I get it, Bruce. I'm a nasty surprise and a living regret. Who's grounded. Do I have a bed in my room or have you taken that out yet?"

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old_windbat
2010-09-12 02:36 am UTC (link)

"I'm thinking about that one," he shot back. She needed to be quiet for a moment while Bruce took the opportunity to explain something to his daughter. "I could get rid of you without the slightest hint of a PR nightmare, Marissa. If I wanted you gone, you would be. On the matter of liking you--that depends on how you choose to act. I don't like you right now." But he still loves her.

He gave her The Stare.

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	batdaughter 2010-09-12 02:44 am UTC (link)
	Marissa took it as a threat. If The Stare was supposed to intimidate her, it failed. Instead, sitting there she never felt so alone in all of her life. Her shoulders sagged a little and she stopped looking at Bruce. "I guess we're on the same page then." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

old_windbat
2010-09-12 02:48 am UTC (link)

He could read her like a book. She hated him, and that was probably for the best. "No. We're not."

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	batdaughter 2010-09-12 02:54 am UTC (link)
	"We're not?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

old_windbat
2010-09-12 03:01 am UTC (link)

"I'll let you think about that in your room."

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	batdaughter 2010-09-12 03:04 am UTC (link)
	"Fine." She got up, went to retrieve her bag, and then head upstairs. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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